Let me begin by saying I love my current job. It's challenging and rewarding in a lot of ways. I have learned to bring my passion into the role in front of me. Because you see, I can't have my dream job. It's not that it doesn't exist. It's that I afford my dream job. Let's… Continue reading Musings: My Dream Job
Life Events: violence this week
This has been a pretty horrible week. I don't even know how to express the grief and anger I feel for everyone involved in all of the events this week. The worst part is trying to find a way to help. There aren't marches to lead people to polls that are denied them. Community organizers… Continue reading Life Events: violence this week
Life Events: House Hunting
My husband and I are in the house hunting process. And it doesn't help we're in a super-shortage of houses on the market. So we've spent hours over the past 2 months scouring Zillow & Realtor.com for houses that we think have hope of making us happy. We schedule 4-5 to see on a weekend and… Continue reading Life Events: House Hunting
Life Events: Response to Pulse Shooting
I was not going to write about the shooting last weekend in Orlando. I am about a cis white christian hetero-normative as I can be. I support LBGTQ friends & family, but this was not my community that was attacked - I do not want to speak from my position of amazing privilege and whine "oh,… Continue reading Life Events: Response to Pulse Shooting
Writing: Confronting Fear
Something a lot of young authors do (myself included) is the "Mary Sue/Marty Stu" difficulty. Another common problem is the "perfect response." Flaws are important, but even more important is what a character does when they confront that fear. This is something I am trying to incorporate more in my own writing: the response. This… Continue reading Writing: Confronting Fear
Review: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (N.K. Jemisin)
So I usually read a series before I review, but this book (as much as it is labelled as a #1), stands alone really, really well. I heard it (audiobook) rather than read it, so I misspell some names: Synopsis: Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under… Continue reading Review: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (N.K. Jemisin)
Manners: Nerds, Geeks & Dorks
I think most people are nerds in today's world. But, nerd as term has been defined and re-defined a million times. This causes confusion. Something that was an insult in 1986 (2 years after Revenge of the Nerds tried to redefine it) is today a badge of pride in many circles. It can make a workplace… Continue reading Manners: Nerds, Geeks & Dorks
Writing: I’m mad at me
I sometimes write in circles. No, not literally. I sometimes circle back around to something I wrote ages ago (I have this box that is all hand-written stuff from high school. It's a little gross actually...). The worst part: when I didn't finish the story. This isn't uncommon (I know- "bad writer"!). I know I… Continue reading Writing: I’m mad at me
Politics: Presidential candidates
I haven't weighed in on the presidential primaries for a variety of reasons (not the least of which amounts to "oh shit, people are getting violent..." and all those levels of scary that are going on in this election). But I finally realized why I'm not agreeing with most of my circle on the presidential… Continue reading Politics: Presidential candidates
Review: Uber
I have finally used Uber. Ironically, it was interspersed with taxi rides so there was some very clear and definite comparisons I was able to make. So let's begin with my feelings on taxis: EWWWW. Call me frugal or frugal or whatever but I really struggle with taxi pricing. Let's do some math. (Click here… Continue reading Review: Uber
Dream by Day 