Because it’s October…

Been slammed this term. A lot of administrative tasks and all of the insanity and inanity that go with it, student dilemmas, classroom issues, lots of interruptions, and so on. Even still, we managed to get the Clothesline Project started on campus, and it was probably one of the most therapeutic events I’ve ever put … Continue reading →

Dueling Worlds

Nobody told me it was going to be like this… Regular Working World: One in which I plod through, day to day, nodding and smiling in support towards colleagues and students and the occasional administrator. I teach, I answer questions, I grade papers, I question myself, I re-grade some papers, I teach some more, I … Continue reading →

Everything You Heard Is True (NSFW)

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I don’t know if it’s something in the air or what – maybe it’s hormones or pheromones or the end of summer – but such a taboo topic as sex has recently been brought up by several writers I know. I don’t find it particularly hard to write in fiction as it’s fantasy. … Continue reading →

When Writing Truly Became My Therapy

I’ve been stagnant here, and for that—as well as my lack of participation in the blogging community—I’m sorry. I’d a single writing goal over the summer, and that was to FINALLY finish my horror novel, that beast that’s been keeping my mind and soul occupied when other things should have been. I’d promised myself it … Continue reading →

The Al Bundy Phenomenon (aka GTFO of the Past)

I never once understood those people who love living in the past. Personally, I find it almost masochistic, reliving those days one cannot get back, never mind those days where too many mistakes were made. It’s a bleak viewpoint, I realize. It seems ever more evident though in the public sphere—the old, rich, white guys … Continue reading →

This Was Never Once About Her Face.

Current Status: Attempting not to let the little things stab my soul. I mean, upon closer inspection, it’s inconsequential really. Life is generally fairly good right now, despite the awful political climate, minor health quibbles (of my own doing), friends’ tragedies and struggles, handymen nonsense, and the reminders that one’s exes are everywhere at once … Continue reading →

Weighty Matters

Right, so, I was hanging out with a dear friend at her place last night. We’d had a raincheck for awhile — we’d made a promise that we wouldn’t watch the new version of It without the other. Someway, somehow, we managed to keep that date, despite the 1,001 responsibilities we have right now (and, … Continue reading →