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Using AI for the first time for a paper and Hell Week

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 Good day Lombrices!  I hope all is well, and that you are all having a great Halloweekend!  I am about to leave for work soon, but first things first, I used AI for the first time to revise my paper! It was only an experiment, but it was a very interesting experience. I find it kind of creepy that AI is super advanced nowadays to the point where it can take your average paper and turn it into a high-level paper. I understand that it's not an ideal resource to use when writing your paper, but to be honest, it isn't all that bad. I find it very useful to help get my message across but with more "pizzazz" in the sentences.  I'm excited to continue experimenting with AI in the future!  Now... it's Hell Week everyone! (*Insert "Dun Dun Dun" sound effect*)  Hell Week is pretty much the haunt days (starting from Thursday) leading up to Halloween. The haunted house I work at opens on Wednesday, but it's isolation night, meaning there are no actors. Thur...

Weekend thrills

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 Hello, Lombrices!  Hope all is well! My weekend was a very busy one! I've been working at Basement of the Dead for 2 years, yet I can't get used to the long nights. It all started on Friday, I had to get up at 5 in the morning in order to arrive at the haunt at 6 a.m. CBS News was coming out to review us, so it was important that most of the actors were there. Trust me when I say we were all a little cranky and stressed that morning.  Afterward, my sister and I decided to stay at the haunt with two other actors since if we were to leave, we would've had to return in a few hours regardless. So, one of our bosses told us we could stay and that they would order us lunch. That was one of the best days, considering the fact that it was Friday the 13th, all we did was talk for hours on end and we went ghost haunting. So much fun!  Saturday was a stressful day... considering the fact that it was our first 6-11 night at the haunt. BUT it was my sister and I's first time wea...

The Haunt

 Good day Lombrices!  As Spooky Season is quickly approaching, I've been super busy with the haunted house I'm working at. Trying to find what dialogue suits my character, what is the right laugh, what movements are considered correct, etc. It's very fun to try different things, but I also have to be aware of not changing my character too much as well.  Being a part of the haunt family is such a wild experience. You get to meet different people with different backgrounds, stories, and experiences. But it doesn't matter who they are, they are still considered family. We put aside our differences, and just do the one thing that we all have in common... and that is to scare people. Well, that and making fun of the fact that our little car that our boss bought has already been scratched and Trevor, (our tech guy), crashed it withing 2 weeks of having it.  There is never a dull moment in Basement of the Dead, there is always some weird/random conversation between us actor...

Delicate by Taylor Swift

 Good day Lombrices! This whole week has been mentally draining. It's made me quite delicate. See what I did there? (LOL) Lately, I've been obsessed with the song Delicate by Taylor Swift...but I'm not sure why. This song is the fifth track from T-Swift's Reputation album released in November of 2017. It is about Taylor's vulnerability, and about how damaged her image is as a pop artist.  (Before she released her album, Swift was facing many backlashes from the public, from fat shaming to being publicly humiliated on the news.)  Delicate has been on my mind 24/7, from the first lyric " This ain't for the best, my reputation's never been worse, so you must like me for me" to the last lyric " isn't it delicate."  The whole song just stands out to me, and I want to give my opinion about some of the lyrics and what they mean to me at the moment.  "This ain't for the best My reputation's never been worse, so You must like me f...