Today I met my younger self for coffee. Little place with a high ceiling, layout that spreads in multiple irregular directions finishing in alcoves bathed in light. Sense of maximizing … Continue reading Meeting My Younger Self for Coffee (After Jennae Cecelia)
For 2024’s Year in Review post, I’d like to trial a new format. Usually I write these posts in the style of an essay, with the aim being to tell … Continue reading My Year in Review: 2024
I’ve always been someone with one foot in the past, drawn irresistibly by the pull of expired possibilities. No matter how enticing the present, I can never give myself to … Continue reading Looking Back on My Twenties & Where They Took Me
When the year began, I wasn’t sure what to expect from it. I was a little apprehensive, because 2022 had been so significant—so much had happened—and I figured that years … Continue reading My Year in Review: 2023
It may or may not surprise you to know that I’m a lousy reader. I’ve always loved books, but I’ve always struggled with them too. Not with understanding them, but … Continue reading My Reading Struggles, White Whale Books, & God Emperor of Dune
One of the more persistent questions thrown at authors is “Where do you get your ideas from?”. So much so, in fact, that it’s become something of a point of … Continue reading Writer’s Block & Where Story Ideas Come From
I had hoped to blog more than I have this year, but as predicted this site has been left untended and wilting in the wake of my book. When I … Continue reading Spring Semester 2022: Finding Fun Between the Deadlines
When I didn’t get either of my preferences for student accommodation, I decided not to worry about it. So long as I had a place to sleep near campus, I … Continue reading My First Week Living in Student Halls (Postgrad Edition)
A few years ago, I wrote a somewhat zany post in which I explored the differences between the nightmares I have as an adult and the ones that plagued me … Continue reading Why I Went Back to University 7 Years After Completing Undergrad
If you could go back, would you? Or better yet- what would it mean to you to have a second chance at something? There’s something so compelling and enduring about … Continue reading Looking Back at the Past: The Yearning for Second Chances
I’ve mentioned a few times on this blog over the past year how I haven’t gone out much since the COVID-19 pandemic. Whenever each lockdown was lifted, I kept on … Continue reading Showing Faraway Friends Around My Home City
The intent of this little series has always been to reflect on my obsession with preserving the past, which I’ve always gone about in the same basic way: externalizing the … Continue reading Preserving the Past Part 3: Post-Graduation Travels in the USA
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