A snippet of Lynda Barry‘s inspiring book What It Is. If you’re curious what the best way is to announce your already-obvious absence, I would recommend writing a journal-style blog post. Here’s my take on it. Working two jobs came to a head for me this month; when my body was in one place, my […]
Sometimes, when I’m on the job hunt, I wonder whether this whole joblessness thing is here to teach me something. It helps when I’m headed back on the train in the middle of the night, still wondering how to respond perfectly to that oft-asked party question — ‘so what are you doing now?’ The lessons […]
All I want to do is write. I’ve been feeling that more and more as I’ve sunk back in to the school routine, focusing on lab reports and group meetings and work. But – and I hate to be the cliched writer that always says this – there doesn’t seem to be a lot of […]
I’m trying something new today! I wrote my blog post and then read it aloud (speech-like) in a podcast format – this time it’s on activist work and relaxation. I’ve done this before with fictional stories, but not as much with creative non-fiction, so this is my stab at it. Let’s hope that after a […]
Here is the recipe to being overstimulated: 1. You wake up and immediately start thinking about Facebook messages and leftover homework. 2. You have a to-do list three miles long every night, telling you to flit from room to room in the morning and lay back in the evening, only to find that there aren’t […]
I’m coming up on the end of my stay here in Bangladesh, and I must admit that it’s been a very up and down ride. High points (like learning Bengali, spending time with family, seeing amazing locales, shopping, learning a lot) and low points (like getting your arm partially eaten by a cockroach – literally […]