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Month: May 2020

May 31, 2020

The time to hesitate is through

I’m in withdrawal. I ask myself, is it thirst? No. Hunger? No. Some vitamin deficiency? No. Alcohol? Cigarettes? Caffeine? No, no, no. I have…

May 30, 2020

A riot of our own

Bastille Day is July 14th. It’s the French national holiday. It is the day that the French working class, sick and tired of being…

May 30, 2020

No hard feelings

Most nights, I rest well. I fall asleep to podcasts on astronomy or this audiobook Behave I’ve been listening to over and over. Sometimes…

May 24, 2020

These days

I’m at SFO sitting in a fun swivel chair with my feet up, listening to Mark Ronson’s Version album. I don’t know when the switch went…

May 24, 2020

It’s just a jump to the left

I’m sitting outside, the first and last night spent by my sister Andrea’s pool. We spent time in it today. The weather was great….

May 21, 2020

Trolls

I have one, which is weird. It doesn’t make me feel anything but perplexed that someone would take time to heckle me…more than once….

May 21, 2020

Fight the power

When I was in high school, our biology book had this picture in it (or something similar). And for IB Biology we had to…

May 19, 2020

The power of love (or sex…whatever)

Teen sex was fun for me. That’s the great thing about losing your virginity to a friend with no emotions involved. It meant there…

May 18, 2020

No sleep til…Brooklyn

I feel a little broken tonight. It’s taken so much out of me. I just want someone to come and tell me they will…

May 17, 2020

Message in a bottle

Edit: Originally published on 5/17/2020 7/22/2020: I took this down because it felt pretentious at the time, but I’m putting it back up because…

May 16, 2020

Halcyon days

There was a time when I learned the sacred values of words. If you overuse a word it can lose its meaning, its power….

May 15, 2020

El fukú y la zafa

Curses are tricky things. They come on in ways you don’t see. They don’t seem like curses until you are in the middle of…

May 14, 2020

When the party’s over

My goal with Instagram is to learn how to tell stories, even made up ones, in novel ways. I’m not there for the vanity….

May 13, 2020

Just my imagination (running away with me)

It’s warm outside today, but there’s a bit of a breeze and plenty of shade on this porch. And the far sounds of the…

May 13, 2020

To the next boy I fall in love with: a primer

Hi, so you’re the guy, huh? Interesting. It’s funny because I tend to have a type, and you’re nothing like it. I don’t think…

May 10, 2020

Listen to your heart: advice to you when you feel stuck

I’m here in Tucson. I have a flight out, for now at least. I don’t know if I should extend my stay or go…

May 6, 2020

Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz

I have accepted the 10 Days of Birthday Gifts challenge from no one in particular. My birthday is June 15th, and with shipping the…

May 6, 2020

Good vibrations–autism and woo woo

Autism, women and the woo woo. This. Is. Brilliant. Why don’t I look strangers in the eye? It’s super intimate. I’m not less sensitive….

May 6, 2020

Into the mystic

Tonight, I am listening to punk music and remembering every boy I ever crushed on for knowing how to skate or play guitar or…

May 5, 2020

Even the world needs a rest

Listen. Ten times. View this post on Instagram #Repost @oranicuhh with @get_repost ・・・ had some shit to address. “my whole mood is blown” out…

May 5, 2020

Momma told me not to come

Ok, so here’s the real twisted shit, but first, a little backstory. When I was in high school, I was chum. I was what…

May 5, 2020

Hang on in there

I have accepted the 10 Days of Birthday Gifts challenge from no one in particular. My birthday is June 15th, and with shipping the…

May 5, 2020

Stayin’ Alive

I have accepted the 10 Days of Birthday Gifts challenge from no one in particular. My birthday is June 15th, and with shipping the…

May 2, 2020

Ode to my favorite pair of jeans ever

I was 15 when we metYou, a size Junior 13 pair of Arizona brand jeans from JC PenneyWhen I left a pen in you…

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