Clik here to view.
On knowing you’re alive and here for a reason, and knowing that it’s okay not...
It’s been almost two months since the last time I posted an entry. I’m ashamed and feeling guilty about it because I always promised myself that writing – and the promotion of my writing – would be a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On invites to pity parties.
I know that the above song is by Sam Smith, but I feel the need to share my belief that Lana Del Rey is my power animal. I have a sore on the inside of my left cheek, right near the corner of my lips....
View ArticleClik here to view.
On bad days and good days, and how they can come one right after the other.
Today is Friday the 13th, a notoriously unlucky day. A coworker was married and kissed his new wife for the first time during the ceremony. I realized that I’ve been chasing the ghost of a good...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On trying not to be ungrateful and having perspective.
“He asked me, ‘How do you keep fighting?’ And the truth is I don’t know I think it’s funny that he asked me ‘Cause I don’t feel like a fighter lately I am too unhappy … You’d think I’d get perspective...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On talking to the dead.
Friday, April 10, 2015 marked 90 years since the publication of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the novel that essentially changed my life by confirming the kind of woman – the kind of human...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On treating a blog like a confessional, for better or worse.
Good news: A literary agency requested my full manuscript about a week ago. Bad News: I haven’t written anything in a while, other than melodramatic diary entries that are more embarrassing and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On seeking salvation from loneliness.
I know I need to update this blog more than once a month. My writing is becoming stale; my literary muscle is in a state of atrophy due to lack of use. I have no excuse. I wonder how many writers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On changing.
“If you really wanted to mess me up, you should have gotten to me sooner.” “She doesn’t even take it out on people when she’s having a bad day; that’s character.” I have an appointment on Friday to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On objections.
“Love is a book that never closes.” I need to stop drinking spoiled milk. A respected coworker of mine read the manuscript for Moody Blue and told me she enjoyed it, believed it had merit and promise....
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the inability to stop questioning.
I’ve just finished Harper Lee’s GO SET A WATCHMAN. WARNING: Spoilers abound. I was determined to hate this book. I didn’t agree with how the novel started, what with Jem dead and gone. I was treating...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On time.
I have a REAL problem with procrastination, and not just with work. Let’s face it; few people actually enjoy completing work in the proper setting. There’s a sad, small thrill in doing something other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On choosing.
The night before last, before falling into bed at 2 am, I went to put my retainers in like a responsible girl. I actually left the cozy comfort of my warm bed to do so, and the bottom retainer fell...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On battling bullshit.
It’s the end of another year. We’re all preparing for the onslaught of “new year, new you” messages and postings, and I know the majority think such verbiage is cliched bullshit. I was such a believer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On being a big, fat liar.
Two weeks ago, I went to confession. The line of sinners was surprisingly long; I assume the snowstorm from the previous weekend had kept the faithful at home and away from the church, so everyone was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On being the Duckie.
I love 80’s culture; movies, music, fashion – all of it. I’m something like a girl anachronism, born 18 years too late. I should have come of age in that decade of magic, of decadence. It was the last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the struggle with technology.
I absolutely loathe my dependence on technology. I know this may seem like quite the hypocritical statement as I am using my computer and the internet and social media to update my narcissistic,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the point being to keep trying.
“In the stories, though, it’s worth it. Always worth it to have tried, even if you fail, even if you fall like a meteor forever. Better to have flamed in the darkness, to have inspired others, to have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On near misses.
For someone who believes in, and more often than not relies on signs from the universe, I’m constantly missing those signs. I’m frequently guilty of missing the point, as it were. It is usually only...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the persistence of the Universe
Some situations in life are unavoidably awkward. Indeed, some moments are socially awkward by definition. For women, I believe this includes any and all visits to beauty salons. Just the other day, I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On Biscuit.
I am by no means an “animal lover.” I have never owned an animal poster, not even the psychedelic ones by Lisa Frank that featured crazy colors and tigers. I’m not particularly saddened or offended...
View Article
