Holy crap. RivalCon is now a real thing. This has been the predominant thought running through my head for the past few days. Something that started off as a joke in Teamspeak (as all my favorite Rival projects do) and then worked its way into a sketch in the Magic Notebook is now coming to… Continue reading Save The Date
Author: The Narrator
The Narrator is not a super hero, though she often plays one on public access TV.
Roll With It
The most common and consistent word used to describe me is and has always been "organized," usually with some superlative added to the beginning to denote the heightened nature of the description. It's one of those observations that transcends time and social groups to the point of my actually taking notice. "Funny," "hard-working," "sweet," "dedicated,"… Continue reading Roll With It
Presents
I received an interesting gift today. When I logged in to start my work today, I received an almost immediate message from a friend. The note read that because he didn't have a tree on which to hang the ornament I'd sent him a few weeks before, he decided to take a walk and find… Continue reading Presents
I Was Promised Cake (The Playlist for 2015, Part 2)
I Was Promised Cake: The Playlist for 2015 ***** Let's be honest. Scott Bradlee could have scored the entire soundtrack for the past year and I not only would have accepted it, but it would have worked. 'Consistency' was a huge word around RivalCast in 2015, so a PostModern Jukebox recap of the year would… Continue reading I Was Promised Cake (The Playlist for 2015, Part 2)
Like A Boss
My entire career has been anchored by strong female leadership. Pre-college, my acceptance to Penn State was assured by an early association with the school's Women in Engineering program. Even though I didn't stick with that degree choice, leadership was something that I naturally gravitated toward - I was president of our local student educators… Continue reading Like A Boss
This Post Has Not Been Edited
There are reasons I don't tend to go back to my blog posts after they've been published. At least, not for a year or so. I'm highly critical of my own work, and going back through old posts a few weeks after they go live almost always results in a facepalming of "I should have… Continue reading This Post Has Not Been Edited
Shifted Perspectives
It started with an argument over my lack of sleep. I didn't have to see him to know my friend's face was cringing as he rubbed his temples with one hand. Given enough time and attention, one gets very good at deciphering the various not-exactly-verbal sounds and gestures someone else makes, especially when frustrated. For… Continue reading Shifted Perspectives
Friendship
To say I moved around a lot as a child is an understatement. By the time I finished college and moved to Cleveland, I'd had 13 'permanent' addresses in my then 23 years, not counting the bouncing around between divorced parents and other friends and relatives on the weekends. School was the one stable place… Continue reading Friendship
Thankful Thoughts
Years ago, when I was an undergrad, our campus honors fraternity raised money for our local Habitat for Humanity chapter by soliciting sponsors for us to be "homeless" for one Friday evening in the fall. We had a lot of supporters during the build-up, but when the day arrived, more than half the group retreated… Continue reading Thankful Thoughts
Opinions
At the beginning of summer this year, the company which provides my day job made the difficult decision to begin phasing out a number of locations across the country. The unfortunate byproduct of this was a large number of positions being eliminated at the various affected campuses. It wasn't unexpected, but it was still an… Continue reading Opinions
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