Mind Munches
The love child of word vomit & metaphors
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thanK you aIMee (et. al)
Among Taylor Swift’s 31 (!) new songs released on her new album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, is “thanK you aIMee.” Regardless of who it is speculated to be about, it is a message to a person and/or experience in the past which you’ve found a way to heal from and, in some ways,… Continue reading
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Don’t Immediately Dread Jury Duty
At the end of February, I opened my mailbox to find a jury duty summons. It was only the second one I’d ever received, and there had been over a decade in between them, in which I’d moved four times. So I promptly texted this to my sister. Growing up, I always got the feeling… Continue reading
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I’m Trying to Give Away Five Dollars
It seems like everything has a subscription these days. You want to be able to watch that movie? Subscribe. You want to be able to read that newsletter? Subscribe. You want to get access to recipes and articles from your favorite online publication? Subscribe. And aside from major streaming platforms, it seems like everything costs… Continue reading
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The Trials of Picking a Good Outfit
I was recently trying to pick out an important outfit. An outfit that I wanted to look cute in, an outfit I wanted to *work*, an outfit that, in a direct quote to my sister, I wanted to be “stylish and easy going and comfortable and warm but not too warm in case we’re in… Continue reading
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Have a Nice Life! (I Mean it)
I was listening to a podcast the other day and one of the hosts talked about how we often we only see people once in our whole lives. She described it in the context of getting her eyebrows done. She lives in New York, a bustling city of millions, and makes an appointment every couple… Continue reading
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Maybe We’re All Polyhedrons
When I was in 8th grade, my geometry teacher assigned our class to create polyhedrons, which are three dimensional shapes whose sides are comprised of polygons (triangles, squares, pentagons, etc.) It was one of our final projects of the fall semester, and one that required a lot of calculations (and glue) to pull off. I… Continue reading
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Why I’m Thinking About Coco this Veterans Day
In an unexpected turn of events, I have been watching a lot of World War II content. It started with Band of Brothers, which initially aired on HBO but was recently released on Netflix. While making my way through the 10-part series, I have also intermittently watched movies based in WWII, like Hacksaw Ridge, Unbroken,… Continue reading
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Listen for the Questions You Have
A few weeks ago, I attended a two-day writing workshop at UCLA. It was 16 hours of intense work: writing to prompts, listening to lectures, and often reading our work aloud for responses from both the teacher and our classmates. Typically, this is my nightmare. Who likes to read aloud? Especially when it’s your own… Continue reading
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For Me, it Started with Channel 3
I have always loved television. I love how many stories you are able to dive into at the click of a button (or tweak of an antenna). When I was little, before we had a DVR, a TiVo, or access to the Guide, we had Channel 3. Channel 3 was essentially what the Guide is… Continue reading
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My Ideal Food Court
I was recently listening to the Bad on Paper podcast and they raised the following question: What restaurants would make up your ideal food court? It’s a great conversation starter, and I’ve found it can draw out some pretty heated opinions. It’s also tough question, but I decided to add even more of a challenge… Continue reading
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