Life

My nephew practices his super ninja camouflage skills.

The good news about getting a writing job is that 1) it’s a writing job! 2) it pays me more than 20K a year! The bad news is, all that extra moolah needs to start getting funneled back into stuff that I couldn’t afford to do back in March. This month I’ll go back to

Hot damn.

Back in Washington, my nephew decides to borrow my mom’s glasses and do a little light reading…. And my little brother, now in his MIB program at Portland State, teaches my nephew how to look stylish. Here in Ohio, Ian and Steph acquire another four-footed friend for Casa de Dayton – Kimmy Lou. Getting the

…. but I must admit, functioning on less than four hours of sleep never felt so fucking good.

I am back in the country (though stuck in Philadelphia), and finding it strange that I can now, once again, order a coke using fewer than three languages….

I’ll be radio silent for the next couple of weeks. Have some wounds to lick, some traveling to do, some books to write, and all that jazz. Really, you know: par for the course. See you in a couple weeks. Be excellent to each other.

“The grand essentials in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” -Addison

I was going through a certain common drive that has some songs available and listening to some old stuff. I happened across the old Baz Luhrman “Sunscreen” song that was all the rage 10 years ago. 10 years ago, yeah, man, 1997. When I was 17. I thought this song was hugely profound at 17.