Tag: #amwriting

  • Instead of Netflix and Chill, Do This

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    One way to figure out what works for humans is to think about the hunter gatherers. We were hunter gatherers for most of human history. Civilization is so new, most of our dead ancestors shake their heads in disbelief about how weird the kids have turned out. It is true though that we evolved for…

  • Chekhov’s Gun

    A scary meta short story about Checkhov’s gun. You don’t want to read it. You’ve been warned.

    Chekhov's gun hanging above a fireplace in a short story
  • The House in the Ocean

    A poem about something I’m not quite sure what. Just an image that came to me.

  • Rats

    A poem about people.

  • Naked Sun

    A poem about staring straight into the sun.

  • The Awe Inducing Ending of One Hundred Years of Solitude

    My book review for Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.

  • A Routine for Rational Nihilists

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    In which I talk about the routine I’ve developed from a nihilistic point of view.

  • Raw Journal Entry: Testing My Philosophy in Real Life

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    I had the longest phase of bad days since I started this whole thing (being positive and working consistently on my philosophy plan) a couple of months ago. It began by waking up a little bit late and missing workout for a couple of days. The next two days I woke up on time but…

  • Sitting in My Garden

    The sun is warm on my neck. The wind is still chilly, coming down from mountain tops still covered in snow. The smell of dry earth is like a parched well, longing for rain. It’s a strange combination. When the wind dies down, the sun stings the back of my neck. When the wind picks…

  • Oblivion

    Lying on the bedjust waiting for the day to endA lonely ember in my handreminding me all that I pretend Smoke rising aimlesslyto meet my dreams at the ceilingMy heart is still beatingthough hopelessly devoid of any feeling I close my eyesand imagine that nothing existsbut even in oblivionmy temptations are hard to resist Only…