Aiming Low

Ask Me Some Questions…

by JW Moxie on April 17, 2012 · 17 comments

in Bullets Are for Gangstas, I'M JUST SAYIN', On Writing

…and I’ll tell you some lies. No, I’ll tell the truth. Maybe. Seriously, though–sometimes after I’ve written a big piece into which I’ve dumped a lot of brain energy and thought, I’m left a little drained until my tanks refill. Give me some prompts, please. What’s something that you may have always wanted to ask [...]

Tagged as: Aiming Low, blogging, community, parenting, writing

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Love: A Letter to My Daughter

by JW Moxie on March 14, 2012 · 7 comments

in Baby ART, FAMILY, Flashback, Infertility, On Writing, Outsmarting Infertility, Sort-of, The Minions, Worth a thousand words

I am working on the second of my posts about the upheaval in the Adoption, Loss, and Infertility community. In the first, I discussed emotional infertility and then posed some questions about how it may have affected the type of support you sought in the infertility community. The comments on that post are some of [...]

Tagged as: adolescence, Aiming Low, blogging, Miss Unlimited, parenting, the Minions, writing

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Why Yes – I DO Have a Blog of My Own

by JW Moxie on January 8, 2012 · 6 comments

in FAMILY, On Writing, The Minions, Worth a thousand words

In a show of true mediocrity, my first blog post of 2012 is an excuse for why I haven’t written. It’s because I’m AWESOME. So awesome, in fact, that I can now add MOXIE, EDITOR EMPRESS OF AIMING LOW GUEST POSTS to my résumé. So get those guest posts in, people, and make them funny. I’ve also [...]

Tagged as: Aiming Low, blogging, Miss Unlimited, Moxie, the Minions, writing

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You Can Be a Gangsta, Too

by JW Moxie on December 23, 2011 · 6 comments

in Baby ART, I'M JUST SAYIN', Infertility, On Writing, Outsmarting Infertility, Sort-of, Worth a thousand words

My beloved JC Little really wanted to know how she could be down like a G, so she asked if she could interview me. ME? Interviewed by THE JC Little? Be still, my hip-hop heart. Read her post Gangsta 101 to learn from the one and only JW “J-Dub” Moxie to find out how to [...]

Tagged as: Aiming Low, blogging, gangsta, humor, infertility, JC Little, Miss Unlimited, The Animated Woman

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I’m Not a Badass. I’m Just Drawn That Way.

by JW Moxie on December 15, 2011 · 19 comments

in On Writing, Show and Tell

A few months ago, my thug love friend Kristin turned me on to the witty drawings at the blog of The Animated Woman. I was immediately sucked in by the blend of JC Little’s artistic talent, storytelling, and warmth. I was like, We totally need to be BFFs. So, I did what any good gangsta [...]

Tagged as: Aiming Low, blogging, friends, gangsta, JC Little, poop humor, The Animated Woman

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Bullets Are for Gangstas – Episode 1

by JW Moxie on October 28, 2011 · 7 comments

in Bullets Are for Gangstas, Frankly Speaking, Guest Blogger, I'M JUST SAYIN', On Writing, Worth a thousand words

Every once in a while, I have so much random ish to say that I can’t figure out how to work it into a cohesive flow. That’s where my bullet posts come into play. I’ve done it a few times before over the years, and idiot that I am, I’m just now cluing into the fact [...]

Tagged as: Aiming Low, blogging, commercials, Frank, gangsta, poop humor, smart products, t-shirts, writing

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Gangtas Have Each Others’ Backs, Right? RIGHT?

by JW Moxie on October 26, 2011 · 7 comments

in FAMILY, Frankly Speaking, On Writing

I am only 5’2″, but the stack of work ahead of me is at least Michael’Jordan” tall. My workload has its middle finger shoved up my nose, but if it’s really feeling froggy it does a booty tooch so that I can kiss its ass. “PUCKER UP, MUHTAFUGGIN’ BUTTERCUP.” Things have been crazy here at [...]