Stephanie Meyer's Twilight young adult book series has hit the best seller list with each installment, but it isn't the only series to take a crack at mixing
sci-fi and romance. Roswell, a WB series that started in 1999 ran three seasons. It centered around a girl named Liz Parker (Shiri Appleby) who lives in Roswell, New Mexico. The pilot episode starts with a bang, literally, when a gun goes off in the Crash Down (her families alien-themed cafe) and Liz gets hit. In a split second decision, the bruiting Max Evans (Jason Behr) saves Liz's life by using his powers. Yes, that's right his powers! His secret is out (at least to Liz) Max is no ordinary teenage, in fact he is no ordinary human.
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Small, large, designer, knock off, fancy, plain: the purse! It comes in so many varieties, styles and
prices. Finding just the right one can be challenging --- organizing it can be yet another task. Which brings me to this question: What do you keep inside your bag?
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Do you ever think back and wonder: what was my life like ten years ago? Usually, I don't, except it was my birthday this week so it got me thinking . . . what was I up to way back in the summer of 1997. For my fellow twenty-somethings, let me jog your memory about this year as a whole.
In 1997 the first DVD's started coming out.
Princess Diana died in a car accident.
A postage stamp cost .32
Gas was under $2.00 per gallon
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We are all born with certain unique characteristics: there are those who are blessed with full pouty lips or sparking green eyes. And then there are the attributes that make you want to stomp around and yell “why me?” I used to think having naturally curly hair deserved that exact response. This contributed to my sense of hair-denial.
Middle school inevitably lead to The Big Pouf (tried to comb it out, didn’t quite work). This pouf occasionally molded into a unique pyramid shape. Finally, I learned techniques and products that tamed those wild tresses and turned my hair-denial into hair-acceptance.
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