• My Love Hate Relationship with Relationships

    My Love Hate Relationship with Relationships

    I have this back and forth, love hate relationship with relationships. On one hand, I think that I would love to have someone to share my life with. Someone to laugh with. Someone to come home to. Someone who “gets” me. But then there’s that part of me that hates the idea of having to… Read more

  • Depression and Suicide: Checking Out

    Depression and Suicide: Checking Out

    Tara Condell hung herself. You probably don’t know her. Or even know of her. She was a beautiful, young, successful woman who at a glance looked like the whole world was spoon-feeding her happiness. She hung herself, because she was not happy. And then people called her selfish. Suicide doesn’t make a person selfish any… Read more

  • Asshole Cessation

    Asshole Cessation

    One of the guys at work recently went to hypnosis to quit smoking. It’s been two weeks and he still hasn’t picked up a cigarette. I went online to the guy’s website to see what else he offered. The website said he also offered weight loss hypnosis. What he didn’t offer was hypnosis to stop… Read more

  • Why I Shaved My Head (this time)…

    Why I Shaved My Head (this time)…

    I was talking to a friend the other day. I told her that I was craving a hot dog with slaw on it. She started telling me that my body (my liver specifically) was probably detoxing and releasing the toxins and emotions from the last time I did have a hot dog with slaw. That… Read more

  • A Valuable Lesson

    A Valuable Lesson

    I do my best self destruction in the winter. I try to keep myself occupied and happy-ish by any means necessary. I always fail because I usually turn to other people to entertain me and keep my mind off my inconceivable sadness. And every year I tell myself I’m not going to do it. I… Read more

  • No Resolutions, Just Solutions

    No Resolutions, Just Solutions

    I took a break from writing for about 2 months. No blogs. No books. No poetry. Nothing. I just went dark. I didn’t feel like I had anything positive to say and I didn’t want to junk up the world with negativity. And I didn’t pull my trusty laptop out today because of a resolution.… Read more