I finally finished the Mike Flanagan adaptation of Carrie. I don't know if this series will be a continuation for me because YA mutants aren't my typical form of entertainment, but I do like how he changed aspects about Carrie and her mom. There will be spoilers to a degree because I rarely write a…
This is so dumb
I was watching the beginning of the first episode of Crystal Lake. I sometimes have the attention of a gnat, so I kept thinking how it reminded me of (possibly) the most bizarre horror flick I watched just a few months back. The movie is called Sleepaway Camp (1983). And being that Camp Crystal Lake…
Things I Learned Reading The Bell Jar
I haven't finished it yet, but I don't have much more. Sylvia Plath was an unshy, blatant, unapologetic racist. Twain was racist, Dr. Seuss I had heard as well, but Plath shows her work without any qualms. I need to expand my vocabulary. I am unabashedly in love (I know, she's RACIST) with her writing.…
From the Ancient Archives of Old Blogs
I found this creative short I wrote many moons ago when blogging was an actual thing people did and would participate in different writing/story challenges. I'm amused. Smell the Witch (circa 2014) She woke in darkness. Underneath her was not the bed she had known, but a cold cement floor. The kind of cold you’d…
Astrology
If I'm being honest—though it's rare that I'm not—astrology sounds like bologna to me. I haven't tried to untangle the trickery of it; I just remember looking up why it's considered a pseudoscience, and one website mentioned that it doesn't evolve and that horoscopes are written to feel specific while actually being super general. The…