Author Archives: mathdreads
Saturday Lunches
Prior to many Americans taking the impending pandemic seriously, but just in time to be racist, the mob-mentality overcame some people, who in turn blamed Chinese people for the coronavirus. In practice, racists targeted any nearby Asians. To the point of shunning them on social media, in public and committing acts of violence against them. … Continue reading
Engineered Masks
One of my roommate’s engineering friends designed some masks, which his mother sewed. With a copper wire at the top to pinch in place across the bridge of my nose, the mask fit snugly. An inner pocket held a replaceable filter in the form of a folded half piece of a mechanic’s paper towel. Once … Continue reading
Coronavirus Yoga Challenge
My yoga studio was one of the last nonessential businesses to shut down. As a matter of fact, they made several accommodations prior to the city’s demand that nonessential businesses shut down. They sanitized surfaces such as door handles and counters more often. We stopped exhaling through our mouths. They marked the floor so we … Continue reading
Anti-Anxiety Dream
My earliest recollection of a reoccurring anxiety dream was when I was a preschooler. I had a digestive issue as a young child, where if I ate French fries or “mixed” my food versus eating all of the greens, then all the mashed potatoes, followed by all of my meat, I’d vomit. The reoccurring anxiety … Continue reading
Creativity in the Time of Coronavirus
All the creative pursuits on my social calendar dissolved, starting around March 1st. Most were flat out cancelled, but some optimists declared they were merely postponed. Even though I wasn’t going to SXSW, I knew the shit got real when it was cancelled. Since I already worked from home, I didn’t make any special work-related … Continue reading
Assume the Position
I know what you’re thinking, but no, it’s not that. What I’m talking about is putting oneself in the financial position to make money. Not something that I’ve thought about until the last couple of years in my professional life. Everything I’ve learned about being an entrepreneur came from reading books, attending a one-off workshop, … Continue reading
Narc, Narc…Who’s There: In the Beginning
I couldn’t believe that more than two months had passed since I’d interviewed my sister. Although I didn’t have to start at the very beginning of my learning curve when it came to setting up the USB mics, recording, transcribing the audio file, editing the file and exporting it to be embedded into this blog … Continue reading
Hair Revolution
I’ve been working on the world’s sexiest dictionary for a couple of years because I’d used a labor-intensive process to illustrate the rough draft pictures. I recently bought a tablet and an app to facilitate illustrating. Total game changer! So much easier than the assbackwards method I used for the rough draft. Yet the rough … Continue reading
Food Walk: 1618
The latest food walk destination was to a restaurant so new, my roommate and I didn’t even know its name, genre, dress code nor operating hours. Nonetheless, it was a good walking distance, past many other restaurants and the weather was fabulous. My roommate walked in like she owned the place, wearing exercise leggings, and … Continue reading
Poetry Submissions Via Fillable Forms
Here’s another piece of my upcoming podcast puzzle: an expiring link that limits a response to 1000 characters for future listeners to submit an episode-inspired poem. Although I figured out the mechanics of providing such a link, five other challenges arose. First, I didn’t know who submitted what unless the writer included his/her name. Some … Continue reading