Battlestar Eclectic
Sarah Torribio and her right brain. Music. Musings. Writing. Style.
Category: Bite-sized Autobiography
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‘Half of me’s dying for the spotlight, the other half’s shying away.’ –Sarah Torribio The American sentence is a poetic form invented by beat poet Allen Ginsberg. It’s 17 syllables, one sentence, no line breaks. He felt it fit the cadences and colloquialisms of American English, and the country’s unique flavor better than traditional haiku.…
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About eight months ago, I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. No, I was working as a waitress at a restaurant. There was this girl cook who was an extreme bad-ass in every way. Very edgy, bold, punk rock. Her hair was dyed black AND orange. She had two tattoos of sharks–one…
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I’ve caught myself being happy the last three days. Like a really uncomplicated kind of happy. I have watched “Wild Robot” with my kids. I have gardened barefoot. I have talked to friends on the telephone. I have enjoyed being educated by my daughter, 11, who is now introducing me to The Voidz, a side…
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My dad once told me about encountering a particularly sardonic waitress at a diner. She was wearing two pins on her uniform. One bore the words whiners, only it was crossed out, Ghostbusters-logo style, to read “No whiners.” The other pin said, “Eat and leave.” I think about that story a lot. It’s so funny…
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I joined my junior high news-casting class and ended up behind camera as staff reporter manager. Took theater and spent my time writing a play instead of on stage. I’m like Ricky Bobby. I’ve never known what to do with my hands while in the public eye. –Sarah Torribio >>last post <<next post Read more…
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I’d like to share my story of how I came to mistrust the Covid-19 vax and why I chose not to take it. Early on, before the pandemic propaganda machine was in full force, I encountered a couple of media warnings that people with allergies, who are vulnerable to anaphalactic shock, shouldn’t take them. I’ve…