Curiosity Killed the Character I'm tenacious, but not this kind of tenacious. I've been playing this videogame for about thirty hours at this point, and I can't say that I'm having fun. My character, Booper the Cowardly, is afraid, but she is also curious to see what lies on the other side. She has to know. And so, she has to try. I send Booper forward, to face the great unknown. After killing a few enemies, she dies. Then she dies again. ... Read the Post...
Excursions: For the Love of Cafuné
Kinky hair You can’t run your fingers through kinky black hair. The often-romanticized act of delicately tousling your loved one’s hair never applied to my world. Natural black hair is defiant, pushing against your fingertips and getting caught in the finer details of your skin. Its density is akin to the ocean, you never know how deep it is until you try to explore it. Beneath the surface you can feel the undulate strands: they naturally ... Read the Post...
A New – A Year in Review
I for sure, don't remember much about this year. A lot of this is my fault. I've been trying to get my footing in this PhD program, and it hasn't been easy. I got hit with a big ole dose of apathy (aka depression) towards the middle of my second semester, and have been trudging through it for the past few months. Taking this look back is partly for the blog, but mostly for me! Let's uh, let's see what happened - Winter Last winter I wrote ... Read the Post...
Excursions: Bloom Where You Are Planted
So the other day, my Peace Lily died. Root rot. I had moved it to my back room, a space in my apartment that faces the alley and gets little light. It did well for a few months, then suddenly started to turn black. Root rot. First, the tips went dark and droopy, so I watered it. Then the leaves turned black fully, so I cut them. New leaves came up green, so I watered them, then they turned black, so I cut them. I cut the roots and ... Read the Post...
