Yesterday, I spent about 6.5-7 hours in a tattoo chair. It sucked. But now that it’s all said and done I’m finally free from one of my biggest regrets. The Dark Mark is gone. I liked the mark. For about a month. You see, I got it in October 2016, when I was young and […]
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You’re allowed to be happy.
I’m going to write that on a sticky note and stick it to my iMac, along with my stickies that say “Be kind to yourself” and “Rule #408”. There’s a lot of bad happening in the world right now. War in Ukraine. A still happening pandemic. We’re teetering on the verge of climate catastrophe. The […]
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I feel like I lost the entire month of November. Like I literally don’t know where it went or what happened. One second it was October and life was great, the next it’s somehow December? It’s odd. October ended about how I expected – pretty good. The tail-end of the month kept up the good […]
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So, there’s a funny thing about trauma. About pain. We’re wired to forget it. We’re literally programmed to dull the pain, to forget how bad everything hurt, so we can continue moving forward. It’s the end of October. And you know what? I’m doing really, really great. There’s a small part of me that hates […]
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At the time of writing this, I’ve been sheltering in place for 60 days. 60 days at home, just Seth and I. 60 days since I’ve hugged another person. 60 days since I’ve been able to go out without taking a million precautions. 60 days stuck. The entire fucking world has changed in those 60 […]
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About a month ago, I decided to trade in my iPhone 7 Plus for a shiny new iPhone XS. There wasn’t anything inherently wrong with my 7 Plus, I just got a case of “shiny object syndrome” and the only real way to solve it was to upgrade my phone. I loved a lot about my 7 […]
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