Where do I even start? Tomorrow is my birthday. Now, this is exciting for many reasons. I am a Gemini — born May 26th. Yes, I know, a Gemini. The media always has some horoscope or astrology post to associate us with. Honestly, there is always some sort of story in the media. But, after […]
Before the front door had finished creaking open, I could smell the overwhelming aroma of bacon, eggs, and French toast coming from the kitchen. I sat down in the kitchen next to my girlfriend, Bri, after returning from grabbing our morning coffee from the most favored coffee shop in town, Herman’s Boy. A grande iced […]
I wake from my slumber, feeling groggy and tired. I groan, turning away from the window. The sun is streaming in, filtering through the sheer white curtains. I try to return to my dreamless sleep, but it is too late. My body is already starting to wake up. I sit up, trying to remember what […]
Do you still want to go?” my mom wakes me unceremoniously and I know it is the earliest I have gotten out of bed in nine weeks. Grumbling something that sounds like “ugh yes,” I roll over to grab my phone. My eyes are blurry as I check the time. 6:45. There’s no messing around […]
We spent Tuesday morning cleaning the bathroom. On our hands and knees, my mother and I scrub the gray tiles one-by-one, wipe fingerprints off the mirror, polish the corners of the sink. She takes out the trash, and I screw the top back onto the toothpaste and fold the towels. We don’t speak, we just […]
In the first two week’s of the crisis, our capacity to get fresh greens was heavily constrained. We could basically get stuff from Amazon, and then there was what was left in our pantry. But we ran out of our salad greens almost immediately. And a panic set in, inside me. That was a real […]
My boyfriend is going down on me when we find the first rat. I mean, “we” are not all present at the physical sighting of the thing, but I frame it as a group effort because the sex is interrupted in a way that nevertheless makes me acutely aware of the rat. His sister is […]
The bus was silent and very peaceful. My teammates were all on one bus; the staff and other cameramen and media group were on the second bus. Having silence on the bus is kind of crazy when you think about it–a team of 18 to 23-year-old kids getting ready to go to one of the […]
There were protestors at the state capital three weeks ago. Apparently, this pandemic is really taking its toll on rural America. Trump flags and “Don’t Tread on Me” bumper stickers abound, as some of Michigan’s best and brightest took the stage to teach us a thing or two about liberty. A bunch of white people […]
My friends tell me that they’re struggling with quarantine. I don’t get it. It’s all I see on social media nowadays. People posting pre-quarantined pictures of themselves saying how much they want to hug one another. I hate how my timeline is split into pre-quarantine and the present. Running from class to work and back […]