Writer, Artist, and Recovering 80s Hair Spray Addict
I have a confession I really hate to admit – I was one of the worst contributors who helped tear a massive hole in the ozone layer in the mid to late 1980s. I was an 80s hair spray addict, as were most of my peers. Being teenage girls in the 1980s, we loved our big cans of Aqua Net and Rave as we curled, crimped and teased our hair and pulled our bangs up to the crazy “mall-bang” trend teen pop artists like Debbie Gibson and…
Read MoreMove the heart Switch the pace Look for what seems Out of place… Cuts You Up – Peter Murphy Driving, no destination in mind, just driving to escape and to empty my mind. Attempting to hit the reset button buried deep in my subconscious. My brain is broken, or at least the records in my mind are on constant replay… they repeat, repeat, repeat… voices from the past, the present, and even made up conversations in my head about the future are on a non-stop loop. Louder and…
Read MoreStatistically, January is the most depressing month of the year, and for me, this is no exception. This year especially. I don’t think there’s been a day in the past few weeks I haven’t cried either from my depression and anxiety, stress in general, or sheer loneliness. Sometimes it’s even an explosive combination of all. Most of the time it happens while laying in bed either as I’m trying to fall asleep or attempting to drag my apathetic body out of bed in the mornings. I’m living in…
Read MoreSometimes life gets frustrating beyond reason. I feel like I’ve been rebuilding, rebranding, and restructuring my life for the past eight years. I’ve even referred to my life as one of those kids friction cars that you pull back a few times to rev it up, then when you let go, it goes speeding off — except that I’ve been revving for years it seems with no release in sight. “Every job I’ve had adds to my skill set and when I finally figure it all out,…
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