Lately, I’ve been binge-watching shows such Prodigal Son (Season One Only), All of Killjoys (Love. This. Show.), and Beyond (This show really needs one last season), and now what do I watch? Ordinary Joe, and I missed this show. I know it gets confusing with the multiple storylines in alternate…

For My Past Selves — I’m sorry no one was there for you. You were so lost, confused, trying to find yourself, but to no avail because no one had time for you. No wonder you broke down so many times, and there was no rescue at school, neither by student or teacher. They were too busy bullying you, and there was no relief…

My parents watch the news every night before bed, and they tell me the next day that it made them angry, upset and stressed. Stop watching the news at least before bed, but they don’t listen to me. …

What are they really telling me? — I hate seeing those ads on tv. Have we reached that point? Will we be pulled from our homes and loaded onto a train, destined to go somewhere, where we will never return? I know Hate is real. I have met them. I have met them as a child, her…

Thrifty Words Roundup 100 Challenge #92 and Fifty Words #113: Perserverance — The teacher was running late, and I stared at the door, waiting, trying to ignore the stares and whispers that surrounded me. Two girls sat in front of me, keeping their backs to me, and I saw that they were eating candy, Skittles. They glanced my way, and I avoided…

What else am I not seeing? — There’s something in my water. I don’t see anything, but I know I swallowed something, felt it slither downward. Did someone spit in my water bottle, but I just opened it. The clear water mocks me as I stare at it, wondering what lies within its surface? Will I find…

Next time someone asks, “Would you like some chocolate, Charlie,” say, NO. — There is nothing like a piece of chocolate, especially if you’re not supposed to have any caffeine, but you make a deal with your cardiologist that you won’t have any caffeine except for chocolate. Deal, and I love my chocolate. And I make sure that I have chocolate because if…

And AI is that annoying, fucking hare. — I had once said in another article that January and February are the dead months, the months, where last year curls up and dies while the new one slowly unfolds. It’s still slowly unfolding. It’s the second weekend of March, and I am crawling along, trying to get a feel…

Thrifty Words 100 Challenge #92 and Fifty Words #113: Perseverance — I started to work for the State of New York in March of 2009. I thought things would change, things would finally get better. I had a steady income, and Medical Insurance, which you do not get from working in Retail. At least, not the stores, where I worked, and…