j.murillo

Suspiria (2018). The Volk performance was mesmerizing, the mangling of Olga was gruesome but Susie’s performance during it was enthralling, and the black sabbath scene was gory, sad, and beautiful all at the same time.

I was at my heaviest through high school, and for a very physical job in retail through college, and subsequently lost a lot of weight. When I’ve bumped into old high school classmates, they are all in shock of how much I’ve changed and “how much better” I look now. At first, I liked… Read More

I was actually skinny as a child, but started gaining weight around 10 years of age. Not in an unhealthy way, but just becoming a little chubby. But by the time I was in high school, I was actually at my heaviest. I remember once, during freshman year, our height and weight were being… Read More

“say you’re a karen without saying you’re a karen”

Andy and Tom from Parks and Rec

my mom has always treated me inappropriately growing up, putting responsibilities on me that corresponded to her as a parent and to my father as her husband, and she always excused her behavior because i’m the oldest and “needed to set an example for [my] younger siblings”. but it… Read More

Suspiria (2018): Susie turning out to be Mater Suspiriorum, differing drastically from the 1977 original in which Helena Markos is Susipiriorum; and then the bloodbath that ensues.

I am still a believer of Jesus, and consider myself to be spiritual. However, I grew up in the catholic church, and later my family became seventh-day adventist. I was always involved in the church, followed all the rules, and was even an elder at one point, but I left when I realized… Read More

I worked in a department store when I was in college, and one year, I was printing out the price signs for the upcoming Black Friday sale for my department. My store manager told me to stop printing signs and focus on getting the floor and merchandise ready the sale, so I did as instructed.… Read More

Same here. I work in a school, and my salary is actually pretty great, but I work for one of the higher paying districts in the Bay Area. I know in the peninsula the pay is way lower. Overall a great job, but a lot of paperwork, which takes a lot of time away from actually working… Read More