Category: updates

december thirty one two thousand twenty

Blog Post 49.

Today is the last of a year that has been many things. Two thousand twenty is a year that will be spoken about in ways that 2011, 2007 and, oh I don’t know, 1995 simply will not be. There will likely be a whole chapter on it in history, sociology, and policy textbooks (at least for a few decades- then there will still likely be at least a section or two).

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on houseplants

Blog Post 48.

Kirk’s family was joking about his Grammy’s recent obsession with growing and propagating succulents in her home. A symptom of the COVID-19 pandemic, certainly. Like many elderly and at-risk folk, I, too, find myself confined to my apartment much more than I expected, and much more than I would like because I work a full-time job from home. Being of good health, and having already contracted and recuperated from the novel virus, I have the luxury of stepping outside at lower risk to myself and others- to run, to dine at local restaurants when it is deemed safe by the powers that be, to visit a select handful of friends and, now, to ski.

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i like outer space

Blog Post 47.

I have long been fascinated by outer space. This fascination has drawn me to investigate different facets of human interaction with outer space and with one another in relation to our activities in outer space. Something that makes sense to me is that this fascination has also led to a place wherein it has become entangled with my deep passion for justice.

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while the earth is tilted

Blog Post 44.

It has been some time since I last posted an update. That is not for lack of desire. My mind is like a pendulum and it swings from creative to analytical and lately it has fully been in a state of the latter. The pendulum has simply taken its time in returning to the former and, quite frankly, may just now be reaching that lowest point on its arch back to the creative side. To be mindful of physics, I will mention that this is the point at which the pendulum has the highest kinetic energy and is moving the fastest. Hopefully that bodes well for me at this tumultuous point in life.

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guess what? everything is changing

Blog Post 40.

That’s what this time of my life is all about, right?

Exciting changes look like this:

  • living in MAINE this summer
    • working for a company that I already love
      • doing an internship in a field I know (almost) nothing about
  • gaining a new sister (Courtney and Areyán will be getting married in November!)
  • slowly, I work my way through the Harry Potter series
  • there are three weeks left in my third year of college
    • senior year!!!!

 

Scary changes look like this:

  • there are three weeks left in my third year of college
    • senior year!!!!
  • feelings for a person that evolved without my cognizant initiative
  • it may not be until November that I will see Nani again
  • watch the docuseries “Our Planet” for a whole list of scary changes
  • my hair is growing  much more slowly than usual

 

Inevitable changes look like this:

  • there are three weeks left in my third year of college
    • senior year!!!!
  • i learn more about myself everyday
  • our lawn needs mowing
  • the sun is beginning to again provide more than light to our days