Throughout sixteen years I developed a book for a child or children I do not know. I did not exude a typical adolescence, assuming obedience is still strange for a teenager. Though, my tarnishing fault was a lack of interest to call my parents when they did not know where to find me. I began [...]
Lifting Weights
From my birth until his wedding day, my brother and I shared a bedroom. However, we did not have a door to the room until I was ten or twelve years old. He would lock the door and proceed to beat me up, so our dad removed it from the hinges. To be fair, my [...]
Art To Accounting
Here is the story you have been waiting for. How did I go from art to accounting? Do you remember the coffee shop I mentioned a while ago? There was a customer that wanted me to obtain a degree, she had a connection to Elon University. Well, she was an accountant at a chemical company. [...]
Some Context
There may be some of you asking how I have an art degree, despite being a college dropout. After mentioning both briefly in recent posts, here is the explanation. First, I did not anticipate graduating from a college. My ambition was to be in a touring band by the age of twenty. I held meager [...]
From Art To Accounting
Here is the story you have been waiting for. How did I go from art to accounting? Do you remember the coffee shop I mentioned a while ago? There was a customer that wanted me to obtain a degree and she had a connection to Elon University. She was an accountant at a chemical company. [...]
Reconstruction
If I were to deconstruct those Cracker Barrel Christians, I would do so by comparing them to tight pants. This does seem to be a cultural result, and there are other aspects as well. The transition from clerical robes to tight jeans with holes, how massive and elaborate pulpits have become mobile podiums, how choirs [...]
The Freedom to Leave but Desire To Stay
My favorite place to visit is Los Angeles, my wife prefers New York City. Although we enjoy our stay in these places, we have no desire to permanently live there and we do not actively seek to turn our local government into replicas of these cities. On the other hand, I am reminded of Californians [...]
Doublespeak & Wrongthink
The banjo player is leaving a world famous band after receiving backlash for approving a controversial book. An apology was issued, but that too received backlash. It’s funny because he’s the banjo player, in trouble for reading a book. For those of you that don’t follow Mumford, here’s the explanation given by Winston. I understand [...]
Failed Art Career
I didn’t grow up wanting to be an artist, but art was always something to do and I haven’t permanently left the pursuit. I’ve mentioned before that both of my parents had abusive upbringings. My father’s response was to be distant, paranoid of emotionally scarring his children. My mother began collecting and reading every parenting [...]
Box of Popcorn
Christmas is about Jesus and not presents, but I keep remembering that my opa (grandpa) gave me a 10 pack of popcorn one year for Christmas. I would not complain if he was a poor man doing what he could for a grandchild, but he stole my father’s inheritance and literally traveled the world with [...]
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