Week 2! OMG it’s a habit!
Why is it that when you have time to write, you have to clean a closet? It’s ridiculous but something I face all the time. My brain KNOWS how to clean a closet, but to edit a short story? It’s not like I haven’t edited before. But my brain just thinks it’s unsafe. I wonder…
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New year, new promises…
It’s a new year and I’ve decided to blog on Tuesdays. I don’t really do social media much anymore, so I will try to save up my memes for this. Once a week will likely not give many memes, because the world moves so fast and our attention with it. Just today our president elect…
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Cancel, Cancel
“I hate this TV show,” the daughter said. “Cancel, cancel,” the mom said. “Would you cut it out with that ‘cancel, cancel’ stuff.” “Dr. Smith says that our words have power and that we should cancel out the negative, think positive thoughts. Our hatred is manifest.” “And how do we get rid of those nasty…
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Boobography and Writing Out Loud
I did it, I told a story in front of people. It was scary and fun. After, I was a little bit numb. I would do it again. And the script (which I rewrote and published on Medium under breast cancer and reconstruction): I always liked my boobs. When I didn’t have them, I stuffed…
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I had a dream I was robbed
And then Comey was fired. I tried to explore the feelings of violation, embarrassment, anger that came to me in my dream. Why, I wondered, do you feel embarrassed when you get robbed? Because you think you could have done something to prevent it all. After it happens to you, you find ways to make…
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resignation syndrome
Wow, this story really hit me hard: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/03/the-trauma-of-facing-deportation?mbid=nl_170328_Daily&CNDID=22603630&spMailingID=10709031&spUserID=MTMzMTc5ODM2MjIyS0&spJobID=1122248743&spReportId=MTEyMjI0ODc0MwS2?reload Can you imagine, just giving up? Laying down and … This is what happened in the movie Serenity, on Miranda after having been dosed with PAX, but I don’t remember ever hearing about it happening in real life. Is suicide the result of this giving up? I…
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