It should go without saying, but...

If the title of my blog wasn’t enough, here’s your trigger warning; in addition to my professional publications posted here, I write about all of the dark and twisted thoughts that aren’t a reflection of who I am, but of who we all can be. Read with caution and an open mind.

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Jul 31, 2020
3 min

Natural Degradation

There, untouched, floats the silky hairlike thread, and I have the compulsion to break it...

Apr 7, 2020
5 min

Fine

Some months I don’t know if I’m going to get by, honestly. I just chalk it up to the universe and hope I can make do.

Dec 12, 2019
3 min

What It Used To Be And What It Is

No, it doesn’t matter that I’m chasing vodka with wine. It doesn’t matter that I’m swallowing it, no, gulping it, down so that there’s no...

Oct 7, 2019
3 min

iPhone Number 9

Did we need it, though?

Sep 18, 2019
2 min

What’s Wrong?

Oh, nothing.

Aug 22, 2019
4 min

I’m About to Quit My Job Before I Find Another

Sometimes jumping in is better than never doing anything at all, even if you know the fall will be harder.

Jul 18, 2019
3 min

Middle Class Millennials

Why spell it out when no one can put their finger on exactly what we should be reciting?

Jan 19, 2019
9 min

Memoir Chapter 1

"Who I am Hates Who I've Been." And in the end, I know I won’t remember anything, because that’s how it began, and how it was always mean...

Nov 25, 2018
8 min

Mac Miller, a Eulogy

I forgot until recently when a good friend brought it to my attention; you were a Capricorn, same as me. I really think I knew that then,...

Nov 17, 2018
3 min

A Lifetime of a Year in Review

It used to be the ending that gave me a hard time, but somehow now it’s the beginning. I guess I’ll dive right in. I suppose I’ll start w...

Apr 12, 2018
5 min

The Blue Mattress (Beds, Burritos and Boys)

“Write about your last days of college,” I jot in my iPhone notes, far too sloshed, out at a bar whilst I have no business being out, cri...

Mar 17, 2018
3 min

The Divine Feminine by Mac Miller

Mac Miller’s “Congratulations” plays. “Am I supposed to... okay.” It’s feeling about 65-ish out, light breeze. I hear the lamp post strug...

Mar 13, 2015
3 min

A Theory and a Criticism of a Generation of Non-Conformists

This may seem a little redundant, but at the present time, I feel it necessary to address what may be to some, a culture that lacks refin...

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