Academically, I'm a World & Public Historian with Archival, Oral History, and Exhibit-Rehabilitation experience. I’m quite proud to’ve participated in THIS project.
My bachelor’s (Cum Laude) is in World History and Culture (focus on Social Philosophy) w/ a certificate in Public History.
Occupationally, I manage a local Benjamin Moore paint store. I’ve worked in the coatings industry for over a dozen years, accumulating a wealth of knowledge. I worked for most of a decade as a Sous Chef in the Metro-Atlanta Area and have also worked as a bartender, landscaper, auto-technician, and clerk. I even apprenticed a blacksmith when I was 17, which was pretty cool. From age 11-16, I worked at an exotic bird nursery and rehab farm (wouldn't trade that experience for anything).
I'm also an Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow Brother if those still mean anything.
After beginning to die prematurely, my perspective on reality evolved (as it does). I moved back to my hometown and am much closer with my family for it. Don’t worry, I’m well treated these days. I bike, hike, and work around the house like someone who barely ever had heart failure at all.
Confined-ish as I am, though, within the "Bible-Belt," I withstand a perpetual torrent of ignorance, hypocrisy, and hate that so befuddles any sense of humanitarian-goodness, I just need an outlet.
I envy those who fun for work and, could I write & doodle in such a way, would know contentment. Here you'll find essays, art, film analysis, ramblings, and, if you dig deep enough, some short stories I had a blast writing way back when.
It's a blog—I write self-therapeutically and publish here as a confessional exercise when the writing's not garbage and I feel like it. Welcome.
Here're some quotes I try to consider daily:
"Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter if, through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action."
-Sophie Scholl
"Those who tell the stories rule the world."
-Hopi Proverb
"Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play."
-Heraclitus
"The Cosmos is also within us--we're made of star-stuff.
