Metro Confessions #161: $5 Savings Account and the Teller Who Laughed Too Hard
In Which I Witness the Soft Launch of a Situationship at My Local Bank Branch ⸻ Let me begin with a disclaimer I am morally obligated to repeat:If you don’t want to be the subject of my blog, don’t try to pick up someone while opening a savings account with less than lunch money. I […]
Metro Confessions #162: The Scent of Suspicion and the Grunt That Launched a Thousand Side-Eyes
In Which My 7:13 A.M. Commute Becomes a Live Marriage Counseling Session, Lightly Spritzed with Betrayal ⸻ Let me just say this: I didn’t ask for this energy.I had my coffee in hand. My headphones in. I was emotionally prepared to do exactly one thing: survive until work without using any higher brain functions. But […]
The Thought That Waits at the End of Powerlessness
A Meditation on Suicide, Anger, and the Quiet Collapse of Meaning There are questions I’ve learned not to ask out loud.Not because they’re dangerous, but because they don’t fit neatly into conversation.They are questions shaped like fractures.Questions like: Why does suicide feel so nearby when I’m angry?Why does it whisper louder after I’ve been silenced?Why […]