i’m sitting at my desk. it’s messy. i keep shit everywhere. mom, if you are reading this… ho hum, it might be best if you closed your eyes. i’m messy like a forest, or like my test kit case. you know, organized chaos. everything is everywhere to an untrained eye. i like clutter. i like […]
a poem by a friend… Two-lane road. Approaching one-way street. Stop light. Greenlightgreenlight RED! Left turn- Do not enter! Wrong way! U-turn, reverse… Drive! Back onto two-lane road. Going, going, going… Caution: Watch for falling debris. Swerve! Whew, close one. Driving, driving, four-lane road. The sun shines, optimal conditions. Faster, faster! No cops. Sixty, seventy, […]
haha. guess what? i am going to school again, starting february 2nd. WHY? well, because i am a crazy person (as mentioned before) and because i have this do-er energy that just spills out my pockets. some one rob me of this, please? just take it. im going to take three courses: general psych, abnormal […]
(Drawing of me doin’ my thang by a lovely Triple Rock Patron) Now dip baby, dip. There’s nothing like going low while serving at a restaurant. being beckoned for beer- “one more round of Monkeyhead!” they’ll demand, laughing and cheers-ing with a certain exclusivity. working in a busy restaurant is kind of like having diabetes. […]
The last time i wrote, i was sitting in an airport with my friend, and co-worker, mr. mike lawson. today, i am again, writing to you from an airport. my first since my last post. i am not sure about what caused this inspiration, but imediateldy when i sat down, ordered a lagunitas IPA, and […]
have you ever sneezed two times in a row, so fast you kind of spit all over the place? that is how i felt today while walking to a creative writing class and overhearing a man, standing in front of a doughnut shop, preeching to a mini-group of seemingso UC Berkeley students about ‘diabetes complications’… […]
sure? a poem by ME: heather gabel in may, 2012 i can taste freedom wrapped infear from fleets of flying fireflies that stain this night in empowermenti’ll be free sooni will, because everything is fleeting and I am tooDripping grass stained jeans in bleach as if that will somehow make them betteri try I try […]
magic. magic. magic. i am so proud to be around so many amazing, talented, individuals with diabetes. the diabetes community is so filled with life and hope and strong-ness. one man on set, who has had type-1 for nearly 35 years said to me, “you know, i can’t believe it, but i only recently realized […]
i am a type-1 diabetic and i am taking the big blue test 30 day challenge. i’m on day one and my sugars are already better. my boyfriend is a type-3 diabetic and he is taking the big blue test challenge. hold up… question: what’s a type-3 diabetic? answer: – – – – a type-3 […]
Unexpected Blues 