MoodyTunes

My New Year’s Eve fireworks proved to be a lot of fun, and I didn’t get in trouble or lose any digits. I’ll have to write up a full report later. I definitely got my $14 worth, that’s for sure. I even have some leftovers for when I want to celebrate random events throughout the [...]

I’m about to make another trip from Tennessee to South Carolina, and I’ve assigned myself a random project: I must listen to audio books along the way. Maybe not the whole way, but I want to make it through at least one recording of someone reading a story to me without tuning out after 4 [...]

I started fantasizing about banana bread during my drive from Tennessee to South Carolina for Thanksgiving. That’s an 8.5 hour drive, so there was a lot of time to build up an intense craving for what turned into a non-traditional Thanksgiving treat. I say “non-traditional” only to appease the Thanksgiving purists out there who did [...]

For some reason I can’t explain, no dentist has ever told me to floss. I’ve even asked a few times, and they just say, “Ehh, well, if you want to, sure, whatever.” Growing up, it seemed like everyone around me had dentists yelling at them. Parents, friends, random people on the street — they all [...]

I’m fighting a cough — it’s been hanging around for over a week now. Last week, I tried some cough medicine but stopped using it because Friday turned into a very strange day. I was loopy. I couldn’t stop talking…and that’s not good if you’re teaching class and participating in mock interviews. Then I woke [...]

It’s rainy today and I’m having trouble getting any work finished. My only accomplishment: finding a grocery store mystery bag. I bought a few things at the store, nothing special, tomato soup, toothpaste, sliced turkey, blueberry muffins, and I was pretty spacy in line so I just took the bags the cashier handed me and [...]

Last week, the night before my birthday, I had a dream in which I ran around saying “I’m turning 34! 3 plus 4 equals lucky!” I thought it was the funniest thing in the world (in the dream) and I still think it’s funny to say. However, now that I’m actually 34 it’s more like [...]

One of the alternately frightening and exciting aspects of leaving a stable, “Why would you ever quit THAT?” job and entering The Great Unknown Writing Life is the prospect of varied, small jobs. For varied, small money. I assure you: It’s a thrilling experience.
If it’s variety I wanted, it’s variety I got. I’m in the [...]