The Molten Record: a far-flung spark of life in the information super-galaxy
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Welcome to the Molten Record!
There’s plenty of little explanations scattered throughout the blog, but I thought I’d make something a bit more comprehensive. About the Blog: The Molten Record is Anna Penrod’s attempt at recording her life. Like the little footer at the end of every post says, it was inspired by her dad’s blog. His was much more…
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The Non-Comprehensive List of Things That Make Me Happy
Much of this was transplanted from my journal, where I started a list shortly after realizing I wasn’t sad anymore. I added some, and thought it was worth sharing. This list is updated frequently. Come back whenever you need something nice to read! Making art. Walking in the dark. Fun scary stories. Dogs. My family.…
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Penrod and His Twin Brother
I happen to know a Penrod with a twin brother: my own father. So imagine my surprise when I was browsing Wikipedia and found out they had a movie named after them years ago!
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5 Mornings Walking to Work
Grey-dark-clouds up on hillLeaves blow upwardsStreet goes stillHot-drops-rain for just a pause13 wearing yellow. Blaze-bright-sun push through cloudThumb at foreheadPropped for shroudSweat down back, and backs of knees20 wearing yellow.Breeze-light-incline, climb the stairDeer in bushesBird in airThroat hum slight with just an itchOnly 2 wear yellow. Early up, and early leaveAir-hazed-badlyLungs harsh heaveWhisper breathe til…
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Father’s Day 2025
That’s alright, he says when I don’t want to go on the ride. You can wait down here. You don’t have to ride it if you don’t want to. Of course, when it’s just heights he makes me go. He walks me up the old metal steps to the top of the view and lets me cling to…
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But What If I’m Just…Something?
A tired attempt to make sense of the over-labeled, under-loved, and exhausting world of being queer and trying to survive becoming a spectacle. A Light Introduction I’ve struggled with whether or not to write anything about my queer experience (especially in Utah) for a while now, mainly for two reasons. One being that there are…
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Three Retches–I Mean Reps
Yesterday as I was walking to the Smith Fieldhouse gym, I beheld a most disgusting sight. A gym bro came staggering out of the gym and into the hallway, leaning against the wall about thirteen feet away from me. Then, without warning, he vomited more than I have ever seen another living being vomit. Like…
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I Can’t Be Your Snuggle Buddy
I’ve been very sick this weekend — a combination of irritated lungs from the Weezer concert and getting taken out by a cold circulating at work. I visited home over the weekend. I was lying on the hardwood floor, sandwiched between a rolled up rug and a vacuum. (That’s the sort of thing that’s comfortable…
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The Solemn Vow of a Conscious Universe
I, a cognitive clot of infinite existence, do forever and honestly vow to watch over my corporeal being for as long as it grants me conscious passage along the human plane. I swear to worship and care for each cell underneath the sacred tarpaulin of the holy organ, to be the final resting place of…
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And Movie Mothers are Monsters
I’ve consumed all the poetry on the destruction of the self, and how many mothers cast the first stoneAnd all I can think is about that stagnation and motherhood are treated as synonyms, and what a rotten comparison to drawMy mother inhales cruelty like a tree breathes carbon dioxide, and similarly exhales something that gives…
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Bradford Pear Nostalgia
I’m nostalgic for the Bradford pear, The invasive headache treeSmells like fish and clogs the air, But it smells like home to me. What does that say, I wonder, About memory’s sweetened touch? It’s not 2010: it’s not even summer, But I feel like it, so much. Bruises turn green over time, y’know,And green is…
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As Seen on TV: Children’s Media and its Role in the Modern Identity Crisis
…But not in the way you might think. I’m no conspiracy theorist, so before I get into any of this, I just want to point out that there are way more factors at play than just the media kids consume. That being said, I still think this is worth listening to. (Or reading, as it…
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Look Upon Ye Mascots and Despair!
Sometime during March Madness (I make my bracket off of arbitrary factors each year, such as logo quality or mascots) I went down a rabbithole of sports mascots. I emerged a worse person in many regards, and now I’m here to inflict that on you. The mascots are from all sorts of sports — basketball,…
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If I Don’t Keep It Here: Drawn and Quartered
Bare-breasted-painful-perfect-panic The sword is clutched in bloody hands The knighthood beareth not your service Give up your weapon as per demands Parry not the pureness granted Though forged with faith, you forged it wrongWhy doth you plant it through your ribcage To hide your blade from grasping throng Bloodied footprints down the throne room I…
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Memories About Granddad
It’s a random March evening, dumping rain outside. I’m tangled up in my blanket on my bed, one leg stuck out to ventilate the heat. And I really don’t know what is making me write this, but I think it’s a whim worth following. I don’t have a lot of memories of Granddad. That isn’t…
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I’m the Captain Now!
Free will really is a heckuva drug. I realized earlier this week that getting a boating license can be done without ever touching a boat and takes less than a day if you’re a quick study. So, long story short, I have a boating license now. What am I going to do with it? Probably…
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Bring Back Long Name Titles!
I was chatting with my lovely mother today about the meaning behind names. I’m a big fan of mine, personally, because I get to double-dip: I can both sincerely claim my namesake to be the biblical prophetess Anna, and also the potassium-rich fruit Banana. (Long story short: before I had a name, my moniker in…
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Shoot For the Moon
Shoot for the moon and you’ll land among the stars, Well I did and I’m holding on as tight as I canBut the stars are sharp and my hands are bleedingBut I’m so scared of letting go because what if I fall and what if I’ll never land in the brightness againAnd what if I…
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A Semi-Limerick About Ramen
This was originally written in the April of 2023, when the family went out for ramen, and Henry was given to generous challenge to finish both of his bowls of ramen in order to get one comped. He was about ten at the time I think, and the waiter was very impressed. Once came a…
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You Will Be Bald!
Normally I’m very careful about how I think about others. I don’t like how easy it can be to fall into the trap of silently judging the people around me; hatred is a weakness that I’m working very hard to dispel from every part of me. But it turns out, there is a very funny…
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What Were You Doing When History Was Made?
I sit in bed, listening to the rattle of my apartment’s apocalyptically loud AC unit. I shift my legs every which way, because today I’ve done lots of walking and we did legs in weightlifting, and now they’re a bit sore. A vindictive, angry man is heading the country again. I don’t read the news…
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I Hope She Thinks I’m Cool
I’ve been thinking a lot about myself lately (wow, okay egomaniac) and the way I’ve turned out. We’ll be generous with the phrase “turned out,” since I think 20 years old is a bit early to call it. But I’m thinking more about little 5-year-old Anna and 8-year-old Anna, and what they’d think of 20-year-old…
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Church Grim
So maybe you’re the Laika hereAnd maybe I’m a church grimAnd maybe you’ll chase cometsAnd I’ll watch where the worms swimAnd I think both of us are dogs, a bitAnd you’re up in the unknownAnd I feel less important, sure,’Cause I’m still here at homeBut here’s what I have learned, y’see,Buried here in place of…
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The Poetry Found in Permafrost
The other day in my archeology class we watched a documentary about ötzi the iceman, one of the oldest-ever discovered human mummies. Frozen in the ice of the Italian alps, found in such a perfect condition that his tattoos were still visible. There was something so powerful already about seeing this human being from such…
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Medical Mystery Gang Unite!
I’m going on a journey,and it’s gonna freakin’ suck!Nurses don’t know what to do, They say I’m outta luck — And the doctors don’t know either; So they scan me with machines,And they pore over plastic papers,And debate ’bout what it means,And they take my blood for scienceAnd they take my money too,And all the…
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Heroism at the Crosswalk
It happened very fast—and let the record show that I witnessed this from not only a good half-football field away, but across two lanes of traffic, so if you’re wondering why I didn’t help, that’s why. At the busy crosswalk right by the West Campus building (the old Provo High), a man collapsed right in…
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The Public Nudity Incident
Note: I have already written this entire post before. But when my blog temporarily ceased to exist, the public nudity incident post was one of the casualties. I don’t know what happened to it exactly, but it no longer exists anywhere I can find. So I’m re-writing this story again! Apologies to anyone who’s already…
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The Utah Hate Train Rolls Into The Station So I Blow It Up With Pure Telekinetic Rage
Seriously, guys. I’ve had it up to here with this. Okay, before we begin, I’d like to make you imagine something. (I’d say close your eyes, but then you wouldn’t be able to read this, so keep them open.) Imagine that your beloved friend is finally coming for their very first visit at your house.…
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The Orphans Vs Decision Making
Look, it’s no secret I love the Orphans. Everyone knows it, to the point where when I say “the orphans”, everyone from my family members to my roommates to my boss at work know who I’m talking about. I’ve run out of time with them –I say goodbye to Ruby and Kenzi this Tuesday —…
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Hope Claws Its Way Back
I’ve been having thoughts about the doom-and-gloom narrative of the world, and oddly enough it inspired hope in me..? I don’t know exactly. This poem just sort of came out of me today. Enjoy! The trenches are all green now;Pushing grass up from the dirtand something else grows with it, flowers, yes, but more covert…
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I Somehow End Up at a Business Ethics Conference
I’m convinced there is nothing quite as funny as the inner workings of office life. I’ve only been a part of it for a little over seven months, but I’m thoroughly enjoying myself. I understand why people are business majors now! I ended up at the business ethics conference as a mandatory work thing —…
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The Hot New Friendship Gauge: Asthma!
For context: I have zero resentment towards any friend mentioned in this post. It’s just an interesting thing I noticed throughout my life. Take heed! I am not a bitter person. Just someone who likes documenting the ways things shake out. I’ve had asthma for a long time. Okay, kind of. I had it as…
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The Golden Ball of Light Gets Bigger
I didn’t go into my day expecting to have such a lovely time, but that’s just the cherry on top of the wonderful day I had! For context, I’ve been having a crisis about no longer doing animation and switching to something both with a more viable career at the end and something I’m more…
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When June Saved My Life
(Or, in other words, when my parents saved my life by getting her.) I’ve thought about not writing this story out a few times. Talking about my years stuck in depression isn’t really something I enjoy, and I usually find it to be not only a bummer but directly antithetical to the source of optimism…
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A Tribute to The Orphans
I’m sure I’ve mentioned the Orphans on the blog before. If I haven’t, then here is the context: Freshman year of college, at orientation, four very confused young ladies ended up in the same stiflingly-hot old high school (tastefully serving as the arts building, a whole bus ride away from the rest of campus), and…
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The Deer
I felt the need to write this story down in its entirety, just because it ended up impacting me in such a way. This happened a little under a week ago, and it just about broke my heart. Caution: this story is not really a happy one. It features the pain and death of a…
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The Blog is Back!
There was a terrifying couple months there for a minute where the blog blipped out of existence. I’ll readily admit that it was 100% my fault, because I was fiddling with settings and accidentally altered the URL. I’m no computer genius, but it was something that even I should have known was a bad idea.…
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The Questions Poem
Written in my notebook and joyfully rediscovered recently. I like this one a lot! I hope that I’ll never know it alleven when I feel I’m cleverI hope I look up into the night skyand have questions that just last foreverI hope that mysteries always existthat clarity always evades meI hope I never forget to…
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Discoveries From The Notebook
While cleaning out my room, I found an old notebook (Okay, I say old, but I know for a fact that there isn’t a single entry older than 2019) that has a wide array of random entries in it. It’s not really a journal, per se, but it’s got all kinds of pages. Some are…
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Life Beats Me With a Stick
Well. Normally summertime is a fun time filled with friend hangouts, nice weather, and the peak of my exercise life. We’re still in June and I’ve been kind of wrecked. The air conditioning in my house is broken right now. So for reference, the coolest it’s been in there since we’ve entered our swamp era…
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Spooky Scary…Safe Media?
Yeah, you heard me. I’m once again trying to hit the difference between the hardcore slashers I avoid and the actually fun spooky stuff I enjoy. Here are my personal definitions: Horror: media that is legitimately scary and explores frightening and often upsetting themes. This is where you find slashers, zombie movies, ghost movies like…
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Panic (Evolved from Monotony)
The hamster ball is going! Can’t you feel it? Round and round. There’s no exit on this elliptical, Upon which feet and heart pound! There’s a twitchy, horrid movement; Not your body, though, don’t fear. It’s buzzing behind your temples, and building in your ear. The mundane is something beautiful, And the unchanging is perverse.…
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I Magically Develop a Bee Allergy
For some context before we dive into the story, I’m no stranger to cycling through allergies at random intervals with no warning, usually having to find out the hard way that all of the sudden something that was fine for me in the past is a big no-no for me now. As a kid, I…
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Goals for this Summer
I’m currently experiencing truly majestic levels of stress over stupid things, so I’m making a vague list of what I want to do this summer. Feel free to join me: Let’s see how well I do!
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The Super Science Werewolf Party!
aka: a werewolf-lover who is generally dissatisfied with most werewolf media tries to Goldilocks the genre. Be warned! This post will contain mentions of blood, body horror, the horror genre at large, adult topics, and Twilight. What is this about? Listen, I believe that werewolves are one of the best monsters out there. They’re the…
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The Hot Tub Writes Me Poetry
My family’s at a cabin right now, surrounded by snow mid April (Utah, everyone!) and the cabin we are renting has a hot tub. I’ve been stressed out of my mind, with finals in college and my portfolio coming up, but I came up to hang out with everyone anyway because I would rather die…
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Defeating Bigotry Frankenstein
Okay, that’s a weird title. I’ll admit that. (But it got your attention, right?) There’s a lot that’s going into this allegory I’ll get rolling in a second here, but before I can, I want to make sure you’re familiar with the story of Frankenstein and his monster. Frankenstein Abridged Frankenstein (the doctor) spends a…
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Is it Dino Time? I Think It’s Dino Time.
Believe it or not, I am still very much into dinosaurs. I don’t really want to go into a career involving paleontology, because as much as I love it, I can’t actually do it. Way too much math and unreadable graphs involved. But I still love them and I’d love to make media involving them…
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Scar Party!
Yesterday, I got a second-degree burn at work. (I made the rookie mistake of hiccuping while taking a pan of cookies out of the industrial oven.) It hurt like the devil all day, and I definitely alarmed my boss with how chill I was about the whole thing. That’s not really a brag, (okay, it…
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Photosynthesizing My Problems
Today was 50 degrees and sunny, despite it being January. (I don’t know how good that is for the climate, but I digress). The important thing is, I went for a walk and I was hit with a serotonin grenade directly to the dome. Suddenly everything is wonderful and the future is bright and summer…
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YOU Are the Tiger: My Guide to Caring for Myself
For as long as I can remember, there have been two groups fighting over what exactly people are: some people fall into the camp of “Humans are NOT animals! Our higher functioning separates us from those mere beasts!” and the other group champions the idea of “We are APE now and APE FOREVER!” I’m more…
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Want to Shake Your Name? Come See Me at Work!
I had a beautiful hiccup at work on Friday: in my attempt to call out an “Oat milk boba, for Simon”, I instead used my full barista voice to announce to everyone in the store: “SIMON BOBA FOR OAT MILK!” To his credit, Oat Milk took his boba and new name with grace. I ended…
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Battling Cynicism: Thoughts I Had Thanks to None Other Than Mr. Rogers
I’m having a hard time putting this into words. I’ve written and deleted like four lengthy paragraphs now, and each time I feel like I’ve fallen short of the deceptively simple message I’m trying to convey. I read an article about the man who interviewed Mr. Rogers, and it just touched me. I’ve been thinking…
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A Professor’s Insight on Time Travel
The new semester is upon me! One of my new classes is Civilization Literature, and on the first day, my professor gave us very interesting food for thought. “Congratulations!” he told us, “You’ve just invented a time machine. And now, you’re stuck in Ancient Egypt forever.” He asked us to think—assuming we survived the initial…
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2024 Begins!
I didn’t make a new year’s post last night because I was far too busy playing card games with my family and laughing until it hurt. I think that’s a good thing, don’t you? 2023 was…a year for me. I finished high school, got a job, briefly had two jobs, started college, learned I don’t…
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Christmas!
After two years, finally we had a Christmas with the whole family back under the same roof. Everyone’s energy was infectious and delightful all day long, especially with the sheer gift-giving game. From commissioning a local artist to painting one of mom’s favorite walks to 2-foot-long goose stuffed animals, everyone lost their minds. I myself…
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Things Don’t Change, Really
When I was little, I could fall asleep on the couch in my clothes, and wake up in bed in my pajamas, teddy bear in hand. — How did that happen, Dad? I have no idea! Then of course, came the phase of pretending to be asleep so that someone would carry me from the…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Animated TV Shows (for the casual binger to the seasoned fanatic)
I’m somebody with a special loathing for the animated tv show in the style of Family Guy, Rick and Morty, and Big Mouth. Using animation to tell empty, vapid porn jokes forever in an ugly style feels like a slap in the face to the entire medium. I enjoy a strong story, fun characters, and…
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The Nest
Today, as I walked out in the dreary rain, I thought to myself: you know, my bed is like four feet off the ground, and I have a lot of space under there. Maybe I should make a nest. So, I did. The space directly underneath my mattress, against the wall and partially hidden by…
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Eagerly Awaiting My Superhero Origin Story…
By this, I mean that today at work, I somehow managed to yank our heavy cabinet door off its hinges while looking for extra cup stickers. So, basically, I’m ready to fight crime on the streets with my powers. In other news, the first day of December has arrived with snow! Very nice. I need…
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I Accidentally Buy Dinner and a Show
I had no idea what I was getting into. I went to order dinner in the food court—chicken sandwich, naturally—and accidentally got a date. Kind of. What happened was, as I was waiting for my order, a guy walked up to me and was like “so, wanna have a dinner date right now?” (Those were…
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Thanksgiving
I’m grateful for my ability to keep going no matter what, and for the family that made me that way. Short and sweet. That’s all :] November 24, 2023
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Movie Posters and So Forth
Well, after a grand total of about a month straightish, my streak of posting daily comes to an end. Oh well! I’ll certainly keep trying to update regularly, because as I’ve said, this is supposed to function as my golden record. It’s where I put my experiences, things that I enjoy, and things that I…
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Short Horror Animations
I recently discovered that the man who created the Netflix animated show Hilda has a youtube channel, where he uses the exact same art style to animate creepy–but so far, genuinely cool instead of disturbing–mini-stories. This one is probably my current favorite: though he hasn’t made many yet, so time will tell. November 19, 2023
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Cousin Burger Stroll
Today, Annika and I decided to go get dinner together, so we walked down to Chom and had a great time. I was really glad we got to do that: it’s not much of a secret that my social life around my dorm is…lacking, to say the least. So going to hang out with someone…
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Lancetfish
Today I found out that this wild creature exists! Fabulous. I believe more animals should look like absolute prehistoric nightmares. November 17, 2023
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The Day Gets Weird (My Fault)
First!! The good part: today, I had to get two of my papers for two different classes evaluated. One of them was a casual peer review, but she had no notes for me, which was nice. The second was the library’s research and writing lab, who literally pays people to go over your paper with…
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Evening Classes and Extremely Baggy Eyes
Incredible! As the evening class goes on, I am learning how much capacity my eye bags have to expand. If this keeps up, I will be able to pack my dorm into them and move somewhere with no evening classes. Grumpy tired comments aside, I actually really like my evening class. It’s CSANM150, and the…
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Lighthouse Finished!
My project for CSANM (my midterm, there’s still one to go) is done! I’m not entirely satisfied, but I am proud of it. The textures got a bit tricky (and I’m sad I spent time on things that don’t show up in the final render, like the scratches in the plastic of the blue crates)…
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Messing Around In Illustrator
Sometimes, I get bored and decide to design logos for fake companies. I was lost in the idea of a company that is trying to sell time travel: and probably fails disastrously, leading to a Wall-E BuyN’Large scenario of post-apocalyptic billboards and posters everywhere. I was going for an almost Nintendo-ish thing. I don’t know…
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I Have Bizarre Dreams — Youtube Is Likely at Fault
The majority of my time while working on homework is spent listening to and watching youtube essays; generally about movies. (And, as anyone who knows me for more than a few days knows, I always will have an opinion about a movie.) And my default tends to be horror movies, just because there are often…
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Music Man, More Labs, and Some Things I’d Like to Say to my 14-year-old Self
I went back to the animation lab to work on my project again today. All of the animation labs are named after various studios, but the only one that’s set aside for the pre-major is a dinky little five-computer lab: The Dreamworks lab! (is this a diss on dreamworks? I’ll never know.) All of the…
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Friday In The Lab
Super quick makeup post for yesterday, where I didn’t post because I came home, ate dinner, and zonked out immediately. All I did was go to work, and then head straight to the anim labs where I worked on my project for about five straight hours. Then it was ten pm and I went home.…
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I Scurry Back and Forth Like the Little Rat I Am
Today was busy, busy, busy! From the moment I woke up I went to class, rushed back to the dorm to go to a dentist appointment, rushed from the dentist appointment to class (I was late), went straight from class to the animation lab to work on my project, learned that my computer doesn’t have…
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Sushi and Dinosaur Quotes
Today was $5 sushi day at Sprouts/Smiths, so Izzy and I went and got a ton. It was paradise and definitely something I’ll do in the future. Back to dinosaurs—are you sick of dinosaurs yet? Maybe you won’t be, because in the process of taking notes, I’ve written down some quotes, courtesy of Professor Britt’s…
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A Day Well Spent (?)
Today, I finished unfolding all of the UVs for my lighthouse project. (Aside from the ocean on the horizon that I haven’t gotten around to making yet). It took roughly five hours in one sitting, eight in total. I took a break to take a walk and eat some Trader Joe’s Chicken Tikka Masala, which…
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The Universe Meets Me On My Walk
The poem finally dislodged itself from my psyche and became this: I went on my usual walk up Rock Canyon and was hit with a sudden wave of acceptance and peace. It was really nice. ———– To make sense of my muddles, I went on a walkTo the top of the hill, steep and tall. At…
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I’m Having Thoughts on Stranger Things, For Some Reason?
I don’t know. My day hasn’t been particularly eventful, but while I fixed my problem in Maya and began unwrapping UVs, (a process I wouldn’t wish on anyone), I ended up watching a video essay on the Demogorgon from Stranger Things. I have opinions on this show! Season One is genuinely some of the strongest…
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More Thoughts on Dinosaurs
as a makeup post for last night Hi! Take some weird dinosaur facts and be on your way! a flat pterosaur for your viewing pleasure. (He’s upside-down.) The mosasaur skull. This particular one is called Gnathomortis: jaws of death. and there is a therizinosaurus, whom I have no love for and would like to swordfight…
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That Time Mom Bit Me
I stayed home all day Saturday, and came back to the dorm only an hour ago. (It’s now 10:00, as I write.) The title is true! I was trying to get mom to go on a walk with me, and in my attempt to get her phone away from her (she was shopping for rugs,…
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College Moment
I don’t think it’s a secret that college hasn’t been super great for me so far. I mean, like, the majority of it is fine, which is to say that the assignments aren’t too hard. I’d go as far as to say that I genuinely like and enjoy my dinosaur class. No lies there! The…
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Dinosaurs Make Me Sad Today
I am doing research for my dinosaur class and learned several facts about the extinction event that made me sad. Thinking about dinosaurs as real-life animals is all well and good until you realize that they died like animals, and then I want to cry. The main thing that made me sad was learning that…
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Evening Classes are Evil!
Every Wednesday I am forced to reconcile with the fact that I’m still not a night person and will never be. My class starts at 7:00 pm and goes till 9:50–and often later. That right there is a great formula for being tired when you’re in class and wired before bed, since you spend that…
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Halloween!
The amount of people dressed up in college is probably about 20% of the school’s population, but those dressed up were giving 200% effort. Either way, I went straight home after classes and made it just in time to eat some classic mummy dogs. Then, Henry’s friends never showed up to take him trick-or-treating (there…
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All Hallow’s Eve…Eve?
Spending the weekend with Reese was wonderful! Then, of course, college forced me to head back to the dorm for classes or whatever. Luckily, I’m going to go right back home tomorrow for Halloween. I’d call it Halloween Eve, but Halloween is also known as All Hallow’s Eve, so, like the title says, we’re calling…
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An Endless Sea of Pumpkin Muffins
Dad and Joe pulled off the classic move of terrifying and confusing everyone when Joe came to visit for Reese’s homecoming. A flurry of baffled texts from the neighborhood blew up Lucy and I’s phones for a while. The actual homecoming was delightful–cider and pumpkin muffins as far as the eye could see. June was…
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My Drivers License Pays Off
Today I’ve been the #1 errand girl. Drive and pick up lunch? Can do. Drive to buy firewood? Done. Drive to drop something off to the cousins? Check. Drive to dump cardboard in recycling? Sure. Drive to pick something up from the cousins? Can do again. I used to be afraid of driving, but then…
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Reese Returns! We Cry.
Two years is a very long time to go without seeing someone, but everyone else had it easier because they weren’t waiting for Reese to come home. Other people are fine or whatever; but they’re not Reese, so their families should just be patient and wait. Anyway. Waiting at the airport was surreal. Because of…
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Writing During Class
I’m in Writing 150 right now. So, I guess in a way I’m still following the rules. The problem is we’re talking about transitions in sentences for our inquiry drafts, and I already did the entire draft yesterday in an attempt to front-load as much of my work as possible so I wouldn’t be stuck…
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Bobi and Paleoart
The world’s oldest dog died four days ago, at 31 years old. His name was Bobi and they fed him rice and chicken everyday. The one thing I love more than dinosaurs is dogs, because I’ve got one and she is the world to me. Dogs are…well. They’re the best thing to ever happen, really.…
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I’m Free! Also, My Thoughts on Dinosaurs
Today I woke up, and inhaled air through both of my miraculously clear nostrils. I stood up, and I was not dizzy. I am no longer sick!! Between doing sessions of homework, I’ve been thinking about dinosaurs. Well. I think about dinosaurs all the time. Looking up from my creaky dorm desk as I write…
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I Reactivate My Repetitive Strain Injury With a Gourd, More at Ten
I’m lying about the “more at ten” part. But, out of the frying pan and into the fire, right? I’m finally over my sickness (aside from a little residual congestion), so I decided it was time for a new problem. Luckily, I also decided to carve a pumpkin. So, two birds, one squash. I actually…
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Mini-Crisis and a Pitiful College Dinner (Delicious)
Today, I had one of those moments where everything is going suspiciously well. I’ve been feeling way better from my sickness, I had no homework, and I was feeling calm and relaxed. So, naturally, something had to be wrong. I ended up stress-strolling (it’s one of my superpowers!) up to rock canyon (again) and turning…
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Questival and Other Adventures
Today, my college dorm decided to do Questival: the game of a social scavenger hunt, where you do activities like “sing a song to a stranger” or “bake a cake” in order to earn points. The dorm was split into teams, and we were off to the races! Except we weren’t. The activity started at…
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My Sickness Turns Into Boundless Gratitude and Love for my Mother
Waking up this morning, I found that I’m still sick. Like the title says, less so, but I think half of me was expecting to wake up and find the closest doctor examining me while exclaiming “Incredible! You’re the first person to never get sick again!” So, I can breathe much better than yesterday, but…
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The Sickness Takes Hold (and a bonus recipe)
My past week can only be described as a congested nightmare; as it turns out, my immune system doesn’t love me anymore and proceeded to dump the nastiest cold I’ve ever had on me. (Well. It might be more of a “I’m in college now, so my sickness treatment consists of lying in bed and…
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New Year’s Poem
This might be my favorite poem I’ve ever written. I don’t know what magic was in the air on the New Year of 2022, but I sure do love what it made me write. I walked through the sands of time Past memories, ankle-deep I swept away unwanted grime And picked what I wished to keep. My pockets full…
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You Made It! And I Am With You!
This one was written shortly after I was sitting at a school play all alone, in my Junior year of high school. The play was Singin’ in the Rain, and in the middle of the part where he sings “I’m happy again!” I realized I was crying. Tears of joy, luckily, because I had just…
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The Rat Coven!
The Rat Coven is a nickname affectionally given to Lucy and I from Dad. It came about after a solid week where we tried to twerk every time he wasn’t looking, and then laugh at him for it. (The wonders of teen daughters. We are a charming bunch.) So, he called us the Rat Coven…
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The Poem About Sisters
This one was more experimental, since my poems usually follow the same format. I wanted to play with words and pacing more than the rhyme and rhythm of it. We have passed our lives between our beds, eyes closed and drawn close against the wall I think I would be a much lonelier person without you To…