Not an ordinary child. A child born in hell. Forged from suffering, hardened by pain. Not a man from privilege ( Read more... )

Ran from Sydney city to Manly, passing through the rocks market, running across the harbor bridge, visiting balmoral sailing club, and finally arriving at a liquor store in Manly where I bought a bunch of cider and begun to get myself right ( Read more... )

I'm currently putting all of my things into a uhaul truck again. Its in the alley next to my garage right now. I wanted to pause and journal before I turned my computer off and reflect for a second. I don't know where my life is going. I keep working for startup after startup on contract basis, making good money but spending it all living an ( Read more... )

A small example of how idiotic we are: A girlfriend and I used to watch movies in her living room. She had a couch which was uncomfortable for two people to lay on and cuddle under, so we naturally just put blankets on the carpet and cuddled up. We then propped pillows up against the couch to increase our comfort level. The couch however, had this ( Read more... )

I remember in college when my life felt so meaningful I had to write in this thing every single day to share just how much I had learned. I think it's a phase, like when kids suddenly start asking "What's this" about EVERYTHING. This turns into "this is" when we learn to attach meaning to things, and everything around them becomes something worth ( Read more... )

So, interviewing for companies I decided working for okcupid would be a lot of fun, and a good place for me at this point in my career. I have some pretty good ideas for social dating and I saw their team and was really impressed - they build a lot of their own stuff and seem like they have some really smart cookies. I applied, the interview ( Read more... )

For the past few years, this poem sums up how I've felt ( Read more... )

So life is pretty good right now. I've been working for a new startup here in San Diego with HUGE potential, and I'm enjoying my coworkers. I'm fired up making this thing succeed in a big way - and knowing I have the power to do so ( Read more... )

A great series everyone should watch, I don't know how it went under my radar. In college I wrote some cyberpunk about a similar powerful corporation that ended up running its massive computer system on human brains. It was more about shared memories and defining if humanity had anything unique to offer, or if everyone's feeling of self-identity ( Read more... )

I wish I could record my dreams. I had several last night, and perhaps because I recently read the script for eat pray love in an attempt to understand why I found the movie so boring, my dreams were about relationships ( Read more... )