A Song For You

"A Song For You" was written by Leon Russell for his first solo album that was released in 1970. I don't know that I have a favorite song, but if I had to choose, I would have no qualms with this song being it. And I don't know that I have many thoughts about it,…

SAS 007: A song that makes you cry

"Dog Years" by Maggie Rogers. It doesn't make me cry anymore. It didn't that often really. But it's one of so very few that have. I used to play Call of Duty online, and over time, I started playing with the same people over and over again. Shrooom and Lopez and Panda and so on.…

Song Spotlight 6

"Paradise" by Coasts. https://open.spotify.com/track/3nOvH7k1rJUwujWHNfK33F Coasts is an English rock band. This record was one of their singles for their second album, called This Life, Vol. 1 (2017). Their eponymous last record contained songs like, "Oceans," and "Your Soul." I just want to start with how much I enjoyed their first album. I didn't love it all,…

How my book may start/end

"This is the weirdest thing I've ever seen," she said under her breath. "I think I said the same exact thing when I first saw this," I replied. The man on the stage looked like he was just about done pulling anal beads out of his conjoined twin's anus. I mean, I could only hope…

I talk about important television in my life

Every day, there's usually one or a few things that remind me of some very important life lesson I've learned through TV shows and have been reinforced through very defining circumstances in my life. I want to credit TV shows. It seems they are so quickly and easily dismissed. You watch them and think the…

On Relative Time

Peoples' lives are like clocks in the way they are counted. We call everything up to halfway through as counting up and everything after as counting down. Time moves differently for a man in his 20s than it does for a man in his 50s. The weight of time bears down more heavily on the…

I talk about a new holiday

The new clicheé with Valentine’s Day is the notion that one “should show their love every day instead of just once a year.” And it is not that people are not doing this; admittedly, it is not daily but it is way more than once a year (anniversaries, birthdays, CHRISTMAS). However, the general consensus is…

I talk about bad writing

Bad writing may be just as valuable as good writing. Honestly, I do believe that it is just as crucial as good writing. I don't know the proportions, though. Actually, as I think about which of 51/49 or 60/40 or 75/25 is most appropriate, the idea that it doesn't necessarily need to be constant is…

I talk about a song on the Moana soundtrack

I think there's a certain thrill in anticipation of listening to a song for the first time, expecting to like it, particularly when the song starts just the way that's right for your ears and only gets better. I have abundant expectations for Moana. A Polynesian princess? Hell yes! And for the soundtrack, Alessia Cara recorded How…

On Sparks

"We were never in love, but oh, God, we could have been." You are the last to leave my room, though I tried to nonverbally the whole evening to ensure that this was not my intention. We stand and talk about nothing, but it all sounds so clear when you say it. I do not…