Full Ass Intentional Living

  • In Defense of Flatness (or why the semi rural Midwest will always feel like home)

    Hi.  I live in Ohio. Yes, college football, Cornhenge (look it up) and some Amish people. And ya know, Cleveland. I understand that’s about as far as most non Ohioans get. I have primarily lived in the suburbs, but recently have ended up in a… semi rural area. Like… we have a Dollar General and…

  • Person

    I’m reading “Start Where You Are” by Pema Chodron. And honestly, I’m not like .. 100% understanding. I’m not huge into Buddhism so there have been a lot of phrases that are wildly unfamiliar to me, but I just keep reading. So, she presents the idea of like .. just thinking the word “thought” while…

  • The Internet

    We all are well aware now of how bad and damaging the Internet can be. But man, sometimes I fucking love it. I didn’t watch the Superbowl. I don’t care about football. Or commercials. It’s just not my scene, never has been. But now, thanks to the beautiful Internet, I know basically everything I need…

  • Prompt Challenge #1

    If there was a biography about you, what would the title be? This Might Fuck Up the Rest of My Life (Let’s See What Happens) The audio version to be narrated by someone who sounds like Steve Irwin and does it in the style of a nature documentary.

  • Is Mr. Scrooge just misunderstood? (alternate title, I watched the Muppets Christmas Carol)

    Start this off by saying, I’ve never read A Christmas Carol. I’ve seen the old Disney cartoon from the 80s with like .. Goofy as one of the ghosts. And like, I’m familiar with the trope or whatever, right? So, I watched the Muppets version last night and like… I don’t think Mr. Scrooge, in…

  • Dispatch, by Bentley Little – book review pt 1

    Titling this part one, as I’m only 75 pages in but like… Fuck, I’m 75 pages in. Something more should have happened. General synopsis, a guy discovers he has influence/power when he writes letters. Okay, typing that out now makes me feel silly for expecting something action-packed. My bad. In the first 75 pages, we’ve…

  • Renewal

    Nothing like a 70 dollar renewal unexpectedly coming out of your bank account to remind you that you’re supposed to write lol So. Yes. 18 dollars left. But maybe motivation found? I started working out. I’m doing like a 14 day holiday dash thing. Seeing how much progress I can make in two weeks. If…

  • Meh

    I have been shitty. A lot. A friend shared a meme where a guy labeled “me” was on his knees, getting beat up by another guy labeled “the past two or three months”. I get it. But… we’re out of the pandemic. There is no major mass shooting in the news this morning. I have…

  • The Weight Of The World (or, getting bigger – physically – and stronger – emotionally)

    I hopped on a scale this morning. 178. I rounded up there, don’t remember exactly what it said. I’m 5ft3-ish. That’s not in the “ideal” weight range, for my height. (I know those numbers are bullshitty, and don’t factor in a million things, just hang in here with me for a sec.) As a human,…

  • The past…

    So, you never really shake off your past, huh? I was out, solo, at a place I tend to know people. It’s good. Homey. And a guy I’ve loosely known for a few years like… super brought up my past… My most toxic ex. So that’s fun. And like .. your past always exists, right?…