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Original Instagram Post – October 3, 2017 October 2, 2004…I stepped into that building for orientation. I was completely convinced that this was just a temporary job, a holdover until I found a management position elsewhere. In my interview the STL told me I was overqualified, but they would be happy to have me. …
Original Facebook Post – December 9, 2015 This was one of the last Birthdays we spent with our Dad. The video is only a few seconds long, and is really just a glimpse of his profile blowing out the candles, and our Mom cheering as he does so, but I often find myself captivated by …
Original Facebook Post – November 25, 2015 It’s the start of Thanksgiving on the west coast, and the end of Victoria’s Birthday, and while digging in the archives for older pictures of her for the photo collage, I came across these two things. One is my blog post from August of 2005, after Steph asked …
Original Facebook Post – August 28, 2015 6:30AM Yesterday I was addressed as “Sir”, multiple times, by a team member that is usually in the same work center as the woman who implied that I am Transgendered a few weeks ago. I think this has now become an actual thing. I know that some of …
Original Facebook Post – November 04, 2013 Though rarely ever expressed, I am thankful for my childhood tormentors. While I’m sure there is a plethora of psychological disorders I disregard, that can be attributed to their abuse, I have no doubt that my tolerance and resolve can be traced to the same origin. There was …
Original Facebook post – October 3, 2013 Yesterday marked 9 years since I first paired a red shirt with khaki pants. I was 22, and had been living in Southern California for a year. That first year had left me in quite a depression. I was lost, sad, and longing for my heart to …
Original Facebook Post – September 24, 2013 My final assignment for my Social Psychology class required me to complete and document a Day of Compassion…where we had to live more compassionately for a 24 hour period. We had to do it covertly, so we could get genuine reactions from the people we encountered. Initially I …
Original livejournal post: 11/21/2006 Music: Violent Femmes – “Kiss Off” Post title: The Annual Thanksgiving Message Thanksgiving Madness.. Thank you for your love, for your friendship, for being you. Thank you for the laughter, the distraction, the possibility of a brighter tomorrow. Thank you for renewed hope, for brutal honesty, and white lies. Thank you …
Original livejournal post: 8/21/06 Music: Thirty Seconds To Mars – “The Kill” Post Title: Shaniqua Don’t Live Here No Mo’ It has been far too long. So much has changed. Yet, everything has stayed exactly the same. I am trying to acknowledge this feeling. However, I can’t figure out what it is. My mental state …
Original livejournal post: 08/03/2005 Music: Rise Against – “Swing Life Away” Post title: I Tear My Heart Open…Just To Feel The day had come, when I thought that I finally had found what I had been searching for. Within hours, the world as I knew it fell apart. I don’t know why it has taken …