21st Century Bronte

21st Century Brontë #5 Wicked Eyes, Wicked Hearts I view socializing at work as a game. I realized that I’ve picked up mannerisms contrary to who I am in a relaxed setting. My hands that usually flew or pounded solid surfaces for emphasis are anchored to my sides. Usually, my friends have to remind me to Continue reading

21st Century Brontë #4 by Brontë Bettencourt Cosplay 101 One of the topics that John King suggested I write about is cosplay. Like one of those suggestions that you receive multiple times that is meant to be subtle, but the repetition suggests otherwise? But I’m not complaining. My lifestyle consists of unhealthy doses of Anime, comic Continue reading

21st Century Brontë #3 by Brontë Bettencourt The Money Problem I work a standard, grown-up 9-5 job, with an hour off for lunch. Management trusts me and my fellow workers to get our time-sensitive work done efficiently and accurately. There aren’t cameras monitoring us, nor a mechanized system with which we clock in and out Continue reading

21st Century Brontë #2 by Brontë Bettencourt What’s in a Name? In elementary school I had a best friend named Sarah who was also Guyanese. She always wore her curly hair in braided pigtails while I preferred a ponytail, but we were usually mistaken for one another with good reason. We constantly slept over each other’s Continue reading

21st Century Brontë #1 by Brontë Bettencourt The Road So Far As a child, I spent hours regurgitating cartoon scenarios to my Grandpa long after he wanted me to shut up. I would not stop talking, and I’m sure at the age I didn’t speak because I had some greater wisdom, but because I was Continue reading