Mila Jaroniec
The Ways In Which I’m Still In High School
Time didn’t have real meaning in high school and I didn’t know how much I had or when I’d have it, just that I fundamentally, nebulously did.
Inconvenient Truths About Love
No one tells you that you’ll get tired of love. No one tells you that no matter how happy you are in your relationship, occasionally you’ll wish you had only yourself to take care of again.
What Your Favorite Thought Catalog Writer Says About You
You are not a person so much as an event: a sold-out, VIP, strippers & cocaine event.
Poem Playlist: Michelle Tea’s “A Good Thing to Say”
Every song title on the playlist starts with a word from the poem, in the order the words appear. So you can read the poem here in five seconds, or you can read it as it plays over nine hours.
A Thursday
I quit smoking and now I have no idea what to do with myself in public.
Coming Out Of Sexual Hibernation
Asphyxiation. Attachment (developing/becoming attached to). Being bored. Blanking. Breaking concentration.
Get Out Of My Finances, Please
I don’t mind the occasional conversation with a close friend, but when a near stranger asks me, as they often do, “So you make enough money writing?” or “No offense, but how do you live?” I do everything in my power to not freak out.
You Are Free Energy
What is it like to be so many things?
What My Dad Taught Me About Love
My father’s first love was chemistry. He figured out he wanted to be a scientist way before he could finish his first chapter book and proceeded to make himself that, and hasn’t stopped working since.
I Can’t Forget You
I didn’t trust your science for years but now that I drink more water I mysteriously don’t get headaches anymore. I never liked to admit you were right about anything but this time I kind of wish I could tell you.
Dance It Out: A One-Hour Playlist
This playlist is comprised of all manner of weirdness with a good backbeat, from pop to electronica to Eurotrash.
Real Friends Are There For Disasters
The thing is, there’s no real way to decide who goes where until your life equilibrium is disrupted somehow, a byproduct of any kind of disaster, natural, emotional, physical or whatever.