a smattering of otherness

a collective refuse bin of thought

Update 2/8/23

I don’t do this a lot, or ever. I don’t like speaking candidly about my life.I want to say thank you to those of you who have followed me and read some of the stories I turn out.I’ve been going through a trying period of my life, and it’s becoming increasingly hard to get my…

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4th and Marshall

4:03 pm: The traffic light turns red, the crosswalk sign lights, and the crowd mills across the street. 4:04 pm: The crosswalk begins to empty, but for one man. 4:05 pm: John Doe has wrapped a tourniquet around his right arm and doused it with kerosene.  4:06 pm: As traffic resumes, John Doe sets the…

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Update 4/24

So it’s time for a little check-in. I’ve decided this might be a thing to do every now and then, every other month, probably unless I’ve got big news. I’m not big into divulging my personal life, not because I’m that private; I’m just not that interesting, I think, but I’d like to keep anyone…

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Pride or The Lack Thereof

A small warning before consuming. This journal or essay or whatever suits the classification best contains what I can only assume is semi if not rather offensive takes on the LGBT+. If you read the entirety of it, you’ll see that’s not my aim, but I get that intention only goes so far. As well,…

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The Divine Hermaphrodite

It’s easy to claim, I think, for a lot of us, that we’ve felt something deeper while under the influence of a substance. I think many of us have a glimpse of the finer machinery beyond our own valley into the nature of all things, of existence and being. And for the most part, these…

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Fall Update

Okay, let’s lay the cards on the table. It has been a busy and unproductive last few months, and the follow-through with some of my plans has been, let’s say, less than ideal. So, an update is as necessary as all can be. I won’t bore you with the details, but I’ve been doing better…

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Nostalgia, the Death of Progress

I’m probably like you. That’s a bold statement but we’re kind of like each other, having some overlapping mental architecture, shared pasts, and relatable moments. Because of this, we can share inside jokes, whether that is a widely known piece of media or something so obscure that it’s yet to impact meme culture in any…

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Individualism: An (edited) Rant

I’ve been online for a long time now. I was a kid online in the early 2000s, and even before that, I was building a cursory knowledge of what a computer could do as a very young child in the late 90s. Looking back, looking now, and looking forward, I see that there are innumerable…

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