Anniversary

I have been in LA for a year now. One year of fighting traffic on the 405. One year of still having no concept of direction or distance. One year of exploring the city. One year of adventures and mis-adventures. I find myself thinking about Autumn on days like these where I am reflecting on [...]

Is This The Quarter-Life Crisis? If So, No Thanks.

For the past two weeks I’ve been waking up at 3:30am feeling anxious, as though I’ve forgotten to do something important. I’ll tear through my apartment, half-asleep, trying to scratch an itch in my brain that I just can’t reach. I’ll check that the stove is off and then press on my front door to [...]

The Epitome of the Hot Mess : Happy Birthday, Me

I’ve been M.I.A. for the past few days, but with good reason–I just turned 26! To celebrate, my friends planned a small karaoke party for me. What’s funny is that I’m the only one who will sing sober (although I sound awful), so most of the party was me singing out-of-tune Journey songs until everyone [...]

My Life is So Strange

I sleep on a bed with no frame. The box spring is still wrapped in plastic and when I roll around too much in my sleep, I wake up with the mattress at least several inches from where it’s supposed to be. On those mornings, I forget where I am.

Hello, Quarter-life Crisis

I am not ashamed to say that I see a therapist. Some people are embarrassed that they see one, but I’m actually quite comfortable saying I do. After all, I think I’m fairly fortunate to be able to talk to someone objective about my odd life. Today’s session was sort of random. I didn’t really [...]

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