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The Beast and Dragon, Adored
I sat in the back of Destination, my arm around Emily, as she asked me how I could be such a hopeless romantic and an asshole. I started to tell the story of the former love of my life; a story that contains vignettes that have her filled with such vitriol that she behaves in [...]
George G Smith Jr’s Future is…
The movie Amelie is one of my favorite movies. In the beginning of the movie, the narrator goes on to explain the characters with a series of quirks – the little things that make each character different. Here’s a clip: One of my many quirks is the fact that I google the ending to everything [...]
“You say my kisses are not like his, but this time I’m not gonna tell you why that is…”
The thing that I love about music the most is the fact that almost every person takes a personal stake into the artistic creation of someone else. The song, “Come Pick Me Up” by Ryan Adams is a song that I feel like I wrote. The emotions, my interpretations of some of the lines, the [...]
Thinking About What Sarah Said
I was sitting with Sarah at a nice wine bar called 10 Degrees on St. Mark’s between Ave A and 1st, when she shared the story of Spanish Conquistador Hernando Cortez. The story, in its basic form, goes like this: When Spanish Conquistador Hernando Cortez landed in Mexico, one of his first orders to [...]
Fairly a Fairy Tale
For the last few years, my best friend has been a girl. Not just a girl, a specific girl with whom I have been madly in love with. I even have gone as far as professing her to be my future wife. Over those years, we’ve talked on the phone, over the internet, and occasionally [...]
Retrospection – Part Two
Stillness Is The Move – Dirty … Once upon a time, almost ten years ago, I rang in the new millenium from Times Square. It’s funny to think that, by flashing forward 10 years, I’ll basically will have only moved cross town. Of course, the journey to get here – that cross town traffic, if [...]
Retrospection – Part One
I Don’t Love Anyone – Belle & … If I knew then what I know now, I wonder how different my life would be. Would I live my life over again – as in repeating the same mistakes? In regards to the matters of the heart – perhaps not. But, when you reminisce about the [...]
Best of 2009: Best Conference/Workshop #best09
It was a year of conferences and workshops for me. From nearby places like Boulder and Fort Collins to faraway destinations like Austin, Chicago, San Jose, and New York – my world was a whirlwind tour of conferences that stimulated the mind (sometimes) and inspired the heart (all the time). Like most stories, I can’t [...]
Best of 2009: Best Night Out #best09
I have repeatedly tried to write the opening sentence of this blog post chronicling the “best night out of ‘09” and ultimately end up erasing each aborted attempt. 2009 was a year filled with night outs – drunken camaraderie, serious life altering conversations, voyeuristic voyages in and around Boulder – whatever the night entailed, I [...]
Best of 2009: Best Trip and Best Restaurant Visit #best09
I’m participating in my friend Gwen Bell’s “Best of 2009″ Blog Challenge. I’m a day late, but without Internet in the apartment and a busy work life, it’s tough to write consistently. 2009 was probably one of the fastest years of my life – so many things happened, so many changes, and yet it was [...]
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