Confessions from a Protestant student at Catholic school

During 5th and 6th grade, I attended my local Catholic school just some blocks from my house. In 6th grade, I think I was the only Protestant in my class. Special day for Confession. 

I argued with the teacher that as a Protestant, I confess by myself to G-d. Teacher got mad at me and rushed me in, anyway. 

I greeted the priest and straight up told him I'm a Protestant. He said no problem, what did you say your last name was? 

For the rest of my "confession", the priest and I discussed the entomology of my surname, which is one of my hyperfixations. 

After my time was up, I came out and the teacher asked me what I said to the priest, which even as a non-Catholic, I know was none of her beeswax. I shrugged and told her we talked about the history of the Welsh people. 

She looked very confused and I loved that.😂

When A Genre Inspires

I grew up on 80s-90s romantic comedies, and let me tell ya, those movies and TV shows were so unfunny, so harmful, and so toxic, that I wasn't a fan of the genre for so long. 

And then, I found South Korean TV shows and series, what we here in the US lump together as "K-Dramas".

The Korean shows seemed to emphasize healthier relationships and the misunderstandings between people's personality types or societal ideas about intimacy, sex, and other heteronormative standards. 

Not saying they were blameless and promoting hardcore feminist, womanist, and egalitarian values. These rom-coms were still based on stereotypes about what happens between a cisgender and heteronormative relationship, but the better written ones would spin these ideals and norms on their head. Or have a deeper indictment about how such romantic relationships are seen through a Korean society prism.

All in all, though imperfect in many ways, viewing such culturally different storytelling helped broaden my own storytelling skills.

Being Neurospicy Part 2

Finally had enough energy from my chronic fatigue and pain to go with my mom to El Presidente Supermarket, one of the few places that makes Florida feel like NYC to me. 

Even when in the meat section, looking over how the ice is speckled over the pig feet, remembering the grinning goat heads freaked out my older sister but that the whole frozen fish section fascinated my brother-in-law. 

We got to the cashier, and the Latin-American music 🎶 🎵 really got me moving, taking her hand and saying, "Let's dance!" , making my mom laugh and call me her "crazy daughter." Just like the bodegas of my childhood.

Being Neurospicy Part 1

When I got diagnosed, my dad told me, "Well, I know you got your smarts from your mom." I had to jokingly say I got half from him, too. He got me into popping bubblewrap whenever packages were opened! He would read encyclopedias for fun. He got me into a lot of hobbies and things and would defend my *quirks* in front of his friends. He didn't like one of my stims because he thought it would lead me to self-harming. But he did his best, and now I realize he was definitely ND! 

A New Journey Begins...

I'm struggling to find the conflict and who/what the "antagonist" is/are in my latest sci-fi wip. This is why I find fantasy easier to write. I struggle to write sci-fi. And yet, I dearly love both genres as a fan, consumer, and creator. 

Also, I struggle to write full romance prose, but I found I can draft romantic comedy in comic form... 

Rom-coms Can Help!

Readers find "Summer to Winter" funny, and that's as it should be. I hoped readers would get my humor. I was always a sitcom/Britcom/stand-up comic fan growing up. 80s/90s US rom-coms felt insulting. It wasn't until I began K-Dramas that I found the romance comedy brand I was looking for! 

2025 IS HERE

My webcomic came together once I began using dot-grid sheets for my rough comic sketches. Recently learned SecondLina of CROW TIME & NAMESAKE as well as Mishacakes of ELDRITCH DARLING & ALICE And The NIGHTMARE makes me feel closer to this webcomics community I came late into!🥰