I had a weird interaction biking across the Brooklyn Bridge earlier this year. A mere few seconds turned into a whole essay. I’m not sure what it is about. I’m vaguely sure it’s all first person narrative. But I liked the whole thing and I want to talk about it.
Just a privilege and a honor to share a stage I built with talented and beautiful friends; Jared Rosen, Toma, Kayla, Mike Robley, Calvin Smith, Garret Robinson Taylor Bradshaw, Blue Spruce, Alicyn Yaffee, Elijah Sokolow, Peter. I reflect on the night, highs and lows, speculate on some improvements, and have aspirations for the next one! November 17th!
We had an event at The Graham. A friend posed nude and another gave drawing lessons and we collectively drank, flexed our creative skills, and had a merry time. I was overjoyed at the experience and success, really looking forward to building on it and the next open mic, Sat Nov 17th 6:30 to late late, at the same place!!
Or how I am trying to lessen my environmental impact because honestly global warming is a species level threat and I want to be doing everything I can, which includes using less, being frugal, and being forthright about my shortcomings. Plus a little on how I think culturally we could be doing better as well.
A summary of my recent financial obstacles. Half rant, half habit vocalization.
I call these reading Journeys Against the Echo Chamber as I try to honestly approach a book from a perspective I would never agree with. Turns out, pretty garbage book. 0.0/5. Bad writing, bad arguments, bad namecalling. I wouldn’t recommend reading it unless you’d also like to see the roots of the current political climate stemming from the anti-Obama rhetoric.
I’ve been a big proponent of meditation recently, and it’s helped me quite a lot with understanding myself better and regulating my mentality. It’s not perfect and I have a lot more to learn and improve. But I’m really enjoying the work and I think everyone can do it and everyone can benefit.
Another attempt at the vegetarianism! A look back at how it went [pretty well], some summarizing thoughts, and a consideration at what is next!
Looking back at how the writing has been going for the last year. Featured reading at VolIII: Year 2
3.1/5.0 It’s unremarkably good. Strong morals, diverse cast, relate-able. Quick read, vaguely simplistic and straightforward. Got the book in an interesting way though!
VolIII. August 25th. Humbled by any support on the Indiegogo!
This is quite the raw one, and it’s a little longer for it. I talk about my emotional baggage, how it came to a bit of a head before my birthday, and how I still fight those demons successfully most days, and try to love them and me when I lose.
Bit of a fun one. I love AtLA, and in many rewatching, I can find lots of fun things to pick up on. In this post, I use Iroh's relationship with tea throughout the show as another example of a thesis that Avatar showcases. [S/O TJ for reading critically and offering thoughts. I gave it some added emphasis to address his thoughtfulness]
I’ve been about fighting the newsfeed recently. The algorithms that have taken over too much of my life are sinister, slyly sapping our collective attention. This is part calling it out and part trying to harness it. Like! Comment! Share! Love!