Dear Me: You’re Wrong about Me
Dear Me, Every time I look at you, I see failure growing abundantly on your waistline, shriveling up on your face, and crapping all over your home. I know you are intelligent and talented, but I […]
Michelle’s Stories
Look at the Love. Just Focking Look at It!
I know a lot of you don’t like these posts (they rarely get shares or reads), but I feel compelled to write them for the one person who does like them and needs them as […]
Military vs. Real World Metaphorical Pushups
The hardship I am most thankful for is insanity. Basic military training is designed to tear you down to nothing and then rebuild you into a soldier: strong, bullet-proof, unstoppable. Every time you make a mistake, […]
Turning the Other Cheek
If I were a fairy tale creature, I’d be an abstract, like how shit happens in a dream, just a surreal blur of inconspicuous emotions manifested through random images and icons. I’d be all the […]
I Just Realized I’m White! By a Former Culture Vulture
“I can’t believe it took me so long to realize that…” I can’t believe it took me so long to realize that I’m white. For years, I’d tell men, I’m all chocolate baby. This white […]
The Day I was a Stripper: modern fairy tales story
Once upon a time, there was a princess a snarky, ball-busting bitch named Michelle (that would be me, this is an autobiographical account that can be considered one of the many modern fairy tales). The Executive […]
Summer Wrap Up
I know it’s Saturday, but I forgot to do my Finish the Sentence Friday… What I’ll miss about summer…. No. I don’t miss it. I had fun. I loved many aspects of it. But NO. […]
In order to truly listen, you have to stop listening
As the snow dribbles from the cold, blue lips of winter’s heavens, if you listen carefully, you will hear it speak like Rice Crispies drowning in milk. I have learned with age people are like snow, […]
I Wish I Knew
Holy Batballs it’s Friday, and I haven’t done my Finish the Sentence Friday thing I do to keep blogging even though I kind of want to ignore my blog for a while but am totally […]
Imperfect says I’m Perfect
Welcome to another Finish the Sentence Friday where you can view more awesome posts than mine at the bottom. Please check it out. These people are usually worth it. Everything felt perfect the time that […]