Tag: Prose
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Pride Rocks
It’s not every week that I can say that I am a proud person — in fact, most of the time I feel like I’m cowering behind some sort of self-doubt or wishing that circumstances could have happened slightly more in my favor. But this week, there has been an accumulation of things that have left…
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“Type, Drunken Fingers!”
Last night, I went out with a mix of old friends and new, and I had a couple of drinks. It doesn’t take much for me to feel the effects of alcohol, so by the time I had gone home, my mind was tipsy and my fingers were drunk. I mention this fact about my…
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Privilege and Familiarity
Happy International Women’s Day, everyone! As some of you may know, this year the theme for International Women’s Day is “Make It Happen”. This is to promote the idea that awareness is not enough — we have to take action to bring about equality. As some of you may know, I studied film in college.…
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My Cringeworthy Fling with Pejoratives
I kind of sort of did something I regret. Remember when I said that I love stepping into character and seeing from someone else’s perspective? Well, sometimes it ends up being a situation in which I cringe at the uncertainty of what I’ve just done. Last night, Solo Sleepover took the stage at the Harrisburg Improv…
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What We’re Doing Wrong – a Lesson from the Oscars
Is it just me, or is anyone else still reeling from the events that occurred during the Academy Awards last night? It’s still kind of fascinating to me that we can see culture reflected so much in the gathering of a very narrow sampling of the population — the celebrities who make it to the…
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Fear, Wigs, and Vulnerability
I’m going to let you in on a secret: if you have never put on a wig, dressed yourself up, and spoken in a poorly articulated Southern accent, you’ve never really lived life. I thoroughly enjoy pretending to be someone else, immersing myself in another persona for a short period of time. That sounds escapist,…
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Let’s Get Out of Here!
Guess what? I’m antsy. And I blame it all on a film. Every month I get to watch a film that won’t actually be at the Midtown Cinema for another month: an early screener for the review I write for TheBurg. This month it was TIMBUKTU, a West African film centering around the Jihadist control…
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A Quick Realization
Harrisburg is a wonderful place. In the three wonderful years that I’ve lived here, I’ve found it to be satisfying on so many levels. First, it’s a city with a small-town feel… some may debate that as a con, but I very much see it as a pro. Second, though Harrisburg has been struggling with…
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And so it begins.
It’s been a few days since I’ve finished off a very clumsy third draft of The Fields, a novel I’ve been working on for the past few years. I’ve sent my work in earnest to a handful of friends and family members, and now I’m sitting back and taking my turn in the extremely uncomfortable…