Filipina adjacent. (Bad) Feminist. INTJ-T. Mélomaniac. Pokémon Trainer. Raconteuse. Slytherin. Tsundoku. She/her.
Originally published February 25, 2014 Back when I was a wee Gilly, my family used to be a member of Columbia House. Now, if you’re an American kid who grew up in the 80s/90s, you know exactly what I’m talking about. For the uninitiated, it was a mail-order music club. You could order cassette tapes…
Originally published August 26, 2008 Basically, the premise of the book is if you could write a memoir in six words, what would yours be? They were taking submissions from every writer: professional, non-professional, famous, and the not-so-famous. As I was reading it, I was laughing about how truly easy it was to sum your…
Originally published January 11, 2017 I had the pleasure of seeing Martin Scorsese’s newest picture, Silence, at the Red Rock Casino Regal Theatres yesterday. I got my pass through Gofobo. They are reliable for complimentary movie tickets. As with anything free, always arrive as early as possible, even if you have to sit around. I…
Originally published April 8, 2012 Not the glamorous ghouls from the moviesOr the pending apocalypse from the booksBut the ones who wear monkey suitsPlasters on a fake smileAnd pretends they are not dead insideLike me. I shall never forget the dayThat I lost all hopeSay it out loudCried like an anxious childWho lost their invisible…
Originally published February 12, 2017 I’ve been carrying this infographic for ages. I figured it was time to share with my fellow creatives. I know, I know; another list. But truthfully, I have employed almost all of these tactics at one point or another in my writing life, and they’ve helped. This graphic is pretty…
Originally published August 24, 2013 I was recently able to visit my family in O’ahu, and doing what I do in my day job (concierge in Las Vegas), I planned my whole trip within hours. I used Google and Reddit and tried to stick to things that were near the house so I wouldn’t have…
Originally published August 5, 2008 I finished “Mouse Tales” by David Koenig from my summer reading list last week. If you want to know about the dark side of paradise (i.e. Disneyland, which is paradise as far as I’m concerned), read it. I think there’s an updated version out now, but I liked what I…
I’ve been blitzing through getting my newest 3 approvals at TFL up: Daft Punk, A Little Princess (1995), and Tron: Legacy. Ya know, I’ve tried to give up fanlistings – and I did for a few years – but I can’t. They’re too much fun to get approved for, build, maintain, and join. Fandom has…
I’ve been busy with my other sites that I’ve been neglecting Raconteuse, and for that I’m sorry. On the writing front, I received recognition as a “special selection” for 1 of my poems from Helen for the 2019 Helen Stewart Poetry Award contest. No, I didn’t win a cash prize but it warms my heart…
After another round of futzing with WordPress multisite tonight, I had to destroy the SQL dump a million times in the process. I’m being facetious, of course…. but it certainly felt that way! It’s the domain mapping. It’s throwing a curveball my way. I hope I got it right but I’ll know by tomorrow, I…