The U. of Iew

Life is a series of new beginnings, it would seem. Just when you’ve become comfortable, things have to be shaken up quite a bit. It’s been a sobering experience, to say the least, but I’ve come out of it a much stronger person.
Alright, alright, I’ll quit being so cryptic. In July, I left my partner [...]

Man, when it rains… it pours.
Needless to say, the stress hasn’t been conducive to my writing. In fact, my writer’s block seems to be flaring up once again. I’m going to spend some time today working on some creative writing prompts. I also need to focus on making some extra money… but the writing thing [...]

The reminders really hurt. They really force me to look at my own reflection; in doing so, I feel helpless and ugly before my own scrutiny. I’m nowhere close to my reflection; it’s like gazing through a telescope at some celestial body, perfect and mesmerizing… and always out of reach.
…Hm.
I’m not trying to be a [...]

I guess many of you have heard about NaNoWriMo. Apparently, there is a poetry equivalent: NaPoWriMo. Kudos to my friend Kate for the heads-up. I’ve been out of the loop for awhile, after all.
Now, I’m not very good at poetry. At least, I don’t think that I am. I have no patience for “structures” and [...]

I love these things. Seriously. The Samoas are my absolute favorite. In my quest to figure out where the hell the Girl Scouts have been setting up shop around here, I visited their main website: http://www.girlscouts.org. In doing so, I was informed that there is a completely separate website devoted to the Girl Scout cookies. [...]