But alone is alone
It occurred to me at 4 a.m. this morning that I was lonely. It was an odd but familiar sensation, a sort of sinking in my stomach battling for prominence with the two bowls of Cinnamon Toast Crunch I’d...
View ArticleI visited your grave today
I visited your grave today. There was no gravestone, only flowers. I wanted to see your name on the off chance it would give me some kind of closure. I know the more likely scenario is that I’d see it...
View ArticleHow the internet made me a real boy
“I’ve always wondered about the assumption that our online personas are more fake than our physical ones. I often feel awkward and nervous in real-life situations; I almost always feel like I’m saying...
View Article38 random things you might not know about me, and probably didn’t need to
My favorite film genre is horror. It wasn’t, until I took a summer course at Berkeley that changed everything for me. I was an extra in the drag horror comedy All About Evil. I have a close-up and...
View ArticleMy 20 favorite films of 2014
Believe it or not, there are still films from last year I haven’t seen, but if I don’t do this now, I may never actually get aroud to doing it. Also, I feel like the day of the Oscars is the official...
View ArticleA homily for Sondheimas
Although there will likely be video at some point — vaguely dreading that, to be honest — I’ve decided to share the homily I delivered last night at Sondheimas, the annual celebration of our birth and...
View Article16 articles I’m proud of writing this year
I hardly ever post in this blog anymore, mostly because I’m too busy writing actual articles for work. But in the interest of reflecting on 2015 — and being needlessly self-indulgent — I decided to...
View ArticleI am not a weight loss blogger; here are eight things I want to tell you...
My weight loss might not be permanent. Statistically speaking, it won’t be. My weight has fluctuated my whole life. Before I got back on Weight Watchers a couple months back — before I decided that I...
View ArticleNothing but time and a face that you lose
The other day I gave my phone number to a friend from Twitter (under completely platonic circumstances, not that it’s any of your business). He texted shortly thereafter and I was alarmed to find that...
View ArticleWhat we talk about when we talk about Parks Denton
I never interacted with Parks Denton, but I totally would have. I’d like to believe I’m easily able to suss out a catfish, but I know myself and my embarrassing weakness for pale redheads who look like...
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