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Rant
07.06.2010
Just Like a Waving Flag
My love for world music is not a secret. While my default setting will always remain rock and roll, tribal rhythms and drum beats never cease to move me. I am inspired by the naturalness of it all, not always adhering to the Western verse/chorus/vers
06.15.2010
Uninvited
Twenty. That’s at least how many families have been paraded through my bedroom over the weekend. I’ve lived in this house for a year and a half; my roommate has been here much longer than that. The landlord has just filed bankruptcy, howe
05.25.2010
Waiting for the Sun
I have seen more of the Middle East than I ever expected a kid from a small town in Southeast Texas would see. I won’t pretend that my time there has been completely positive, but it has been eye opening. Iraq, Kuwait, Yemen, Qatar, Abu Dhabi,
04.14.2010
Leave No Trace
We piled into two vehicles, loaded down with supplies and towing a trailer full of canoes. Six of us were headed across the state of Texas to spend a week paddling through Boquillas Canyon, hopping across rocks, and sleeping under the stars.
It was
03.30.2010
And Somewhere There Is Laughter
If you ever want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.
Woody Allen said it originally, but it’s my dad’s voice I hear when it echoes in my head. It was December of 2007, five days before Christmas. My father was going in for heart surg
03.23.2010
Until All of the Dragons Are Dead
I used to have a tree house. Not as a child, mind you, but as an adult. Let me explain. I had an apartment for a while in a complex owned and managed by an ancient woman that hardly knew who lived in her building, much less what those tenants were up
03.01.2010
I Didn't Kill Your Friend
I was making coffee the same way I do every morning when it happened. There’s a picture window over the sink that looks out into my backyard, and usually that yard is full of birds. Every day at first light blue jays, mockingbirds, cardinals, a
02.11.2010
Is It Ready Yet?
How do you determine when you’re ready? I have a massive range of standards that I hold myself to on a day to day basis. I’m constantly debating the completion of everything. Am I ready to walk out the door like this? Did I pack everythin
02.03.2010
When the Sky Comes Tumbling Down
I keep a notebook and a pen in my backpack at all times; that’s my Apocalypse survival kit. Most of society ambles casually through the day completely ignoring the fact that our time on this planet could be up at any moment. On the other extrem
01.26.2010
They Will Send Your Head to Little Rock For Testing
Everything is turquoise blue. I’m not sure how that made it into the design specifications for hospital waiting rooms but it did. The cold glare of fluorescent lighting mixes with the blue plastic covered chairs and gives a sense of anything bu
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