Smelly Boogers Blog

  • The end of The World, again

    Election Day, 2024. For me this presidential election (the first I could vote in) comes at a moment where the spectacle of mainstream American politics (and it is a spectacle) feels largely unplugged from the actual issues of the world. I’d be lying if I said Biden’s win in 2020 didn’t give some relief to…

  • Like Yr Weird

    I’ve come to the conclusion that I operate on two different definitions of “understand.” The first, which everyone uses, essentially boils down to perceiving intent or recognizing something or someone. The second, for me, evades intent, action, or spoken words. It falls more in line with a resonant consonance that doesn’t really even need to…

  • Tornado Season

    The time between spring break and the end of the year aligns itself pretty well with every spring, I think, I’ve ever had. However, if I were asked to choose between tornados in Oklahoma and the absolute shitstorm of assignments I have to complete before the end of the semester, I would probably ask you…

Currently Reading: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen