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Promo picture for PSO Great Lakes 2025. Author centered in the photo from a past performance. Gold circle around the author, Great Lakes above the circle, & After Dark below the circle. 20 on the left side and 25 on the right side.

November 21, 2025 Post a Comment

PSO Great Lakes 2025: Lessons in Patience

This is about taking my time. A lesson I must learn in every lifetime. In 2024, I progressed when I slowed down, took deep...

Promo picture for PSO Triangle 2025. Author centered in the photo from a past performance. Gold circle around the author, Triangle above the circle, Cary below the circle. 20 on the left side and 25 on the right side.

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June 25, 2025 Post a Comment

PSO Triangle 2025: Hoping for Better

The year didn’t start off like a competition year. Anti-Blackness and unregulated emotions from ownership drove a mass exodus from my former studio in...

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January 31, 2025 Post a Comment

There’s No Self-Deprecation at the Photoshoot

If you’re an avid listener of The Read like I am you are familiar with the closing segment the show is named for. If you’re unfamiliar,...

Screenshot of a tweet from Kid Fury that says "When I start believing in myself, it's over for you hoes..."

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November 1, 2024 Post a Comment

Just Do It: Showcase Edition

I embody the broken record with my pre-performance cycle. Sign up, uncertainty slides in, consider dropping out, ultimately pull through. Anxiety and I doing...