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Daily life, reflections, writing rambles, book talk, & media analysis.

  • Starting the new year, 2026

    The new year has begun, it’s so cold, and the apartment I live in has gone from a top contender for one of the worst places I’ve ever lived to the worst place. When I was in elementary school, I lived in a really shitty condo; I shared a room with my sister when we Continue reading

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  • Immigration, marriage, holidays, and the end of the year

    It’s been a while. It’s been an eventful year—March, I moved across the US; September, I moved to the the UK, despite the fact I’ve never been to Europe at all prior; and over the past few months, I’ve been settling into my new home with my partner. It’s been kind of difficult getting used Continue reading

  • Settling into Boston, finding employment, & the frustrations of immigration

    So I haven’t posted in a while! I meant to write a wrap-up post for March, and then for April, and now I’ve decided I don’t care too much about writing those. I might make mentions of what I read and wrote for those months if I write a wrap-up for May, but we’ll see Continue reading

  • An Introduction to Boston

    Here I am! After being stuck in the godawful hellscape of southern Arizona for years, since the very beginning of the pandemic, I’m finally free! I touched down in Boston on the night of March 16th—or, to be completely technical, the early morning of March 17th, at around 1:30am. And it’s been pretty nice so Continue reading

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  • talking about the love of my life <3

    Life is, like, really fucking great at the moment. Being engaged is sort of crazy. I didn’t actually think someone could be this happy, but apparently it’s possible, somehow! For six years, we’ve been dismissing this constant, unwavering desire to be something so important to Haven, important enough that he might reciprocate our weird and Continue reading

  • an intro to this blog!

    To be honest, I’m not 100% sure what to write here, lol. This is just a personal blog for me to talk about whatever without any expectations for any of it to be read. It’s just a fun project. I frequently have a lot to say and I can’t imagine everyone wants to listen to Continue reading