It’s been a long January. The first major apocalyptic snowstorm of the year dumped over a foot of snow on my hometown a few days ago, and we are all still in the process of digging ourselves out. A snow emergency has even been declared; the carved-out tunnels of the sidewalks and streets are looking […]
Yippee-ki-yay, 2026!
I’ve been meaning to update but haven’t had the time—been a very busy last few weeks. Thankfully, I feel better than I did a month ago. I spent the month of December with a dark raincloud hanging over my head. I lost my muse and I almost lost my mind. But it’s a New Year; […]
Wherefore art thou, 2025?
Oh friends… Have I mentioned before that I am an idiot? Because I am an idiot, and I really have no idea what I’m doing.
Epilogue: A Tale of Two Centipedes
One year later, our heroine wakes up and groggily heads to the bathroom to freshen herself up. She turns the shower on. The water begins to pool slightly in the tub when she notices it: a dark spot on the shower floor. She peers in and sees she disrupted a centipede’s stroll with the sudden […]
And HERE WE ARE
Was 2024 the worst year yet? Why yes, yes it was. I’ve reached a semi-nihilistic state wherein I figure I should enjoy life as much as I can, while I still can, before the world ends. I usually try to avoid being too dark on social media and the like, but I’ve given up on […]
Sadder But Wiser Girl
I watched The Music Man for the first time ever last year, and have now watched it maybe 10 times since. Maybe not quite that many times. But it’s close. The whole story fills my stupid, sappy, sentimental heart with joy. I love musicals, and there are a particular few that I love so much […]
A Tale of Two Centipedes
Given that spooky season is upon us, I’ve got a tale to beguile you, of the horrors that lie within. My apartment has become a menagerie. Aside from one delightfully charming but needy pug named Oliver, I am overrun—OVERRUN—with spiders, and very recently, centipedes. There was a bit of a mouse problem some months back, […]
Who Wants to Live Forever
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m going through some really serious stuff right now, and my mind is a jumbled, dark, twisted mess. My heart is in even worse shape. I’m currently watching Shrinking on Apple TV right now, and one of the things a few of the grieving characters do is put on a sad […]
The Plot Thickens…
I’m out for blood. Forget the hopeful tone of my last blog post, In Defense of Cheese. Your narrator has been suffering under the weight of profound mindfuckery the last few weeks, and her inner hulk is very, very angry. Without getting into explicit details, I have some personal drama going on in life right […]
In Defense of Cheese
I am a colossal cheeseball. As such, I dislike the modern trend in entertainment over the last couple decades of tv that is increasingly dark, gritty, depressing, and dystopian. It seems it’s all they’re churning out these days. And I often feel like I’m the only person who isn’t onboard with it. Battlestar Galactica (2004) […]
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