My teacher’s teacher opened a new taiji academy last weekend, and I attended the open house. There was a demo, and I couldn’t help but compare this demo to the first time I saw a demo at the old studio. It was a year or two after I started taking classes, and everything looked so… Continue Reading
I beat Dark Souls III today. That could be a post in and of itself, but of course, it isn’t going to be. Pardon me if I’m a bit more incoherent than usual because I still have adrenaline coursing through my veins from beating the Soul of Cinder, the last boss of the game, and… Continue Reading
Ed. Note: This is the second of two posts about how I got good at Dark Souls III*, beating three bosses in one session. The first post is here. All the videos in this post of are players who are better than I am, but I tried to find the fights that were the closest to… Continue Reading
When the first Anthony Weiner scandal broke out waaaaay back when in 2011, I was disappointed because he was one of the louder progressive voices always seen on political TV. He was my political crush at the time, though I feel uncomfortable admitting that now. I thought he was smart, funny, and, yes, sexy. Look.… Continue Reading
Sleep is not my friend. It never has been, and I doubt it will be any time soon. Even as a young child, I never went to bed before midnight. I remember stuffing a towel in the crack under my door after my bedtime so I could read until I fell asleep. It’s partly a… Continue Reading
Minnesotans have a reputation for being nice. So much so, the phrase ‘Minnesota nice’ was invented to describe it. If you want to be kind, you’d say that we are goodhearted people who will give you the shirts off our backs, then apologize because the shirt isn’t your size. It’s true that we are superficially… Continue Reading
I never played with baby dolls when I was a little girl. They never appealed to me, nor did actual babies. They were screaming, squalling, dribbling balls of snot, and I didn’t like them at all. I also never pretend-played having a wedding with my Barbies. I know many little girls dream of their perfect… Continue Reading
I’m in the middle part of Dark Souls III, and I have to admit, I was starting to drag a little. This happened to me while playing the first two games, too, as the games are long, and I tend to gorge on them. The first time I played the original Dark Souls, I hated the… Continue Reading
I play video games, but I don’t consider myself a gamer. I suppose you could call me a de facto gamer, but I don’t feel a part of the gaming culture at all. I enjoy watching videos of people playing games, but I find the most popular mode of screaming and acting up as you… Continue Reading
Hillary Clinton was not my candidate during the primaries; Bernie Sanders was. His beliefs are more in line with mine, but when it became clear Clinton would be the nominee, I quietly shifted my support to her. I’m old enough to remember the two elections before PBO in which I had to support Al Gore… Continue Reading