The shame of taking an excessively long time to finish my thesis and having to quit my job because I can manage neither my job nor my finances inevitably means that I have a lot of unpleasant shit crowding my headspace right now. It’s ugly up here. But there are so many hugely important things […]
I had this whole thing going about sharing all the stuff and being less guarded and more willing to own my shame and all that good stuff, but I realized, even at the time, that I couldn’t get all that into one post that was any reasonable length. So yeah, there’s a bit more. And […]
When things get bad, the last thing I really want to do is talk about how much things suck. Partially this is because when I start doing that, out loud, to other people, I become aware of all the things I should be grateful for and the thousand ways it could get worse. I’m also […]
In my last post I mentioned this post, which I wrote first. Now that I feel like I’ve prefaced it with some vague disclaimers, I feel a lot more comfortable posting it. It is all sorts of redundant after the last post, but this is useful for me in the weird sort of personal archiving […]
A good friend recently left her job and asked for encouragement. The details weren’t clear (and if they were, I wouldn’t be sharing them here) because all she really needed was a hug, and was willing to settle for internet hugs. (I give awesome internet hugs, FYI. Awkward real hugs, but awesome internet hugs.) The […]
Two weeks ago today my best friend got married. SHE GOT MARRIED. I meant to say something sooner, mostly so that my blog didn’t greet newcomers with that Sad Panda Surprise post. To be honest, my thoughts haven’t really progressed much from, “!!!!” Let me just say, before you go any further, that this post […]
Years ago, I was driving to Santa Monica with my best friend. We pulled up to the light at the end of Santa Monica Blvd., where it hits Ocean. It was late at night and I don’t remember how or why we got roped into talking to them, but two middle aged men in the […]
This blog post is coming to you from my death bed. My death bed, it seems, is a pullout couch in Sherman Oaks, CA. I really had hoped I’d live long enough to watch my best friend get married, but sadly that shall not be. I am afflicted with a very serious case of melodrama […]
As a personal blogger, I am morally obligated to put up at least one post talking about the new year or the end of the old year. I should talk about all the travels (first solo international trip!) or becoming an employed person with a business card. These were proud accomplishments. Or we could get […]
Important beliefs that I have to share with you all right now: my parents are better than all other parents, supernatural television shows that are no longer on the air are totally worthy of hours of discussion among strangers, and knowing things is very different from emotionally understanding them. (This list is not meant to […]