Last spring, I posted a personals ad on one of the free dating website, basically as a writing exercise. Or a living exercise. I wanted to see both what I would write if I knew it was really going out there, into the world, and also what would happen if I posted it. . . . → Read More: Personal(s)
|
|||||
|
Just yesterday a new friend and I were talking about the importance of anyone I become involved with “being okay” with the fact that I’m vegetarian. “What constitutes ‘not being okay’ with it?” “Well, a guy once told me he didn’t care if I was a vegetarian so long as I would still cook him ‘real meat and . . . → Read More: Puppylove What makes blogs different from essays? How do I decide what to blog and what to essay into something more artful? One variable: Accountability. I put my resolutions here because I was grateful I’d be reporting in to my imagined public. And now I’m reporting in… Resolutionfail. July got away from me. It had a fast little roadster fueled by friend-crises and moving and house-sitting and depression while I was on foot, already twenty feet behind it after angsty June had her way with me. I never stood a chance. I’m not unique among my friends for hearing “you’re overqualified” more than once in my latest job search. I’m not unique for applying for jobs that I, technically, am overqualified for. I’m also not unique in intentionally aiming a little low for a job. There’s lots of good reasons to do that, including financial need, though . . . → Read More: Settling I’ve been trying to figure out the geography of my own brain lately, specifically what metaphor might work best to give you an idea of how I think, how I tick. I’m not talking about neuroanatomy — I know enough of that from my days as a psych major/patient to get myself in trouble — but about the landscape of my own particular psychology. |
|||||
|
Copyright © 2012 JenniferMcStotts.com - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
Comments are closed 
