I went back to yoga this week. It’s been YEARS since I really maintained a serious and steady yoga practice. But I started one up last time because I was gearing up for a long brain-depression-winter and, fuck, it actually really helped, so here we are again. Last time… it was the morning after myContinue reading “i only like star pose”
Author Archives: Dani
reservation confirmed
Yesterday… got away from me. Or, I guess, yesterday I got away from myself. I was fine, which is always how it starts, right? I was fine, I was fine, hello, how are you, what are you drinking today, would you like a blueberry muffin, okay have a great day. I was fine. And then,Continue reading “reservation confirmed”
trying
I am trying. I am trying to do better. I am trying to wake up, perky and alert, am trying to serve cold brew with a smile, am trying to be satisfied with doing dishes and toasting bagels, am trying not to let the Voice in my head tell me it’s not enough. I amContinue reading “trying”
dress rehearsal, i guess
(what i want to say:) hello. (great start, daniel.) hello. it’s me. thank you for my name. i hope you won’t be offended, but i have taken the bones of the name i once had and i have twisted it up a little bit. see, there’s an elton john song called “daniel” and i likeContinue reading “dress rehearsal, i guess”
something like a break
Just a little one. Just for right now. Just to feel like a person again. Just to listen to “Stairway to Heaven” and drink my iced coffee. To remember that what I do is WORDS and that everything else: the job and the job and the other job… these are to afford the iced coffeeContinue reading “something like a break”
striking back
“Come with me. It is the only way.” We don’t always know, do we? Sometimes it takes someone else– even a near stranger– to implore us to search our own feelings. My personal queer origin story began, because of course it did, at Dragon Con in 2019. If you attended that year, you might recallContinue reading “striking back”
love letter to my 10-year-old self
Dear Daniel of May 1999, Hello, soft boy who does not know to call himself a boy. (you will come back here.) You are about to be 10 years old and there is going to be Star Wars in the world again and there are toys for it at Taco Bell and hey, real quick,Continue reading “love letter to my 10-year-old self”
the blues ARE still blue
(thanks, belle & sebastian.) It feels like my words have dried up lately. On vacation last week, I was so excited by the prospect of HOTEL WRITING. Of jaunting off to the next door fancier resort, procuring an iced coffee, and scribbling out 1000 words before Hollywood Studios even OPENED. That was the dream. ItContinue reading “the blues ARE still blue”
the screen door slams
The last time I fell in love, I couldn’t stop listening to “Thunder Road.” (Is that a thing that happens when you realize you’re into girls? You get really into Bruce Springsteen? Experiences may vary.) I listened to a lot of songs the last time I fell in love. For the first time since adolescence,Continue reading “the screen door slams”
an ode to day jobs
It was suggested to me a while back that all I’ve had are “jobs.” That what I need is a “CAREER.” And my immediate angry need to defend myself snarls, “Well, how dare you? I am a THEATRE ARTIST. I act and teach and direct and write and even arts administrate when occasion calls forContinue reading “an ode to day jobs”
easy like wednesday morning
It was easy this morning. It was easy to wake up, to feed Clementine, to make my bed, to lace up my shoes, and go. It was easy to appreciate the morning sunshine and to anticipate the iced vanilla latte. It was easy to smile as I listed in my head all my planned DisneyContinue reading “easy like wednesday morning”
you are already cute
So, it’s Two Weeks Until Disney World. (I’M COMING HOME, DOLE WHIP.) Two Weeks Until Disney World and I have decided to cease my internal bargaining: Okay, Dani, the trip is in two months, so it’s time to GET CUTE. Okay, Daniel, you’ve still got three weeks, time to DO SOME CRUNCHES. YOU ARE RUNNINGContinue reading “you are already cute”
