On January 1st of 2019, my cat Jansky died. It’s been the hardest thing I’ve had to deal with since my mother died when I was a teenager. It’s almost surprising how similar the feelings of grief have been. There’s…
You’ve heard of Wish, right? I would be shocked if you haven’t, as it’s pretty popular right now. But essentially, it’s cheap Chinese stuff direct from the source. Buy from the manufacturers and local-to-China wholesalers as opposed to the stores…
I got inked! It’s something I’ve sort-of distantly wanted since I was 16 years old, but never really seriously thought about until the last couple years. I went through many different design and subject ideas, instagram stalked nearly every single…
I’ve been living in my house for years, and for the entire time, the closet in my office has had no door. It didn’t come with one, and way back when we first moved in, the handyman said he’d be…
Time marches towards the inevitable, and the side result is, I’m getting damn old. Okay, okay, I am exaggerating.. slightly. I’m not ancient yet. I’m in that baby-boomer-shaking-a-fist-at group known as millennials. (Something something poor, something something avocado toast.) But…
At times I can kinda be like a music locust. I discover a fresh, tasty, new-to-me artist or band and I proceed to voraciously devour their entire back catalog. I absorb every song, lyric, beat and b-side until I know…
I work in the animal welfare field – specifically, at a companion pet animal shelter. I consider myself a champion of animal rights. So why, then, is it that I eat meat? It’s actually a question I get a fair…
Introducing a new series I’m calling.. Look At What I Ate!* It’s.. a salad! I honestly love salad. I think it gets a bad rap, because salads have the capacity to be so bland. Like seriously, iceberg lettuce? No place in…