I Don’t Care When You’re Sick but I Still Want Sympathy When I’m Sick

Yo dudes I got sick again. Not sure if you’re aware, but being sick sucks.

I identify as a well person because I’m usually healthy and have no terminal illnesses.

How to Appreciate What You Have Before It’s Gone

Life is full of great things. Unfortunately, you don’t know what they are until they’re ripped out of your hands. It’s hard to appreciate what you have.

How to Get Grease Paint Off Your Face

Ladies and Gentleman, the clown show is over. Please go home. We had our final performance…

What Is Clowning?

On Monday, I received a certificate. I had completed 36 hours of training in the realm of clown. It was my last clowning class and the day of our show.

Our teacher said, let’s fulfill everyone’s expectation about what a clown show will be, and we did. When people walked…

The Art of Throwing Things Away

Every day, I find two things to give or throw away. I’ve been doing this for a little over a month and it’s exhilarating.

I’m going through all my clothes, my shoes, my whatever, and asking myself— does this give me joy? When was the last time I…

Quotes to Get Over Yourself and Your Fears

We all like to appear ‘successful’ (a nebulous term at best) and the media likes to portray standouts as superheroes…Most ‘superheroes’ are nothing of the sort. They’re weird, neurotic creatures who do big things DESPITE lots of self-defeating habits and…

How to Know Everything About Me in 5 Minutes

I use a organization system called Trello. I like to pronounce it: Trell-OOOOOO. Like Hell-OOOOO.

Trello holds everything. That and Evernote and my calendar and a Pages document called “Random Chatterings,” which I’m so glad…

Let’s Make Choices That Make Us Miserable

Do you ever find yourself in a situation and you’re just like — this sucks. Why am I doing this? And then you remember that you chose it because you’re an adult and you can do whatever you want and you get to deal with the consequences.

Meet the People Inside My Head

There are other people that live inside my brain. Don’t worry. I’m not losing touch with reality. If anything, I’m getting more attuned to it.

Like there’s someone—a part of me— that wants to get on stage and make fun of everyone. They want to…