I’m in the last stages of doc apps and so there’s not much writing coming out of me outside academic stuff. I’m laying low for several reasons. 1) I’ve got so much I want to write about that I’m overwhelmed2) I’m recovering from my NYC trip3) Applications are nuts More to come later today. But […]
Author: Lisa
Apple, The Big
I made it to New York City without any relatively big problems. How I manage to stress myself out when traveling is beyond me. It doesn’t matter how much time I have, I will always WITHOUT FAIL stress myself out and almost miss a flight. Luckily, fate was on my side. Just so you are […]
Making Like a Baby and Headin’ OUT!
I’m leaving for NYC in about 4.5 hours to see family and friends. I am uber excited. Adonis, covering me with morning kisses, will have to survive without his SuperPartner for 3 days. Life, as he knows it, will pause for 72 hours. Upon landing in NYC, I will breathe in the city, my home […]
Sweet Victory
Take your last puff, muthafockers. Tomorrow, the Buckeye smoking ban is in EFX!
My Memory
This was a piece I wrote a few months ago that I shared with my writing class. Most people make fun or are intimidated by my memory. I don’t know why. When my uncanny gift is revealed to them in some way, their eyes turn on me. I can see it. They narrow and puzzle […]
To Which She Replied…
I’m having a shitty 29 hours. I’m hoping it ends soon, but the possibility of the shit spilling into 2-day zone is high. It all started yesterday, when I received an email about another Filipina writer, quite successful in NYC. Instead of warm-hearted support for another Filipina or simply another woman writer, I seethe with […]
Letters to a Younger Self
There is a book entitled, What I Know Now, and it’s inspired my entry today. I’m not going to write Dear Self, Hello You, or To Me. That beginning reminds me of retreats where you write letters to yourself for future read. For as much as I loved retreats, I never felt like I benefitted […]
Apparently, I Am Not Teddy Ginn, Jr.
Let this declaration be heard: I am not Teddy Ginn, Jr. While I myself consider myself to have an electric personality, I do not have electrofying running skills as the star running back of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. Why am I writing this? The connection is related to why I have not posted […]
GRE and Marriage Compatibility
So, both Adonis and I are in the hunt for doctoral programs. He, theology. Me, Women and Gender studies. Last night, I am mating with the GRE book, forehead pressed against the pages, bemoaning the entire system of standardized testing; wishing it all to hell. Relearning the Pythagorean theory dates me back to days where […]
Thanks for Now…and the Now
Should I make a list of things I am thankful for? Would that be committing blogger’s sin of holy cliches? I suppose, but what the hell else do you really write about the week of the holiday where it’s all about GRATITUDE. It’s the one day a year where we stop the vain self-indulgence to […]