Category: Situations

  • Food

    I haven’t posted anything in quite a while. I had a hard time coming up with topics. I was making a sandwich this afternoon when I realized the perfect topic is right in front of me: food. I tend to make a mess when I eat food that doesn’t fit naturally into bites. Also, since…

  • Exercise

    I’ve been excused from gym class in high school. Instead, I had to do an actual gym class – I went to the school gym, walked for 30 minutes on the treadmill and wrote it down in an Excel file. Every semester or so, I had to send the Excel to the teacher. That was…

  • Bars & Chairs

    In light of the new year approaching, here are a few thoughts about what it takes for me to drink. To celebrate my return from Texas, I went out with friends. I love doing that – it’s a good way to catch up and let loose a little. However, as the universe has it, one…

  • Buttons

    I love buttons. That is, physical buttons. It’s childish, but I like pushing them. One of the first things I’ve noticed here in the U.S is that most doors have big buttons next to them. These magical, fun buttons make the doors open, and spare me the need to put my weight and power to…

  • Problems

    Every time I leave the house, I pack a bag. I try to be prepared for all kinds of problems: I take a contact lenses liquid bottle, an extra pair of glasses, my apartment key, a hearing aids charger… The two items that make me relax immediately are my credit card and the pack of…

  • Nights

    Sometimes I have long days for no particular reason. I lay awake in bed, just thinking and taking some time to myself, considering the past day. That ritual clears my head. Most of the days it feels like a waste of time: I didn’t do anything special. I’m just tired, time to admit it and…

  • Balance

    Much of my life is about balance. I don’t mean that in the spiritual sense this time. Maintaining physical balance is figuring out the right way to carry things and myself from place to place, without them or me falling. I’ve been conducting multiple experiments at that for the last 23 years, not all of…

  • A Roach

    Last week I had a roach in my room. That’s not blog-worthy, but what happened afterward is. I thought it’s a test of my independence and decided to find a way to get it out of the room. first, I unsuccessfully tried to trap it in a cap. I didn’t succeed in that, so I…

  • Motivation

    One of the times we traveled in Argentina, I got really tired of walking. I stopped moving and stood still in the middle of the street. My mom, being not only a creative person but also a very rational one, thought all I need is some motivation. She promised me she’ll buy me an alfajor…

  • Mirrors

    I have a problem seeing myself in videos. They’re so “alive”, so close to reality, they capture the weirdness of my moves so well. It’s not the right thing to say, but I get embarrassed and self aware of my disability when I watch a video. Mirrors are usually less of a problem: if you…