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Me in a nutshell…
I tend to live my life a little bit differently from your average person. It may just be my perspective or it may be my choices. The two are certainly tied together. I am a perfectionist. This is why I continue writing and rewriting. Day in and day out. I write. I paint. I draw. I rarely show any of it to anyone. Unless it’s as close to perfect as I can make it, I never show anyone my creative work. I really ought to work on that, but unless someone were to ask specifically and I were to trust them explicitly, I doubt that’ll change. I’m ADD. Yes, this…
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Life and absenteeism
Sorry I’ve been an absentee blogger of late and please forgive the lengthiness of this post. I’ve been buried under so much work it’s insane. A teacher at the school I work at was arrested for innappropriate communication with a minor and I took on three of his classes. I have been working day in and day out in order to be on top of things and I still feel like I’m not. I’ve been working so much that I’ve spent and grand total of two days off in two months. I’m constantly exhausted, stressed out, and have been sick for round about seven weeks at this point. This week…
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Life is a Series of Fractures
Life is a series of fractures. I don’t just say this because I’ve been known by the somewhat offensive, but warmly meant, nickname of “Gimpy”—after I fell down two flights of cement stairs and busted myself up thoroughly on the first day of class—or because I’ve been known as “accident prone” since I was twelve, injuring myself so often that when I moved back from the East Coast I donated five pairs of crutches meant to be used in different types of weather. I say this, because, in my experience, it is the truth. Whether those fractures be emotional or physical, there will come a time when something will damage…
