Shout Out to My Broheims, also My Broheinas
I’ll be interspersing this post with pictures I took of Pepper in our living room at night with no flash (the flash makes her eyes...
Category: Writing
Robbery
This is a character Ben and I have been working on together for years. She’s meant to be our version of the perfect female action...
Workaholism Means Never Having to Say “I’m Available”
Overwork has been a struggle I’ve had all of my adult life. Like anybody with a genuine problem, even as I write this, I think...
A Pile of Dead Kids
This morning I read the BuzzFeed article that reposted this video from the conservative blog campusreform.org. And I can’t help but think this was released...
Don’t Worry, I Still Hate Stuff
I already talked about my hatred for the institution of marriage in this angry tirade, but my views have evolved in the last couple of...
I Wanna Know What Love Is
How can you tell if you love someone? -Love and Marriage Eventually? Well, LAME, in December, it’ll be 9 years that Ben and I have...
Welcome to Body Acceptance, Now Stay on Your Side
Through the magic of tumblr, I was introduced to this post about how Lady Gaga’s body acceptance movement is bullshit. I think if I didn’t...
Fucking Doorways, How Do They Work?
When I was a little kid, I lived with my grandma and grandpa, the latter of whom was completely insane. In addition to talking to...
Who The Fuck Is Deadpool?
So lately, EVERYwhere (tumblr) I go (tumblr) on the Internet (não, só tumblr) there’s this little red guy, doing ridiculous things. Credit for this art...
Take it Like a 90 Minute Thriller
So this morning I was in the shower singing this song And I told Ben (we shower together) “you know this is one of two...
Attention PUAs, 12 Step Meetings Are Terrible Hunting Grounds
Dear Marina, My friend told me AA meetings were a great place to pick up chicks. It sounds kind of sleazy. What’s your take on...
Goodbye Sweet iPod
As if all the other drama in my life isn’t enough, I’m pretty sure my ipod died today. I plugged it in Monday night and...
Things Pepper Hates
So Pepper is an awesome dog. She’s really smart, learns easily, and is fun to be with. She truly is a joy to have as...
Guess Who’s Back?
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you already know that we are once again, the owners of a much contested Rat Terrier named...
Twitter Illustrated
My new phone, the awesome Samsung Galaxy Note has a stylus pen, and a note program that lets you easily screen-cap things and then draw...
Transgender Transformers
Today was one of the many days where I couldn’t think of anything to blog. So, I asked twitter what to write about and my...
Gaymer Versus Gaymer
At approximately 7:00 p.m. pacific time, Sunday /r/Gaymers mod and creator MisterGhost posted a thread titled “Gaymers could be banned and deleted by tomorrow, please...
5 Gifts for Geeks
Do you guys get the impression they wanted to call Premium Rush “Ride Like Hell,” but that they worried about the effect it would have...
And That’s How We Ungot a Dog
Last weekend has been so dramatic and so filled with ballsackery that I’m actually reading my own Facebook to remind me of the timeline. Hold...
And That’s How We Got A Dog
The day after my meeting with mom was the day Grandma’s boyfriend got out of jail. She had been telling everybody in the family how...
The Time I Saw My Mom After 5 Years of Not Speaking
This is the most recent update to the continuing drama surrounding my Grandma’s hip replacement, her near fatal visit to The Californian, and her boyfriend’s...
6 Year Old Poem Still Applies
In Honor of Labor Day, here is a re-post of this blog from 2006. It’s a poem I wrote for my awesome boyfriend, and it’s...
Pepper’s Log, Stardate Yesterday
11:00 p.m. Marina shows up and we hang out for a little bit. Then I get to go on a WALK! to her car, which...
You Can’t Make This Up
It’s Wednesday night, I’m blogging this from my grandma’s hospital room. We’re currently waiting for the staff to bring a wheelchair so we can wheel...
Doesn’t Ben Find You Disgusting?
One time, I was having coffee with my beloved grandma, and she casually asked “Doesn’t Ben find you disgusting, with all that fat on you?”...
The Time a Tow Truck Driver Gave Me the Cure for the Common Cold
So when I was in college, I worked about 30 to 50 hours a week at 2 jobs and usually had a side hustle selling...
Are You Worrying About Life?
Well, stop it. The truth is, there’s probably nothing you can do about your worries right now. Unless there is, in which case you are...
Grandma’s Hospital Stay
So I mentioned that my grandma is in the hospital. It looks like she’s going to stay there for at least a couple more days....
Weight Loss Anxiety
Lately I’ve been feeling that I have a social obligation to dress a certain way. Namely in a way that would be less comfortable, but...
Secret Girl Confession: How to Talk to Us (as Well as Other People)
If you’ve spent any amount of time on the Internet as a female, you’ll have had the experience where, shortly after being discovered, jerks treat...
Bad Movie Theater: Bangkok Love Story Part 2
When we left off on Friday, our heros had fucked, and Cloud pulled a gun on Stone, who tried to work it out and put...
Bad Movie Theater: Bangkok Love Story Part 1
I want to put a disclaimer on this BMT, as this is the first foreign film I’ve done. At first, I was worried about doing...
Shitty Jobs Save Lives
Hello and welcome to advice time! David says: I fucking loathe my job. The people are toxic and I have zero friends. None if them...
Bad Luck Blogger
Last night, Ben and I were talking about the curious situation where I downloaded the All in One SEO Pack, and started using the Google...
Why Do People Hit Their Kids?
People who read this blog know that I had an abusive childhood. Hitting, berating and neglecting children is a time-old tradition in my family. It’s...
What Do Gamers Want?
Last weekend Ben and I went to the Beach and recorded some video for you guys. I asked what it is GearedforGamers readers wanted to...
So It’s Thursday
It’s Tuesday here, and tomorrow I’ll be having the longest day of my year, so I thought I’d try to take care of Thursday’s blog...
Grandma’s Surgery and My Writer’s Block
So today (Wednesday) is the day my grandmother has her hip replacement surgery. Which means that I’ll have gotten up at 4:30 a.m. in order...
Poetry I Wrote in High School 3: Okay, This Maybe Doesn’t Suck
So on my recent trip down memory lane, I dug up some of the worst shit my high school poetry journal had to offer, and...
Poetry I Wrote in High School 2: Revenge of the Poorly Written Verse
I’ve been having a spell of writers block, and while I was looking through my drafts to see if there was something I could just...
Pomp & Circumstance at Oregon State University
While we were in Corvallis for our recent vacation, Ben’s mom took us to the campus to see the stick installation Patrick Dougherty had built...
A Friendly Mid-Campaign Reminder: Everything Is Bullshit
So it’s hard to unseat an incumbent President. Like, really super hard. Out of 43 Presidents, only 10 men ever beat out an incumbent, and...
Rachel’s Blog: What’s the Deal with Females?
This is one of the custom blogs I do for my facebook friends. I asked if there was anything they wanted me to blog about,...
Bad Movie Theater: Dare
So it took me about three days to watch this movie because I kept sad-quitting. The characters are all so weird, and pathetic and I...
Reasons You Might Not Know What You’re Talking About
Ok people, far be it from me to try to tell others how to conduct their lives. I’ve got my own flaws, many of which...
Sixmonth Blogaversary
Yesterday marked 6 months I’ve been blogging Monday through Friday. I don’t really have anything planned for my blogaversary, except that it’s something to write...
Gendered Bullying in Gaming
Today at 1:00 p.m. PST, 5 friends and I had a panel discussion on gendered bullying in gaming. We ended up talking about bullying in...
Corvallis Vacation – The Garden Tour
As you know, I don’t usually blog on the weekend, but I wanted to get this up, not just because I lost track of the...
Corvallis Vacation – Day .5
First off, I need to tell you that yesterday ended at 1 this morning, and today began at 4:30, So most of what follows may...
A Letter From Another Me
I found this while I was looking through my old poetry journal for bits of terrible to force on you guys. I didn’t think it...