I want to capture every meaningful thought I have ever had. I want to immortalize my life in bodies of writing complete with beauty marks and scars and physical defining features that make my life so defiantly mine. I want to contemplate why I haven't yet gotten any tattoos even though my life has had... Continue Reading →
Gaga: Five Foot Two
I have never been one for fads, always flocking to the reliable, steady, and classic with friends, fashion, and fandoms. I have seen my idols through breakups, breakdowns, and breakthroughs and all of these have only made those in the public eye more raw, more relatable, and more real. "[...] Five Foot Two" shows Gaga... Continue Reading →
Like There’s Something To Say (or WEW: Lorde)
The title of this post is a line in one of my favourite fierce femme's, Lorde's, songs 400 Lux. The full line is "Where we can talk like there's something to say," and I hope that here is that place. Being a leukemia survivor and an outspoken mental health advocate, I hope that my something... Continue Reading →
Tragedy Porn
This summer I began tearing through the plethora of books I own by female comedians and authors I stocked up on last Spring. In her book 'Yes Please', Amy Poelher brought a name to a concept so familiar to me I’ve added it to my vocabulary. Tragedy porn. You know when a tragic thing happens,... Continue Reading →
10 Commandments for my 27th year
I haven't posted in three weeks because I've been on vacation and out of town but I wanted to do a post-birthday post to reflect on the year and share some (10) bites of wisdom I've accumulated over the past little while. I was born on a hot August 12th evening and in my 27... Continue Reading →
A Sleepless Night
It's 4:37 AM right now and I'm still awake. Caffeine has a half life of 6 hours and I broke my rule of not having coffee after 2:00 PM because I was headed to the last night of the fireworks competition here in Montreal for the summer 2016 season and I knew I'd miss the... Continue Reading →
A Milestone
It's August on Monday, already! And this August marks a very exiting milestone for me. On August 26th it will be 5 years since my stem cell transplant for acute myelogenic leukemia. The whole ordeal feels a whole lot closer than 5 years ago, I still remember it vividly. I spent a total of 9.5... Continue Reading →
Proud Montrealer
I can't help but thinking about everything going on in the states, how happy I am to be Canadian and know that I can leave my apartment with little to no fear for my safety. It's a scary time to be alive with horrible things happening on a daily basis. On September 13th, 2006 a... Continue Reading →
Send My Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq-RbqSXpp8 Yesterday I posted this cover of a song by Adele sung by Sofia Karlberg on my Facebook because I thought it was such a beautiful rendition. Few people can do Adele justice but this less-upbeat version of the song really captures the melancholy which the song's message compliments. Adele gets a lot of things... Continue Reading →
Welcome to my blog!
So it occurred to me that maybe I had been posting on my Facebook details that are a little personal and thought it would be a good idea to start on a different platform in a forum where I can share my feelings and opinions about things other than in a place where people go... Continue Reading →