An open letter to the Nestle Corporation

Dear Sirs/Madams,
Given your corporation’s rather evil history and laisez-faire attitude towards corporate social responsibility, I have, for a few good years now, supported and endorsed the boycott of your products. I have no wish whatsoever for my few dollars in chocolate or coffee to support the aggressive marketing of infant formula in third world countries, [...]

Pimpin’ time

Oh, is it that time of the year already? The time where I blatantly plug projects I’ve been involved with? Okay then, let’s have at it!
Lines of Wisdom is a coffee-table-style book I have a chapter in, released conveniently for the Christmas market. I wrote a story about my Nagyi – that’s her, ‘The Beautician’ [...]

The kindness of strangers, in retail situations

I’ve had so far just such a lovely weekend of customer service. I don’t know why, but everyone I attempt to buy something from has been all extra-chirpy and helpful. The nice bagel girl today helped me picked out a bagel to eat during my gallery shift, which I will once the delicious fruit salad swimming [...]

The Boy, unmasked

The Boy pointed out to me that I had effectively unmasked him during my response to Pusia’s last comment, erroding what veneer of privacy I had attempted to preserve. Well, tough. It was bound to happen sooner or later, although I was holding out for a dramatic unveiling of, I dunno, our wedding photo or [...]

The thousand-word poetics essay I just handed in

Dear [Tutor],
I’ve tried to write this poetics paper many times, and each time I give up and end up mashing my head upon the keyboard in frustration, like this:
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This does not a poetics paper make, but I’m stumped as to what words I could magically string together that will [...]

Hibernation

So, apparently there was an election on today in some foreign country. I watched a bit of the coverage and it turns out the guy everyone wanted to win won. Hooray! Now it’s back to schoolwork, more schoolwork, financial fingernail-biting (down to single digits), getting the cat desexed (costs money!), and sleep.
That is to say, [...]