Why I Dwell on Death in Times of Stress and Why You Should Do It Too!
Yesterday I had a headache, and as I was walking down the hall rubbing my temples, a random guy said “Don’t worry, it’ll be over...
Category: Writing
So My Mom Really Does Have Cancer
In the spirit of never posting anything less than the whole story, which I consider a personal motto as a blogger, here’s what’s up with...
Review: Trials Evolution Races Into Top Gear
I play all my games on easy because I have a saying: Life is hard, videogames should not be. I also have another saying: Life...
Why I’m Afraid of the Cops
This morning a police car followed me for half my commute to work. I’d rather have 10 spiders in my car with me, crawling up...
Ok, You’re Special, But Not in the Way You Think
I tend to think I’m really smart and creative. I got this trait from my father, who thinks we are both smart and creative. And...
I’m A Videogame Reviewer, You Guys!
My first article, an opinion piece about videogames, relationship and the concept of ‘friendzoning’ can be found on GearedforGamers.com So check it out! Friendzoneing and...
The ONLY Reason to Watch Game of Thrones
I’ve loved Peter Dinklage since “The Station Agent,” which was kind of a horrible movie in which he had a truly tragic haircut. I like...
Last Minute Lung Cancer
So I usually like to have at least 5 days of this blog in the hopper, but thanks to some busy weekends and late week...
Neighborhood Drama Turns Into Navel Gazing Freak Out
This morning when Ben went to get into his car to go to work, he found it missing a side view mirror. It was torn...
What I Know About Sushi: A Guide for Beginners
Yesterday I teased the sushi guide, and today here it is for your reading, viewing, and dining pleasure. I am by no means a sushi...
Skyrim: Initial Thoughts
So remember about 5 months ago when everybody was talking about this great new game called Skyrim and wandering around saying things like “I used...
“No Access” Strike: Poe’s Law In Action
Have you guys heard of the “No Access” Strike?. Basically, the idea is that feminist women country wide will abstain from sex for one whole,...
Girls Will Get This…
Maybe I’ve been hanging out in reddit.com/r/all/new/ too much (even the smallest amount of that place can be fatal), but I’ve been seeing a lot...
Carmel Vacation: Day 3
For our third and final day in Carmel, we walked over to Katy’s Place for breakfast again. It was so good the day before, we...
Carmel Vacation: Day 2
The one complaint I have about the Carmel Wayfarer Inn was that their beds are too soft. Ben and I are probably outliers since we...
Carmel Vacation: Day 1
Carmel-by-the-sea (official name) is a beach town located about 40 miles south of San Francisco on the California coast. It’s a tourist town who’s main...
Atheist Billboards: WTF
I’m not really an atheist. I have a semi-regular belief in a vague higher power (outlined here.) But if we were drawing lines, I’d probably...
Look at My Cute Boyfriend!
This is a picture he took of me right after he made me laugh.
Fuck Other Countries: A Philanthopic Plea
So after the whole mess about #Kony, we recently learned that Mike Dairy, famous for exposing mistreatment at Apple’s Chinese sweatshop is actually just famous...
To Hit or Not to Hit: Is Mass Effect Post-feminist?
First of all, this blog post is going to have Mass Effect spoilers, so if you don’t want to know, stop reading now. Second of...
What’s Up with the Blog? – Part 2
In part 1, I talked about what’s going on with me, and how Ben and I are quickly becoming tired of living in LA, but...
What’s Up with the Blog? – Part 1
You may have noticed that this blog has been updating Monday through Friday for awhile now, you may wonder about the sudden burst of content....
Audiobook Review: The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook by Bruce D. Perry (Author), Maia Szalavitz (Author), Danny...
I’m Commander Shepard and this is my favorite blog on the Citadel
If you find yourself wondering where I’ve been lately, maybe you should be asking who I’ve been lately. Mass Effect three is as amazing as...
How To Be Better Than Your Parents in Three Easy Steps
First off, try to have crappy parents. When your parents are shit, the sky’s the limit. If your mother’s currently serving life in prison for...
Elements of Grandma Style
Clicking on the thumbnails will take you to the store that sells that item. If you’re interested in true grandma style, check out Advanced Style,...
Audiobook Review: Monster Hunter International
Monster Hunter International [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition] by Larry Correia (Author), Oliver Wyman (Narrator) Imagine every one of your favorite action movies ever combined into...
The Time My Mom Made Me Shave My Step-dad’s Back
For about 6 years, from ages 8 to 14, my mom was with an older guy named Ramon. He’s probably one of the better men...
Why Chris Brown Will Not Go To Jail, No Matter How Hard He Seems To Try
I don’t mean that he will never go to jail at all, because everything that goes up must come down, and eventually studio lawyers and...
Audio Book Review: The Drunkards Walk
The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition] Leonard Mlodinow (Author), Sean Pratt (Narrator) Every so often, generally when I spend...
My Memories of Italy
From second to eighth grade, I went to a private school in my home town of Altadena. I was probably the 3rd most impoverished person...
Public Service Announcement: Apartment Living
This morning I met our new neighbors. At 4:00 a.m., while wearing pajamas and standing in my own driveway and staring at them in their...
My Cat is Terrible at Petting
Just what is the point of cats anyway? The entire Internet has become one giant cat fanboy palace and I’m sick to death of it....
Are You Tired of Reading About my Mother, Because I’m Tired of Writing About her… And Thinking About Her, and Crying Over Her. A.K.A This Again?!
This is a post I found in my drafts bin fully completed, never before published. I went to see my new therapist and he said...
The Time Our Neighbor Had A Target Tattooed On His Fucking Forehead
I live in Hawthorne, which is maybe not the best neighborhood around, but isn’t the scariest either. We live in a pleasant little apartment that...
Self Hate as a Motivator
So I just learned about the “humiliation diet” where you post your weight online every day and expect the people who care about you to...
Twitter Tells Me: Prime Minister Crampy, the Cheese Senorita
It’s that time again: I feel I’ve neglected the blog long enough that I harass my poor twitter followers until they tell me what to...
A Letter to My Inner Child
Dear Inner Child: My therapist says that I should “converse” with you. I’m not really sure what that means. I waver between thinking that this...
Mother Issues Redux
I wrote this for another venue, but I liked it so much that I thought I’d post it here. Anybody who’s read this blog for...
Movie Review Redux
50/50 I expected this movie to be funny, at least a little bit cute, and to probably make me cry at some point. It delivered...
Movie Review: Drive
My awesome boyfriend and I saw “Drive” today. Off the bat, I think I think I should mention that my all time favorite movie is...
Gizmodo Cyber-bullies Random Nerd, Gets Page Views
Judging by the twitter explosion that I just witnessed, you guys have all read the terrible mistake that Alyssa Bereznak just made over on Gizmodo....
A Function of Memory
In my life, I’ve had several mothers. In one way, I’ve had a series of caretakers who were there for me when my own mother...
Twitter Tells Me: Douching, Public Anxiety and Hashtag Hate
@Tuttle88 asked: why do women, specifically American women, douche? Well my foreign friend, America isn’t called the land of milk and cheese for nothing. Actually,...
Depersonalization Disorder: I’m Not Here Right Now
Longer ago than I like to admit, I started getting feelings of intense depersonalization. I would be driving home, or grocery shopping with my amazing...
Twitter Tells Me: Sex, Suicide and Unsafe Driving
As is my habit (and in order to get the poetry as far away from the top of the page as I can) I have...
The Wolf
One of the worst things about having had a bad childhood (please see well written examples here, here and here) has nothing to do with...
Taking a Job on the Death Star
I never knew who Ryan Dunn was until this morning, and I never ever cared. I still don’t really care. Don’t get me wrong, I...
Twitter Design Challenge: Dog
So my last twitter design concept was “breakdancing robot dog.” The concept was a little cluttered, and I had no immediate thoughts, but I started...
Twitter Design Challenge: Things I Learned
After the latest and first ever Twitter Design Challenge, I learned some things. First of all, sucking so much is definitely painful, make no mistake....