Today’s my birthday and I feel overwhelmed… by love. From the flowers and candies to the immense amounts of outpourings of support and love, I’ve got few words. I am simply in awe of the kindness bestowed upon me. And I made it! I really had no idea what life would be like by this […]
I am strong. I will master my pain. I will get better. I am strong. I will master my pain. I will get better. I am strong. I will master my pain. I will get better. That’s what I tell myself. Every time the pain gets past the 2/10 level where it normally hovers. I […]
I was working on a paper last night and I found that quote as I pored through the works of Walter Benjamin, trying to understand memory, love, images, hope. I still don’t understand but I found this quote very powerful. You see this weekend I found myself crumbling under the weight of the unconditional love […]
It’s rare that I find myself completely alone throughout the day. Generally Jason comes to visit a good bit or I am at school surrounded by my peers and students. Yesterday was a bit different. I went and taught like every other Thursday but when I arrived at my office hours, despite the pleas of […]
About 8 or 9 years ago I met someone really special. His name is Teddy, he is a dog, a cocker spaniel that like his name is as cuddly as a teddy bear. I first met him at my parents house when his owner Ramin, a gentleman that worked for my dad, brought him over. […]
I wrote a version of this blog this morning. It was eloquent, well written and just so funny. It got deleted. Thanks for nothing technology! So I am here again to give you none of the wit and all of the meaning. Okay, maybe some of the wit, but I spent so much of it […]
Tomorrow is thanksgiving, and while I cannot give up my harping that it is a holiday based on the sugar-coating of a deep history of violent colonization which has now become an excuse for us to propel ourselves forward into gluttony and greed, I also think it is a valuable opportunity to tell the people […]
I thought, upon writing my last post, that the next post I wrote would be some kind of optimistic testament to the gestures I have taken to be in control of my destiny. I got a tattoo, I got a permanent representation of this journey on my body, as a reminder to let laughter flow […]
So last night as I sat down to watch the pretty awkward and somewhat disappointing debate, the headache I had been fighting off through class came on full force. Not even witty remarks flying back and forth from Mittens and Barry were enough to keep it at bay. I took 3 advil in the car […]
So you all know by now that it has been about a month since I found out about my new normal, my uninvited guest, my ole pal Herbert. In the last month I’ve gone through a variety of emotional states, probably enough to last a lifetime and I feel like it may be helpful to […]
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