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You’ve found Oops, My Brain, a cornucopia of mildly entertaining personal essays about chronic illness, medical misadventures, city life, and AI-generated canines. Think David Sedaris or Jenny Lawson, except less good. And way less funny. On second thought, let’s forget about David Sedaris and Jenny Lawson altogether.
(Did I just shamelessly name drop David Sedaris and Jenny Lawson to improve my search rankings? Not exactly. I do feel ashamed of myself.)
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An average of 0.23 posts from me per week, health problems notwithstanding. Posts are published on Saturdays.
Occasional crappy drawings that look like the work of a kindergartener. (I only took up drawing last year, so it’s really too late for me to get good at it. Sorry.)
One personal essay per month. (I only took up writing four years ago, so it might be too late for that, too. Again, sorry.)
A laugh or two, hopefully.
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A little bit about me
I’m Natalie Mead. I live in San Francisco with a husband who is perpetually in need of a haircut. I used to work in tech, then in freelance journalism, and now I work for my dogs while pursuing an MFA at Goucher College. I post funny photos etc on my Instagram. Oh, I also got this nasty thing called chronic migraine disorder when I was 27. Life since then has been all sorts of interesting!
