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This Is The Story I Don't Want To Write

This Is The Story I Don't Want To Write

Masha Fomitchova
fashion, writing, musings

I told myself I’d sit and write. For two hours, straight. No breaks except for the ladies’ room, for occasional pacing,  and for refilling my coffee cup. You know, for the bare necessities. I said that, by the end of the day, (or at least before I sleep,) I’d finish this. Fun fact: it’s not going so smoothly. If this were a razor, it would not get a sexy Venus “smooth as silk” commercial. But I’ve got to do this- I promised.

Kindergarten Stories, Small Talk, and A New Yorker Who Loves The Colour Yellow - Yep, This Is Going to Get Awkward

Kindergarten Stories, Small Talk, and A New Yorker Who Loves The Colour Yellow - Yep, This Is Going to Get Awkward

Masha Fomitchova
musings, Adventures, theory, writing

A little awkward is good sometimes - it gives me opportunities to improve the speed with which I can whip out my phone and scroll through my email with the urgency of someone trying to open their admissions decision from Harvard. Besides, no matter where the awkward moment falls on the “Forgetting-A-Name to Turning-On-Facetime-On-The-Toilet” spectrum, it definitely can’t be as bad as those years nobody bothered to tell Little Masha that not everyone heard colours.

Warning Labels and Consequences: What if Adam and Eve Ate a Silica Gel Packet?

Warning Labels and Consequences: What if Adam and Eve Ate a Silica Gel Packet?

Masha Fomitchova
musings, writing, theory

Take a moment to think back to a time when you were presented a comprehensive, crystal-clear instruction. Maybe  it was: “Do Not Microwave,” or “Do Not Open Door: Alarm Will Sound.” Or, perhaps something along the lines of “Do Not Enter: High Voltage,”or “Warning: Read Instructions Before Using.”If, for a moment,  we shift our focus from the generally-skimmed-over text on packing labels to, arguably, the most read text on Earth, we do not escape examples of near-omniscient superiours giving clear instructions that more so “direct mandates,” than they are “bits of friendly advice.”