By Nina Storey- My adventures as a singer, songwriter, touring musician, comic book nerd, painfully awkward child, less painful, but equally awkward adult, and my indefatigable desire to navigate life's sometimes bumpy but extraordinary roads.
Like a sleep-deprived game show contestant on a timer, I thought buying a box of grape Kool-Aid seemed like a good idea. So did buying a two-pound bag of Twizzlers. The earthquake probably wouldn’t kill me, but diabetes might.
Read More In Case Of EmergencyFresh flowers scream, “I’m classy!” My apartment needs all the help it can get to offset the Spiderman posters mounted to my wall with Silly Putty. Even though they smell like hot garbage, they’re pretty and goddammit, I need this.
Read More Looks Great, Smells TerribleLast week I got cold-cocked by my freezer door. In that moment of blinding pain and disorientation, clutching my head, I remembered thinking, how mad I was at both my inability to duck oncoming vegetables, and how grateful I was for the sold ground beneath me, which soon came to be my best friend for the better part of half an hour.
Read More Win By KnockoutNow that I’ve beaten down the traffic gods and made my way to yoga class, I hurriedly gather my belongings like a nameless forest creature scurrying to avoid getting eaten by a bear.
Read More Sweat Hog Part III just got out of my yoga class. Damn, that was a lot of sweaty boobies. Hold on to your sandwich, there’s more…
Read More Sweat Hog (Part 1)Hey! This was a fun Sunday. My house got flooded, my car air conditioning went out in 112 degrees and I got broken up with, via email. There is a giant gaping hole in the middle of my living room floor and I’m beginning to think that the depths of Hell are calling me. I keep sending them to voicemail but the calls are becoming more and more frequent.
Read More Sundays Are For SuckersDespite years of bullying as a child, and an inability to match my innerwear to my outerwear, I consider myself a pretty outgoing person. But before embracing my jazz hands approach to life, I hit a few street signs squarely in the face on my long journey to the now.
Read More How To Win Friends And Influence People -Part 1Just when I thought the low point of my week was going to be grabbing my phone out of a public toilet, I log on to OKCupid to find out who my potential mate in both love and life may be, only to be notified I am a 92% match with a marshmallow. I […]
Read More Cook Me With Sweet PotatoesI may or may not have eaten a stick of butter yesterday.
Read More I Feel Good About MyselfI love the smell of inner tubes. I love that plasticky, chemically bonded rubber smell which indicates summer is near.
Read More This Smells Gross, Wanna Smell It?
Strangely Optimistic 