It has something important to tell you — Let’s say you were bullied when you were five, and didn’t have any caregivers you felt safe enough to share that with. Many parts of your body will be stuck at that age like you’re some sort of giant kindergartener. We’ve all seen these people, maybe even been these people…

This time five years ago, I started to go mad — I felt like my life was blooming: I had a summer job I loved and was on track to graduate at the end of the year. My team’s research paper was on its way to becoming accepted by a mathematical biology journal. I was going through a delightful slut phase…

When I was three years old, I accidentally started a resistance in my daycare. One day, I decided to simply leave. I wanted to hang out with my mum. My mum was upstairs eating scones with her church friends, and I wanted to be with her, so I walked out…

How to draw the perfect triangle — 1. Start your day with a triangle with each corner being 60°. Draw it. 2. Measure its angles. * 3. Record all discrepancies. ** * You will always be slightly, or perhaps way off 60° angles. But if you pay attention to the edges, to the small, seemingly insignificant choices, …

And if I tell you it might ruin the illusion — There is such a focus on mathematical ability as being an indicator of intelligence, and that means that folks who struggle with the cognitive development of mathematical skills are seen as incompetent. This is simply not true and says a lot more about our society’s limitations in recognizing and utilizing…

It was an accident, I swear! — At a Halloween party in 2019, an anglerfish and a human had a conversation in a backyard enveloped in second-hand cigarette smoke. Like the old friends that they were, they caught up on one another's lives. The anglerfish had recently been through some heavy shit. “So it sounds like you…

You can pay it forward any time, sharing is caring. — Seriously, I don’t buy stuff unless I have to. Trading goods Not only is it much cheaper to get that potato peeler that your friend stopped using three years ago, but it’s also a way of building community. Chances are you also have something you want to get rid of, and your…

A poem —

A glimpse into inertia — I brace myself as the ride jolts me. I sway with the motion and inertia means I lean forward/backward/and side to side. My body wants to keep going, that way, that fast. Inertia means whiplash from that sudden stop for the cat crossing the street it means I am leaning…