Author Archives: The Curious Ally Cat

“If you trust nothing else, trust this. Trust us.” – Arwen, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. This is the nerdiest post I will ever write. You have been warned. People tend to be quite surprised when I tell them my favorite character from Lord of the Rings is Arwen Undomiel, daughter ofContinue reading ““There Is Still Hope.” On Arwen and the Audacity of Optimism.”

The first first love was when I was in eighth grade. You know the kind. The kind that makes you flush purple whenever you get a glance from them. The kind of Cady Heron, would be grateful for him to even ask me what day of the week it is infatuation. I asked him toContinue reading “For the Last Love. “

I am the one thing in life I can control I am inimitable, I am an original I am not falling behind or running late I am not standing still, I am lying in wait Life doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints It takes and it takes and it takes and we keepContinue reading “Gifts in the Garbage.”

If you stand for nothing, what will you fall for? – Hamilton, “The Room Where It Happens” This year, I’ve started to get into the concept of “getting paid to write things.” So far, it’s been awesome. I’ve seen my work published in the Hartford Courant and on websites such as Hello Giggles and Upworthy.Continue reading “An Open Statement to Colin McEnroe.”

Forgiveness. Can you imagine? Forgiveness. – Hamilton the Musical. To everyone that has ever hurt me.  I forgive you. I forgive you even though it hurts.  I forgive you when anger would be easier.  The one who pushed me down in the playground.  Who called me fat. Four-eyes. Whore. Skank.  Who called me everything butContinue reading “Forgiveness”

One of my favorite lines from Stephen Sondheim’s Passion is when the ugly, sickly Fosca tells handsome soldier Giorgio “I know I feel too much. I often don’t know what to do with my feelings.” This summer, my feelings threatened to overtake me. To the point where I kept thinking to myself, “Does everyone thinkContinue reading “I Am Not Crazy.”

I originally posted this as a contribution piece to the website Hamilton-Griffin.  Let’s just get this out of the way first and foremost – I am a gigantic football fan. Some of my earliest memories from childhood are of running around on the blacktop on top of the garage across from the old football fieldContinue reading “Why I Am Boycotting the NFL for the 2015-2016 Season, Even Though I Love Football”

The Month of September is Suicide Prevention Month. I wrote this fictionalized piece in honor of the friends I’ve lost. She was headed home from the store when she got the news you were gone, through a numb phone call from a family friend. There was a dead weight to the words as they slouchedContinue reading “Notes on Death. “

That’s a weird opening for a post, I know. Considering I am the Queen of Vomiting Extremely Personal Information Onto the Internets. But hear me out. One of my Mom’s favorite ways to describe my Dad is “He is a very private person – very private – who leads a very public life.” There’s aContinue reading “On Being Private.”

That’s a weird opening for a post, I know. Considering I am the Queen of Vomiting Extremely Personal Information Onto the Internets. But hear me out. One of my Mom’s favorite ways to describe my Dad is “He is a very private person – very private – who leads a very public life.” There’s aContinue reading “On Being Private.”