Six letter word

While talking on the phone with Mom today, I heard myself uttering a terrible word, a word that I never thought I would hear myself say in a million years and the instant I heard it slip out of my mouth I felt the remnants of my childhood (or at least a few of them) [...]

grown up to do list

#1. When I am grown up and have my own house (or live in an apartment that allows pets) I will adopt a greyhound. Whether or not I name him Walter Mondale or G. Gordon Liddy will be determined at a later date.

five percent

I was hanging out with my “grown up” friends the other night — people that I classify as such not only because they have already gotten their bachelor’s degree, but perhaps a master’s as well and have already spent a few years in the workforce. They are also about 9 years older than me. [...]

deeper into the heart of the matter

Everytime I’m asked to define myself or mark a box to describe who I am, I always come back to this poem by Adrienne Rich. I came across these words for the first time in my 12th grade poetics class and I’ve never found a better way of saying it. I come from [...]