When I was in ninth grade, I got pretty good at finding bootleg software online. My parents gave me unfettered access to the internet and an eMachines brand personal desktop computer. It had a CD-Rom drive that I used to play all manner of fun games like Nickelodeon Director’s Lab and the Spiderman animation game. […]
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Perpetual Motion: Day 5
I CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING ANYMORE Face washed. Clothes on. Bags dragging behind us. We were back in Florida. My view of the deep blue expanse and encompassing light that connected all living beings was obscured by towering Jenga stacks of metal industrial shipping containers and a train of Ubers and Lyfts and taxis going […]
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The PERFECT Thursday Our show was at 9AM, so we met Brett at 8:30 in the stairwell near the theater. Inside, the stage was set. All tech was ready. All we had to do was plug in my laptop and say “Check check check” into the mics a few times. Setting up for a live […]
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BREAKFAST WITH DICK Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 – 8:10 AM – Dining Room 3 – Breakfast Service Oh my goodness. Lots happening on LOTS this morning. The ship docked in Nassau before I woke up. By the time the light peeking through the gaussian curtains tapped me on the eyelids, we were already sitting still, […]
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ALL ABOARD Monday, November 3, 2025 – 10:15 AM – Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida It feels sort of weird and insane to be going on a cruise when the government is kinda shutting down. It feels crazy to get on a ship and sail away from land at all, regardless of the circumstance. Used to, […]
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Everyone wants to complain, and the internet makes it pretty easy to do.
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