Mel Crashing

Starstruck

I logged in to HBOMax to watch In the Heights and… this might be hard for people to hear and in my defense, I love Lin Manuel Miranda but I got like halfway through it when I remembered why I don’t like musicals. So, I stopped watching it and scrolled and Starstruck caught my eye.Continue reading “Starstruck”

Kill Your Idols

As a fangirl, I fully understand getting into a celebrity and becoming obsessive to an unhealthy degree. I get it. Especially when times are hard. I have been there. It’s important to remember that even celebrities are human. They say the wrong things sometimes. They make mistakes. They shit on the toilet and make aContinue reading “Kill Your Idols”

Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum

Let me tell you about my absolute favorite movie that I discovered during the pandemic. Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum is a Tamil language film starring Vijay Sethupathi as Kathir and Madonna Sebastian as Yazhini. Yazhini is an aspiring engineer who leaves her family home to move to the city and pursue her career. Things are goingContinue reading “Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum”

It’s Been Awhile

I had thought I had taken steps forward towards some kind of inner progress. But oh how easy it is to fall backwards, to hide in the recesses. I’ve always been more comfortable as an invisible being. But now with the passage of time, I truly understand that by being invisible, I have allowed tooContinue reading “It’s Been Awhile”

The Pandemic Diaries: This Was Not How This Week Was Supposed to Go………..

Living with my mother is usually fine, but it’s often also very frustrating. The transition from senior citizen to senior citizen who is unable to take care of herself is slow and painful and this week, whether it is actually the beginnings of that transition or if it’s something else, has been jarring, triggering andContinue reading “The Pandemic Diaries: This Was Not How This Week Was Supposed to Go………..”

The Pandemic Diaries: Normalcy

Hey, it’s been awhile. There’s been a lot of good news. Since Joe Biden took over the presidency we’ve seen progress and haven’t had to spend so much of our lives glued to the news wondering how low we can go as Americans. Not saying Biden is perfect and we should DEFINITELY hold all ofContinue reading “The Pandemic Diaries: Normalcy”

The Pandemic Diaries: The Wall

I think the idea of the emotional wall has been going around recently, especially now that we are coming up on a full year of dealing with the COVID pandemic. A lot of people have hit this wall. We are all going through different aspects of this and we are all dealing with it differently,Continue reading “The Pandemic Diaries: The Wall”

The Pandemic Diaries: Milestones

As I sit here with a heavy sadness on my heart, I guess I just have to write it out. And ride it out. I woke up today, forced myself to sleep in (I even turned my alarm off and *still* woke up at 6:59 am) and my day started like any of my daysContinue reading “The Pandemic Diaries: Milestones”

The Pandemic Diaries: January 6th, 2021

What a year this week has been, right? I think there are many of us that knew yesterday was going to be rough, but I wasn’t mentally prepared. I don’t think anyone could have been for what transpired yesterday. I liken my insides (my emotions, not to be confused with my intestines) to feeling likeContinue reading “The Pandemic Diaries: January 6th, 2021”

The Pandemic Diaries: The Week Before XMas

Ready for some brutal honesty? I am having a hard time. I am at the lowest point I have felt in a really long time. I don’t even want to talk about COVID because we all know. At this point we can all be sure that any of us who work with the general publicContinue reading “The Pandemic Diaries: The Week Before XMas”