I never placed much stock in the idea of the supernatural…. That is, until it came knocking on my door. I can’t explain how the events I’m about to explain to you transpired, but I can swear to you that it’s the absolute truth. If you choose not to find…

Never ask for reprieve, instead wish for strength… — Me This isn’t my typical cynical nature speaking, even though I do attest you’re not at fault for believing so. My mantra stems not from my usual lack of faith in things improving, but more in personal experience and the inner…

Why am I not allowed to choose to be happy? Why is it that I have to be this miserable for YOU people? - Batman Dobbins FTW I never belonged anywhere, not really. You ever hear that adage about that depressed, introverted individual who seemed alone even in crowds? In…

Welcome to My World… - Frederick Charles Kreuger, "Freddy Vs. Jason" Fear has always been something I operate in symbiosis with, even to degrees I was not prepared to deal with at times. Batman, Daredevil, horror films, the occult/ supernatural/ paranormal, name it I love it. Not just the topic…

En·tro·py /ˈentrəpē/ a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system. 2. lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder. You would think the worst part of dying is the…

The biting, remorseless cold whipped with the wind in an ever present whisper. The Demeter, a modest 150 foot ship, slowly carries onward into the boreal wastes of the Artic Circle. The frost has collected and compacted onto the deck, thick enough to create an audible crunch underfoot. The ending…

Don't center on your anxieties, Obi-Wan. Keep your concentration here and now, where it belongs… Qui-Gon Jinn, Star Wars While I tend to truly wish I followed this teaching, I lean harder on the opposite end of the "in the moment" spectrum. The closest I get to it is overthinking…

NEARing A Mild Panic No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main -John Donne, "No Man Is An Island" NxP was quiet… I'm lying, it was extremely hectic and busy. Somehow, the people from the other non…

"I'm NEVER happy…" - Firelord Zuko I love Aang, but Zuko has always been my favorite character. Not sure why; I'm not rich or famous, or mistreated. I'm not even raised by an old man who is better than my abusive, all-powerful father after refusing to meet him in Agni…