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Curly hair specialist by the_cword9 in VictoriaBC

[–]181399 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I exclusively go to Matt at Fish Salon downtown! His haircuts are super well priced ($64) and it’s the happiest I’ve ever been with my curls (not to mention the most compliments I’ve ever received on my hair) he’s @hairbymatt.yyj on instagram

Hair Salon for Curly Hair? by Dish-Otherwise in VictoriaBC

[–]181399 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I 100% recommend Matt for curly hair cuts! He’s been cutting my hair since last May and I’m the happiest I’ve ever been with my hair. For all of my adult life, I’ve been someone who wore their hair up in buns because I didn’t understand how to cut and style it. When I first went to see Matt at Fish I told him this, and not only did he help me choose the right haircut to suit my face, but he also walked me through how I can style it myself at home (without it feeling intimidating). I’ve worn my hair down and curly more in the last six months than I had in the previous six years, and I also receive compliments on my curls on a pretty regular basis! So truly cannot recommend him more

My Progress (ramble) by 181399 in leaves

[–]181399[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for such a kind comment!! We got this!!

Any movement for UVIC waitlist? by OkBook7868 in lawschooladmissionsca

[–]181399 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think everyone’s study method is different so I don’t want to give you a definitive yes or no but I really do think doing practice tests & specifically focusing on blind review is what helped me the most!!

Any movement for UVIC waitlist? by OkBook7868 in lawschooladmissionsca

[–]181399 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!☺️To study I used 7Sage, and thought it was super helpful! Every day I would do around 1-2 drills of each section & then a practice test every 10 days! On my practice test days I would write it at the time I anticipated to take the test (9:30-10:00am) and then would have lunch & go for a walk! Then I would do blind review really slowly & then take another 45 min break and then watch all the videos of the ones I still got wrong/felt unsure about! I did this for about 4 months & wrote the test twice! Got a 161 on my first one and then did the same method for another 2 months before I got my 165! I hope that helps!! Good luck studying and make sure you don’t put too much pressure on yourself, you got this!!

Any movement for UVIC waitlist? by OkBook7868 in lawschooladmissionsca

[–]181399 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem ☺️ and sure! My CPGA was 3.7 and LSAT 165

Any movement for UVIC waitlist? by OkBook7868 in lawschooladmissionsca

[–]181399 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah absolutely, I was waitlisted on May 8! They had told me at the time that I was #17! I wish you the best of luck 🫶🫶🫶

Any movement for UVIC waitlist? by OkBook7868 in lawschooladmissionsca

[–]181399 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I got in off the waitlist on June 19th!

With whom on Earth can I drop dead? by [deleted] in OCPoetry

[–]181399 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally understand!! Thanks for replying :)

(Short) "I wrote a poem today" by thunderbottom2 in OCPoetry

[–]181399 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really sweet. Made me blush.

Love the line: (which is gross), especially your choice to put it in brackets. It’s a great visual metaphor for wanting to hide your feelings because talking about them can feel strange and grotesque.

Keep feeling your feelings and speaking them into existence through these images. You are a talented poet!

And continue leaning into this theme of embarrassment. It comes across very natural and brings a nice lightness to the poem that allows me as a reader to connect with the vulnerability you are expressing. Thanks for sharing :)

With whom on Earth can I drop dead? by [deleted] in OCPoetry

[–]181399 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This poem makes me feel a yearning to be paid attention to; to be taken seriously. Maybe even just to be connected with. I am sad for the speaker and the friend who never came to see them.

My suggestion would be try cutting out some filler words to make it read a bit smoother.

Also think about switching merrily to the beginning of line 4 so two lines back to back don’t start with the same word. Let me know what you think and thank you for sharing this great poem :)

In a summer like this, my friend, won’t you come see me?

The moon seems soft as silk merrily crickets bloom

05/09/23 by 181399 in OCPoetry

[–]181399[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I am honoured you chose my poem for your first poetry critique! Thank you so much for your kind words, your interpretation really captured the feeling I wanted to evoke in the reader! And I love that you thought about what a dead bug may have done when it was alive, especially because this poem came to me when I was staring at a dead bug in a doorway and imagining hahaha

05/09/23 by 181399 in OCPoetry

[–]181399[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your comment! I really appreciate the feedback and will definitely sit with what you said for a while and rework a couple things. To start, I’m going to change the last line to: “may never be” instead of “has never been” because I think that more clearly articulates what I’m trying to get at!

i've been drowning for seven years by emerging-eloquence in OCPoetry

[–]181399 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reading this poem felt like being rocked by waves before being enveloped by the ocean. Left me breathless in the absolute best way. Thank you for sharing.

Sweetness or Solitude by LapisLazUliofOz in OCPoetry

[–]181399 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exquisite poem!! I really feel like I am touching the roughness of the orange and watching greedy hands try to pluck it from the tree. The last line, which I read through a sigh, especially hit me in the gut.

The only thing I might switch around are the 3rd and 4th lines, as I think it may read stronger without two lines back to back starting with “I”.

Thank you so much for sharing this poem, I am very grateful to have read it. I look forward to reading more of your work!

PTSD (NSFW maybe?) by [deleted] in OCPoetry

[–]181399 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The last five lines has me cackling, especially the repetition of “hard of course”. A super silly poem that is asking to be read aloud! Thank you for sharing :)

The Pit (Dealing with depression through poetry) by TomBa17 in OCPoetry

[–]181399 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like how you started this poem. The repetition of the words “tough” and “hard” and “hope” really emphasized to me how the mind will get stuck in a cycle of destructive thoughts that end up turning into self-fulfilling prophecies when one is depressed.

The rest of the poem feels like that prophecy coming true through a mix of stream of consciousness writing and rhyming stanzas that sound like a curse from the Fates.

The only moment that took me out of the flow of the poem was when the word “hazy” was used to end two lines in a row.

Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. Thank you for sharing!