Happy 2?th Birthday, OM!

(No, that’s not a typo in the post title. Now you’ll never know how old I am!) Fellow Internet-ians! It’s my birthday today! *pauses for cheers and shouts of joy* I have long believed that my birthday should be a day of national importance and celebration, but alas, I have yet to convince anyone other [...]

Like Father, Like Daughter

When I was younger, from time to time, people would comment, “oh, you look just like your mother.” And I would, of course, frown, because I did not want to look like my mother, lovely though she was and is. I wanted to look like me. As a child, I really disliked any comparison to [...]

Smart vs. Pretty

When I was younger, I wanted to be a Jedi. (What? It was a perfectly valid career choice when I was eight.) My brother was a Jedi for Halloween one year and then I fell in love with the Star Wars movies, so it just seemed like fate: I was going to be a Jedi. [...]