Fruit of NaPoWriMo

So I never created digests of my work during NaPoWriMo. I should know better than to broadcast my plans; doing so always jinxes them. Regardless, that turned out to be a productive endeavor even if I didn’t do it every day. Not only did I generate a lot of content and write some starters that I’ve […]

“Secret of Love” by Brad Pitt: Benevolent Sexism and My Facebook Friends

Ugh. Dude… I can’t be the only person who thinks this so-called letter from Brad Pitt to Angelina Jolie is gross. By now, a few friends have shared this turd on my Facebook feed. Of course, they all had good intentions and I understand why people find it appealing, but once you start to examine […]

Inevitable

“Our Sacred Bodies II” by MICHAEL CULHANE Run. The next thought is an inevitable one: if you show affection, you will be rejected. Unleashing, releasing that stupid wave of attention. She’ll figure it out. What’s the worst that could happen, though? Besides an embarrassing end to your avuncular show. (Sometimes uncles are really bad guys […]

“Heart Shaped Box” by Nirvana

Day 5 of NaPoWriMo and I’m a bit behind on my challenges. To catch up, I need to add or annotate two songs on Rock Genius. Today being the 20 year anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s suicide, I thought I’d see if any Nirvana lyrics were left unannotated. Of course not. Certainly not “Heart-Shaped Box.” While […]

National Poetry Month 2014

You know the week is going to be bad when Monday feels like Friday. So fuck it, I’m writing a free form entry about this month’s writing goals. April is National Poetry Month. Determined never to waste another one of these again, I will submit three poems for publication. It’s so weird that my first ever attempt landed me […]