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mean it
on meaning, time, and all my failed relationships
Nov 13, 2023
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September 2023
look
All I’m saying is: if god wanted this moment to look any different, then it would. Who am I to argue with my existence? It’s like winning a free trip to…
Sep 22, 2023
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May 2023
held
When you fall asleep at night, do you feel held by the world?
May 27, 2023
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April 2023
relationships becoming other things
upon hearing about the breakup, one of my best friends said "at least you'll have something to blog about now." he's so real for that
Apr 27, 2023
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February 2023
an aesthetic stance
Life presents itself as a series of shimmering forms. Coffee rings and red cherries on oatmeal. Orange sunsets against a freeway overpass. Graffiti on…
Feb 8, 2023
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December 2022
I’ve never understood why people feel small and insignificant when alone in nature
I’ve never understood why people feel small and insignificant when alone in nature. I sit on the precipice of a desert mesa, looking down at miles of…
Dec 30, 2022
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November 2022
pale teal rain
I try to wring a sense of purpose out of the bricks and boards that constitute a life. Usually there is not a drop. The solidity of things resists the…
Nov 1, 2022
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October 2022
Midnights as masochistic mindfulness?
taylor swift, the self, and painful time
Oct 28, 2022
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games of chance
I’d go to a party: heads I’d have fun and feel connected, tails I’d feel even more lonely and get too drunk. I’d go to the gym: heads I’d break a…
Oct 16, 2022
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August 2022
delighting in the senses
I walk down Hanover Avenue in unprompted ecstasy. I delight at nothing, at the blue African lilies leaping onto the sidewalks, at small clouds spotting…
Aug 10, 2022
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June 2022
feel free
I’m blaring Bussin in my kitchen, scrubbing a dish occasionally, but mostly dancing to Nicki Minaj. I do a lot of dancing in this kitchen. It is the…
Jun 9, 2022
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March 2022
burning candles and gasoline
on finitude, endings, and warming spring days
Mar 28, 2022
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