Looks like this is going to be a week-long series, bitches! Oh, sorry. That’s how we greet each other over at Balloon Juice, and I quite like it. So, in college, religion was put on the backburner as I spent more and more time discovering, well, me. And my boyfriend, D, but that’s not… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Personal Life
My Life as a Christian, Part II
So, when we left off, our intrepid heroine (me) was heading off to college. I had planned on going to college in CA, but I changed my mind at the last minute. Instead, I ended up going to St. Olaf, which was closer to home–but not too close. For the first time, I lived away… Continue Reading
The Fragility of Religion
Go see Religulous by Bill Maher if you haven’t. Go. I’ll wait here until after you’ve seen it. Seen it? Good. Let’s get down to brass tacks. Today’s topic up for dissection is religion. I know it’s a touchy subject, which is exactly why I’m tackling it today. You see, I was raised Evangelical, so I… Continue Reading
Nothing to Fear Except Fear Itself
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! Even though it’s no longer Mother’s Day where you are! Here is a the song, Mama, by Tupac Shakur and Boyz II Men, mixed by DJ Wise. OK. What is my topic for today? How about fear? I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t ruled by fear. When I… Continue Reading
Great Expectations
All parents want the best for their children. This is a common meme, so it must be true, right? I happen to think it’s not true, but I will say that most parents want what they think is best for their children. I am using that as the basis for the rest of this blog… Continue Reading
Keepin’ the (White) Man Down
I knew that President Obama taking the office would unleash all sorts of racism, covert and overt. We’ve seen this happen with the teabaggers who held up signs that denigrated our president’s ethnicity. That would be an overt sign of the lingering racism. We’ve seen it with the “President Obama is not very smart” meme… Continue Reading
Dive Into Moderation
I have always been an extreme person. By that I mean that I can’t abide tepid. When I drink a hot beverage, it has to be boiling hot. If I don’t burn my tongue while drinking it, then it’s not hot enough. Conversely, if I don’t get a brain freeze from drinking a cold beverage,… Continue Reading
Whitewash, Soft-scrub, Launder, and Repeat
Yeah, I kinda stole one of Rachel’s segment titles and put my own spin on it. What are you going to do about it? First, a bit of the personal. My dad is coming for a visit tomorrow, which means one thing–cleaning. I fucking hate cleaning. I loathe it with every fiber of my being,… Continue Reading
I’m Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. DeMille
Ok, not really. It’s day 13 of Script Frenzy month, and I just wanted to check in and let you know how I’m doing. The goal is to wirte a hundred-page screenplay in the month of April. That breaks down to roughly three-and-a-half pages per day. So, since I tend to be a perfectionist in… Continue Reading
An Elegy for Winter
I have been in denial for a week or two. I dread this time of year every year, and I try mightily to pretend it isn’t happening. Still, right after my birthday, it comes like clockwork. The end of winter. Oh, I know there might be one last gasp somewhere down the line, but I… Continue Reading