January 2011
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My Anti-Christmas Vacation
So my mom said fuck it this year. She didn’t want to deal with the cooking, and working and getting caught up. So the three of us, mom, brother and me, kicked it on the Canadian side of the falls. We would visit here quite often when we were younger because we have family living in the outskirts, but never on Chritsmas.
I don’t know what it is about this area that seems so American. Maybe it’s...
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Haiti pt.6
Day 6
Breakfast table topic:
The riots have gotten worse. We are now officially blocked in from every direction. The gas stations are still closed and more and more people are dropping dead from cholera each day. Escalating fury and rage consume the locals.
This must have been the most serene day to date. In what looked like a potentially terrible day with road blocks in every direction turned...
Fun With Sprocket Rocket pt.1
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Haiti pt.5
Day 5
Currently I am huddled up under my mosquito net with flashlight in hand. The power has gone out because the gas ran out for the generator and all of the gas stations in the area are closed due to the escalating riots. I actually feel a little calmer compared to last night despite everything that is going on. I woke up in a depressive state. These episodes tend to pop-up here and there and...
NYE = PMA
I braced myself this new year. I thought about resolutions, and plans and goals and everything I do leading up to this day each year. And then at the end of each year I look back and am hard on myself for the things I didn’t complete or live up to. In doing so, I never think about how many things I put on my New Year plate or weigh the possibility of unforeseen obstacles. The things I did...