Two-Year Clottiversary

A lot of my anxiety as a child resulted in me believing I would die in horribly tragic ways. For instance, I was terrified of sleeping under my ceiling fan because I believed that it would crash through my bed, chop me into little pieces, and send my remains and my bed through the floor […]

Storytime: The Art of Anxiety and Creation

It’s been a while, I know. And I don’t even have an excuse to offer you. I’ve been working only four days a week. I’ve been exercising six days a week (yay, fending off depression!) and generally doing summer-type activities. There are no reasons for why I shouldn’t have posted more frequently, or gone on […]

The Big One: Body Image

This is less of a phobia, and more of obsessive-compulsive tendencies. There is still anxiety wrapped around everything related to each little tic of mine, in fact, more anxiety than troubles me about anything else. Am I working on it? Yes. Am I succeeding? In some areas, hell yes. In other areas, I haven’t made […]

Unit 3: Creative Nonfiction Writing (A Year-End Reflection)

When Friday gets here, I will officially be done with my first year of teaching. My first year of instructing the bright minds of America’s future leaders… Hopefully. That is, if I did my job well. Or, if they have any ambition. That remains to be seen with certain students. I’ve learned a lot this […]

A Piece of Paradise: Taking Le Clown on a Tour of Le Denver

Well, hello there, attractive readers! May I suggest you mosey on over to A Clown On Fire and check out this post on my city of origin, Denver. You won’t be disappointed. I spent a long time trying to capture the essence of this town, and I think I did a damn good job. Also, […]

Let’s Talk About Love

The kind you clean up with a mop and bucket, like the lost catacombs of Egypt only God knows where we stuck it. Gross. I do not want to talk about that kind of love. Though, that song is my Karaoke song. Love is the loftiest emotion humans can attain to, other than the comatose […]

Sometimes I write for other blogs.

I know, I know, you hate me. But the school year is winding down, and with it, my freedom (and burning desire, much akin to the syphilis I heard that people suffer from sometimes) to write is winding up. Soon, so soon, I will be posting my regular 3 times a week. I’m so excited […]

Mental Illness is No Laughing Matter

Except when it totally is. For the majority of my life, anxiety ruled every decision I made. What to wear, how to put my clothes on in the morning, whether or not I would brush my teeth, who I talked to, where I sat in vehicles and at restaurants–I was never free from fear of […]

New Year’s Resolutions: Haikus

I threw my back out day two of twenty-thirteen: ahead of schedule I promised myself I’d stop eating my feelings– but I’m just so sad Dear Ms. Emma Stone, email me A-S-A-P so we can be friends Dear JaVale McGee I would like to talk to you re: our best friendship

New Year’s Resolutions: Tips To Follow To Fail Spectacularly.

Ah, yes. It’s that time of year again. What time? You ask, your head tilted slightly to the side like the adorable puppy you are. Well, stinker, it’s that time of year when we all make resolutions to become a better person, and then proceed to take a massive dump on them about three weeks […]