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Peasant Dresses and Sex Cults

I was walking my dog at my apartment community when I spotted three suspicious women wearing peasant dresses under black jackets.  Now, I am convinced peasant dresses are going to be that style we all look back on and collectively agree that it "was a terrible look".  But even when I place my personal fashion opinions aside (yes I am writing this while wearing skinny jeans), these women still had a bit of a culty vibe.  All of them had straight hair in loose ponytails, no makeup, and casual boots.  None of them made eye contact with me. One, in fact, looked my direction then looked away, and then moved her eyes ever so slightly to look at me again.  She side eyed me.  In hindsight though, I think I was doing the same thing to them. Perhaps I was the one making THEM uncomfortable ? I had no choice but to walk past them to get to the dog park. So, I picked up my pace as I got closer. Archie (my dog) didn't bark and had no qualms about making eye contact with ...

Can't lose weight? Have you tried quitting your job?

In the fifth grade, Ms. Moran, assigned my class to write a persuasive paragraph on whether or not fifth graders should vote in the presidential election. After we wrote our essays, we read our arguments in front of the class. All the kids had the same response: "yes, fifth graders should vote". In my memory, none of them had a persuasive reason. It was just the ‘cool’ thing to do. Another unfortunate case of peer pressure. When it was my turn, I stood up with confidence while wearing an oversized Disney t-shirt my mom said could double as a dress. I then proudly stated, “no, us fifth graders should not vote”.  Peer pressure didn’t work on me back then. However, it works on me now, and that’s how I got the shitty $80 dino tattoo: As I stood in front of the class with my bad fashion and my lame-ass, unpopular-kid opinion, I read my paragraph with the same conviction as Maury Povich when he announces paternity test results, “Between school, homework, and chores, we kids already...

The Origin Story: a reflection of past not-successes

My own origin story. The story you didn't know existed about the person you didn't know exists. It's a bit audacious if not narcissistic. Maybe a bit of both. But I would be lying to you if I didn't say this really was years of failed creative endeavors to get me here.  On blogger.  In 2023... I think with context clues you can assume I'm not on TikTok. As well as assume I'm well into my 30s.  Here is a brief overview of my past not-successes: Not Successful Podcasts In 2012 I discovered podcasts: back before the popularity of Serial, and when I associated podcasting with Kevin Smith, director, and writer of one of my comfort watches Zack and Miri Make a Porno.   I was a big fan of the podcast Jay and Silent Bob Get Old and a bit of a fan of Smodcast . I can't remember which show it was, possibly both, but Kevin Smith preached how everyone should pick up a mic and start recording their own podcast. If he can do it, anyone can. So I took that literally an...