I've never been good about talking about what I do creatively. I have a radio show, but do I publicize it? No, not really. Why would anyone want to know about it? It's just a little thing I do online, it's not a big deal. I do photography, sometimes. Do I talk about it? Well, the … Continue reading Shame and the Creative Arts
Writing
Don Quixote, Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
So, as you may (or likely may not) remember, back at the beginning of September, my dear friend and partner in over-ambition, Stephanie Whiteside, and I started a new project, specifically one where we were going to read All The Books. Well, it's been a month, and I am here to report that I am … Continue reading Don Quixote, Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
DIY Lit Camp
So, because I needed another project, my usual partner-in-harebrainedness Stephanie Whiteside and I decided that we are going to read our way through the classics. Well. Some of them, anyway. 102 of them, to be exact.
Oh God, Our Help In Ages Past
Where the fuck have you been lately? Because I am seeing some shit, and I would sure as hell appreciate Your hand coming down, and administering some swift and well-aimed justice. Here’s the thing- I’m white. I’m also a woman, so I’m always going to come in at least second in the world, and I … Continue reading Oh God, Our Help In Ages Past
Things I Wish I’d Been Told About Being An Adult Before I Became One
Lots of people dread growing up. Becoming an "adult”, however you may want to define that term. Even if it doesn’t go so far as to be a true Peter Pan complex, it’s something that many people view with a sort of dread, an impending inevitability that will erase their “true” selves and remake them … Continue reading Things I Wish I’d Been Told About Being An Adult Before I Became One
So Long, 2013…
...don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. It seems like I am not alone in bidding au revoir, good riddance, and GTFO to 2013- I know lots of the folks in my social circles, as well as plenty of folks I know only tangentially, have had a rough time … Continue reading So Long, 2013…
The Big 3-0
Today is my 30th birthday. Yep. 30. Thir-teee. People keep telling me I should feel something about this, but frankly? I don't. Part of it is just the arbitrariness of it all- every single day of my life I'm one day older than I was before- why fuss with marking any one of those days … Continue reading The Big 3-0
Invasion
Last night my husband and I got home to work to see our front door standing open. I knew, with the immediacy that you know terrible things, what had happened. I was right. We'd been robbed. Someone took a crowbar, pried the framing of our front door off, and ransacked our house. They couldn't have … Continue reading Invasion
#BARTstrike
For those of you not living in the Bay Area, you may or may not have heard about our exciting transit strike- or, if you have, you may be wondering what all the fuss is about. Basically, the union of BART trainworkers, ticket takers, etc, all the folks who make BART run, have gone on … Continue reading #BARTstrike
January 28, 1986
27 years ago today, the space shuttle Challenger blew up less than two minutes after take-off, killing all on seven persons on board. Today we remember them, unwitting victims of bad communication and departmental hubris, and brave heroes who dared to squeeze their fragile flesh into a super-accelerated metal tube. I was not quite two … Continue reading January 28, 1986
