Putting the “Pro” in “gamer”

With Finals and graduation and all of that terrible real life stuff on the horizon, I'm staving off imminent insanity in the only way I know how: Video games. Specifically, finally trying out that brand new Nintendo Switch Pro Controller I got for my birthday. Two months ago. To be fair, I mostly haven't used it up …

Stranded in Suburbia

I'm in a bit of an odd predicament. In my 22nd birthday blog post, I based the whole thing on the fact that there isn't a lot of external fanfare surrounding 22 compared to 21. But there is one specific thing that happened when I turned 22, which I sort of alluded to yesterday. I …

A symmetrical birthday

Another year, another trip around the sun. Turning 22 doesn't offer nearly as many significant things to talk about as the 'milestone' 21, where drinking and properly oriented drivers' licenses were officially on the table. I won't be starting this post off with a deep, important-sounding remark on the different milestones one hits in life. …

Turning Twenty-one

There are a number of milestone ages a person hits as they grow older. When a child turns one, their parents have the opportunity to gleefully celebrate helping their progeny survive a full rotation around the sun. When a pre-teen turns 13, in the case of my heritage at least, they get to celebrate a …

Another year older, 20 years in

If I had any sense of comedic timing, I would've figured out that a year ago I should have waited a few extra days to create my blog so I could coincide that birthday with my really for real birthday today. Oh well.  Water under the bridge I suppose. And water everywhere for that matter, …