Ballet, Computer Science, and Journaling hello hello good people of Hot Literati I hope you've all had a wonderful weekend. I've been so busy with work and other things, but a recent highlight is that I went to the ballet. I hadn't been in about four years and as I've written about a lot, I did ballet very seriously for fifteen years. My school practiced the Cecchetti method, which I'd love to learn more about the history of now, but as a kid, I remember being so jealous of t

October, 2022 This piece was selected as the winner of Olde Wolf's monthly writing competition. A toenail clipping stabs my calf through my tights. Bend my knee, brush it off. I sit on the purple-brown carpet, stretching out my limbs, pushing just to the point of pain. In the corner, Iwatch another girl eat spoonfuls of peanut butter. She alternates. Nibble of peanut butter.Ibuprofen. Peanut butter. Ibuprofen. Until she’s taken four pills and two full tablespoons. Anymore wou