I’m not good at this whole “love” thing. I’m not good at this whole “family” thing. Not because I’m somehow prejudiced against these concepts, or because I find them boring, but because I’m a fractured person. I’m an old-time painting. Look closely, and you can see the cracks in the paint. I’ve discovered that theContinue reading “Against being broken”
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My latest on trafficking and modern-day slavery
This time, in a Moscow grocery shop.
A proverb, sent to me by Will
I’m kinda worried that this is what it all comes down to. Sometimes.
No, there’s no “Batman franchise curse”
There’s just tragic coincidences – and one deranged fucker who shot people in a theater (and the deranged fucker even looks like Kevin from “We Need To Talk About Kevin,” based on the photo released to the press at this time). But I do think that the franchise is associated with a lot of darknessContinue reading “No, there’s no “Batman franchise curse””
Thank God we can’t afford Burberry Baby
… I guess? Then again, I can’t imagine most well-adjusted parents buying novachek booties. And by this I don’t mean that Alyosha and I are particularly well-adjusted. We just happen to find sanity an admirable quality. I am amused, and slightly petrified, whenever I observe so-called helicopter parents from a distance. And by this IContinue reading “Thank God we can’t afford Burberry Baby”
Natalia A. 