Though it may be a little gratuitous, with the recent passing of my esteemed mentor and teacher, Jessica Goldstein, I have been thinking a lot about high school and some of those lost memories. So, here’s a short introspective. High school sometimes seems like a blur – ugly smells from the cafeteria, consistently awkward schedule […]
“We are not idealized wild things. We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. As we were. As we are no longer. As we will one […]
I hate to be a cliché in my own life, but I believe that running away to NYC actually taught me a lot about Seattle. I came out of high school with a fully formed desire to escape that place. Suburban, middle class, mostly white high school taught me – in some strange ways – […]
My job at the library is reading zines. For 8-9 hours per week, I am forced (forced!) to read and write up descriptions of zines from the 70s all the way through the present. And, unlike other mundane jobs, it actually makes me want to do many things – like roller derby, feminist activism, writing […]
All photographs courtesy of Heather H. Thanks! Just me, looking like a weirdo and scaring people around me again… Check out some more posts featuring my photography and guest photographs.
The day of graduation (it’s so big it deserves it’s own sections):– Grad rehearsal in the morning and the chaos of a nearly unplanned graduation on the field (geez… you would think that the administration would get a little more prepared)– Went out with Josh and Heathy and got my makeup done at Clinique (really […]
That’s what’s in my picture today – my IB Candidate medal!I don’t know why they don’t give us medals after we get the diploma, but I guess it makes sense that we won’t all be nicely compacted in high school when those results come in. I’m both nervous and excited – but I definitely want […]
Think Simple Now has got to be one of my favorite sites right now. I read a lot of their articles just to peruse the different ideas for feeling better, having better self-image, and creating a better environment.Alongside TUTs Adventurer’s Club and Gala Darling, they need to be given their props for teaching me many […]
I have been bursting at the seams to just do something other than school. Thankfully, we only have 7 days left, and I’ve finished all my projects up to now – but that still does not mean I have been sitting pretty with the whole “spending seven hours of my life” thing. However, I will […]
In the last week or so, I have decided.Yes, decisions were made. Big and small, long-term and short-term… but all in the name of rejuvenating my motivation. And, thankfully, it seems to be coming back (yippee!). So let’s see what some of them are… 1. Junk food detox – currently, I am on day 3 […]