I am procrastinating right now. Hard. I’m supposed to be writing a fake record review for an imaginary album for a singer I made up. Can you see how this is something to avoid? This…
Posts Published by Jodi Chromey
Anti-Bummers: The Uterus Abides
All the Dots pictured above came out of the same teeny, tiny box of Dots — one of each flavor and no more. It’s like the four-leaf clover of teeny, tiny Dots boxes. And I…
The Magic Passed Me By
Celeste Ng’s debut novel Everything I Never Told You has garnered rave reviews all over the place. I know this because I have read all these reviews hoping to discern the magic so many readers…
Chicken Shit Bastard & the Serial-Killer Rapist (probably) Upstairs
Aside from a handful of months, I’ve lived by myself for the past fifteen years. I love living by myself. As an especially introverty introvert I need to have my own space to revert to…
St. Joan of Jett Deliver Us from Uncertainty
Did I mention that my friend Ray was here this weekend? Ray? RAY! He was. When we talked about the music we were listening to lately, and I laid some truth on him. “Really,” I…
Pants on Fire
Some of my favorite reading experiences involve reaching that tipping point in a book where you make a conscious decision to eschew every other thing in your life to finish the book. That happened to…