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    A Rose Afraid of Thorns
    Danika Miller
    • May 18, 2017
    • 10 min

    A Rose Afraid of Thorns

    I purse my lips, careful not to drip the poison. It coats my mouth in a viscous balm, threatening to take me should any slip inside. She’...
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    Piñata
    Danika Miller
    • Apr 26, 2017
    • 2 min

    Piñata

    I swore off piñatas after my sixth birthday. This is a tale of betrayal. It was a sunny spring day in the Maryland suburbs. The twirling ...
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    lovebirds
    Danika Miller
    • Mar 8, 2017
    • 1 min

    lovebirds

    Lovebirds are made from love and a whole bunch of time, spent or used or taken into a substance they sell in the stories on the screens a...
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    What Killed the Dinosaurs
    Danika Miller
    • Feb 6, 2017
    • 3 min

    What Killed the Dinosaurs

    The air is thick and my older sister drank all the Fiji water. We are nearing our last stop on the film location tour and it’s the only o...
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    Three Sentence Story
    Danika Miller
    • Feb 4, 2017
    • 1 min

    Three Sentence Story

    At first I thought this was just a musical but apparently it’s a ballet because she’s spinning and spinning like children who want to see...
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    The 5 Best and Worst Things About Graduating College….Written 5 Days Later
    Danika Miller
    • Dec 15, 2016
    • 3 min

    The 5 Best and Worst Things About Graduating College….Written 5 Days Later

    The Best *Guilt free reading and binge-watching. I’ve already read two books and finished half of HBO’s Westworld. I can indulge and rela...
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    Why I'm Not Reading The Cursed Child
    Danika Miller
    • Oct 14, 2016
    • 2 min

    Why I'm Not Reading The Cursed Child

    For those unfamilar, there’s a play in London called The Cursed Child, a look at the world of Harry Potter years after the seventh book t...
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    The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
    Danika Miller
    • Aug 23, 2016
    • 3 min

    The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson

    I had high hopes for The Unexpected Everything to be a blissful summer contemporary read. It has an absolutely beautiful cover and is ver...
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    Adaptations! The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
    Danika Miller
    • Jan 29, 2016
    • 6 min

    Adaptations! The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

    The Book This is not your ordinary alien invasion book, at all. I’m not someone who particularly enjoys alien invasion stories, and I don...
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    Adaptations! The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
    Danika Miller
    • Jan 5, 2016
    • 3 min

    Adaptations! The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

    John Green’s most acclaimed novel, The Fault in Our Stars, is about two teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and eventually fall ...
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    Adaptations! Paper Towns by John Green
    Danika Miller
    • Oct 21, 2015
    • 4 min

    Adaptations! Paper Towns by John Green

    The Book: It’s been awhile since I’ve read a book that made me pause, laugh out loud, and then reread the same lines multiple times. Pape...
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    Disney College Program Bucket List
    Danika Miller
    • Aug 10, 2014
    • 1 min

    Disney College Program Bucket List

    Buy Mickey Ears Buy a Minnie headband Take a picture with all the characters See every stage show Break Down on the Indiana Jones Ride Se...
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    Hollywood City Tour!
    Danika Miller
    • Feb 27, 2014
    • 2 min

    Hollywood City Tour!

    Hey guys, I got to go to Hollywood! The College Program rented a huge double decker tour bus and took us around to some Disney related Ho...
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    Happy Valentines Day!
    Danika Miller
    • Feb 15, 2014
    • 2 min

    Happy Valentines Day!

    Let's just say I've been feeling pretty loved this Valentines Day and a lot of that is due to these five wonderful girls who I've been bl...
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    Days off at Disney!
    Danika Miller
    • Feb 14, 2014
    • 2 min

    Days off at Disney!

    When I'm not working at Disneyland, I get two glorious days off. Can you just take a guess at to where I spend them? We also officially b...
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    On the Job Training!
    Danika Miller
    • Feb 6, 2014
    • 2 min

    On the Job Training!

    My last phase of training was finally hands on! I started my on-the-job training over in Tomorrowland's Pizza Port restaurant. To explain...
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    Welcome To!
    Danika Miller
    • Jan 21, 2014
    • 2 min

    Welcome To!

    The next phase in training is a Welcome To class. These classes are role-specific, mine being Food Core Cafe. Others have classes called ...
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    Traditions Time!
    Danika Miller
    • Jan 19, 2014
    • 2 min

    Traditions Time!

    Traditions is the Disney coined term for their employee's orientations. Needless to say, orientation at Disney is extensive. We have a few...
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    First Few Days!
    Danika Miller
    • Jan 17, 2014
    • 3 min

    First Few Days!

    Holy cow, it's been crazy. I flew in bright and early Monday morning to the Orange County airport and took a taxi from there to the apart...
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    Disneyland College Program: The What, Why, and How
    Danika Miller
    • Dec 25, 2013
    • 5 min

    Disneyland College Program: The What, Why, and How

    Okay, so I've been getting A LOT of questions from friends, family, and really random people about the Disney College Program (DCP). With...
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