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Youth is waisted on the young. Rush rush rush through class O. While Pheadrus’ ghost visited me. I was no longer in the present biology class but I was visiting my former biology classes and lect...

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It’s a tough predicament having alternate beliefs, goals and ideologies than one’s family. When I left home at 18 I was gone gone gone at least psychologically. I’m happier identifying as an orph...

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I had made a good life for myself. I was kicking ass at my job. I was hitting the yoga mat hard almost everyday. I was on cloud 9. The state of serenity was magical. The sleep was even better. Ev...

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By the time I was 13 I was 200 pounds and depressed. I ordered tacos from Taco Bell with no lettuce; just meat and cheese, and sweet cereal for breakfast. I was bullied and belittled by my brothe...

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My youngest biological sibling, A_, has preposed to his girlfriend and she said yes. I’m proud of him. I really am. He and I were close during the good times back at home on our cattle and tobacc...

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“Why is it that we teach the worst novels by the best authors in school?” -The Squid and the Whale I have read over 500 novels in my life. And they were not the paperback westerns you see in truc...

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About 7 months ago I had been contracted to build stairs for my apartment complex. I work for my landlady occasionally. I did the project by myself hoisting very heavy timber, climbing up, and do...

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My roommate A_ from UnderGrad was my best friend, piano teacher, and intellectual counterpart. He would teach me what he was learning as a Piano Performance major, and I in turn would teach him w...

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“Practice doesn’t begin when you walk onto the baseball field, nor does it end when you walk off of it.” -The coaches of my winning baseball team in high school “Alright! It’s money making time!”...

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I knew things weren’t right or normal, to begin with, at home, growing up. It came from somewhere deep inside me. I couldn’t say I understood everything, but it came out in my imagination as a ch...

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At the time of the Jan 6 rupture I was hot on the trail of politics. But all of a sudden no Republicans felt too hot about politics anymore. The overall sentiment in my community was “Well, we do...

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Fear is a hell of a thing. As a Snowboard Instructor about 85% of your lessons are beginners and take place on the Bunny Slopes. About 98% of those lessons 90% of the of the time your student has...

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Pt 1 Things are good. Things are really good. So why was it suddenly so hard to breathe? I’ve cut out coffee, and switched to either matcha, yerba mate, or herbal loose leaf teas (namely chamomi...

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I have recently made a career change. It came about organically really. I was in need of a second job. My primary career in restaurants and hotels was at a dead end; I didn’t know how to recogniz...

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Training has been arduous. I am also memorizing the recipes, taking phone calls, staffing, looking up old contacts, onboarding, and coaching the crew through studying. Corporate has been slightly...

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Earlier this summer, I accepted a job offer. I will be making the best income of my life. I am the K_M_ of S_C_. We will finally be opening in a few days. Luckily, I have a good relationship with...

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I have never actually been close to my family; the black,-white sheep. I remember sitting at the dinner table, being bullied, and ganged up on, and feeling like I had been adopted based on how di...

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My favourite Italian guest has returned. Cooking for good European families is one of my favourite experiences. It is satisfying. I no longer feel like an average, run of the mill, dime a dozen c...

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As my conscious mind drifts back through my life over the waves, two (or more) separate stories took (are taking) place, and multiple threads of plots cosmically weave, and unfold in my minds eye...

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I have just hung up the phone from speaking to my Bank’s Mortgage Lender. A house search is underway. The experience began as fun, but quickly lost its splendor. (3-24-22) I am looking into a fi...

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In my professional (and personal life) I am a chef. I currently cook, & bartend at a hotel. Work has been tough, to say the least, these past few years through the Pandemic. I have probably a...

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I have been hoping to get into blogging for some time now. I have kept journals off & on for some 20 years now. I began writing poetry, and short stories in my journals when I was 12 years ol...

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