Nicole Kidman utters this iconic line in a now-cult promotional video for the AMC Theatres movie house chain, but it came especially strongly to mind upon my recent forays experiencing live music after two years into an ongoing pandemic. A few weeks ago, I went to a post-hardcore show at…

If you are privileged enough to have some personal agency in seeking a career path that will pay your bills and provide personal satisfaction, you then must strive to be one of the lucky few who can identify the difference between a vocation and an avocation. I was always ambitious…

For a couple of years now, if asked whether or not I want to have children, I’ve replied that I definitely thought I’d already have kids by now. I assumed I’d make them with my own body and the body of the person I’d want to spend the rest of…

Things You Are Supposed To Do: Exercise I used to train up to three times a week in Muay Thai and three times a week in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I would usually supplement these classes with weightlifting and sometimes dance to keep cardio in the mix. Eventually, I had to…

The low, rolling hills on either side of the road shivered as the wind rustled the knee-high grasses that blanketed them. The desert had never looked so verdant, its green film mocking the drought that had reigned for months before this unprecedented springtime growth. We drove away from the city…