MUSING
The 10 Texts That Keep Romance Alive
Romance is fucking real ya’ll. It turns out I just didn’t know it until I married the best man on the planet. My husband and I are pukey: I understand this as an objective fact. I’m also okay with it. At any given moment, my phone is filled with romantic text after...
Want To Help Curb Violence With Your Thoughts & Prayers? There’s A Game For That.
Let me start by saying: I know this game isn’t new, so for those of you rushing to want to let me know it came out last year, I’m aware. That said, last year was the horrific shooting at Pulse Nightclub, during a time I lived in, and loved, Orlando. I wrote this...
How To Find Your Passion When It Feels Like You Don’t Have One
I recently had a conversation with my husband where I started off logically discussing that writing wasn’t making me as happy as it used to, and I ended up in tears because I revealed that I have never felt like I have a calling, or “passion.” (I also talked about...
Welcome To The Matrix Where It’s A Good Life
It’s a Wednesday evening. You have two screens going as usual. On one, you’re binge-watching your latest favorite show on Netflix. On another, you have Facebook popped open and you’re mindlessly scrolling along, checking out news and friends’ status updates. Suddenly,...
Camping As A Couple: A Guide To Making It The Best
Let me tell you a story a true story about me and camping at festivals. I hate it. I want to love it so much. But currently, I don’t. However, the upside is that I think I am slowly starting to! But essentially, right now, I hate it with one big exception: time...
The Internet Is A Bullshit Cesspool Of Competitive Mediocrity
I haven’t written in a long, long time. And I suppose, that got to me a bit (well, not NOT writing, just the idea of having a weirdly unfinished blog on the internets). So I wanted to take some time to gather my thoughts and talk for a second about why I stopped...
A Long List Of Things I Don’t Believe In
Please consider this list a “living” document and feel free to add to it in the comments! Dairy Racism Sexism Purses (Because why? If men can just have wallets and phones and keys why TF can’t we?) Mortgages The system in general Old white men running our nation Old...
We’re In Houston!
Let me start by saying, Houston is a massively cool place. It’s huge (yes, that old adage is actually true, everything is LEGITIMATELY bigger here), there’s a LOT to do, there are a LOT of neat people (a few of which we’ve already met!) and the weather is fun and...