In February 2019 I published (revised) goals for 2019, things I wanted to accomplish, or change, or add. I think there was a hope that even if I didn’t do things to the letter of the Resolution, I could effectively…
Continue ReadingThank You To All The Queers
In 2020 I want to say it: Thank you to all the queers Earlier this year, I affirmed to my communities to the world that I am bisexual, and that they were invited to come share in my experience…
Continue ReadingBisexual Representation
Making sure representation in media is “good” can be tough to approach. As a writer/creator, I want to make sure that I am telling stories with diverse characters, but I also want to make sure that these characters are fully…
Continue ReadingMary’s Dessert
It’s amazing how much a one item of food can evoke so much emotion. I mean, it isn’t amazing. I obviously am aware of why it happens: the strong emotions that are evoked because of the associations. The brain makes bonds to…
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“What Me Worry?
MAD Magazine recently announced that they were going to be ceasing publication after 67 years. I only again started reading the magazine after a hiatus in college. Since I was a child, I had read the magazine with glee, at…
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Fat: A Life Time of Reckoning
When I was around 10 years old, I was obsessed with becoming bigger. I distinctly remember weighing myself on the scale we had in our kitchen pantry (why it was there instead of a bathroom I don’t know) and I…
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Being Frank: Telling My Theatrical Truth
Growing up on the coast of Oregon, my exposure to live performance was limited to community theatre and high school productions. If I was lucky, my parents would spring for a trip to Portland where we would rent a…
Continue ReadingResolutions 2019: A New Year for a New Me
Someone would probably have something to say about the fact that I writing my goals/resolutions, the 3rd day of the year. Coming up with goals is difficult: when coming up with New Year’s resolutions, I either aim to high and…
Continue Reading#NaNoWriMo 2018 – The End Of The Road
I love writing, but I must admit that writing large amounts (let alone a novel) is intimidating and can throw me off. Sooner than I can open my laptop to write, I’m off in the world of procrastination, using anything…
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