All of us like so many cockroaches crawling atop one another, vying for the attention of the towering recruiter before us, trying to make it to the top of the stack. All of us fighting for the same handful of entry-level roles (or hell, even post-grad internships) that our school props up on Handshake. I’m…
Category: ramblings
Who deserves to be a model?
The palest of us? The slimmest of us? The most desirable? Most unattainable? I was learning a bit about the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show that happened recently. I had only ever watched the one in the late 90’s, and that was for a fun Instagram edit I made many years ago. The clothes can be…
What am I worth?
I never heard a word back from the employer. I waited six days, until the day he said he would respond, then I waited one more week. The job posting is no longer available online. I will stop waiting now. I practiced how to solve that problem. I know I did. But my brain turned…
Jane Fonda | Don’t Underestimate!
Things that appear silly and easy could have you laid out! Case in point: Jane Fonda Step Aerobics Workouts. My left hamstring is still sore three full days later, and I just did the 30 minute beginner workout! I hadn’t done one of her workouts in a few years, and I was in the mood…
Detachment
A man stayed up late into the night and wrote on dreams. His wife had gone to bed, and he was left to his faulty mechanism, his midnight mind. The man was an architect who had always dreamed of being something very different from what he was. So on this night, he confessed into the…
Dear User, Goodbye!
A series of violent and disturbing posts erupt onto a beloved social media platform. Inspired by violent AI accounts that have been popping up without monitoring or review by large media platforms. Reader discretion is advised. Content warning for mentions and depictions of: murder, violence, sexual violence, self-harm and suicide, child abuse, and animal abuse…
A Woman Alone in the Night, Far From Home
It is bad practice to fantasize about one’s own death. But I have found myself in a precarious situation. A situation where in which… it may be rational to fantasize on the subject. ~ The lapping of the lake is so peaceful in the day, but in the cold dark it is threatening, an ever…
Atop Interlaken, Switzerland
Vast emerald lawns Sprawling navy streams Narrow, winding roads Some mountains lined with autumnal foliage Some peaks coated in powdered sugar snow The smell of beer and cheese And the screaming laughs of children All atop Interlaken, Switzerland ~Sammicakes
The Realest You (written from the platform)
Today I stepped onto the platform, and the seven men behind the booth asked me, “Who is the realest you?” “Is it the one who is beautiful and speaks clearly, smile bright?” “Is it the creature muzzled and blind, trembling in rage?” “Could it be the one that cries so deeply at the beauty of…
March 15th | Journal Entry #2
“So little time on Earth. Pursue purpose and passion daily as it is what gives life to the soul.” ~Sammicakes
