Not My Father’s Son, a new memoir by bisexual actor Alan Cumming, is at once poignant, honest, heart-wrenching, hopeful, humerous, devastating, and affirming. That may seem like too many contradictory emotions all at once, but in the book, Cumming details a particularly difficult and emotional span of time in his life. The book centers around […]
Cause and Effect
I work for an independent bookstore. So, while I’m keeping my Amazon wishlist as a helpful archive of information, needless to say, my book purchases from them have stopped. As I get older, I think more and more about the saying that you vote with your dollars. I don’t have a lot of them to […]
Lessons on Moving
I’ve been thinking about writing this post since I moved halfway across the country to graduate school 3 1/2 years ago. I recently made a trip to visit my sister for Christmas and decided to pick up a few things I’ve been missing that I stored with a friend. Your mileage may vary, of course, […]
a new chapter
I think all humans both require and on some level fear change, or are at least resistant to it. No matter how much I yearn for change, the closer it comes, the more anxious I become. I also tend to get nostalgic for the good parts of my life – probably a coping mechanism in […]
Why the human race is going to ultimately destroy itself
I don’t understand people sometimes. I almost got into an accident this morning because a white car cut RIGHT in front of me on the way to work. Only extreme luck prevented me and/or someone else from ending up in the hospital and I am very grateful for that. I was driving 50mph in the […]
A World of Abundance
There are some insights I’ve been wanting to hash out, but I’ve been too sick and brain fuzzy. I woke up this morning with laryngitis and had to call in, so I’ve had the day to rest and sleep. Feeling a bit better, but now whatever I’ve got’s moved from my sinuses to my chest. […]
Shifting Gears
It was raining when I got off work today and I was running late for yoga so I figured I’d make the rest of the trek home in the semi-light and just not worry about the fact that my pass is going to expire Saturday with an unused class. I can make up the $10 […]
Synergy; or, Life is like…
I went to hot yoga again tonight. I’m going to a different yoga place for a while because it’s cheaper. But because I’m not used to hot yoga somewhere in the middle I get light-headed from being hot and sweating so much and have to spend some time in child’s pose. And I was trying […]
A Fork in the Road
Sometimes procrastination isn’t an end in itself. Sometimes it takes some time to realize why we’re putting off something in particular. Take, for example, my license. I’ve been in Texas two years now for graduate school and planning to stay for another year to save up money before I move and develop more long-term plans. […]
Travel Trouble
Sitting in the airport, I wonder what it means to have been someplace. Truly been there. Have I been to St. Louis if I’ve only sat in this airport terminal for an hour before going to my final destination? I want to say no. But that seems clearer for airports, which are eerily similar no […]