First Boyfriends and Flaming Lanterns
As soon as I drew my first heart, Drew said, “I’m gonna draw a Goomba.”
Tiffany Kajiwara graduated from Calvin in 2022 with majors in literature and writing. Now, she continues to live in Grand Rapids and works at Baker Academic Publishing as a marketing assistant. In her free time, she enjoys crocheting, thrifting, and psychoanalyzing cartoon characters.
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Sep 16, 2023 | 0 comments
As soon as I drew my first heart, Drew said, “I’m gonna draw a Goomba.”
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Aug 16, 2023 | 0 comments
There might still be a piece of my tooth there.
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Jun 16, 2023 | 1 comment
Her expression tightened as she said, “At least you had a couple friends in the city.”
by Tiffany Kajiwara | May 16, 2023 | 1 comment
When everyone gathered around her and started singing “Happy Birthday” in a key far too high, she knew to blow out the candles.
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Apr 16, 2023 | 1 comment
Mental calculations fly through my head, and I cannot imagine a scenario where you kiss me and don’t spill soup all over both of us.
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Mar 16, 2023 | 0 comments
I’d walk along the lake and listen to the birds, thinking about how strange it was that a man-made peninsula became a spot of natural beauty amongst glass skyscrapers.
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Feb 16, 2023 | 2 comments
I can’t believe that I’m unconvinced about a romance with People Magazine’s Sexist Man Alive Paul Rudd. It’s a waste, really.
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Jan 16, 2023 | 2 comments
To my surprise, my first thought was, “Ha! Little does she know that gays walk among us.”
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Dec 16, 2022 | 2 comments
Idiots. They had stealth, but I had Google search.
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Nov 16, 2022 | 1 comment
I texted my friend with the encyclopedic podcast knowledge to ask why she liked true crime. Instead, she told me why she quit.
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Oct 16, 2022 | 0 comments
Astronomy is thought of as the future or the cutting edge, but it studies slow processes and ancient objects.
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Sep 16, 2022 | 1 comment
I laugh with them over Codenames and Fluxx, then ask if I can join them for swing dancing the next week.
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Aug 16, 2022 | 2 comments
I didn’t question if they still loved me; I questioned whether they thought I belonged in the house of God and if I would stay.