Jaimie

Joined February 2021

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Holiday Hiesting
My brother is the roast master of the family. Roast pork, roast chicken, roast lamb - you name it, he'll roast it. For any major - or minor - family gathering, my brother is designated as head cook, a position that he does not take lightly. Wearing an apron like a badge of honour and whipping the signature tea towel of the experienced home-cook over his shoulder, he proudly struts around the kitchen, talking non-stop at the rate of easily a mile a minute. Every year for the holidays, he pain-stakingly prepares a roast that makes my mouth water as I write this. The roast meal that was cooked on the night in question was roast pork and it glistened as my brother pulled it from the oven and placed it on the bench. He grinned ear to ear like he had won a prize as everyone congratulated him.
By Jaimie3 years ago in Humans
Papa Shark
Every day was the same. I would arrive at the aquarium as everyone else was leaving, all those families with the roudy, sticky kids, and me, just chewing gum and with my hat pulled low as I walked in. My bag slung over my shoulder. The building itself looked fairly small, but it had a way over looming over me as I wandered inside.
By Jaimie3 years ago in Fiction
Mountain Views
I've always felt small. I look down upon the world. From this peak, it's worse.
By Jaimie3 years ago in Poets
I’m Glad My Mom Died: A Book Review of Jennette McCurdy’s Masterpiece
It’s been just over a month since Jennette McCurdy’s book ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ was released, and I don’t think it’s been talked about enough. I honestly think that there are a few reasons for this, not the least of which is that this book is hard to read. The book contains references to mental illness, psychological and sexual abuse, and is genuinely uncomfortable in its bluntness at times. But it is also a genuinely unforgettable read.
By Jaimie3 years ago in Humans
Sticky Notes
All my love letters to you are on sticky notes, That I slipped into the pockets of your coats, Taped to your computer screen and hidden in books you haven't opened.
By Jaimie3 years ago in Poets
Lucky Penny
The story of Lucky Penny is one that maybe a lot of people wouldn't want to hear. Most stories about dogs are about how good they are - Red Dog, Bolt, A Dog's Purpose - all movies about man's best friend. But this story about Lucky Penny challenges our ideas of what makes a 'good dog'. My partner has referred to her as 'one of those dogs that you just know would drink from the toilet bowl'. I couldn't agree more.
By Jaimie3 years ago in Petlife
you are my comfort
There are many things that bother me but you seem to be the key to making me like the things I despise and the things that I couldn't do before you.
By Jaimie3 years ago in Poets
The Consequences of Oxygen Deprivation and the Existential Crises that Occur After Being Adrift in Space for Far Too Long
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. What am I talking about? I know that nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space - I'm in the vacuum of space and I have been screaming for what feels like enough time for the universe to implode and then explode back out again. Big bang, number two. That would be fantastic right now, really. Just my luck if the universe came to a halt with its incessant expanding and began the process all over again.
By Jaimie3 years ago in Fiction
the Somerton Man has been identified and i'm still unsure what to think about it
The mysterious case of the Somerton Man has captured the imaginations of millions of people worldwide with its fascinating twists and turns for decades and, following the increase in internet interest and advances in DNA testing, the case may have finally been solved. Honestly, this case has everything: an unidentified man, a baffling note, the suggestion of links to secret-agent assassination. It's a case that has been left unsolved for 70 years and now it's looking like we might get the answers we were looking for - starting with the man's name.
By Jaimie3 years ago in Criminal
Hello, Hello, Hello
A little while ago - as in, probably too long ago to still be thinking about it - I read a postmodernist novel called Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. The point of mentioning this book here is not to discuss the plot, but there is a concept that is impressed upon the readers of the book that has stayed with me since I read it and this is the concept of a mediocre life.
By Jaimie4 years ago in Confessions
Tiktok is starting to make me think I have undiagnosed ADHD
I, like everyone my (undisclosed) age, downloaded Tiktok as a bit of a joke. It was something that people younger than me were into and the general concensus was that it was a little weird dancing to pop songs and posting the videos unsolicited on the clock app. Now, like a lot of people (I assume), I have a mild addiction to watching the quirky 30 second videos that I can scroll through on my phone. Sure, the dancing videos can be a little cringey, but it's all in good fun. I don't make any content, so I'm not here to judge anyone else.
By Jaimie4 years ago in Confessions
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There weren't always dragons in the Valley. There weren't always dragons. But there was always the Valley. The Elders told tales of the old world beyond the buried cave at the base of the Valley. The old world where all of the creatures of this world first crawled through. From the pit of darkness that we scuttled and slid from on our battered hands and knees until we came to this world of our salvation.
By Jaimie4 years ago in Fiction