I want to get to know you… slowly, so slowly, always searching, never caring about the destination
I wanted to hold your hand and feel you squeeze mine back
Author: An Amrikan Chimaera
Virtual Energy Vampirism in a Pandemic… or Dude, STFU
To what degree have the stresses & traumas inflicted by the pandemic colored our social interactions (esp. virtual ones). How intrusive are even socially-distanced activities and what dis-service can they do to those whose company is so highly priz’d in the first place?
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I am (not)
I am. I am not…
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On the Fragility of Our Connections
On the nature & fragility of friendship, of love & its connections & how people so often change the connections they have always known.
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On The Path of Being a Suitable Boy
On the life expectations placed on us and by us. What do you do when the only path you’ve ever thought about never seems to materialize.
Continue readingLetting Go of Ourselves to Gain Something of Someone Else
On the concept of letting go, sacrificing a smidge of control in one’s life in the pursuance of love, of relationships etc…
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Discrimination and the Systemic Capriciousness of Achievement in the USA
When I was 12, my father told me, “In this country, you will always need to be 2, 3, or even 4 times better than any white person.” YEP.
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Chemistry, Conversation and the Theatre of Awkward
Wouldn’t it be nice just to have someone to talk to…. Maybe over a pot of gumbo on a lazy Sunday evening. But I am still picky?
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Fear is the Heart of Love
“Fear is the heart of love” Towards the end of a recent Peloton class, I heard the preceding lyric from a Death Cab for
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A Thought on Putting Oneself Out There
Thoughts on the nature and development of friendship and relationships and the risks we take or don’t have to take.
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