I’ve been listening to the same playlist since I left San Diego on the 8th. The night before I left she laid in my bed in my t shirt and made me this playlist while I packed all my shit. Three weeks is a long time to be gone. Trying to get by in a …
This writing experiment is going to be different for me. I’ve never participated in one of these as a soon to be married man. I’ve never participated in anything as a soon to be married man. I’ve dated many girls that knew I was a writer, loved that I was a writer, thought that my …
On a solo journey through some of Europe’s major cities. I am a wandering soul but not so much that I packed all my belongings into one backpack and am staying at hostels. I have a backpack and a 20″ roller bag, a nice jacket, and a European hat. I’m staying in nice apartments in …
You know that tension you feel in your chest right before you’re about to be spontaneous? And then you talk yourself out of it because that tension actually represents fear? And then the things you talk yourself into believing so that you never have to really admit that fear is ruling your life? I feel …
Let me start by saying that by the time I finish writing this post there will be at least 7 new photo editing apps for the iPhone that will have everyone and their Chinese grandmother believing they are a professional photographer. This is great news for those that don’t have the budget to purchase cameras, …
I’m leaving tomorrow to see my girlfriend in Colorado but all I can think about is her. We sit down at the table, my vision is trailing. My ears are deaf. All I can do is stare at her. We’re in the extra bedroom at my parent’s house, whispering. She grabs some oil and starts …
The way she was looking at me like she was surprised to be looking at me, and then I was just acting casual like I wasn’t even trying to be there at that exact time. “When I was younger I always wished for the same thing,” I told her. “That all I ever wanted was …
I got the call from my mom. She was crying. Crying doesn’t guarantee sympathy, she cried about everything. But this time I could see why. My sister texted me a few minutes later. “You going?” That was it. We didn’t need to say much to each other, we actually got along. I guess I had …
How is the world ever supposed to know my greatness when it keeps dealing me these average situations? For ten years I have been perfecting the defense for a mountain lion attack. Sense him leaping through the air Wait til the last possible second before he clenches onto your neck Turn to face him Fall …
When you walk out the front door so early like that, you can’t be sure what you’re going to see. There are, of course, the old-timers that are up reading the paper and there are, of course, the young type A over-achievers out for a run or doing their Pilates program in the living room, …
