Writing

Blog Posts

Changing expectations

June 23rd 2023

My thoughts on the notion that nobody wants to work anymore, and why I think it's so flawed.

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What videogames have meant to me

June 20th 2023

The reasons why gaming is my favorite hobby and why it's been an important part of my life

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We can all be better friends

Jan. 17th 2022

My takeaway from an in-person meeting with one of my best friends for the first time in over four years

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Political Climate

I lay out my reasons as to why I'm unable to become invested in politics in America, and why I don't see that changing anytime soon.

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Racism in America

After the killing of George Floyd brought police brutality to the forefront once again, I give my thoughts on the continuing racism in America and how I feel there is no easy solution to the problem.

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Mental Health

This is about my realization that through finding out the real struggles of your friends, you get a greater sense of those real friendships, as well as those that were not as strong as you once thought.

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Trying to Find my Stride Part Two

The second post about my anxiety and self-critique, and how some positive things have come out of this experience as well.

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Trying to Find my Stride Part One

I finally open up about the anxiety that I've secretly been dealing with for a while, and the specific challenges that I deal with as a result of it.

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Not Just Pets

Despite those tough days at the end, I try to put into words what the close relationships with my pets has meant to me.

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Gun Rights

The situation of gun rights gets brought up after each tragic shooting, but for me, it's not nearly as simple as a lot of people think it is.

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Short Stories

Overdue Punishment

2017

This is a historical fiction piece taking place during the Battle of Iwo Jima, from the perspective of a Japanese soldier. He has a chance encounter with an American soldier that makes him question what he's been taught about the enemy.

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Served Cold

2021

This is about a young man that feels compelled to help his best friend. Thinking he's being a friend to her, he'll find out he's in over his head.

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Stranglehold

From the eyes of a German Officer leading his squad of soldiers in the battle of Stalingrad, Markus Schultz must face the brutal Russian winter as well as an enemy with seemingly infinite manpower.

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Turned Upside Down

Samantha is a young girl that goes with her parents to the bank one day. While there, they become victims of a terrifying bank robbery. Besides her young age, Sam is also deaf and tries to piece together what is the most unbelievable day of her young life.

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Poetry

A letter to hipsters

An opinion toward many lifestyle aspects of the stereotypical hipsters

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France 1916

World War I from the perspectives of both a German soldier, and a French soldier during the bloody battle at Verdun.

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Ignem et mortem

A Vietnam War story that ends tragically for a group of American soldiers, a voice from the grave recalls with a code written in the lines what really happened.

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Misplaced Hatred

Inspiration from a line of Richard Katrovas's poetry, a soldier lamenting his experiences in war and the disconnect between soldiers on the ground, and those that give the orders.

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Rising Tide

Written in memory of Gwendolyn Brooks, this is about racial acceptance and about pity for those foolish enough to drown in a sea of malice and racial inequality.

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To be a fruit is to live

No one ever said living as a piece of fruit would be easy. Each life has its own challenges, especially when egos and emotions become involved in the constant battle to survive.

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To my Super Nintendo

A thank you letter to my favorite gaming console, for helping me discover one of my favorite hobbies and creating many memories.

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Flash Fiction

A Different Street

Set in modern day New York City, Big Bird, The Count, Elmo, and the Cookie Monster struggle to adapt to life outside of their famous show.

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Screenplays

Final Expectation (Work in Progress)

This is just through Act One so far, from the point of view of a British soldier living through the hell of the World War I trenches, with the backdrop of the Christmas truce where British and German soldiers laid down their weapons and met in no man's land.

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Research Papers and Projects

Law Enforcement Senior Project

From my final year in college, this senior project involved one full semester's worth of research into a potential career avenue after school. At this time, I had some interest in law enforcement and security work.

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Strong Females in Shakespeare's Works

A Shakespeare course final paper about the strong women written by Shakespeare that go against the grain of this time period, by measuring up to their male counterparts in every way.

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To Be or Not To Be (Authentic)

Harriet Beecher Stowe came under intense scrutiny for her portrayals of black characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Even being written by a white author, this book still can have a place at the table of discussions about the terrible nature of slavery.

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