The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: awkward

  • Socializing While Autistic

    I have never been accused of being approachable, but you can talk to me.

  • Awesome Friend, Meet Awesome Friend!

    When two well-established parts of your life collide, the results can be unpredictable.

  • It’s Okay to Talk About Death

    During the most profound parts of my grief over the loss of my boyfriend, I remember thinking, “I wonder how long it will be before I can talk about Chuck without making people uncomfortable.” I wanted to talk about him. I really did. Both good stuff and bad stuff. I wanted to process what I…

  • Ending Sentences with Prepositions

    Time and time and time again I have seen people who want very much to be perceived as grammatically superior harp on the fact that someone has ended a sentence with a preposition. Even spell check does it. The very sad thing about this behavior is that in fact there’s nothing wrong with doing so…

  • Come Out of Your Closet

    I just saw the most amazing TED talk called Coming Out of Your Closet by Ash Beckham. It’s only 11 minutes long, but it’s really profound, so I hope you’ll take the time to watch it. In it, she talks about the closets in which we all occasionally find ourselves. Closets are not just for…

  • On Collecting Misfits

    All my life I have surrounded myself with people who don’t quite fit in. My best friend calls it my propensity for adopting three-legged dogs. I suspect that it started out because of my low self-esteem in childhood. I didn’t think I could possibly be liked by the popular crowd, whom I perceived to be…