When I woke up today, I fumbled blindly for my phone, guided only by the alarm emanating from it. 6:32 AM, it probably read, a result of my inability to set alarms where the minutes are multiples of 5. I finally found it, hidden under a pile of pillows; before I pulled it out, I… Continue reading For the days when it seems darkest
Tag: body politics
Matters of the heart
Frodo: I can't do this, Sam. Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the… Continue reading Matters of the heart
For When You Feel Ugly
[Author's note: so recently I've been having really bad esteem issues, and it was hampering my efforts in productivity. Thus, this. Sorry, readers, recently my posts have been very personal. I'll write about my Maculot Clean-Up Climb experience soon!] 17 October, 2014, over a bottle of wine. Hey, Joy. Chin up. There will be more days like… Continue reading For When You Feel Ugly
Trail Mix
(This was something I wrote as a final requirement for one of the most mind-opening classes I've had in college. It's meant to be spoken out loud, but I don't mind having it read.) Trail Mix I walk. I walk and I walk until there’s nothing more in me that wants to keep moving forward… Continue reading Trail Mix
Of perpetual finds 