by Cooper West | Mar 14, 2015 | Modus Operandi
Over dinner with my good friend David this week, we talked about exhaustion. Mine, specifically, but also his in regards to his law practice. There is a lot of “powering through” going on in both of our lives. For me, it’s in the fact that many aspects of my life are...
by Cooper West | Mar 2, 2015 | Modus Operandi
What makes a person “great”? I think the outpouring of tributes to Leonard Nimoy answers that question: they are great when they are beloved for who they are and what they have done. I’ve read a lot of beautifully sentimental essays about Nimoy, and I relate to all of...
by Cooper West | Oct 5, 2014 | Day!job, Health, Modus Operandi
So this photo is of my on-going “To Do” notebook. I know, fairly old-fashioned to have an actual hand-written list for that, but I take visceral pleasure in crossing things off my list when they are completed. The other side of that coin is the unremitting...
by Cooper West | Sep 1, 2014 | Modus Operandi
It’s no secret that I love Grumpy Cat – her picture is plastered all over my office, for one thing – but this drawing seems to capture the last month of my life. No, actually, this captures how I feel when I’m grieving: angry, annoyed, and...
by Cooper West | Jul 20, 2014 | Modus Operandi
This was actually a very rough week for me, I lost my dear cat Dobby, who wasn’t too old but developed a very aggressive cancer. I now live in an empty house for the first time in…ever? I mean, grew up with dogs, and got cats as soon as I got out of the...
by Cooper West | Jul 6, 2014 | Fandom
This was a banner week for me on tumblr – I hit 300+ followers, which is a new thing for me. Might seem paltry to some but I’m really honored that this many people feel like participating in my madness! To be fair, I got a lot of these followers due to...
