Rape-quit: Cool New Fad
With all this gamer gate shit hitting the fan, and everybody, once again, realizing that rape threats are not conducive to political activism, I have...
Category: Writing
Did You Fucking Vote?
I already voted. By mail. Because Oregon, hooray. Enough about me. Did you fucking vote? Because if you didn’t vote, it’s just a rule of...
Halloween 2014 Liveblog in Real Time
Hi, I’m liveblogging Halloween. You may know me from such liveblogs as Election Day 2012, Die Hard, and Night Traffic Court. 12:00 a.m. It is...
Your bank was dumb, I’m glad I left
Five years ago, I switched to a credit union. It was the best decision I’ve ever made. I was originally a Washington Mutual customer, and...
Pumpkin Patching
We went to a pumpkin patch today. I was completely unprepared for the amount of mud. Thankfully, I didn’t slip. But I did look and...
15 Movies – Part 3
15 movies that stuck with me, in no particular order, part 3 11. The Doom Generation: The one that started it all, the movie that...
Halloween Nails
Sadly, I don’t have much else to contribute. I binge watched some of the new shows. Forever is like New Amsterdam, except not broody, and...
15 Movies – Part 2
15 movies that stuck with me, in no particular order, part 2. Read part one here 6. Tank Girl: The fact that Lori Petty is...
I’ve Been Doing My Nails A Lot Lately
Good News: Your Dick is the Least Important Part of You
An anonymous reader requested that I talk a little bit about penis size. Namely, how very sad it is that porn seems to have made...
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Getting ready for Halloween on the Ghost tour. I already had some people show up in costume last week, so I feel compelled to have...
The Most Thought Provoking Slave/Master Porn You’ll Read This Year – Review of “Anchored” by Rachel Haimowitz
Anchored by Rachel Haimowitz Thanks to NetGalley and Riptide Publishing for the review copy. Riptide does it again. There’s no wrong way to go with...
It’s 1 am
… and this is all I have to show for it. That is our cat with a hair tie on her tail. I’ve been putting...
15 Movies – Part 1
15 movies that stuck with me, in no particular order, part 1 The Wizard of Oz: A little girl wakes up in a world she...
My Bot is an Asshole
Apparently my bot got in a conversation with a real person back in July. Maybe we should add a note to her bio. She also...
My Mourning Jacket
I don’t think I ever had anything I pined after as a child, but one jacket was my pride and joy as a teenager, and...
Cute Doggy is Happy Times
Your wish is my command
Why I Can’t Even
I’ve been working too much. I feel like my brain is oatmeal at the end of the day. The only thing I have to really...
The one where I confess that I can’t actually draw
I can’t actually draw. All my sketches are digital because I literally sketch over a picture of the thing I need. See.
Wednesday is a Cold, Hard Bitch
I’m going to sleep “early” at midnight. I’ve been working all day long, and I have nothing to say except that I’m tired. I don’t...
Shout-out to Ben, for being my equal.
The third, fourth and fifth time I forgot to write a blog since I started week-daily posts have all happened in the same two-week span....
One Year Later: Anniversary of Grandma’s Move
Thanks to Timehop, I can now tell you exactly what I was tweeting about last year. Actually, I can tell you exactly what I was...
I died as I lived: with an Xbox controller in my hand.
I did my tours Friday and Saturday night, and worked a street fair for most of Sunday, but other than that, this has been my...
Two Fights a Night
After attending the last ever free Last Thursdays (starting in 2015, vendors will have to apply and pay a fee in order to participate in...
Yay.
Someone finally paid me. So I got a manicure It’s nearly 3am, and I’m finally ready to stop working and go to sleep. I’ve been...
Why the Fuck Can’t You Get Embed Codes on YouTube Mobile?
I tried to embed this video “I’m A Guy”: http://youtu.be/lX3yYkkEulY because it has Keith and the Girl people in it, and I love them, even...
Lego for Grown Ups
Turns out, setting up AV equipment is really fun! I wasn’t allowed to have Legos as a child, but I have a feeling this is...
My Blacklist Begins
Ben and I have found a new obsession: The Blacklist. We tried to watch it when it first came out and I hated everything about...
2nd Day in a Row
Oh my God. I didn’t blog last night either. I’m so overwhelmed with finding work, working, and worrying about work that I completely forgot to...
Didn’t Blog Last Night
I was so tired last night that I fell asleep without blogging. That’s only happened twice before by my count. A sure sign that I...
Found my middle school journal…
I was a creepy kid. There was also page after page of really horrible poetry on my depression, as well as a trove of short...
The Status Quo
I’ve been pretty down since that weird bullshit with the yelling trash thrower. On the one hand, her manic screaming and chasing routine reminded me...
The Ballad of April O’Neil – Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Friend Lauren and I went to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles today, and it was a whole lot better that I was thinking it would...
Come to Portland, Get Trash Thrown at You
I was minding my own damn business, walking my sweet, adorable dog, you guys know Pepper, but in case you don’t, here’s a refresher: I...
Verizon and The NFL Want You to Be That Guy.. That Rapey Fucking Guy
I’ve been catching up on my Teen Wolf, and part of that involves the MTV site and watching the same 4-8 commercials over and over...
One of these things is not like the others…
Here in Portland, we’re all about diversity.
Why I Stayed and What I Learned
It’s hard for me to talk about domestic violence, but not for the reasons you might think. Yeah, all the predictable reasons are there: Because...
Urban Fantasy for the Argumentative Soul – Interview with William Dooling
Today’s blog is an interview with urban fantasy writer William Dooling. Dooling has self-published his first novel Synchronicity on the Amazon marketplace for $3.99. I...
Ben’s Back!
His plane landed Wednesday morning and we’ve already eaten our way through most of Portland. Which is nice, because in the two weeks he was...
The Situation Worsens
The Internet’s down, and the dog, who’s been getting increasingly agitated and restless over the last two weeks, just ate a bunch of Artichoke leaves,...
How to Talk to Shitty People
I was having a conversation today that reminded me I have a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long...
Holiday Repost: Labor of a Different Kind
Happy Labor Day, here is a repost of the most popular blog from the last year. The original is from October 10, 2013. Friend Aldo...
In the absence of cat, the void becomes tangible
As I type this, I can’t believe it’s only Thursday. This week has simultaneously gone on forever and shot past me at lightening speed. For...
Okay, Let’s Talk About Suicide
So Henry Rollins got lambasted after tearing into Robin Williams for killing himself, for which he has already apologized in his Rollinsey way. And I...
Things I’ve Done Since Ben Left
THURSDAY worked, watched TV, slept FRIDAY Worked, watched TV, slept SATURDAY Worked, watched TV, slept SUNDAY Played video games, slept, watched TV MONDAY Worked, went...
Things to Do While My Boyfriend’s Away 2
Ben’s going away for two weeks starting today (Thursday), so I have to make a new Things to Do list that will replace the list...
An Argument For Cop Cams
Share this image. Cop cams can’t prevent all police brutality, but cities where they’ve been instituted show marked improvement. And not just for the people....
NOTHING
Nobody answered. Nobody at all. I’m so fucking tired. I haven’t been sleeping well. As usual, I know. But it’s so hard to write anything...
Black Lives Matter – Ferguson Update
So, remember when I said that it looked like things were looking up in Ferguson? Not so much. What can I say about it that...
What It’s Like to Go Through a Papers Checkpoint in America
Things look like they’re getting better in Ferguson now that the highway patrol have taken the lead in the area. Yesterday I wrote in passing...