Singingfool

LATEST ARTICLES ( 209 )

• Un Serviette and Other Words

  

  Running out of tissue while in a foreign country is exactly my sort of predicament.I had been walking around the citadel all morning, and now I headed toward th... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Things I’ve Been Doing Instead of Blogging

  

  I get anxious if I don’t write anything on this space for too long. It probably has to do with my abandonment issues and fear that everyone will leave me if I... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rejection Haikus, Or Yeah, I Could Be a Mime

  

  I am not good at taking rejection. It’s one reason why I never asked anybody out in high school (or ever), why I went to a local school instead of putting my ha... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rocky Mountain High

  

  Armed with my black pen and handmade journal, I am sitting out on the back deck, which overlooks the Rocky Mountains. The peaks are covered in snow – an... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Grown-Up Job

  

  $13/hr. One week vacation the first year. Overtime expected. Looking for a go-getter with a can-do attitude, 5+ years of experience. Send us resume and cover... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fiction: The Jacket

  

  Winter seemed reluctant to release its hold on Southern California, mildly nipping them in the April night air. A group of ten stood in the parking lot of the... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happy Birthday to the Place That Saved My Writing

  

  For yeah write’s third birthday, I present to you “A Series of Embarrassing Admissions:”Erica is going to kill me for admitting this, but the first time I linke... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• I’m Going to Talk About Suicide

  

  I woke up on my 27th birthday on a shitty mattress in rehab. The December light speckled in through the gritty window, and I lay there for a few minutes and... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sitting on the Curb

  

  The possibilities stretch out before me in infinite patterns I count and rearrange them, twiddling Until they vanish, one by oneSome wink out instantly Some... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ride of a Lifetime

  

  “So, see: clutch, front brake, your back brake is down there, and here is where you shift.” He demonstrated with each punctuation, squeezing handles and pointin... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Dammit List

  

  I’ve been meaning to write this for years, since before starting this blog. However, I resisted for a long time. Partly from fear, partly because words have... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Las Vegas, City with No Poetry

  

  Las Vegas is a city with no poetry.When people suggest going there, I groan inside, usually followed by a lengthy protest. “Eh…I don’t know…,” I hem and haw, no... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Guess Where

  

  Just so you know, this is a stand-in post. It’s not a real post. I miss you and this blog like crazy right now, but I wouldn’t want to lie to you guys and let... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Am Not A Grown-Up

  

  The most unexpected part of being a grown-up is how little I feel grown up. My life does not in the slightest resemble the one I imagined for myself (well,... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stretching the Truth

  

  I had been looking forward to today for months: the End of the Year Fifth Grade Swim Party Extravaganza Spectacular at the city’s community pool. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fiction: Roses for Elise

  

  As she glided through the coffee shop, not one person looked up to mark her passage. She sliced through the crowd like a knife through warm butter, the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Where The Heck Have I Been? A Story In Graphs

  

  By now, you’ve noticed I haven’t been blogging as much. Lately, once a week is about all I can manage. Why, you ask? Well, I have a convenient chart ready that... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• How I Talk Myself Down: An Unemployment Checklist

  

  Ovid is my homeboy.There comes a time in every job search when you start awakening with a start in the middle of the night, covered in a sheen of sweat and vagu... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Art of Holding Back

  

  Photo Credit: Craig GarnerLooking back, I’m not sure why I was so nervous. Maybe it’s because it was my first “real” job after rehab and the wounds of alcoholis... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Work Today

  

  A funny thing happened on the way to work this morning. And by “on the way to work,” of course I mean walking the twelve steps from the coffee maker to my desk... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION