Dreamed this morning again of having to move out of my last apartment (the one I was in for nine years before developers kicked us out). This dream, I wasn’t the last to move out, but I did see other people throwing a party in the pool even though the demolition crew was on site. …
Category Archives: Journal
Shelved
Been a bit too bowled over lately to have any sort of downtime for private thoughts and introspection. Too much that I have to / want to do. Most of my blathering goes onto Mastodon for the dopamine points, but on rare occasion (usually the weekends) I scratch out something in my paper journal. This …
Yellow Noise
I recently had a guy at the bar try to fill me up with noise about how a tornado watch was more dangerous than a tornado warning. He said, “Yeah, a watch is like ‘there’s a tornado, watch out!’” I just stood there blinking. Still not sure if he was pulling my leg, or if …
Typical G.T. Kid
I could’ve been anything, but I didn’t choose anything because I didn’t want to not be anything else. If you haven’t been a Gifted and Talented student, you probably wouldn’t understand. I wanted to be everything. But you know that’s impossible. But if that’s also you, don’t let that stop you. Learn early. Try early. …
Routes and Turns
Did some gasoline therapy after dinner. Drove down through the center of town and back up. Still surprises me how much this town has changed. I could bemoan the loss of the town that I loved. But that misses the mark. It’s nostalgia. The pain of knowledge. What I miss is all the opportunities for …