The thing, I think, is this: If I can make All This into something beautiful, then is it perhaps possible I might be something beautiful? (I have been called beautiful at least once, that I recall with the clarity of a star collapsing.) I feel like I am running out of time to be getting … Continue reading don’t fear the reaper: is the song i was listening to while i wrote this
Author: Dani
ten minute ramble, just to see
10 minutes on the clock. What comes out? First of all, my pants feel too fucking tight and I'm annoyed about it and if anyone in January puts pressure on me to lose my quarantine weight, I will throw them off a bridge, ARE WE CLEAR? Marine mammals have blubber to keep them warm, to … Continue reading ten minute ramble, just to see
i think this is a poem
TW: suicidal ideation; mind your heart I was already in bed when I decided I wanted to walk into the sea. (There is no shoreline. There is nowhere to go.) So, instead I pulled a bathrobe on and grabbed a wine glass (you know which one) and I watched the gas station Cabernet slosh like … Continue reading i think this is a poem
i thank the lord for the people i have found, or: a little more to do about fanfiction
A year ago today, I published my first piece of fanfiction since (probably) middle school. And oh, I AGONIZED over the task of actually writing the damn thing: I would sit on my couch in the dark at night, sipping on sweet fucking Shiraz, and listening to the same love songs over and over and … Continue reading i thank the lord for the people i have found, or: a little more to do about fanfiction
that shines from you (i’ve probably already used that as a title, haven’t it? dammit, dani)
The plays (for now!) are done! Nothing to write but blogs and fics and grad school essays! How am I coping, you might be wondering? Well, I've watched Rocketman three nights in a row, for a starter. Here's the thing: I just... fucking love this movie. I never expected it to hit me the way … Continue reading that shines from you (i’ve probably already used that as a title, haven’t it? dammit, dani)
(i should really be memorizing my lines:)
Writing memoir and personal nonfiction always at first strikes me as... indulgent. Like, how dare I presume that anyone else would care about my sad, silly anecdotes about getting lost in London and eating mozzarella sticks out of trash cans? What is the value of this genre for the reader, you know? I know why … Continue reading (i should really be memorizing my lines:)
everything’s fine (so why aren’t i?)
I woke up at 7:30 this morning and made some blueberry pancakes from a box. And they were good. I even had whipped cream to top them with instead of maple syrup which, in my opinion, is the right way to do fruity pancakes. There is pumpkin spice creamer in my coffee in my very … Continue reading everything’s fine (so why aren’t i?)
what it might have been like:
I am thinking tonight of my summer at the Governor's Honors Program. Thinking of how we all spent Field Day sitting together under a tree, talking about movies and about poetry. I am thinking of how sincerely I loved you and how differently it could have been if I'd known. "Daniel," I might have introduced … Continue reading what it might have been like:
(almost a year later) the rise of skywalker
Fine. (Let me be abundantly clear: I still hate this movie.) ... I think. a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away: I saw Rise of Skywalker for the first and (until very recently) only time on opening night last December. And I've written about this before, but I needed it too much. … Continue reading (almost a year later) the rise of skywalker
i’m gay: (just a little thing)
Sort of like a poem, really. Originally posted to Patreon on Halloween 2020: I have spoken it before with uncertainty and fear. Um, I think I might be gay? I have spoken it as an in-advance apology, still figuring things out. I'm really worried I might just be gay. I have whispered it joyfully into … Continue reading i’m gay: (just a little thing)
practicing my grad school essay
Dear Grad School: I haven't known where I wanted to be or what I wanted to do for quite some time. When I went to college for the first time back in 2007, I honestly picked Creative Writing as my major because the faculty was supportive and kind and the senior seminar snacks were amazing … Continue reading practicing my grad school essay
my very half-baked pitch for a hex girls animated series
Okay, so: The Hex Girls: Underworld Tour coming to Netflix in some manner of the distant future? Yeah? New dream? Is this why I'm trying to go to grad school? HELL YES. First of all, maybe you don't remember the greatest band of all time: THE HEX GIRLS. First debuting in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's … Continue reading my very half-baked pitch for a hex girls animated series
