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I leave the US in less than three weeks 🔗

In the nearly two months since I last published something on this very good blog, Katy and I: Listed our house. Got two offers on our house in less th [...]

lmao almost started crying about Polish 7-Eleven this morning 🔗

Let's file this under #immigrationdiary or something, I dunno. For the uninitiated (or, I suppose, you weirdos who just love being overly-initiated), [...]

Much to the chagrin of all of my enemies, I am still alive and thriving 🔗

I'm not gonna do the thing. You know the thing. The thing where I post on my blog after a months-long hiatus and I'm all like, "Oh man, lol, I just re [...]

Today my brain wanted to think about one of the first dates I ever went on 🔗

The moviefilm Titanic was released on December 19, 1997, and remained in theaters for 54 consecutive weeks following its initial release. For 15 weeke [...]

To fluctuate is to exist as a human 🔗

Zach poked his head into my inbox the other day to offer a suggestion: What if we traded blog post titles? Included in the email was a link to a post [...]

Today, I am writing about a fork and, no, it's not a metaphor for anything please stop asking 🔗

I have held off writing about this, but I don't think I can, in good conscience, sit with this dark secret any longer: I don't name my forks. This is [...]

Wish You Were Here 🔗

I remember the cornfields, how each stalk would tower over you by August. I remember the narrow roads that stretched into the distance over countrysid [...]

ONE HOUR OF DANCING MON MOTHMA 🔗

Today, I sat in front of this stupid dumb iA Writer window and stared with utter contempt at this gorgeous light blue cursor for what felt like three [...]

The real emotional intelligence is the people we beat up in our heads along the way 🔗

Disclaimer: I reference imaginary violence and very real health anxiety triggers in this piece. Well this is fucking embarrassing to admit, but here w [...]

How to Make an Audioblog: A Guide Written by an Anxious Moron Haunted by Imposter Syndrome 🔗

Table of Contents: Preramble Please, Keenan, dear god, I just want the basics! Any other tips for a beginner? I want to sound better. What microphone [...]

My method for perfect pourover coffee 🔗

After months of deliberately denying myself a daily coffee due to tummy reasons, I have recently ventured back into the realm of making my morning bea [...]

I was wrong, and I'm truly sorry 🔗

Update—01/28/2025: I know the writing on my site often oscillates between earnest and absurd, but for this post, please know that this is coming from [...]

I wasn't going to get super meta on here, but the people clamour for more Keenan and who am I to deny them their simple pleasures? 🔗

Because both Jarrod and Robb asked so nicely, and (mostly) because I've been feeling super self-conscious about not publishing anything,[1] here are m [...]

A hug from Dorothy 🔗

In college, I was a Fiction Writing major. I wouldn't say this was, like, the smartest decision I ever made in life, but I had spent literal years far [...]

I remember every mean thing anyone ever said to me 🔗

Annie posted another blogging challenge. For November, she suggested doing AMA-inspired posts. AMA. Ask Me Anything. I love it. I wanna do it. I put o [...]

I pierced my fucking nose 🔗

Or, I suppose, more accurately, I got my nose pierced.[1] I am not advocating for you to pierce yourself, your friends, your pets, any tubers (aside f [...]

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