Xismosa Xit

Hello all,

Today’s newsletter is sponsored by my glorious return to writing after being wiped off the face of the earth! I hope you are having a nice holiday season! This is a long one because I haven’t reached out to The Void in two weeks.

Prose and Poetry of the Week

OUR Star Sign

In honor of the recent new moon and solar eclipse! You’ll get to see my socialist political leanings and recent interest in wider astrology. Also, the new moon is a good time to think about your goals. I used to be better about contacting one friend every time I noticed the moon cycle, and like the concept of tracking things according to it. 

Say My Name

I dedicate this to many of my new coworkers who immediately try to pronounce my name the way I do. I wrote this in college, but have thought about it since I was little because my parents instilled respect for my own name and heritage by insisting it be pronounced in Spanish. I also try to pronounce others’ names correctly, especially for PoC, and like to ask them how their mother pronounces it (I’m trying to find a better way to say that as well, let me know if you have any ideas).

Rabbitholes

Things I’ve learned, laughed about, and/or obsessed over

• Getting Into Bed On A December Night by Ellen Bass
• Hot Girls Have IBS billboard

• Scabies

Personal Chisme

chisme = gossip

• Holland let the robots know where we live!!!!!!

• I just had lunch with a friend, one of these passed right by us, and I dramatically and quite genuinely flinched at seeing it. My friend agrees with me that they are a MENACE!
• Ridiculous Reindeer antlers at work that made me ugly laugh and a coworker said she liked my laugh (not showing my full face bc I’m embarrassed by my eyes revealing how tired I am), but little kids like the bouncing reindeer on my head

• Big perk: seeing everyone’s dogs and babies.
• Highlights: petting a pomeranian and seeing a Tiny! 3! Week! Old! Baby!!
• I have been called out as “Spooky and Bold” on Spotify, which encapsulates me as a Witch Bitch
• And I am, once again, in the top 0.5% of an artists’ listeners!! And it’s not Hozier this time.

I have a running theory – or a self-fulfilling prophecy – that if I don’t write anything down, I will forget about it. Which is why I write like a motherfucker and y’all get to read about it, and can see an archive at Colochos de Flores. 

Abrazos and/or high-fives,

Ariana