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Topic #5: What is a secret habit/thing you enjoy? I am usually pretty open about the things I enjoy. Everyone knows I love sports and movies and music and all that good stuff so there isn't anything super secret that I have to share in this post. I did, however, feel like I could give you a bit of history on how one of my passions came to be. Almost two years ago, I wrote a post on this blog about my love of fashion. Since then I have written a couple others on related topics. But do you know how all that got started? Until now, I didn't. I hadn't really thought about it. If you were to roam the halls of my high school 12 years ago you would see a junior boy weaving his way through the halls rather quickly from class to class. Actually, you may not even notice him. If you stuck around for a few weeks, you may notice that he wore a cycle of the same five hoodies (black or grey) with jeans every day. Even his accessories were the same. Blue braces and an overstuffed b...

Time for another of those 101 Journal Prompts!!! Prompt #4: When did you last read a book, why did you read it, and what was it about? Many of you know that I love books. That has always been true. I have not, however, enjoyed reading. When I was younger, I had a very difficult time comprehending what I read. I could read an entire book, be asked questions about it, and have no idea of the answer. While in elementary school they instituted the "Accelerated Reader" program. It forced me to answer questions about what I read. I hated it because I wasn't good at it. Although, I still don't have top notch comprehension I have learned over the years that the more I read, the better I get at reading. It also matters what I read. This year, I set a goal to read at least one book per month. So far so good. I am ahead of schedule. The most recent book that I have finished i would be The Sun Also Rises  by Earnest Hemingway. I just finished it a week and a half ago. ...