Cheers

While my friends binge The Office, I’m at home with my favorite family tavern, Cheers. Reminiscing on my first visit five-years-ago, going into my tenth visit, I realize the gang at Cheers is my mirror: they reflect how I’ve grown.

Three Wishes + Psychology

Day 264 of the campaign in the Forgotten Realms. My character, Bragern the Elvish Rogue, and the rest of my party have entered the cave, fought the dragon, and saved our gnome guide, after which our Dungeon Master describes a chest overflowing with energy. I open it and inside is the Ring of Wishing. I learn that this ring holds three wishes for whatever I desire. So what do I desire?

Rocks

I’ve had a rather peculiar obsession with rocks of many kinds since I was a boy, playing in a rock fort I made with my twin brother.

Plants

Each morning, I wake up in my jungle. It isn’t a tropical rainforest filled with spiders and bizarre scents; it’s my room, filled with dozens of houseplants.

Mazes

I’m standing at a crossroad with three options: turn left, turn right, or walk forward. Where is the way out? I wonder.

Keychains

My grandfather always tells me, “Listen with the ear of your heart.” His words remind me to filter and contextualize the values I am taught.

Water Bottle Excavation

‘Yǐn shuǐ sī yuán’–today’s nugget from my gratitude jar. The Chinese proverb echoes in my mind as I head out to work and press play on Revisionist History Season 3 Episode 6.

The Essence Jar

Ribbons, glitter, and some popsicle sticks in a mason jar, that’s all it took to create the best gift I’ve ever given. A combination of all of the small snippets of my life from memories, to jokes, and limericks.

Battling Time

The clock slowly ticks on…  Tic, toc, tic, toc….

Finding My Voice

“Are you from New York?” As a Maryland resident for the entirety of my life, this question never failed to surprise me. On numerous occasions, people asked me this because of my rhotacism, or my difficulty pronouncing the letter “r”.

Trivial Pursuit

Unfold the board and lay out the pieces, it is family game night. Tonight, Trivial Pursuit.