The premise for this post began thusly: “Everybody loves a redemption story.” This is something that has been said to me, and about me, in the past. And there are a lot of stories on the subject out there. We want to believe that the people we love, and by extension ourselves, are people that… Continue reading 500 Words on Redemption
Tag: Friday 500
500 Words on Entitlement
Here’s a simple question: what do you feel you are owed? If you put in hours and hours of your time at a job, you are owed compensation for that time, right? That’s how jobs work. If your employer says they don’t owe you anything, you have rights. You can sue their asses. You earned… Continue reading 500 Words on Entitlement
500 Words on Happiness
HOLY SHIT IT’S A NEW BLOG POST I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much time I’ve lost, or has been stolen from me, because I’ve been unhappy. Unhappily married, unhappily employed, unhappily living. As human beings, nobody would choose to be unhappy, save for the willfully masochistic, and I’m not one of them.… Continue reading 500 Words on Happiness
500 Words on Outrage
Between the political landscape and my personal situation, it’s very tempting to just type out the word “AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH” 500 times and be done with it. It’s also tempting to just fire up a video game and try to forget about the things that are taking up space in my brain and making me froth at… Continue reading 500 Words on Outrage
500 Words on Job Hunting
One thing I didn’t anticipate when I moved to Seattle was how competitive the job market would be outside of the gaming industry. I knew I’d be in for a fight if I went straight for video gaming’s jugular. It was something I wanted to get into, for sure, but first had to come gainful… Continue reading 500 Words on Job Hunting
500 Words on Going to Seed
This blog has, admittedly, gone to seed a bit. So much of my energy and time has been consumed with two things: finding a job, and getting/keeping my shit together. That second part is a bigger task than I admit to myself sometimes. I’m not neurotypical, not by a long shot, and there are some… Continue reading 500 Words on Going to Seed
500 Words on Refocusing
You may notice that things look a little different here. A bit more fantastical. More dragons. Maybe the implication of a dungeon. It’s not an illusion. I’m refocusing my endeavors outside of the job hunt on D&D. I’m still carving out time for the novel, as head weasels and real-world obligations allow. I’m still on… Continue reading 500 Words on Refocusing
500 Words on Carving
No, we’re not carving you up, little calf. It’ll be okay. Here, have some sprouts. We cool? Okay, then. Last night, I went to see Chuck Wendig. He’s an author I’d had the privilege of meeting once before, way back in 2009, at a tiny game convention in Philadelphia. We played a role-playing game together,… Continue reading 500 Words on Carving
500 Words on John McCain
This has been quite a week in the United States as far as politics is concerned. Let’s leave aside the three-ring circus shit-show that is the Executive Branch, from its stereotypical 80’s Wall Street douchebag communications director to the systematic self-destruction of the egotistical compromised blowhard supposedly running things. I want to talk about the… Continue reading 500 Words on John McCain
500 Words on Elite Dangerous
When I finally get home from long commutes down to and back from the home in which my start-up employer operates, I tend to be tired and mentally drained. It’s difficult for me to muster the juices I need to fuel my writing — a fact I try not to be too hard on myself… Continue reading 500 Words on Elite Dangerous
