A derelict's guide to everyday living

I don't know better and neither should you

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  • March 4, 2022

    Bye-bye WordPress site

    Though it’s been a little over a month, I’ve migrated all of this content to a new site called “The Derelict’s Guide to Everyday Living”. This site was originally started as more of a fuckaround blog that distracted me from having to do my real work in graduate school. Almost a decade later, I think […]

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  • January 5, 2022

    The Coward’s Guide to Self Fulfillment

    The Coward’s Guide to Self Fulfillment

    I don’t pretend to know everything. In fact, I’m very unsure about a lot of things; I have lived my whole life in the vague, grey areas (and most recently, moved to a physically grey area). When my wife and I have conversations about spirituality, politics, or any damn thing in life, I’m comfortable with […]

  • August 17, 2021

    On precarity: or, a tribute to Mike Rose

    On precarity: or, a tribute to Mike Rose

    In tribute to Mike Rose

  • July 30, 2021

    A confession to an angry god

    A confession to an angry god

    In theory, you should feel broken, pained, angered when witnessing the collapse of a marriage in real-time, right in front of you. Most would think to ask questions like, why? With who? How could you? Who do you think you are? Especially when it’s your own family, you would think to feel as if your […]

  • July 6, 2021

    The Devils on my shoulders

    The Devils on my shoulders

    I hesitate to call them “friends” in the sense that, more often than not, my relationship with them is complicated. They’re like these invisible vampires who stay mostly hidden throughout the day then attack from the darkness, draining me of happiness, peace, or even contentment. Cringe and cliché are their names and I can’t fuckin […]

  • June 24, 2021

    When I think of death

    When I think of death

    I live my daily life blissfully unaware of a great many things. It comes from a brain that gets easily bored with daily life. I’m slow to respond to emails, text messages, DM’s, etc. because deep down I’m still a little catholic boy who craves that fear of looming bad news. I’m often silent while […]

  • June 18, 2021

    Who knows where this shit will lead

    Who knows where this shit will lead

    It’s difficult to describe what my relationship to writing is like. For most of my life, it’s been something I just did. I’ve always done well in my English/writing classes for as far as I can remember. In high school I won awards for journalism writing I did competing for UIL, which I only signed […]

  • January 7, 2021

    The call is coming from inside of the house

    The call is coming from inside of the house

    Black and Brown anger is real. It’s relentless. It’s exhausting. All of those times we say, “this is happening” only to be met with indifference at best, hostility at worst. Over and over, we kept talking about how president McNuggets was inciting violence. About how he was attempting to overthrow a valid election just because […]

  • December 2, 2020

    American Individualism is Killing Us

    American Individualism is Killing Us

    I would like to salute the ashes of American flags and all the fallen leaves filling up shopping bags Wilco “Ashes of American Flags” Ask any student I’ve ever taught and you’ll hear references to “the social contract”. I don’t know at what age I became aware of this moral compass that says, “hey, look […]

  • November 8, 2020

    Reflecting on a broken election and presidency

    Reflecting on a broken election and presidency

    I am not happy right now. I’m tired. You grow up thinking that the process of vetting candidates and voting, though riddled with smarmy, lecherous assholes, still pushes forth people with at least a facsimile of humanity or dignity in them. You think, “I’m not sure what kind of person willingly signs up for that […]

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