the sad story of living a model life This story was part of a talk I did at Valiocon on June 6th 2014 in San Diego. Read part 1 and part 3. I was the perfect example of a model student. I never left school early, I always made my…

Or how a reputation can ruin a pretty thing — About two years ago, my boyfriend and I finally got the green light from our landlord to adopt a puppy. After two years of waiting to finally have a pet in the house again, we were incredibly excited. But before getting started on actually owning a puppy, I did some…