after the KING show, dad if you saved a penny every day since age 6 you’d have $1,168.85, a dollar? $ 23, 376. dear dad, born on a Tuesday in Japanese, that’s Kayobi, in French, my first foreign language mardi, in Spanish, my best foreign language, martes. the same day as Laidback Luke, whoever the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2016
fashion memories, 1980-1987
these checkerboard, multi-colored pants. red, green, gold, purple, black & blue — i was in love with them at four years old. i could not wait to wear them to school, another idea in which i was in love. in 1981, my mother said wear them to school. i hated them and i cried, kicked … Continue reading
wait, what does she do?
what I want you to ask. –gelle, whose answer is, you’ll never know Continue reading
I am feminist.
because I believe in the equality of women and men. because I am a mother and should not have to do everything because the father took for granted my work ethic. because women are as extraordinary as men, because men are just as extraordinary when fulfilling domestic duties as women because we are both providers, … Continue reading
on dual duality
both effectively organized and unorganized. immutable. mutable. sigh. both strategic and go with the flow. anal yet fluid? double sigh. i drive myself crazy with routine and structure, while i’m keenly aware of the process, the importance of the journey, the butterfly effect, the… and when i come back to the middle because i always … Continue reading
just know
oftentimes we are too embarrassed to acknowledge that we have been manipulated I’d argue it’s human, either way though I am not too embarrassed to call you and it out. just know I will… if you create a situation, you should also have the balls to deal with its reflection –gelle, who has not the … Continue reading
tripping, a check-in on my 40×40 list
i’ve been 40 seven and a half months and have taken only a few trips in 2016. my goal has been to get so I can travel out-of-the country every three months, but life, unnecessary drama and my going completely independent after a leave of absence from my researcher’s job have thrown a monkey wrench … Continue reading
on who’s supposed to behave this way & pronouns
so… this might be a repeat because, quite possibly i wrote this in my head and not here. anyway… third grade drama. so and so was asked if so and so is their girlfriend. in third grade. so and so, who i thought delivered a classy response, said yes, so what if they are? even … Continue reading
on why you attract people
cleaning out my work email box and found a few great LifeHack articles sent to me. some relevant excerpts: Some friends from your youth may be in your life till old age, but that doesn’t mean you are compatible. It just means, like family, familiarity and consequence has forced your lives together. It’s not that … Continue reading
the caterpillar in third grade
i heard screaming, and then “kill it!” in third grade, that is an imperative. a caterpillar had crawled out from team third grade to our third grade room, inching its way… i said, “wait!” in third grade, that is also an imperative. i said, “i’ll take care of it”. in third grade, that is a … Continue reading
gelle's six 