Oh, right, it’s a new year. — It’s 5:30 am on the 1st of January, and so far, I’ve had three sips of an already lukewarm coffee, written the title to this article before jumping on LinkedIn and writing an application for a job I saved last night, starting a second one, aborting mission and circling back…

Was it the way you forced me to passively smoke your cigarette indoors or the lingering scent of BO that’s kept you at the forefront of my mind? — I’ve read stories about star-crossed lovers, but never in my wildest dreams did I think it would happen to me. There I was, minding my own business in the very back row of a concert of a band now so old the only attendees under 30 were the kids of…

Processing, accepting and learning to live life on the spectrum — After months of reading, researching and self-exploration, I made the decision to seek a formal assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder. It was a daunting decision, mainly because it’s an extremely expensive process that goes against my core beliefs—accessibility shouldn’t be a privilege of the wealthy. I went back and forth…

Part one There weren’t always dragons in the Valley. According to most, there still aren’t. They thought they hunted us down – slaughtered us to extinction. Many fell. But, did they think us such simple creatures we would not take measures to ensure the survival of our species? A single dragon’s nest…

It just got really freaking good (Contains spoilers for Episode 8) — I’m always a few days (ok years, usually) late with my pop culture updates, but seriously, we have to talk about House of The Dragon Episode 8: Lord of the Tides. I read so many tweets, articles etc., after the (spoiler alert) big mid-season time jump/cast change where people were…

These bumbling, fumbling idiots are no laughing matter — Picture yourself as a bright-eyed new hire. It’s your first day in your new job, and your enthusiasm is at its peak (as is your anxiety). You walk nervously into the new building and cautiously look around, only to be greeted by a confused-looking future co-worker. “Hi, it’s my first…

A story of what might have been — As Aiden lay gasping for breath on the cold pavement of the parking lot, he knew his luck had finally run out. He’d been running with a new crew and had just learned the hard way that the new guy was always the fall guy. He’d taken the first bullet…

When the storytelling is compelling enough to make you root for the bad guys — I recently binged Paramount’s western TV series, Yellowstone and was quickly sucked into the story of the Dutton family and all their demons. I’m going to attempt to keep this spoiler free, given that Yellowstone is only four seasons into what I hope is a lengthy run. It seems to…

Combining two prompts because you’re short on time is acceptable, right? — I’ve been tagged in a few prompts of late, and most of them involve music in some way. The two that I've most wanted to sink my teeth into are Eric Pierce’s prompt to write about songs inspired by your home state and Pierce McIntyre’s earworm songs prompt. The thing…