The only card game I know is Pusoy Dos. I only learned how to play this game when I was 17 years old. Up until then, I didn't even know how to shuffle a full deck of playing cards. It was summer and my friends and I were bored and broke in our own homes. Left… Continue reading This Glorious Nothingness
I change subjects approximately 8 times in 1 minute. I know this because some friends from work used to keep track of my topic shifts. A typical monologue from me would sound somewhat like this: "So my cat Moxie escaped from the living room last night and we were so freaked out OMIGOD. I mean,… Continue reading Of Bright Lights and Empty Spaces: Thoughts of the Perpetually Anxious
When I was twenty-five years old, I discovered that my friends were saying things about me behind my back. My roommate let slip that former co-workers had “issues” with the way I was “so vocal on social media”. I’d be lying if I tell you that it didn’t sting, because it did. I was dealing… Continue reading Blanket Apologies of An Overposter
July 1987 Something is coming. I'm not sure what it is. Dad had a big white bed set-up in our room last week. By "our", I mean "their" room. I'm three and a half (THE HALF IS IMPORTANT!) years old and I don't see why I need the pink room next to my Mommy's. That… Continue reading Bottle Me Up #4: Big
In college, a well-meaning male friend told me that I was boring. He phrased it in this manner: "See, this is the problem with you. You're too --- museum-y. You like going to museums, crafting, and school. In my mind there are only two kinds of women: those looking for love, and those looking for… Continue reading In Defense of the Nerd
April 2012, 1am, a grotty little office cubicle A nameless face to think I see To sit and watch the waves with me till they're gone A heart I'd swear I'd recognize is Made out of my own devices Could I be wrong? Sara Bareilles pretty much scored the last three years. Right now, this… Continue reading Bottle Me Up #3: One
Of course the banana looks fake. We shot a plastic banana. (2008) We spent too many frames on the kangkong. (2017) Per Client, we need to cut the part with the baby. The baby is not on-brand. (2009) Okay, we can give you access to the fan page. But we can't give you access… Continue reading Things I Have Said In Meetings That Make No Sense To The Outside World – Part 1
A few months ago, an old friend came to visit. "She gained weight ha, she wants you to know," our mutual friend C said. "She wanted me to tell you so that there would be no surprises when we see each other." At first I thought it was really strange that C found it… Continue reading The Fabulous Elephant In The Room
February 2002 - In a cramped university office The faculty adviser was getting irritated. I'm not sure if it's because I came to the advisement session in white Birkenstocks and a sarong as a skirt. The summer was fast approaching. At the beginning of freshman year, my parents had let me choose my own major.… Continue reading On Getting What You Wished For (Part 2)
June 2017 Every single person on the beach is facing west ward. I used to prefer sunrises to sunsets. Sunrises were orange, blue, and yellow. I used to greet them while driving to work. I grew up in a household of early risers, which was more because of necessity than virtue. We lived 20km… Continue reading Bottle Me Up #2: Pink
Chos And The City 