Fixing my swing (Self-awareness part 2)
Regardless of Cesar Millan, the point of my previous post was that reflecting on Riley’s behavior has caused me to reflect on my own. I am becoming more aware of my body language, my attitude, my tone...
View ArticleWriterly Wednesday: Olympics edition
Quick note: I’ve been published! My triptych of triptychs about the Galapagos (first seen right here on the blog) was accepted by Sugar Mule for their 41st issue. Yay! Please click to check out many...
View ArticleThe problem with “no means no”
There are many reasons I don’t watch the nightly news. All the violence saddens me. All the politics frustrate me. And all the misogyny pisses me off. (Instead I prefer to read headlines online, then...
View ArticleOf monsters and men in Steubenville
This is not usually a space for politics, but the Steubenville rape case has hit the YA community hard, and I have thoughts. (Note: I did blog about this previously, though not as directly as I’m about...
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Family and football rule all
When people say they love Friday Night Lights, they generally mean the TV show. FNL, if you’re in the know. Dillon, Texas. Go Panthers. Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose. Since I tend to resist...
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Moms are the best (Or: A brief scene from Friday Night Lights that brought me...
First, a very relevant shout-out to my mother: Happy birthday, Mom! Thanks for always supporting me in the pursuit of my dreams. After a series of controversies, Dillon Panthers star running back Smash...
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Michelle Kwan and the importance of mirrors
They say that when you’re a child, the world is a mirror. What you see becomes part of your identity, just like a reflection. I don’t think I can explain how meaningful it was to be a half-Asian girl...
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Thanks, Mom
My mother (right) and her sister, in Taiwan. I’ve written about my mother many times. Today I’m going to borrow other people’s words. From Heather Armstrong’s recent post: I am successful because my...
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Week in review (Feb 3, 2015)
As an experiment, I’m doing away with the bullet points, even though they’re like a security blanket for me. “Oh, this is just a list, not a real blog post.” But what does that even mean, lol? What’s a...
View ArticleHave you done absolutely everything you can to reach your dreams?
A few nights ago, I sat in bed working on my laptop while Andy and Riley slept soundly next to me. That night, “working” meant catching up on a bunch of reading I had been putting off, including this...
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