I’m awake, which means a battle has been fought, and this time I won. Yesterday, I definitely lost because I slept two hours late, and I never got past the feeling that the part of me who chose to sleep through the morning was in control the rest of the day. I don’t think I’ve …
No Full Post Today Because I’m a Bad Adult
Sometimes I think I’ve changed a lot since I was a teenager, but then in moments of reflection inspired by something stupid I did, It’s really hard to think of any reason I’m anything more than just a vaguely more capable version of teen me. I went to college, but that was mostly an extension …
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Avoiding Work in Favor of Blankets
I’m not teaching today. I’m not going to campus. If I’m being honest with myself, I don’t even want to get up from my chair because there’s a cat sitting on me and I’ve got my blanket placed in the perfect way so it’s separating me from the chair and covering my legs. This is …
Thank You All For a Good Year
As a tiny child, I once spent 2 days drilling a hole through a rock with a screwdriver, and then I put that rock on a bit of string and wore it around my neck for 7 years. I spent 25 minutes today scrolling through Facebook looking for an article because I could only remember …
My Pumpkin Saw the World Change
I once felt some holiday cheer so I carved a pumpkin a few weeks before Halloween, and left it outside for other people to see how festive I was. It had a semicolon on it, and I never got around to putting a candle inside. Halloween passed, and it’s still out there 9 months later. …
Non-Euclidean Sofa 