Sometimes, there will be a light breeze tickling its way through town, and my body is in such constant state of pathetic fragility that any wind at all makes riding my bike to work go from a difficult-but-stimulating challenge to a stop-motion animation of my body’s decay. So I’ve been riding the bus again. It …
Time is Passing and My Cats are There
I’m sitting on the floor petting 50 percent of the cats that live with me and wondering when I’m going to die. There’s something I’ve been thinking about that makes my heart do the panic-beat thing where it feels like it’s going to rip out of my chest. I thought I’d share that thing with …
Being a Better Vegetarian is Making Me Question Some Stuff
If you step back and consider it with some distance, most of what we do is pretty weird. Before I leave the house, I rub a white stick over my body so I’ll smell like a fruit I’ve never eaten. If I bring my lunch to work, I pack it in a Tupperware because it …
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I Want to Travel More: A Shallow Look at What’s Wrong with Capitalism
Around 7 this morning I was sitting in the low branches of a tree by the river and reading. This is a bit different from my normal position on the floor with my cat doing her absolute best to use only body language to show she wants my attention but doesn’t want me to know …
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I’ve Got the School Spirit
When I go to see my therapist, I have to take this little survey that asks me questions about how I’ve been feeling lately. Have I been depressed, lonely, feeling isolated, have the acute sense that anything I do that could be read as a demonstration of a slight flaw is emblematic of everything wrong …
