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The Pendulum and the Rest of the World
When I started seeing a therapist in 2012, she told me that changes in behavior I made wouldn’t be graceful at first. “You’ll be trying something new,” she said. “And usually, when people do something...
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Tentative Hibernation Emergence: a Selection of Recent Social Encounters
I am at my first indoor social event since March 2020. My date/quarantine buddy goes to the toilets. I stand next to the bleachers in this space in Westfield Center that’s done up like a pretend gym...
View ArticlePost-Pandemic Vacation Planning, Actual Leisure, and Threat Modeling
What does it even mean to plan a vacation for pleasure after more than a year where we felt like being outside your home was the most dangerous thing? I’ve planned two-week trips before. I’ve planned...
View ArticleThis… MEANS Something (to me, anyway)
It turns out that if you spend the vast majority of an entire sixteen-month span of your life in the same three rooms, moving yourself very far from that context absolutely floods the brain. And it...
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How to vacation during a pandemic: week one
There are extremely valid reasons to not do this kind of travel in this era. Here’s why I did. I booked it when things were a little calmer, before infections rose again and we had Delta Variant...
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How to vacation during a pandemic: week two
Previously. Day eight The day of action. I get up, pack my hotel room sprawl, and leave my bags with the front desk. From there, I head across town to the American Museum of Natural History. I’ve been...
View ArticleComing Alive Again in 2012 and 2021
In June 2012, I was coming to the end of the worst two-year span of my life outside of junior high and high school. I was slowly recovering from being broke, close to paying off more than $6,000 in...
View ArticleGetting from France to the US in December 2021 Covid Times
I knew, from the time I planned this trip, that I was making a Choice. I hadn’t done a good and proper trip since February 2019, when I went to Amsterdam and a terrible cold fucked up my back. In the...
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If I must be sad, I will be sad in Paris
Content note: I talk about depression and past suicidal thoughts in this one. If those aren’t safe subjects for you, it’s a great time to close the tab or try something else. Early in my trip to Paris...
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Conference Travel! Philadelphia and AWP 2022, March 19-26
Once again, I traveled in the tiny valley between large variant waves. This time: Philadelphia. Day zero My options for flights were red eyes, terrible connections (which I’m not doing in this era...
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