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Have you seen my Muse?
I can’t write. And when I say that I can’t write, I mean that I can’t write. Anything. No thing. Not a blog post, not my grad school application essay. Not even something as minor league as an email. It’s like my muse has up and abandoned me. He’s found someone new. He’s probably off … Continue reading
The X(pat) Factor
Globe Trotter by Carolyn B. Metro. I love this girl’s art! “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark Everyone has their people; their ‘peeps’, their posse. You know, the people to whom you can talk in vague terms with and just know … Continue reading
Roots
Sad Tree By Melonhead83 I had a friend in Japan who was one of those curious ‘between cultures’ people who didn’t identify with any one country’s beliefs or value system. She’d grown up in Tokyo, Chicago, Bangkok, Oregon, New York and Sydney and was a free-thinker, a non-conformist and completely unbothered by other’s opinions of … Continue reading
Coming Clean
Photo by Macwegen “I’m like a bird I’ll only fly away I don’t know where my soul is I don’t know where my home is” – Nelly Furtado It’s about time I aired a little dirty laundry. I’ve got a confession to make that I’ve been keeping a secret for far too long. So here … Continue reading
The 999th Reason Why I Hate Kanji
I woke up this morning at seven, stepped into the shower, and sleepily pushed the button that turns on the hot water heater. Or so I thought. Suddenly the bathroom erupted into chaos. Sirens blared, an automated computer voice started shouting instructions at me through the vent over the bathtub and I screamed in terror. … Continue reading
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