Occasionally, I sit and ruminate about the Jurassic Park movies. It’s a series with diminishing returns. The first one is...
Read More2019: The Year of Living Messy
If you're one of the...one persons who read this blog, you know that I have a problem with messy pages....
Read MoreSo Close to Home
My grandma was a hoarder. She filled every corner of our tiny cottage with dusty yard sale finds, stained stuffed...
Read MoreFear of Flight
I’ve never been a flier.I don’t like my feet off the ground. So I’m terrified of things like roller coasters and...
Read More–Belated Father’s Day
A post about Father’s Day.
Read MoreTales from Speedway: Line cutting and Starship
In line at the Speedway. There's only one cashier, helping someone who wants the entire Speedy rewards system explained to...
Read MoreLarceny and Gratitude
In which a thief gives me the gift of five minutes without my usual misanthropy.
Read MoreThe Movie Fix: Pacific Rim
Piggybacking on my previous post, "The Jai Courtney Thing," I wanted to talk more about Pacific Rim. I loved the...
Read MoreThe Jai Courtney Thing
I finished watching Suicide Squad again. And by "watching," I mean I mostly just fast-forwarded to all ten minutes of...
Read MoreKiss and Tell
I've talked about this before, but I love first kisses. I love watching them and reading about them, but in...
Read MoreArgh! Rawr! Smash!
Dear Fashion Designers, I get it. Fat girls are supposed to be ashamed of our flappy arms.
Read MoreLocker Room Talk
Trigger Warning: sexual assault;unwanted touchingA 59-year-old man with a long history of sexism gets on a bus and jokes about...
Read MoreIWSG: In Which My Ego Turns Everything into a Blistering Inferno
I'm halfway through my big picture edit/rewrite of this manuscript and I'm ready to set it THE FUCK ON FIRE.
Read MoreThis Post Will Give You Cooties
Hubs and I have been a couple for going-on ten years but as of today we've been married for five...
Read MoreIWSG: Remove Your Pants!
This is going to seem like a weird thing to talk about in February but bear with me.... Do you...
Read More2016: The Year of Big Steps
I'm not a party animal. Or if I am, I'm sort of a party sloth, so I don't really go...
Read MoreIWSG: UNDER THE RAFT
You know that feeling where you're in the bottom of a swimming pool and you panic a little but you...
Read MoreOf Sea Witches and Racial Appropriation
My friends keep asking what I think about Rachel Dolezal. I know, I can feel the whoosh of wind from your...
Read MoreIWSG: Reaching for Help and Appreciating Your Lobster
Outlining my novel has been a struggle. Because I'm a pantser and I suck at outlining and fall asleep when...
Read MoreIWSG: In Which I Practice Avoidance of My Manuscript
So I'm stalling. Totally stalling.Mmm, yep.
Read MoreChristina Vs. The Barista II
Me: I'd like a Dark Hot Chocolate with two shots of caramel.**Barista: Uuhhhhh, did you want a Cocoa Carmella?Me: Is it the same...
Read MoreChristina Vs. The Barista
Me: I'd like a small, dark hot chocolate with a shot of caramel.**Barista: Frozen, iced or hot?Me: Uhm, what?Barista: Frozen, iced or hot hot...
Read MoreBabies and Yelling and Cussing… Oh My!
Shit got real at the Max & Erma's tonight. Lansing, bastion of etiquette that it is, gave me my second...
Read MoreA Post About Suicide
I try to keep my posts here light but sometimes, the darker things must be talked about. My Facebook wall...
Read MoreIWSG: Let Yourself Be Terrible
1st Wednesday of the month is Insecure Writers Support Group. Wherein I post about the difficulties and joys of writing. This...
Read MoreIWSG: Editing is for lesser beings, right?
1st Wednesday of the month is Insecure Writers Support Group, a monthly blog-hop, where writers have permission to whine and...
Read MoreA Post About Being Insecure About My Post About Insecurity
There is an Insecure Writers Support Group post coming. But I’m having some trouble editing it. I’ve written four different...
Read MoreWhy Do My Best Stories Happen at Speedway?
I had to go to Speedway for some gasoline. While I was at it, I went inside and bought some...
Read MoreMissing My Religion
I'm an Atheist.I was raised by a Catholic Grandma and a Protestant Grandpa. I went to a small-town non-denominational church...
Read MoreOf Frozen Coke and Nazis…
Hubs decided that we needed frozen cokes (or as we call it in our household, "froke"). Needless to say, there...
Read MoreRaise Your Hand If You’ve Been Bullied
I read a blog post today, written by a Pennsylvania photographer, Jen Mcken regarding cyber bullying. She discovered some of her clients were...
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