1. People who say to me, “You don’t look like you have THREE kids?!” Really? Well what should a woman with three kids look like then? Enlighten me. I guess I’m supposed to look haggard or like I’ve gotten too friendly with my pals, Ben & Jerry? Here’s a recent example: Standing in line at the checkout … Continue reading »
Survive Masters degree with sanity intact Get money Yeah.
“What does a ‘political economy’ approach to study of the Creative and Cultural Industries involve? What are its advantages and disadvantages?” (word limit: 5,000) What, I ask you, did I do to deserve such punishment? Political what now? I’m not even sure if I am reading English, though it is far better than one of … Continue reading »
I finally updated my other blog for the first time in nearly two months. Shameful, I know. Anywho, I plan to update more frequently from now on. http://theothermomdiary.blogspot.com/ In the meantime, have a look at my gorgeous girlie, Emilie. Love her!
After a particularly distressing weekend with sad news from home, my surrender of the NaNoWriMo challenge, and two sick kids (AGAIN!), I seem to have lost all motivation to even… breathe. Call me Gretel, who, after carefully laying down her trail of breadcrumbs in the heart of the darkest woods, turns around to find them gone. … Continue reading »
What began as a perfectly reasonable day ended in me threatening to cry into my borrowed raspberry vodka cocktail. I can’t quite put my finger on the point where it all began to unravel, but I think it was somewhere between watching Inua Ellams recite his poetry in my Publishing class and mock bidding for art’s festival funding … Continue reading »
Thirteen days and 12,667 words in and I am recovering (barely) from a massive 2 day writer’s block. The kind that found me staring blankly at my laptop screen in an I-don’t-know-where-my-plot-is-going stupor. I’ve spent the weekend hiding under my duvet and scarfing copious amounts of chocolate in an attempt to forget that I still … Continue reading »
Last week’s assignment for Creative Development was to write 500 words on the “hopes, aspirations, and goals for your career.” Hmmm. This would be an easy task provided I actually knew what they were. Hopes? I hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow because I have a mountain of laundry to hang outside. Aspirations? I aspire to … Continue reading »
I may have lost my mind. In a moment of temporary insanity this afternoon, I signed up to participate in this year’s NaNoWriMo. What the heck is that, you ask? I asked myself the same thing and thanks to the goddess we call Google I was able to learn all about this bizarre acronym. Simply put: it’s … Continue reading »
It recently dawned on me (as these things often do) that I will be turning 29 in a few months. And if we all paid careful attention in math class then we should know that the big 3-0 is not that far behind… This horrifying illuminating realisation inspired me to write an ode to the … Continue reading »
