All of these deserve longer entries, but HH is keeping me busy, so I'll have to do a few short briefs ( Read more... )

I can't believe I've forgotten to post about this for almost a month now, but Nathan and I played our first show together on Saturday, March 26th. So, some time ago ( Read more... )

The first homeless person I helped out in the city of Boston was a man named Gary. I was leaving Qdoba at one in the morning, walking away with a free burrito that StSS gave me. He was shivering - it was November - and in the dead of night he held up his "Anything helps" sign, wearing no gloves or coat. I offered him my burrito, sat down next to ( Read more... )

I don't know why I didn't learn this until after I announced my impending leave, but apparently our Qdoba and the JP Licks down the street had some nice connections back in the day. Our regional manager is married to their manager, and legends say that back in times of yorr this connection meant that the Qdoba kids got free ice cream, and the JP ( Read more... )

Last week, Heading Home, a homeless shelter I applied to ages ago, told me they wanted to take me on as a Case Manager. Dolly, the woman who hired me, convinced me to apply by pandering to the English major in me. She told me that she was an English major in college as well, and felt right at home. "Yeah, I thought that the only way I could put my ( Read more... )

...grad schools ( Read more... )

Spare Change News started a writing workshop ages ago, and they were looking for staff members to help out with tutoring. I applied and got it, but it took me a month to find my first "student." Someone with no job, no cell phone and no home is a little hard to find ( Read more... )

As prophesized in my last entry, Ginny, Nathan and I went out to a bar called Pa's Lounge for an open mic (pronounced "P A," not "pa." Go figure ( Read more... )

Lately, I've spent a good amount of time with a girl named Ginny. Ginny went to Wooster, but was generally just outside my group of friends; I had a lot of friends that knew of her, but I guess I didn't really pay much attention to her. But she's temporarily living in Boston, and it's always nice to see another Wooster alum ( Read more... )

Thomas just moved out here as well, and is now rooming with Nathan in his new apartment. Unfortunately, the room isn't furnished yet, so we often still hang out at my place when we want to practice for the Thirsty Mind gig or play video games ( Read more... )