Journal

An excerpt. “I wish I knew you back then.” “I wouldn’t be me yet back then. Some parts have stayed the same, sure, but other parts needed to be broken first.”

The French philosopher Alain de Botton believes that we should never put our best foot forward when we first start dating someone.  This is the convention, yes, but what it does is set up both parties for unrealistic expectations and disappointments.  He suggests that first dates begin with the question:…

A snippet from something I am working on. — “I knew music would be a big part to understanding you,” she said. “You are like metal music. Sometimes people don’t understand it because they haven’t learned how to listen to it. You take the words and the melody, and there…