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who wants it
Getting denied at the plasma donation center was a surprising and illogically painful slap of rejection. I was already humming and hawing at the notion of getting cash for my plasma but figured literally anyone could do this; it’s for a good cause, some extra scratch in my pocket, and as an added bonus I…
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There is a light that never shines
I can hear her in my head. Don’t do it. You can’t do it, your time has passed – you’ll only look like a fool and disappoint an even bigger team than your last job. She’s not negative, the voice. She’s warm, loving, protective, wistful. It’s a sad, mourning voice, with an undertone of comfort…
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The ‘Vid
I’m sorry. I really do aspire to not be that girl and discuss anything as tacky as my most recent bout of sick or how I’m feeling from it. To be fair, it’s not like I’m looking to regale anyone with a harrowing tale like ‘how long I sat on the tarmac before my plane…
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Heckin’ bullshit – holiday edition
Happy holidays and New Year, fair readers. I sincerely hope you all had a most magical holiday season filled with treats, fulfilled wishes, satisfaction, and of course – good food. This was a tough year for holidays for me. As life goes it all started early with change, a raucous change like getting booted unceremoniously…
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smells like teen spirit
We walked up to our usual LA grocery store with my usual knot of anxiety (broke as we were) and I needed exactly one stick of ‘Teen Spirit’ deodorant. The mere idea of asking my single, unemployed father who supplied me with generic aspirin for the first years of my period for a stick of…
Solicitous Sociopath 