

Chapter 3: Make Me the Villain
Have you ever felt really, really, really angry? Not just frustrated or peeved or annoyed. No, I'm talking real rage - anger due to another's selfishness, arrogance, or unjust behavior. Anger that leads to revenge plots. Brainstorming vigilante names. Wanting to punch something. I don't feel angry too often. It's not worth it most of the time. But unjust behavior towards me or the people I love really, really gets my goat. And I tend to be on the confrontational side of thing


Chapter 2: "Awkward"
When I moved to the UK directly after a global pandemic, I knew there were going to be some learning curves. The metric system. Driving on the other side of the road. The accent and particular dialect of southern England. But what I didn't expect was the massive difference between our treatments of awkwardness. Maybe it's just where I was raised in the south (Nashville, TN to be exact) but we thrive on making people feel comfortable, welcomed, part-of-the-family so to speak.


Chapter 1: Hero Is a-Slitherin
Were you scared of the dark as a child? Or even now? That might be one of the most common fears we have as humans - the fear of what cannot be seen. Or more accurately, what might be lurking in the unseen. I loved the dark as a kid. Let me clarify - there were moments where I imagined something lurking in the corner of my bedroom or closet and felt unsettled, but the force was strong with the logical side of my brain (didn't I just have the lights on and see nothing there?) a


Melbourne (Part Two)
For the most part, living in Australia is not that different from living in the United States. Daily routines and general priorities are...


A Birthday Down Under
Exactly one week ago, I officially turned twenty years old. Usually I don't think much about ages as they pass--frankly, most times I...