“I feel guilty today, like everything I have done in life is wrong, ” my friend Moira touted as she took a drag off a cigarette. Her words, paired next to the grey clouds and the industrial skyline of downtown LA, formed a dialogue that was all too familiar. There was a sudden sense of […]

I glided the exacto-blade assuredly against the foam board, more precisely than the last time. It was a smooth, clean cut… I already knew my blade would slip in the following cut - I had planned it. So after the blade deviated from the ruler, I pounded at the table furiously with my fists. “I […]