Category: life
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Holy Shit, Cheese Though
I don’t say this often, at least, not as much as I should (I know), but dammit, I love… cheese. Invariably, small talk always leads to the “Would You Rather” question which I used to stumble over: “Would you rather live without chocolate, or cheese?” I mean, would I want to live in a world where I…
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What I’m Thankful For:
this corner of the sofa. You’re great. Never change, baby. Worst Cooks in America on Netflix — thanks for reminding me of a time before terror. Clue for iPhone. Thanks for making sense of my body. I feel more in control and less adrift when it comes to my moods, pain, and periods. …
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The Cake Dream
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On Monday night, I fell asleep on my boyfriend while watching Jean-Claude Van Damme or something, and I had a dream about cake. The cake in my dream was a vanilla cake, light and spongy, half-decorated in white frosting and half-decorated in dark chocolate frosting. Like a giant, fluffy, black-and-white cookie! In the dream, it was…
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Thanksgiving? What Thanksgiving?
Ho, ho, ho, my fellow hoes! I call you “hoes” like “whores” because we all know there’s absolutely nothing wrong with sex work as long as nobody’s being exploited and everyone has given consent! Merry Christmas! Yeah, assholes, CHRISTMAS. It goes right from Halloween to Christmas. TBF, Thanksgiving isn’t even a holiday anymore, let’s…
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Good News! “SMILE” – The Election Is Almost Over!
What a slog it’s been! Feels like this election has been going on for two years — which it actually almost has. So the Good News for today is that, in two days, we gain an extra hour of sleep (yay!) and in four days, for better or for worse, the campaigning season is OVER. In many…
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Let’s Get Ready To Rumble, Ponies!
My hometown will never be the same. Also, today I learned what a “Met” is. When the Binghamton Mets announced that they would be changing their team name and opened up voting on a list of several options, the backlash in my small town was very negative. “Why are you changing the name? We hate change!” was the…
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Currently… in November 2016
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FEELING: Completely numb. It’s funny, I read back over last month’s “Currently” post and remember how desperate and stressed out I felt. I feel like a week after I wrote that, things took a massive turn for the better, and things started looking hopeful, and then immediately plummeted back into terribly depressing territory. If October was…
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Deconstructing The Love Affair With Zoella
As an Anglophile, I’m shocked it’s taken me so long to discover the beautiful world of Zoella, but rest assured, I am making up for lost time. With two YouTube channels full of a plethora of videos and numerous guest appearances on her friends’ channels, a newly-minted Zoella fan has hours of content to glut…
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Gender is DEAD! That’s the Good News this week!
Last Friday, I listed 7 things that made me exceedingly happy, and I enjoyed sharing so much, that I decided to make “a thing” of it. So welcome to the Second Weekly Edition of my Good News posts. YAY! Good news, for once! So as I was compiling the things I enjoyed this week, I…
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“Self Care” Was At My Fingertips All Along
“Self care” is trendy. I would go so far as to say “self care” is the buzzword of 2016. And the way 2016 has been going, we all need a crapload of self care. When the “self care trend” started happening, I scoffed. It sounded so woo-woo, hippy doo — this coming from a girl…
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Tweet Relief
Holllllly shit, guys, Twitter has become Something Else these days. Politics-as-usual has become politics-as-unusual-as-it-gets. Trolls are everywhere. Hashtags are grim. You gotta have those guilty pleasure accounts to break up the monotony of horrifying trending topics of you’ll go slowly mad, mad I say! Let's talk about 6, baby. Let's talk about the 2 and…
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Get THE SELF-ESTEEM WORKBOOK, Seriously!
So this story begins where it’s been all my life: a slow supernova of self-loathing and self-fulfilling prophesy expanding in a fireball of snowballing problems, sitting in a therapist’s squeaky leather chair. “Would you like to try something?” she asks. I always say yes, because she’s the professional, isn’t she? It’s not like anything I’ve ever…
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Currently… in October 2016
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FEELING: Stressed. Stressed out about the job search, stressed out about money. Stressed about the election, watching everything in the world go wrong. It’s not a happy time, let’s be honest. WATCHING: I only just discovered Zoella, whose vlogs have been the white noise over which I’ve been doing job applications and writing assignments. After binge-watching the only…
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Currently… in September 2016
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FEELING: Confused! I just got back from Burning Man yesterday (YESTERDAY!) and after over two weeks of living entirely for Burning Man, I’m confused how to reintegrate to my life. My to-do list is miles long, and it’s a little daunting, but not nearly as intense as trying to take my incredible experience and figure…
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Currently… in August 2016
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FEELING: Wow. The month of July passed so quickly, it feels like one minute it was the Fourth of July and the next, I was celebrating my birthday! The month sure went out on several intense notes, it’s like a season finale of a TV show. To say that I’m overwhelmed would be an understatement.…
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RIP, Chevron
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It is with heavy heart that we announce the passing of Chevron. Chevron came to prevalence in October 1950, when it graced the polo shirt of Peanuts character Charlie Brown. Chevron reached worldwide fame and legendary status at the age of 60, when suddenly, Chevron was ubiquitous on maxi dresses, curtains, and in blog designs. Those of us…
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Five Albums: Double Fantasy
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Three chimes. Double Fantasy is a meditative experience. It plays like a story of a relationship which begins in the middle — a genius move that lends itself brilliantly to playing it over and over, to “start over” again and again. Lennon’s gift for songwriting is undoubtedly enhanced by his relationship with Ono. I’ve always regarded them…
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If You Can’t Say Something Nice, Write It On The Internet
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I was raised on a couple of “Golden Rule”s. “Silence is Golden!” “Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You,” and “If You Can’t Say Something Nice, Don’t Say Anything At All.” Today, it seems these old platitudes have modern twists. FUN! “Silence Is An Invitation To Stick Your Two Cents…
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Currently… in July 2016
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FEELING: A little more focused than I was in the middle of last month. There was a period of real struggle after some serious blows and dark moments, but I’m starting to find a groove after picking myself back up. I hit a personal low last month and self-harmed for the first time since college, but…
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Cleansing
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Follow my blog with Bloglovin Maybe you noticed some changes around here? They say “a messy house is a sign of a life well-lived,” which is probably just a shade at neat freaks. Maybe the opposite is also true, “a clean house is a sign of a life in turmoil.” The only time my childhood…