We’re All Idiots
I came to Vancouver without a place to live. The time leading up to the decision to pursue an uncertain life, in another country no less, was not a lot of time. It didn’t leave much wiggle room. In...
View ArticleA Calendar Of Question Marks
At the end of September, I moved out of my apartment on Division Avenue in Wicker Park and in with one of my best friends, Braden. I haven’t lived in a place I’d call my own since. Living in the domain...
View ArticleReal Conversations Before Geek Bonnaroo
I had three really great conversations this week. I have been leaving myself on Skype more lately because otherwise I’m essentially shut off from the world. I’m ‘derekshanahan’ there if you’re looking...
View ArticleDepressed? Not One Bit.
Earlier this week I had a dear friend ask me if I was depressed. Word around town was of concern, and surprisingly informed by the tone of my blog posts this month, of which I think there are a grand...
View ArticleSun For Five Minutes
What up folks! Exciting times around here…here being a city in Western Canada rife with leaves and mountains, sunshine and activists. Vancouver does summer just like you’d expect. It’s a place of...
View ArticleWe’re All So Lucky
The windshield was inches from my forehead, and I was still clutching the tan leather armrest like an eight year on his first rollercoaster. It all happened so fast. A few hours west of St. Charles,...
View ArticleWe’re All So Lucky, Part Two
This is the second half of a story started here. It was the most unforgiving turn I’ve seen in my life…a life that’s given me the great fortune of a ride down the Pacific Coast Highway from Seattle to...
View ArticleHow Are Things Going?
“I’d love to make new friends, but who does that after they’re 30?” I got that text from a friend I left behind in Chicago, a person I probably miss more than I even realize sometimes. Giving up the...
View ArticleNaturally, My Blog Would Crash This Week
There’s at least a few reasons that this week my blog would crash, and all of them are related to the fact that one of my closest friends growing ups carries the last name Murphy and I am subject to...
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