I came out to my father as transgendered on Saturday.

We sat in a diner, I sipped on shitty coffee as I tried to get my tongue around the conversation I had been putting off for three years.

It was one of those situations where it went NOTHING like it was supposed to. [...]

I arrived at Union Station in Portland last Wednesday. My train rolled in three and a half hours late, so I made my way to the ticket counter to get refunded for my southbound bus to Eugene and headed out to the smoker’s section. As I settled onto a bench, crossing my legs [...]

Yesterday I had the most amazing foam on the face of the planet. The coffee beneath the heaven sent white stuff was decent, your standard mocha. But this foam. Oh my god. There was even a cute heart on the top.

I think the foam loved me too.

I could be bias. [...]

Last night I was watching “Sondheim: The Birthday Concert” for the second time. It’s a beautiful celebration of one of the most revered men of Broadway. Stephen Sondheim brought us masterpieces like Sweeney Todd and crafted the lyrics for West Side Story & Gypsy. You [...]

My brain has been swimming around itself. The gears adjusting and priming for a new way of existing. As I sunk into the feeling of being alone with my own head, being forced to analyze the details of the inner circuitry, I discovered the articles I had long filed away flew from their [...]

…ideas. Projects. Weight. Diet. Face. Features. Clothes. House. Spouse. Partner. Body. Thoughts. Writing. Songs. Design. Feelings. Art. Creation. Lifestyle. Relationships. Friends. Trajectory.

Life. .

They are the little things that build up and break us down. The feelings that have the power to take hold of our days and our lives to make [...]

Across the web and social groups, people are saying that television is a one-stop shop for soul sucking and brain-cell depletion. To some extent, I absolutely agree. The primary content of television is mindless entertainment that helps us escape our daily lives or further pick apart our inadequacies. I’m not here to regurgitate [...]

I’ve been in Milwaukee about a month now. And for all intents and purposes, I am not having the time of my life. Over the last few weeks, my emotions have been volleying somewhere between utter depression and pure inspiration.

It’s been a strange few weeks.

That being said, I think there’s [...]

As a kid, I always felt out of place. Yes, I wore thick glasses and occasionally sported a dress that said “Barbie” on it. I was cautious and timid. There was another thing that made me different though.

I didn’t have any idea what I wanted to be when I grew up. [...]