Personal
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Skylines
I write this after things have ended, not knowing where to begin. My friend Jong Won, JW, visited the USA from Korea for the first time since we were in High School. When we were in Korea together we called our old buddy Dane and made grand plans; visit our school, drink in The Twin Continue reading
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Paris Again
I watched Midnight in Paris on the plane and wondered if I was idealizing a different era in my own life. Paris is exactly as I remember and not at all. I learned from at least one mistake, and booked my room for the previous night so I could get into it when I finally Continue reading
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Fragility
I like watching Kung Fu movies. You focus heavily on the humanity and movements of one character while everyone else-excepting a few skilled oppositional characters-are just pawns to be broken. I watched Kill Bill and thought about death, how such a nuanced art form of heavily complex movement yields to one (or one hundred) player’s Continue reading
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The inbetween
Wow do I miss Colombia. And wow did I ignore this blog while I was gone. In my defense…something about not having a computer. I actually wrote some rough draft posts on my phone but I managed to leave that in a cab the morning I left. An awful feeling to walk into the airport Continue reading
About Me
Tethered to Cincinnati but interested in the world.