Writer? You wanna be an alcoholic?
My posts have been pretty heavy lately: sexual harassment, nuclear war, loneliness, anxiety, depression, etc. So, let’s take a quick break from the mess that is in my brain and focus on something lighter: a readathon. Because I don’t have enough on my plate with a full-time job, stand-up comedy writing class, and front-end web… Read more On a Lighter Note
Another week another sex scandal. The fucked up thing about the Aziz Ansari scandal was that when I first read it, I was like, “Oh that’s not so bad in the grand scheme of things. And then I felt icky for feeling that way. The reason Aziz’s behavior didn’t seem so bad to me was… Read more “No” Doesn’t Mean Try Again in a Few Minutes
Earlier this week, I was awoken at 1 AM by a loud buzzing sound. My first thought was, “Emergency broadcast. North Korea is bombing!” I jumped out of bed and looked out the window. It looked normal out. I thought my living room seemed foggy though. So I went to the door and looked out… Read more Emergency Blog Post: This Is Only a Test
I started an American Sign Language class back in September. I’d always wanted to take it and my work offered to pay, so I figured, why not? My teacher is deaf, and awesome, and has a strict no talking rule. If you don’t know a sign, you can fingerspell it. There were a few times… Read more 2018: Time to Get Uncomfortable
When you’re a kid making friends is as easy as walking up to another kid and asking them to play. As a 30-year-old woman in NYC, I’m not sure this same strategy would work. I’m pretty sure if I walked up to another adult on the street and asked if they want to check out… Read more Why Is Making New Friends so Hard?
It’s November 26th and I’m supposed to have 43,333 words written for NANOWRIMO. Right now I have 23,619 words. Don’t get me wrong. That’s still amazing and works out to 908 words per day. It’s just not where I’m supposed to be for the challenge that I signed up for. I stayed on track with my… Read more NANOWRIMO vs. Anxiety
I was supposed to post this a long time ago since I’m trying to put out blog posts every Monday and Friday. But for the past couple weeks, depression got the better of me. I have high-functioning depression, so most of the time, I can power through my to-dos. But I had one really bad… Read more Being Creative Despite Depression
NANOWRIMO stands for National Novel Writing Month. People all around the world spend the month of November trying to write 50,000 words of a novel. Throughout the month there are tears, chocolate, word sprints, and lots of bitching about how hard writing is. I love it. My NANOWRIMO profile says that I’ve participated for the… Read more NANOWRIMO is Upon Us
The Vegas shootings didn’t surprise me. These mass shooting occur frequently in America. I’ve been fortunate in that I haven’t been in the middle of one of these mass shootings, and neither have any of my close friends or family members. Still, with each shooting I get more and more uncomfortable being out in the… Read more Another Day, Another Shooting
When my friend was in town a couple weeks ago, we went to see 1984 on Broadway. She’d heard about the torture scenes making people faint and throw up, so naturally, she wanted to go see it. We had decent seats in the back middle area. The play started off pretty jarring. They blind you… Read more Eating at Broadway Shows: Can You Fucking Not?