Shelter in Place: Day 57

Hello, fellow Earthlings, For the past few days, I've been witness to that certain spring dance, interwoven rain and sunshine, the wind building temples of cloud over the Bay. I've been here so long that I can no longer remember if everywhere is this beautiful. Or if it is only that the simple things have …

Shelter in Place: Day 38

Today I signed a lease and made a quiche, so I think I'm officially an adult. In other news, we hopped right over spring here in Oakland and moved directly into summer. It's so hot the cat has become permanently horizontal. On the plus side, I woke up at 5:00AM after sleeping through the whole …

Shelter in Place: Day 36

In case I didn't make this intention clear at the beginning: I plan on writing one blogpost a day until Shelter in Place ends. Depending on how stable I am at that point, I might even continue writing one per day for the rest of my existence. Wouldn't that be fun? Anyway. Today It was …

Shelter in Place: Day 34

Squeaking it in under the wire today, folks. Mondays, am I right? Today I spent most of my time reading "Jane Eyre". I've never read it before. I quite like large swathes of it, and also have some problems with certain parts so far. I think that's probably true for many books. What I love …

Shelter in Place: Day 32

Now these numbers don't even look real. 32? Weird. It's sunny today here in Oakland, and I'm busy planning my move to Idaho and the next phase of my life. I can't believe I'll be leaving California in a number of months. On July 4th, I will have been here exactly four years. I remember …

Shelter in Place: Day 30

What a week it has been. Last Wednesday, I applied for unemployment. Last Saturday, my uncle passed away. On Tuesday, I was accepted into grad school. My life has always been on the eventful side of things, but this is a bit much even for me. All I can really do is take it one …

Shelter in Place: Day 29

Well, folks, all I can say is wow. I was sitting in my room yesterday, refreshing my email over and over again waiting to get the rejection from the University of Idaho when I saw the program director's number show up on my phone. I answered thinking that they were nicely rejecting me in person. …

Shelter in Place: Day 17

Dear Everyone, Yesterday I felt like giving up. I was depressed in general, have been for a little while (say ten+ years), and I had just been rejected from a short story contest (though I made it through the first round of judging) and a summer workshop opportunity. I lay there on my bed for …

Shelter in Place: Day 16

Hey Everyone, Today I'm not feeling my normal effervescent self so here are a bunch of pictures of Scout in honor of his third birthday! Happy birthday, Mr. Scout! Here's Mr. Scout right when I met him. He was so small and had lots of bugs living on him. I didn't care. Scout and I …

Shelter in Place: Day 15

Hello Dear Readers, It is day 15 here in Oakland, California. The sun is rising and the sky is a clear blue. I can make out the tip of the Transamerica Pyramid from where I stand typing this. I can also see the Salesforce Tower, but I don't care about that. Yesterday was Trans' Visibility …