who am i? who are you?


i am

a writer of several flavors (blogging, short stories, decades of journals, analytical, instructional)
an advice-column addict
a non-binary queer person
a cat lover and a dog liker
a formerly homeless punk-ish weirdo
an anxious person
an every-day cook, often of large pots of soup
a partner to my partner of ten years
a person with a lot of diligence and very little ambition
an enjoyer of solitude and my own company
a willing participant in difficult conversations
an enemy of capitalism, imperialism, totalitarianism and facism
a former bartender/barista/restaurant manager
an advocate for equity, integrity, autonomy and cooperation
a collage/multi-media artist
a lover of repetition--re-watcher, re-listener, re-reader, repeater
an over-thinker
a constant questioner
an on-again/off-again academic of many fields, but with zero degrees
a weird cocktail of optimism, empathy, nihilism and pragmatism




you are

someone who might be interested in whatever I'm writing here
someone with questions
someone who has some thoughts/feelings/experiences that are similar to my own
someone who may vehemently disagree with me or think I'm full of shit
someone who is a universe unto themselves, and has momentarily collided with my own
someone who is still reading this

did you know that it's hot?

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