From May 2013 to Februrary 2014, I listened to the same song—essentially on repeat—on every run I went on by myself: Down in the Valley by The Head and the Heart. Its slow build-up (0:00 – 1: 48) kept me from going too fast and forced me to appreciate where I was running. Its AHHH… Continue reading Back To Where I Started

My junior year of college, I lived in a building on campus called The Chateau. The first floor was for French classrooms and professors’ offices. The second and third floors were sweet-ass housing for juniors and seniors: huge wooden floors, epic sunset and mountain views, around the corner from the tastiest dining hall, up the stairs from the coveted, secret bathroom… Continue reading Chat(eau) Roulette

When I was moving last month, I came across a folder of old school stuff. There was my Official Poetic License certificate from second grade. There was my first grade story about a snowman that played running back and carried his team, the Snowy Snowmen, to the Super Bowl. And there was a graded test… Continue reading IQ of a Macadamia Nut