2021: A Year in Review

I think it’s safe to say that I had a wild year. At the end of each year, I like to sum up the successes and failures, and this year I was just like… where do I start? Of course 2020 pulled some shit on everyone. But I feel like 2021 was just two 2020s

Indiana, I Guess

Bless me, babies, for I have sinned. It has been five months since my last blog post. If you know me, you know that I’ve been through a hell of a lot in the past five months. I became unemployed for the second time in just over a year. I went through the hellish process

On the Verge of Unemployment

It’s June again. It seem like this shit happens every year or something. Today was the first day of my last week of work as a Teaching Assistant. After this, I’ll either be unemployed or (hopefully) working as an administrator in an aluminum-can-making factory. I temped there a few years ago and they asked me

May

Friends, I feel like simultaneously there is a lot happening and there is nothing happening. May. The trees are finally flailing their green leaves in the wind. Every few days my body remembers it’s no longer winter and it relaxes. I’m still working as a teaching assistant at Breck, and each day is different. The

It’s Still Pandemonium

Well, my babies, I’m still unemployed. It’s September now, and the air is starting to turn a little. The tree in the back yard is starting to fade red as it gets a little less sun every day. Last night I had to wear a jacket. I usually look forward to autumn. This year, though,

Love in the Time of Covid-19

So here I am, at home, unemployed. I thought I would spend this time cultivating a garden. I thought I would spend this time reading Proust, starting DIY projects in my back yard, and fixing that weird leak in my bathroom that haunts me when I get up to pee in the middle of the

New Poem up at A-Minor!

I’m super excited to have a new poem up in the tenth anniversary issue of A-minor magazine. It’s called “A History of Women” and you can read it here.

My First Website Was Bought by a Japanese Gaming Company

Welcome to my new website. I’m not quite sure what I hope to accomplish here, but I wanted to make a space for myself in this weird world. My old site, brettelizabeth.com, got bought by a Japanese gaming company after I let my site lapse. I’m too cheap to buy it from them, so they’ll