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Recovering from Covid-19

Blog | Life

As I enter my last day of quarantine, I’ve coincidentally been getting a lot of questions on what testing positive for Covid-19 was like, what symptoms I had, and what recovery was like. I figured it’d be easier to collect all of my thoughts into one place as I reflect on what it’s like being […]

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On Nine Inch Nails, Growing Up, and Muchness

Blog | Life | Music | Musings

I remember when I first saw NIN in concert. I was 15, just discovering the world, just discovering myself, but mostly just discovering music. Music was my whole world back then. I suppose it has to be when you’re 15, unsure about who you are or what you’ll do in life. When you have the […]

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Sad Music Playlist

Blog | Music

A note about sad music: I don’t consider it sad to listen to sad music. On the contrary, I think that listening to sad music in your sadder moments helps give you the strength to make it through. Everyone gets sad once in a while, and those with depression much more than once in a […]

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Julien Baker at the Bluebird Theater

Blog | Music

I went and saw Julien Baker at the Bluebird on Monday.

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Why is Everyone So Unhappy?

Life | Musings

Over the past few years, I’ve tried to be more honest with myself in others.

 

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One Year Out, A Lifetime To Go.

Blog | Life | Third Culture Life

Well, it’s been a full year plus a couple of months since I moved back to Colorado.

 

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Sin City

Blog | Travel

My first time in Vegas was actually pretty rad.

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Keeping things close to the Chester.

Blog | Life

I’ve gotta be honest, the news of Chester Bennington’s suicide hit me pretty hard. Most likely because Linkin Park was the first real band I fell in love with. Most people know me as a metalhead or perhaps a NIN-head, since those were the first genres of music I really identified with. But Linkin Park […]

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What’s My Edge?

Blog | Life | Musings

People sometimes tell me that one day I’ll have to “decide” between Journalism and Computer Science.

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Love

A Relationship With God | Blog | Life | Musings | Third Culture Life

At some point after the priest had finished his homily this morning, something happened to me.

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