Shore·Aug 29, 2023Male Validation, My KryptoniteFor the last ten weeks, I made a goal to write and illustrate ten blogs. I’m proud to say that I actually stuck it out! Now that this goal…
Shore·Aug 22, 2023My Trip to a Stable FamilyWhen I landed in Michigan that morning, I was assigned one of the guestrooms in the family house. The sofa in this room had sheets that my…
Shore·Aug 15, 2023An Agoraphobe Goes Out #2: A Date to Barbie Doesn’t Always Go as PlannedWith free movie tickets that I received from an old friend in 2016, I would take myself out to see Barbie (2023). I had always wanted to go…
Shore·Aug 7, 2023An Agoraphobe Goes Out #1: The AirportI missed the bus I hoped to catch. My mother, still recovering from her shoulder surgery and insisting that she drive with her one…
Shore·Aug 2, 2023Why I WriteI went on a plane for the first time in years! Since I was heading home on my upload day, I thought I’d post an edited excerpt from an…
Shore·Jul 11, 2023Viscerally Explosive: How Akira’s Soundtrack Utilizes Musical Techniques to Illustrate DisasterThis essay was written for a class titled Music In Crisis back in college. Our final paper had little limitation as to what we could write…
Shore·Jul 4, 2023Just Ignore Me, I’m CryingIn the summer of 2010, my family moved away from the city back to our hometown. I was put in a new school, much to my disappointment as we…
Shore·Jun 26, 2023My Baseline on the PHQ-9Healthy relationships for those from particular upbringings can feel boring. Maybe I’m bored with this healthy life.