The questions have come many times over the years. Why did you leave journalism? Why did you major in Spanish? Why did you jump to work in fraternities? Why do you want to do this now? In many different ways, the questions ask one thing: why did you make choices that seem inconsistent, curious, and […]
Tag: life
I root for a mix of pro sports teams. Here’s why.
One of my friends has a theory about the sports teams I root for: in each place I live, I pick the most successful team. He’s wrong about how I pick my teams, but he’s right that I have a random assortment of teams to call my own. Some sports team affiliations run in families. […]
What it’s like to be in a coma
Whenever I hear the word, I flash back a bit, sometimes for a fleeting moment, sometimes for longer. Sometimes it’s a mindless lyric in a pop song. Other times, it’s a piece of common yet incongruous phrases, preceded by words like “food” and “sugar.” Its use doesn’t bother me, because its basic meaning isn’t […]
On Detroit.
I wrote this post on July 31, 2013, soon after the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy. I hadn’t shared it, but I figured now was as good a time as any to do so. Four years ago, I visited Detroit for one of my cousin’s weddings. It was Labor Day Weekend, so I left […]
The reunion we never wanted
CHICAGO — We came together in a snowstorm for a good cry, or several. “This sucks. This sucks so much.” Our friend Chris died. At age 25. Of a lung infection. After a long battle with leukemia. We had thought he was OK, or at least, assumed that he was fine after he made it […]
Where I’ve been
CAMP TECUMSEH, Ind. — I haven’t had the opportunity to write much during this past week, so in far from my initial aspiration to complete all the #ThinkKit posts this month. Last week, a friend of mine died at the age of 25, and the experience of attending a funeral and mourning with my friends […]
No coffee today
CHICAGO — I had intended to actually try drinking coffee for once. I’ve never been a coffee guy. Grew up in a family with no coffee drinkers, never got into coffee beyond a Frappucino at Starbucks with friends in high school. I thought it wasn’t my thing. Then I grew up. I drank gallons of […]
Did I create anything in 2013?
#ThinkKit post number 8 — yep, I’m catching up a bit late — asks you to share a creation from this year. As the things I create for work are property of my employer, I can’t share those. So what else did I create in 2013? I created a relationship with my dog. It’s true, […]
On community
ORLANDO, Fla. — It took me a long time to understand the full meaning of the word “community.” For a long time, I saw it as a synonym for “city” or “town” or “place.” Nothing more. But as I grow up, and I think about what I want for my home and my worlds […]
Nothing strange, only me
ORLANDO, Fla. — Today’s #ThinkKit post was to write about the weirdest/oddest/strangest experience that I’ve had this year. I’ve been trying to drill into my mountain of memories to come up with something, but I’ve come up empty. Nothing strong rises to the surface. It’s not that nothing comes to mind at all, but that […]
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