One of the greatest pleasures of adulthood is having the autonomy to spend your money as you see fit. This past years’s isolation led many people, including myself, to examine where the line of their wants and needs converges, and then buy the shit out of everything they could possibly want. Peloton had a banner … Continue reading The Healing Power of Touch
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Diagnosis: A Mild Hoax
On March 8th I went home on my lunch break and took a full hour nap. On a March 10th my throat burned when I breathed, and I started coughing. The cough was deep, and felt like your knees do when you fall and scrape them on cement. I worked the full day used the … Continue reading Diagnosis: A Mild Hoax
Retail Therapy for Temporary Agoraphobes
As I shifted from the desk I set up in my kitchen to the couch fifteen feet away after I finished work today, I was struck by how I hadn’t stimulated the economy yet today. Hadn’t stimulated anything really. So I sat down on my couch and thought of all the things I “need” in … Continue reading Retail Therapy for Temporary Agoraphobes
Things It’s Okay to Cry About In Isolation
In real life, I’m a stone cold emotionally constipated bitch. This is a fact that I’ve known for a long time and sadly I haven’t the wherewithal nor the disposable income to fix this (thanks Sallie Mae). We’re in unprecedented times, which I think, given what I’ve seen in the traditional and social medias, is … Continue reading Things It’s Okay to Cry About In Isolation
Still alone: What Happens After a Two Week Quarantine
My two weeks have come and gone. Some dude name James is bringing me groceries tonight, my 16th night of my 16th day with no real human contact. Don’t worry, because I was sick during the panic buying that probably infected you with the same chest cracking disease, I will run out of toilet paper … Continue reading Still alone: What Happens After a Two Week Quarantine
Good Touch, Bad Touch because You Need Another Post about COVID-19
Just to keep tabs: home alone for 8 days now, 3 days working from home, 17 hours since my last fever disappeared, 5 potatoes roasted, 2 cups of coffee (since I’ve been confined, not today, I’m not a barista). Now that you know that I have reached the end of my rope, I thought I’d … Continue reading Good Touch, Bad Touch because You Need Another Post about COVID-19
A Week Alone: Getting through Isolation…Some More
It has been a full week since I’ve had a conversation with someone in person. And I cried today, because it’s only Wednesday. And I haven’t exercised in 10 days because breathing air hurts. But it’s too early for rock deep in your guts depression. So how do you deal? You can always educate yourself. … Continue reading A Week Alone: Getting through Isolation…Some More
Surviving COVID-19: A Guide Living in Your Home
The US has finally started to take this little global pandemic seriously. Basketball has been canceled, some dude in Tennessee thought he’d make a buck is sitting on more hand sanitizer and Sami-wipes than all of the hospitals East of the Mississippi River, schools are closed, and you can only torturous one-ply toilet paper. You’re … Continue reading Surviving COVID-19: A Guide Living in Your Home
Am I Queer? and Other Questions Answered by Joining a New Gym
There is a man in my life who I fairly regularly upset by suggesting that I frequently fantasize about him in the throws of a homosexual romp. His harrumph is adorable. And I always “win” the conversation by telling him it’s not that I think he’s gay, but he should try dick sometime because I … Continue reading Am I Queer? and Other Questions Answered by Joining a New Gym
On Condoms
Dating can be rough, you have to worry about married men*, date rape (do they call it that these days? I'm getting old and am not keeping up with the terminology), and murder, successful or otherwise. There are also general freaks and weirdos to watch out for. Once you meet a nice person who buys … Continue reading On Condoms
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