Category Archives: Thoughts

things to write ‘home’ about

i am in a good place. also, i am in a great geographic location. Tzaneen, South Africa.  i am on a one-month trip. i promised the Undarguradyouate Reesurch Offace at my university at least two solid weeks of good research … Continue reading

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Rarity

“Look! There goes a bald eagle!” Rarity is often used as a basis for judgment. The more rare something is, the more we tend to value it. Take, for example, gold. Historically, gold has been highly sought after. Yes, it … Continue reading

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change ≠ change

“after changes upon changes we are more or less the same.” i have been dwelling on how true those words are. it has been quite a while since i have updated this blog. i apologize. this here update will be … Continue reading

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sometimes progress does not involve motion

Hello, and good morning, East Coast. i hope Mainland life is goin’ well. Sometimes, hitch-hiking can just mean walking by the road with your thumb in the air. Not so here. i have had some wonderful experiences. When i got … Continue reading

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down-left-right-up-date

have you ever paddled a boat through the night sky? sometimes in the starlight darkness, it is difficult to tell if you are dipping your oars into the glassy reflections on the water or into the sky itself. Once i … Continue reading

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Looking for Bigfoot (excerpt)

So, this is an excerpt of an informative/experiential essay that i’ve been working on for the past 3 weeks. If you would like a PDF of the entire article, please let me know either by email or comment. I will … Continue reading

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at such an hour in such a state of mind

• i think that speling is bow-guss. i suhpoes it is nyse and all that jazz, butt it is also over-valued. sum wurdz shud have no korekt speling set in stown. for example: immagination. i allwaes rite that wurd with … Continue reading

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model birds

Sometimes, when i used to drive so fast, the road would start to look like a runway rushing by. i didn’t use to care if i would crash, because i have already been dead many times; my body has almost … Continue reading

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existentialism, time and carrots. maybe.

i walked in front of the motion-sensing flood-light just to see if i still exist. The warm yellow light flicked on and flooded over the cold snow and painted me as a long, strange shadow. i am still not quite … Continue reading

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“me?”

Did you know that i am adopted? Well, that’s what Collin convinced me of when i was little. (Isn’t that every basically every older brother’s job?) He told me that he found me out there in the woods under a big, … Continue reading

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