In the summer of 2016, I signed up to work Reunions at my college. Reunions is the big ol' party for alumni, where they are able to rent rooms in college dorms, get drunk at one of the two small town bars “downtown” (more like, down hill), and relive their college days. As someone without …
Utica: An Epic
Let’s get started. The first step to find yourself in a similar situation is to lose all sense of responsibility for your actions. This can happen to you in a few different ways. For one, part of your identity might center around a sense of clumsiness, forgetting your metrocard, spilling hot soup on yourself, or …
Of Dogs and Men
Innocently enough, I joined a canine shelter in Chiang Mai, Thailand to feel less like an unmarried house wife while visiting my boyfriend for who knows how long. With more time on my hands than merits even the faintest excuse for being unproductive, I have dedicated some time to filling a void in my heart: …
Adult Small Talk
For someone who believes she has social skills but often proves otherwise, awkward interactions are common place. Misunderstandings, silences, oddly placed giggles, and the utilization of self-deprecating humor to make friends or meet new people are my specialty. A few days ago, while piled in the back of a truck turned open-air mini bus on …
Day 29/30: 30 Days of Animals
Today marks 34 days after the first day of my 30 days of animals drawing challenge! Wait... 34 days? Let's ~reflect~ on the failures and successes of the challenge... FAILURE: I remember sitting in my room, laughing with my friend Gabe because the most productive thing I had done that day was draw a picture …
At the Dinner Table
The dinner table, at my third WWOOFing location, has assigned seats. Unofficially of course, but I sit across from Evelyn, the 64 year old woman who loves television and cross words, who sits adjacent to Antoni , the 26 year old Belgian with Jesus hair, who sits across from Gabe, my 22 year old boisterous American …
Day 27/28: 30 Days of Animals
Day 27 and 28 of Challenge #1: 30 Days of Animals, check out the challenge here!
Day 25/26: 30 Days of Animals
Day 25 and 26 of Challenge #1: 30 Days of Animals, check out the challenge here! Shout out to Jacob Wallace for sending me these drawings he made! Send me your drawings peeps!
Day 20-24: 30 Days of Animals
Day 20-24 of Challenge #1: 30 Days of Animals, check out the challenge here!
Day 19: 30 Days of Animals
Day 19 of Challenge #1: 30 Days of Animals, check out the challenge here!