Thoughts On Photoshop Retouching
Listen, I have an opinion when it comes to photo retouching—Photoshopping, if you will, though I know Adobe frowns upon that verbage. Not all of it represents a negative or unrealistic version of a...
View ArticleA Brief Pause
I’ve found myself turning away from the Internet more and more, to the point where even minimal browsing pisses me off. The past week, I’ve been visiting my dad and brothers in my hometown. Being out...
View ArticleOpening Up About My Eating Disorder
I’m not going to get into how my disordered eating arose, or why it began, or whatever else I think started it. The beginnings don’t matter in this case. I want it to end. It’s easy to self-diagnose an...
View ArticleMonth In Review: June 2016
Another month, another milestone, I suppose. I did a lot of reading this month, as well as a great amount of writing. I’ve been making progress. The #WriteChain has helped a bunch with keeping me going...
View ArticleWriting Wednesday: Miscellany
A small compilation of words I’ve scribbled and typed in random places. En route to Toronto a heron lords over a pond of ducks acres of undeveloped wild land, still young, likely extinct farmlands...
View ArticleBullet Journal 101: Getting Started
Welcome to Bullet Journal 101—the beginner’s “course” where I’ll be guiding you through the bullet journal. I only started using a bullet journal in March 2016, but I’ve been watching it and...
View ArticleSnarky Thoughts
Romance So sometimes people confess their romantic interest in someone. And sometimes it’s like, “Alright, fine, this is a little awkward, but I’m glad you felt confident enough to say it and in some...
View ArticleWriting Wednesday 18
This month’s Writing Wednesday series hosts interviews with characters from my WIP. The last interview! Meet the antagonist. First and foremost, your name and a little bit about you. My name is Harlow...
View ArticleBullet Journal 101: Finding Inspiration
This post was requested by the lovely Briana Morgan, and I’m so glad she did! She mentioned on Instagram that she had been using her BuJo for a month and “it’s already feeling a little stale.” I’ve...
View ArticleA Typical Girl Day
I am DFAB—designated female at birth. This means my anatomy lines up with the gender expression of “female” or “woman” or “girl” or “feminine.” I am aware of this every time I wake up. Every month when...
View ArticleWriting Wednesday 19
Yeah I’m sure the best price online for a few weeks of my own and a bit more than a year or more than a year. I am not a problem with the following: models and battery life performance after one...
View ArticleMonth In Review: July 2016
In July, I didn’t do everything I wanted to do. At best, maybe I did half of what I wanted to it. Going into July, I wanted to write more—and I certainly didn’t. I don’t know why. I’m not looking for a...
View ArticleWriting Wednesday: “Cardiac”
Cardiac A body is colloquially 70% water. Bones range in density and thus in mass and gravity’s pull. How much blood and viscera contribute to my ““obesity””? Does each mouthful of spit, each blood...
View ArticleTypes of Being “Out”
Being “out” isn’t a black and white situation. Isn’t life funny that way? Nothing is black and white. Even “black” and “white” have different shades within them (according to paint swatch cards and...
View ArticleFeeling Like It vs. Doing It
The crux of my procrastination is that “I don’t wanna” or “I don’t feel like it” emotion that serves no purpose. For me, it’s worse than laziness. It’s apathy. It’s not caring enough at that given...
View ArticleWriting Wednesday: WIP Excerpt
Zephyr stood in one of the Academy’s courtyards, his bare feet gripping carefully arranged stonework, and tried to focus his sight. His classmates stood around him like a circle of mirrors with varying...
View ArticleWriting Wednesday: Miscellany
A small compilation of words I’ve scribbled and typed in random places. En route to Toronto a heron lords over a pond of ducks acres of undeveloped wild land, still young, likely extinct farmlands...
View ArticleBullet Journal 101: Finding Inspiration
This post was requested by the lovely Briana Morgan, and I’m so glad she did! She mentioned on Instagram that she had been using her BuJo for a month and “it’s already feeling a little stale.” I’ve...
View ArticleA Typical Girl Day
I am DFAB—designated female at birth. This means my anatomy lines up with the gender expression of “female” or “woman” or “girl” or “feminine.” I am aware of this every time I wake up. Every month when...
View ArticleWriting Wednesday: Predictive Text Poem
Yeah I’m sure the best price online for a few weeks of my own and a bit more than a year or more than a year. I am not a problem with the following: models and battery life performance after one of our...
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