Jinked

Below is what I had written for the exercise “The worse it is, the better it gets” from Sandy’s zine, Marbles You are supposed to write the worst piece possible. Without the expectations of “good writing” you are free to write about things however you see them, and however badly you write them as well. It smelled like bleach. The bleachiest bleach smell I have [...]

Yesterday was draining and I didn’t feel like doing much today, but I pressed on anyhow. I’m seeing the world differently. Everything looks brighter. There is the coming of some freelance work, so that eases my mind while giving me the chance to freshen my design and code. I can’t wait until Thursday. I have yoga. There’s this coffee house cafe called Uptown that I’ve [...]

I had a hard time sleeping last night. I went to bed very late and woke up early this morning because of it. My mind was swimming with possibility. Consequences. A smidgen of regret. I went through most of today in a haze of thought. It was gray. It was like that outside as well, only there was snow. I spent 10 hours going through [...]

Tomorrow will mark my first day as a full-time writer. Truth be told, I’m terrified. I don’t think what I’m feeling is self-doubt, because I know in my heart I made the right decision. I think what I’m scared of is having nothing to show after this journey is over. This may very well be a short life-journey, only four or so months. I could [...]

I’ve never really watched the Tonight Show, and I only vaguely know about Conan O’Brien (yeah, I’m not very good with popular media), but his forced parting with NBC has been on the radio a lot lately. I really enjoyed his goodbye. Thanks to Ben for posting this video in his own blog.