Humans
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Apollo’s Birth Story
Trigger warning: there is birth trauma and mentions of blood in this post. I’ve struggled to write Apollo’s birth story over the past year mainly because I think it has taken me that long to process everything that led to me finally holding him. In my head, the story starts at the very end, at Continue reading
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An Overwhelming Day
Today was one of those days that made me question everything. My life, my choices, my future… I am so mentally drained that I just want to curl up into a ball with South Park and my kitty and just focus on what I’m going to wear tomorrow or what color of eyeliner to buy Continue reading
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Drunk Drivers, Hurtful Words, and Humans in General
My big sister was in an accident with a drunk driver the other night. She had a green light and was passing under a freeway when an old Ford came out of nowhere and flew in front of her. She was able to slam on the brakes in time to hit the back end of Continue reading
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Of Coffee and Religion
One day a woman was walking to work when she saw a man drinking coffee. The woman was absolutely scandalized. She went right up to the man and demanded, “Excuse me, but what do you think you’re doing?” The man blinked and said, “Drinking coffee?” “Exactly,” the woman said. “That is incredibly offensive to me Continue reading
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Christmas Consumerism, the Retail Suckhole, and the Church of Stop Shopping
“We’re proceeding into the shopping season under an enormous misunderstanding. We think that we are consumers at Christmastime. No, we are being consumed at Christmastime.” ~ Reverend Billy OOO Christmas has turned into the biggest retail nightmare in human history. The season has become a monstrous undertaking for each individual due to the hundreds or Continue reading
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Sustainability and Hope
I have just completed my fourth semester of my college career, and for three of those semesters, I have taken at least one or two sustainability-related courses. I have loved every single one; looking back at all of my classes, they have been my favorites. However, I have noticed something that occurs in every single Continue reading
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The Logic of Immigration
Written in July 2010 OOO Due to a turn of interesting events, I was at work today with nothing to do for several hours, so rather than sitting at my desk and staring at the wall for two hours, I decided to surf the web instead. (That sounds bad, I know, but my actions were Continue reading
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Of Humans and Cycles
I was lying on my bed on a Sunday night in February 2012, watching a TV show online, when a single thought fell into my head and has not yet made its way out: I and a hell of a lot of humans are living a life of bullshit. It’s all a cycle, isn’t it? Continue reading
Shorts and Snippets 