“Here’s one: every time my telephone buzzes
I see images of hooded riders setting fire to hundreds.” — Aesop Rock, ‘Shrunk’
If you’re observant enough, you can pick up on little habits in irrationality.
If you watch someone be wrong the same way enough times, and start to look at…
The Internet
It’s getting harder to stay happy these days.
“I just feel like I can’t see the end of the tunnel anymore.” The line came up in a phone call answering a bank’s thirtieth call of the month.
If you’re born poor, you’ll die poor. My mother and I…
For the mess that it was, 2020’s had pretty great music. Everyone walked away with something to listen to. RTJ4, Folklore and Evermore, and Shore are just a few of the impressive releases to come from the year ripped straight from Hell. If there’s one thing good to come from…
I’m going to tell you an embarrassing music fact about me. I used to like bad music. Stuff that was weird and artsy, but was overly done and childish to the point where it got in the way of any quality the music could actually have. One band in particular…
My mother’s been coughing for the past week after attending a buffet with a large number of people who don’t believe in using masks. I disagree with them and follow protocol when I can, but I truly don’t blame them. They should need to correct their behavior, but I genuinely…
I sit down the handful of baits in my hand as I think for a moment. I’ve just been asked to imagine a world where I, along with everyone else, get paid $1,000 a month. A bit selfishly, my first thoughts are that I don’t have to worry about taking…
So heading into this election, we’re in pretty strange political territory. While it looked clear a month ago that the biggest issue for swing voters would be the handling of a post-COVID world, it changed overnight when one killing too many received proper media coverage and justice was rightfully demanded…
If you haven’t read Alan Moore’s masterpiece Watchmen, be mindful that there are spoilers. Also, read it, because it’s a well-written story with fantastic characters and plot.
America has been in need of drastic change for years. The two-party system, combined with social media-fueled echo chambers and politicians earning votes…
When I entered college two years ago, I never dreamed of writing about Pokemon. This past finals season though, my joy during these times of uncertainty came in the form of focusing on what would be a twenty-two page analysis on Pokemon derivative works. …
