The Breakup Breakdown

September 25th, 2020 Someone at my new work asked me tonight if I missed my old work. I have been avoiding this question since March. It’s been asked in abundance and in different keys. And my response is usually an acute tweet that confirms I am fine and it was just a job. But itContinue reading “The Breakup Breakdown”

Around The Fire

September 19th, 2020 Do you ever have a moment when you forget that you’re you? When you do or say something that is completely uncharacteristic of who you are now, but then remember that it used to be a part of who you were? I do. I’ll say something negative. Or I’ll react in anger.Continue reading “Around The Fire”

Season Premiere

September 6th, 2020 When you’ve worked somewhere long enough, you start to develop your own ways to describe what it’s like when your workplace hires new people. I’ve always compared it to watching new seasons of your favorite TV show. Some seasons are better than others. They always have some sense of familiarity to them,Continue reading “Season Premiere”

What Lasts Does Not Do So On Its Own

August 17th, 2020 As we watch relationships dissolve en masse, for a variety of valid and irrational reasons, I reflect on how they last. (It’s almost like social media has publicly revealed that maybe humans are not meant to be exposed to so many thoughts and opinions all the dang time.) When two people areContinue reading “What Lasts Does Not Do So On Its Own”

Unconditionally

July 28th, 2020 I’m seeing a lot of copying & pasting. An abundance of sharing of other people’s words. I don’t give advice, but as someone who cares deeply about humans, I feel like there’s a better way. Maybe you could speak from your own heart. Maybe you could use your own words. A genericContinue reading “Unconditionally”

You’ve Already Done Enough

July 26th, 2020 This was crazy fun to discover tonight; it’s definitely a highlight of my summer. Like so many before me, I feel like I artistically wasted my twenties (despite releasing three albums [with accompanying music videos], playing countless shows, putting out a web series, publishing three novellas, blah blah blah). Then you findContinue reading “You’ve Already Done Enough”

Let’s Keep Talking

July 7th, 2020 This morning, I was scrolling and came across a local post by KARE 11 about supporting black businesses. The comment section was horrifying; it inspired me to write a very angry post (I hadn’t had my coffee yet) directed at the people who still insist that racism isn’t real. And then FacebookContinue reading “Let’s Keep Talking”

Defund Me

July 1st, 2020 Sometimes, people just need a really big problem broken down to its simplest form. So I’m going to try. For a long time, my way of living — my entire system — was broken. And I refused to address any of my problems in a fair way, to myself or others. ThisContinue reading “Defund Me”

yolo

June 27th, 2020 Hi. I’m doing my best. As far as feeling like I’m in the middle of a dark forest that’s burning inward from all possible sides, I’m relatively fine. To manage my anxiety, I tend to turn inward and find personal value in pop culture — right now, my favorites are Green Lantern,Continue reading “yolo”

SWM

June 23rd, 2020 I’m a writer. I’m a straight, white male. Every time I come up with a new character, he starts off as a straight, white male. Even if I imagine her as a red-haired young woman, on the inside she is a straight, white male. For her to be anything else takes work.Continue reading “SWM”