Julia Rusty Ralston

Eurovision 2026. No coverage. I refuse.

I thought it mattered. I thought that music mattered…but does it bollocks. Not compared to how people matter.

Fifteen years, and I’m still broke.

On a cool night in 2009, a nine-year-old, ruddy-cheeked kid was about to make the biggest mistake of their young life. They were about to look up photos of the then-Nicktoon Penguins of Madagascar. After a few clicks, they found themselves on a shady YouTube-esque website that only had links to YouTube videos. They watchedContinue reading “Fifteen years, and I’m still broke.”

My name is Julia. She means a lot.

(CONTENT WARNING for mentions of Child Abuse)(SPOILER WARNING for the webcomic The Order of the Black Dog) I sometimes like to say, “If you knew me in high school, then I apologize.” That’s because my high school years were pretty torturous. I was dealing with constant anxiety and anger issues, brought on by my mother.Continue reading “My name is Julia. She means a lot.”

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want…

Originally published on Furaffinity on September 9, 2024. The temperature was perfect; There was never a dark day and he always felt like he was flying. Gods, he absolutely hated it. Every day he wished he was stuck somewhere else. Stuck in a cave, stuck on Mars, stuck at an East German burger fool job,Continue reading “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want…”

Everybody Needs a Nosedive.

Mom wakes up in a panic. She believes she has fallen on the floor, and is screaming for anyone to help her up. She had just woken up from another oxycodone-induced dream. My dad tries to walk to her, but the pain in his back and hips make it difficult. My sister is indifferent, andContinue reading “Everybody Needs a Nosedive.”

Every Goliath Wants To Be A David.

The Bible is violent. It’s one of those things that you hear about growing up in the Bible Belt of the United States. You always heard it be called things like “The Good Book” or “The Holy Scriptures” or something to that effect. It’s one of those things always referred to, through random passages inContinue reading “Every Goliath Wants To Be A David.”

Out of the Blue “One Page Play” script

Out of the Blue By: Rusty Ralston Lun: A worker who regrets working in hell for awhile, and wanting to have a new job in heaven Edward: Some joe trying to leave their estranged family. Act I, Scene 1 Edward is trying to run away from his family in his jeep. He stops at nightContinue reading “Out of the Blue “One Page Play” script”

Rusty Ralston Writing Sampler for Prof. Anne Grey, January 2022

Rusty Ralston-Johnson ENGL1010 01/19/2022 Writing Sample The past few months of my life have been ridiculously hard for me, considering I have been dealing with so much from both the outside world and the inside of my own head. I am one who usually tends to let their emotions out of their chest a littleContinue reading “Rusty Ralston Writing Sampler for Prof. Anne Grey, January 2022”