Tag Archives: school

Friends, Alone

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Ryn PB

Content Warnings: underage drinking and smoking, homophobia, violence/bullying, mild domestic abuse Even though she had a key to the house, and even though the Raneys usually kept their door unlocked anyway, Allison wasn’t in the habit of entering their house … Continue reading →

Posted in Another New Era, Fiction Short Stories, original writing | Tagged art, arts school, batman, batman the movie, books, cigarettes, friends, friendship, gay, high school, hot chocolate, LGBT+, movie, movie night, painting, photography, popcorn, queer, queer lit, reader, reading, robin, school, shark spray, siblings, smoking, twins, vivian maier, writing | Leave a comment

August 2022: How I gave myself homework even though I’m not in school anymore

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Ryn PB

What I Got: What I Read: Another month, another excuse to give myself fake homework instead of actually being productive. If you want the details of the Orilium: Autumn Equinox 2022 Readathon, I’ll link it here, but the basic facts … Continue reading →

Posted in polysyllabic spree | Tagged anxiety, arcs, audiobooks, booklover, books, booktube, david arnold, drink, dystopian, emery lee, emily austin, fantasy, going crazy, graphic novels, hockey, joan he, LGBT+, library, maggie stiefvater, magical readathon, mental health, mental illness, millenial stories, new zealand, orilium, post-apocalyptic, queer lit, readathon, readathons, reading, school, sci fi, science fiction, tea, the raven boys, the raven cycle | Leave a comment

The Mini Apocalypses in My Life: How I’m watching doors close around me with no way to open them back up … yet

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Ryn PB

CW: mentions of suicidal ideation, fatphobia, transphobia, JK Rowling, depression, anxiety My life has been full of endings lately. And the unsettling part is that these endings haven’t been followed by new beginnings. I’m stuck in place while things I … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era | Tagged anxiety, apocalypse, bookstore, chosen family, colorado, depression, doctor who, endings, found family, graduation, grief, grishaverse, harry potter, hydra monster, indie bookstore, jackson bird, jk rowling, job, john green, LGBT+, loss, pandemic, podcasts, quarantine, safe space, school, six of crows, spider-man, spidey, trans, trans experience, transphobia, unemployment, work | Leave a comment

Mixed Media and Turning the Page: How I’m Learning to Deal with (and Embrace) Uncomfortable Situations

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Ryn PB

The spring semester has been over for what feels like ages, but I can’t stop thinking about my photography class. I spent the entire semester complaining about how I wasn’t good at photography, how I had to try really hard, … Continue reading →

Posted in mental health, new era | Tagged anxiety, books, college, creativity, hydra monster, mental health, mixed media, photography, school, uncertainty, uncomfortable, writing | Leave a comment