R.I.P. HR Nightmare

I’ve decided to release myself from my self-imposed hiatus to announce the sad news that our favorite asshole, HR Nightmare, has passed away. HR “Mike” Nightmare always said that the only way he’d leave this life is if Death snuck up on him when he wasn’t paying attention. Mike didn’t know how right he was.

Halloween night, arriving home after taking his eight year-old daughter River trick-or-treating, he decided he’d step out on the porch to have a smoke. It happened just like they say in the movies- he was dead before he hit the ground. For all you stubborn folks out there who refuse to quit smoking or to take high blood pressure seriously, let Mike be your cautionary tale. The stroke waiting for you is a killer.

It’s been a hard month for us all since he passed. But being sad isn’t what he would have wanted, so if you’d like to honor him, take a shot, raise some hell, and annoy someone you love. If you would like to help his family, a Go Fund Me link is available here.

Rest in peace, Mike Wakefield. You will be missed.

Justice

Well, it’s done.

Soon-to-be Justice Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed.

Whether that fact pans out to be a good or bad decision, only time will tell. Some of us are rejoicing. Others, like me, are beyond disappointed. Not because I believe he is guilty. Only he and Dr. Ford know the truth. I am angry because

Top 10 Reasons Why My Husband is a Saint

Hello.

My name is H.E. Ellis, and I am chronically immature.

That’s a bit harsh. Maybe a more accurate description would be that I am suffering from a case of arrested development. I guess that’s what you’d call my need to prioritize my life by what is fun as opposed to what is necessary. My AD affliction isn’t so bad in and of itself, but it affects my husband’s life daily. Here are the top ten reasons why my husband is a saint:

Series: Life & Decay

Gallery

Very rarely do I hear about young people striving to achieve much more than amass an audience for their whining, which is why I am honored to showcase the work of such an amazing talent and human as Vy Chau. Please drop by her blog. You won’t be disappointed.

V. Chau

“Life, Decay, Retribution, & Last Hope”

(2017 // Board Width Ranges: 7.75″-8.5″)

Medium: Refurbished wooden skateboards,

& longboards with acrylic paint & micron pens.

Process Photos 

Theme & Characteristics:  This particular series was composed in such a way to emphasize the disruptions in organic shapes using rigid patterns. This intrusion of organic space is an analogy to the influence of humankind on the natural environment. More specifically it is about the intrusions of ivory poaching and its effects on elephants, a highly empathetic animal that doesn’t deserve to be hunted to extinction.

The only piece to break this style was my final board, “Last Hope.” This final addition to my series symbolizes lost innocence and memorializes these great beasts in their traditional setting. The style used in this piece was the opposite of the theme. Instead of harsh geometrics, or patterns breaking up organic space, there is no…

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Answer an Impossible Question and WIN A PRIZE!

When I get bored, which is often, I send my mother random texts to annoy her like, “I lost my Saint Anthony medal and can’t find it.” (shout out to all my Catholic homies who get the significance of this). I also like to send annoying texts sent as people she doesn’t know. It never occurs to her to question who they are from, which makes them that much funnier.

Due to the change in our political climate, I’ve had to cease sending her my favorite kind of text, those from random immigration officers. It’s not so funny anymore now that deportation is a possibility.

I was recently scrolling through my phone, reminiscing, when I found a text that I’d forgotten I’d sent. It read:

REVIEW: In a Dark, Dark Wood

Title: IN A DARK DARK WOOD

Author: RUTH WARE

Genre: SUSPENSE

Reviewer: VY CHAU

Ruth Ware’s psychological murder mystery hardened my cold dead heart.

Never did I expect that a novel about a bachelorette party gone wrong to stir up such deep pangs of sympathy for the main character, Nora Shaw. Perhaps it is the resemblance of similar struggles that I recognize in her personality to evoke such a reaction in myself. She is seen as the most troubled character out of the group. She is heavily introverted, and will go as far as ordering her groceries online to avoid going out into public.