As a society we use popular stories to prepare ourselves for big journeys. I think because we sexualize women too much and also tabooify menstruation that we put a lot of girls through a lot of unnecessary pain. I imagine that it's rare that a girl feels super supported when...

Some days were better than others for watching  Minor League Baseball . The best were those when the rest of the city had spent their entire day working while he had spent it trying to kill time. 

To him killing time was a full time job that left him more...

When does water become blood?
When does blood become urine?
Urine, water?
Water, blood?

When does flesh become chime?
Chime molecules?
Molecules brain?
Brain thoughts?

When does ghrelin   become feeling?
When does feeling become hunger?
Hunger become action? 

When does a moment become a thought?
A thought a memory? 
A memory a fantasy? 


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I think it's incredibly fascinating how everything...

It's hilarious how we go through life proclaiming we're ready to do something, but go against it everyday. It becomes even easier when the proclamation is a well accepted thing that we've seen our heroes proclaim. Something like the term paying your dues . Everyone knows that whatever domain they...

So I guess I'm writing just as much today as any other day? Why? Because even if it's my girlfriend's birthday, there are moments when I actually do get some free time. And I haven't reached a stage where I need 3-4 hours to write in a day. 

That's what...

When Temujo  arrived in the middle-lands, which he considered the westlands, he was astounded by how little grass there was. Every step his horse took there was grainy sand. It caused him to wonder how the people here ate anything at all. It was no wonder they were so easy...

Cool, so today's my girlfriend's birthday. As part of our celebration I'm writing much less and dining indoors at a restaurant for the first time since last year. 

What's on the itinerary? The best  sushi restaurant in town and a  tapas bar. I'm also getting my first haircut since this...

It's a Korean tradition to make seafood pancakes -- or buchimgae-- when it rains. There's two reasons for this. First is audible, the sizzling in the oiled pan sounds eerily like rain. Second is the cool calm that follows on a rainy day.

buchimgae on a cool, rainy afternoon....

The toughest thing to do as a writer is to step away from a project without stepping away from writing itself. I think this is what distinguishes beginners from intermediates. A beginner must have a project they are inspired by to be able to write. Once inspiration from that project...

I was now using Gmail like a dating app. Only that I had a single prospect and I was uninterested in finding others. Plus who else would chat with me like this over email.

I think it was easy for Jeannie and I to carry long-winding multi-threaded conversations over email...