Doldrums
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Library Life
Do you enjoy your job? I spent a lot of time inside the public library growing up, though I only borrowed the same three books every time. They were these movie monster books on King Kong, Universal monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein’s monster, and, of course, the King of Monsters Godzilla. That last one received Continue reading
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Unspoken Goodbyes
Describe the last difficult “goodbye” you said. It’s 2018 and I am lying on the living room couch listening to my son and nephew playing on the Xbox in my bedroom. It’s a hot South Texas day in August and my only thoughts are getting as much rest as possible after the tumultuous Summer Reading Continue reading
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Identity Crisis
If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? It’s difficult to choose from the plethora of people who seemingly live better lives than mine. Is this something we often think about, though? Because I have never heard myself say I wanted to be someone else. Maybe I might Continue reading
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DIY I Hardly Knew Ye
Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. Most of my ambitious DIY projects were simply ideas I had. Moments of delusions thinking I have talent or patience to pull off something fantastical. Most times, these ideas remained in my head because I knew – or at least, assumed I knew – that Continue reading
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Slurs
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? We normally don’t think of slurs being a part of the general language; although, when we talk about slurs, we’re normally talking about one specific word. For the sake of this post, I’m also going to include non-slur words Continue reading
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Dear Teenage Dirtbag
What advice would you give to your teenage self? No matter what you think, there will always be some things that are out of your control. The sooner you accept this, the sooner you’ll stop being disappointed in people. Notice how I typed, “the sooner you’ll stop being disappointed in people” rather than “the sooner Continue reading
Chapin City Blues 