Processes and Procrastination

I’ve never been an outliner. I would consider myself, at least at various times in my life, an avid writer, but never an outliner. I never cared for the school exercises in which you were forced to make an outline and then adhere to it. I’m sure this is a very helpful tool for many, but [...]

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Juliet, Naked

A friend of mine from college, upon seeing my home bedroom for the first time, decorated as it was with Beatles posters and books and CDs and proudly displayed pictures of me at Abbey Road and in Liverpool, told me this: “I knew you liked the Beatles, but you’ve got it bad…”
It shouldn’t be too [...]

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It’s all in the attitude

We returned from our brief vacation on Saturday, but when I requested time off from work, I also requested today off because, well, I don’t like working on my birthday! Shaun took the day off too, and we went to a matinee. We go to a movie every year on my birthday, though by the [...]

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Week 5 – And what are you going to do with that degree?

When I finally decided on a major as an undergrad and I told people what it was – ethnomusicology – I always heard the same two questions. One, “what is it?” and two, “what do you plan to do with it?” I was eventually able to give a succinct answer to the first question, but [...]

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Trackside Pizza – Puyallup

Occasionally I like to look at the stats for this blog to see what kind of traffic it is getting. Mostly it’s friends and classmates, but I’ve noticed a trend in the search stats. There is almost always a new hit from someone who has searched for Sonic Puyallup. (Referring to this post.)
I remember [...]

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The Curious Cases of Benjamin Button

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — 3 stars (out of 4)
No, that’s not a typo in the title, I would never do such a thing! I am actually referring to both the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and the short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. When I first [...]

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Gender Bender

People also pick on my car (you know, the world’s best car) which is fine because I choose to drive that car and I like it, but two other people there – men – drive Corollas and no one ever makes fun of them. I’m just saying.

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Writing about writing

I later read a blog post by a friend of mine in which she stated she aims for five new posts a week. She struggles with the same issues I have when contemplating what to write, not wanting posts to get too boring (8 a.m. – Cocoa Puffs. 8:15 – Chocolate Milk), but not always having the time or material for a polished, focused essay.

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It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it…

One thing that I like to make prominently clear about myself is that I do not like science fiction or fantasy. And while I have never and will never see the Lord of the Rings, my disdain for the genres actually comes from experience. My mother is and always was a real sci-fi geek and [...]

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