About three years ago.

About three years ago – in fact, almost exactly three years ago, based on the classes I was taking and based on the elections that were happening – I noticed that my abs were lopsided.

Take a guess.

Take a guess why I’m back. By now, you’re probably sensing a pattern (and if you’re not, at this point that’s honestly on you).

Anticipating the unpredictable.

As with most weeks, something could happen or nothing could happen.

Pretty good stuff.

In the words of Ice Cube, today was a good day. I went on a phenomenal run (both long and fast), and I’m feeling ready for a long-ish, fast-ish run tomorrow too.

I spoke a little too soon.

Well, today was a step back. Scratch that, it was a step forward, but downhill.

Return of ya boy.

The quality of life of yours has improved dramatically over the past few days!

An adjusted approach.

Of late, this blog has been a (fairly well-earned) pity party for yours truly. That must be a drag to read. To hopefully move toward a more audience-friendly blog, we herein announce an adjustment in strategy.

Time helps most wounds.

I’m feeling much better. This weekend was good (well, not good by most definitions, but semi-restorative or something), and I’m ready, or nearly ready, to get back to things.

Maybe sleep is good.

Not that this is a competition, but today was indisputably better than yesterday.

Time marches on.

It’s not clear what today was. Is it clear what any day is, though?

Compounded interest.

When my other grandma died, I remember a part of my anguish came from the fact that it felt like it’s always me.

Free Slurpees.

Today was free Slurpee day at 7-Eleven (since the date was, you know, 7/11). Naturally, I cashed in.

Day two.

In all honesty, I think Day Two’s better than Day One (this time, anyway).

Anotha one.

Well, more bad news – but don’t worry about me; I’ll be fine.

A note to self and readers.

Don’t think too hard, bro.

Filled with nervous.

I’m filled with nervous energy right now, and I’m not quite sure why. (Don’t worry about me – it’ll be fine.)

PBJ is (gender-neutral) king.

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are great. I eat an unreasonable amount of them, for several reasons.

First day back: an update.

As a general update, things have been going well – perhaps even, dare I say, quite well!

Unsustainability.

I guess because I was feeling better I decided to behave unsustainably.

The irony of advice-giving.

There’s an interesting disconnect between myself as I am and the self I could strive harder to be.

What am I doing.

Bro, what am I doing, it is literally 3 a.m. and I am awake and doing nothing I just need to go to sleep. Goodnight!

Another day.

Another day of general malaise, but I’m feeling better.

A funny hyperbole.

That would’ve been tragic, I think to myself as I consider the frightening world of moments prior in which, for a minute-and-a-half, I don’t know the location of my much-needed shaver.

We're back at it.

The past few weeks have offered a series of whiplash-inducing twists in fortune and happiness. Not really sure where I am right now.

Man, I'm really excited!

Man, I’m actually really excited!

Things were looking tough, but I kept the faith.

Things were looking kinda tough, but then I got some very exciting news today.

Goals for 2022.

Someone could linkage attack this so hard, but it’s whatever. Here are my (somewhat late, but relatively early) goals for the year.

An update on yesterday.

I was unfairly tired yesterday.

Back to running.

I went for one of my best runs in a while today.

Some complaints.

I have two things to complain about.

A consideration of a new writing style.

Good news: I have no more stomach ache, and I didn’t even throw up.

Uh-oh! I have a stomach ache.

See title.

On drill music.

Over the past year-and-a-half, drill music has gone from constituting approximately none of my music-listening to constituting the majority of my music-listening.

Test post!

This post is just a test post.

I saw an eclipse!

I saw a solar eclipse today (albeit a partial one)!

Toothpaste: an update.

As an update, I found more toothpaste in my hair this morning.

I wasn't going to post, but...

… here we are. I’ll keep this short.

An eerie run (and other fun).

After a brief (or non-brief – you be the judge) hiatus, I’m back, baby!

Checkin' boxes.

For some reason, posts this week are feeling like they’re just another box to check.

I was tricked!

I’ve felt sleepy for the past few days – or so I thought.

Things didn't go according to plan.

I had a plan for today, but things did not go according to it.

Another relaxed day.

Today was another relaxed day. I did not do much. I read, I went for a walk with my family, I ran.

Not much happened today.

The fact that not much happened today was by design.

A supernatural event.

I know I said I wouldn’t write about running today, but I have to!

A short post for a longer day.

Despite the title of this post, today was not a day with more hours, or even with more perceived hours. I was not awake longer than ordinary, and I did not suffer more than usual.

After a good run, some thoughts on running.

Today, I had a good run.

Today's journey.

In contrast with the previous 14 months, this week has involved significant travel.

Who am I?

To answer briefly, I’m not Jean Valjean, a.k.a. 24601.

It's a doughnut!

Due to my possession of a vaccine card, today I went to Krispy Kreme. Due to my possession of a vaccine, tomorrow I will see my cousin.

Verdict: I was tired.

After sleeping 12+ hours, I can now conclude that I was, in fact, tired.

A trip and sleeping.

Today was a great day for a trip.

A reflection on grading.

Just finished grading, possibly/hopefully for the last time this semester!

What is grading?

Grading is fun; it is more fun when you know the answers, and better still when you understand them.

Helpful notes for using Jekyll.

This post will including an ever-updating list of helpful Jekyll- and markdown-related notes.

First post.

This post is a test post. Let’s see how it works out.

Welcome to Jekyll!

You’ll find this post in your _posts directory. Go ahead and edit it and re-build the site to see your changes. You can rebuild the site in many different ways, but the most common way is to run jekyll serve, which launches a web server and auto-regenerates your site when a file is updated.

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