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Summer is my favorite season. There’s just so much freedom and vibrancy in the atmosphere.

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What summer is all about.

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In retrospect, it was actually a year and a half! Getting back to competition shape has not been an easy task AT ALL. But I must say, it was WELL worth it! 🥹🫶🏿

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Designed the pants and the bag. 💁🏿‍♂️

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My friend threw a birthday party and the theme was “The Nanny”. Did what I could with what I had. Lol.

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Always remember, never forget.

My journey of art and design has brought me to a place to put things out into the world that everyone can benefit from. And honestly, that has given me much peace and happiness.

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How long have you been poledancing? Do you have a background in gymnastics or something? I want to be like you but I'm scared to start

It’ll be 8 years this Thanksgiving (I always forget about it because of the holiday hustle and bustle).

And yes, I was a gymnast growing up. Lol. I loved floor and hi-bar, which I used to my advantage in pole.

As far as getting started, the hardest part is actually GOING. After that, it’s cake. My best piece of advice is to schedule a class (or three) and just go. Given the current climate of the country, treat yourself.

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I got my aura photographed today! The results just confirmed that I, as expected, be knowing. 💁🏿‍♂️

A blue, purple, and white aura generally signifies a combination of strong intuition, deep spirituality, a sense of peacefulness, and a high level of spiritual awareness, with the blue representing calmness and communication, purple indicating strong intuition and psychic abilities, and white signifying purity and enlightenment.

A blue-green aura generally signifies a person who is calm, compassionate, and has a strong desire to nurture and help others, often indicating natural healing abilities; it combines the peacefulness of blue with the nurturing nature of green, making them potential caregivers or supportive individuals.

I had to take two photos due to my hands being too big for the hand pads. Purple was first with my fingertips not fully on, green was with my fingertips touching.

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THEY HAD NO BUSINESS SNAPPING LIKE THIS ON SEASON 2!

I tried MY BEST not to binge watch the whole thing, but there I was at 2 AM this morning finishing the last episode.

*Spoiler Alert*

The one thing that left me pondering was the ending, which then made me connect some dots, which I could be very wrong on. So, please. Bear with me.

Maria began displaying her magical abilities to summon creatures from another dimension at a young age. And not just that, she excelled at it. A true natural. So let’s keep that in mind.

No one necessarily knows how the Abbot got ahold of “The Forgemaster” book, as it clearly was brought to him by some means of dark magic. Either way, it was brought to HIM and no one else. Odd?

When Terra returned to Maria, she taught her how to summon the creatures from a darker dimension. Initially, I thought this was to help Maria in the upcoming fight with Erzsebet just as any mother would. Let’s put a pin on that.

Terra finds Abbot, does her BIGGEST ONE (because that dragon was Big Mama status) and reduces the man to literal ash. A shadow pops up and collects what seems to be the Abbot’s soul?And during this, it’s clear that Maria has tapped into something that was truly dark. And that made me raise my eyebrow.

Olrox shows up and is greeted by Old Man Coyote (I haven’t looked yet, but are talking Coyote as in the trickster (?) — and he also addressed him as Mephistopheles). Olrox made me realize, with his short exchange, that OMC may have been around since day 1, especially if he was looking to make a deal?

And then there’s the ending with OMC looming over Terra. Mind you, WTF was Terra during the royal rumble?!

So now — let me connect the dots as to what I think happened.

OMC took a liking to Maria from the moment she began displaying her natural gifts. To get ahold of her, he bestowed “The Forgemaster” to the Abbot (perhaps a deal was made?). Terra is later turned into a vampire and then teaches Maria how to tap into the void which OMC resides. Maria uses that same power, goes super dark, kills Abbott, whose soul is then collected by OMC. Now he is one step closer to getting what he truly wants. Juste interfered and was able to help Maria get back on the straight and narrow, which may have thwarted his plan..but then again, he still had Terra in his back pocket…

So, was it OMC who gave Abbot the book and convinced Terra to teach Maria that dark magic? I think TF so! And I’m betting that more than likely will be revealed in the following season.

And that’s it, that’s my prediction for season 3. Lol.

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My laptop made the conscious decision to delete a hefty chunk of my files and it sent me to tears. Photos, designs, music — just gone. And to add insult to injury, I have lost memories from college. Like, just over a decade of my life and work — GONE. 🥺🥺🥺

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I had every intention of competing in this this year but in true André fashion, I missed the GD deadline. Smfh!

And it’s like, I wanted to ease myself back into competing with something that would be fun. Now it’s looking like I have to go the traditional route and…my body just doesn’t feel like it. Lol.

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