Sometimes Does Yes Means No?
Consent is a layered, nuanced thing. How do we even begin to consider it in a world where some of us are not allowed to say NO?
Map Of Emotion
Navigating complex emotions of jealousy, ambition, insecurity, joy, fear, peace, anger, happiness, betrayal, contentment, disappointment, love.
Things That Make Me Happy
Watching ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ reminded me of something I keep forgetting – to do what makes me happy. It’s so simple. I keep letting myself get lost.
A World Of Pain
How am I? It’s pain like I cannot even begin to articulate. So much that I’m numb. A thick sheet of plastic over a boiling cauldron of black, festering poison. That’s me.
It’s Not Always Jerry Maguire, Just So You Know
I was watching the first 20 minutes or so of ‘Jerry Maguire’ on TV and it made me feel like writing. Stories like that always do, don’t they? Inspirational ones about people who do something different, face challenges and then overcome them. This was yesterday. The minute I turned the…
My Ten-Rupee Smile
You had a gift for me, you saidAn excuse to see me again over the weekendAnd continue the conversation thatDespite our careful carrying of our respective dignitiesSloshed over and spilled into crazy laughter, often. I thought back to the day priorA quick coffee turned six-hour un-dateCostume trials at a movie…
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers: Xiaolu Guo – Original, Poetic & Romantic
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu GuoMy rating: 4 of 5 stars First, there’s the name. This is not an actual dictionary. Though each chapter does begin with the definition of a word and explores the concept in some manner through it. The title is very clever, very…
When Love Becomes A Game
I’ve done this so many times,I know how it goesAnd while it never stops hurtingThe acrid taste starts to seem familiar,even pleasurable for its warmthIt tastes just like wine. Heartbreak doesn’t sting like it used to,I know this time,I’ll live through it, like all those othersIt’s odd to get used…
REVIEW: The Sandman 7: Brief Lives – The Nuances of Metafiction
Review of Neil Gaiman’s Brief Lives from The Sandman series. Delirium, Desire, and Destruction take center stage in this metafictional masterpiece.
A Eulogy For My Grandmother
Yesterday was the condolence function that culminates the grieving period. This is the eulogy I wrote for my grandmother.