Writings
Essays, stories, and reflections — philosophy, fiction, and the occasional unhinged thought.
Why I Chose the Name Qaizoku: The Code of a Modern Pirate
Names carry weight. When people see my nickname—Qaizoku—they usually think of Hollywood clichés: peg legs, buried treasure, and lawless chaos.But if you look past the pop-culture paint, the reality of the pirate is entirely different. Historically, they were the world’s original labor refugees—people who looked at a cruel, oppressive, and deeply unequal society and chose to sail right out of it to build something fairer.
Names carry weight. When people see my nickname—Qaizoku—they usually think of Hollywood clichés: peg legs,…
Options
The thing about making decisions is that even if you DON’T make a decision, you have made a decision. (Getty Lee said that)
The thing about making decisions is that even if you DON’T make a decision, you…
Roadtrips and Recovery
Life is a journey Its like a road trip. or a hitchhiker journey. Its scary as fuck.. but if I have friends and family its better.
Life is a journey Its like a road trip. or a hitchhiker journey. Its scary…
Rear View Mirror
Life Evolves. Things change, progress, shift, and adjust as circumstances dictate. All the adjustments may alter our path, but should never alter our direction.. at least not once you are headed in the right direction.
Life Evolves. Things change, progress, shift, and adjust as circumstances dictate. All the adjustments may…
Broken Glass and Broken Souls
Being broken doesn’t make you isolated. Being broken doesn’t make you incapable of being amazing. Being broken doesn’t make you unworthy. Being broken means you have gone through some heavy stuff of some sort and you are still here. That statement alone means you haven’t given up and you are more amazing than you probably realize.
Being broken doesn’t make you isolated. Being broken doesn’t make you incapable of being amazing.…
Grabbing the Brass Ring
hen you go through your life, there are certain events that no matter how small or insignificant they might seem can change your life entirely, from skipping a job interview to saying yes to go on a date with someone. In those moments, you might have made a choice that effects your life for years to come.
hen you go through your life, there are certain events that no matter how small…
Tapestry of Life
We are but frail human beings holding onto life but by a single thread, waiting ever more for the seam to unravel to our reality, pulling the fabric of our lifestyle apart, and sending us to the floor, resembling in texture and color of what we once were, but no longer the shape of our former self. .....
We are but frail human beings holding onto life but by a single thread, waiting…
Evolve or Dissolve
The quote originated after a very painful time in my life. I was left with a very simple decision. I could pick up the pieces of my shattered life and move on to be something better, grander; to be something more — or I could wallow in self misery and just choose to exist where I was.
The quote originated after a very painful time in my life. I was left with…
Sounds of Christmas
The sounds of the holiday season cut through the crisp night air, as I stepped from my car, and into the bustling parking lot. The Salvation Army Collection attendee ringing in the holiday season, but instead of the typical, almost annoying ringing of the holiday bell, the night was filled with the warm sounds of a 100 year old military euphonium.
The sounds of the holiday season cut through the crisp night air, as I stepped…
Pebbles From the River Bed
When I used to play along the banks, of lakes, rivers, and streams, I would pick up the pebbles, and feel them. They were smoothed out from the water flowing over them for years, smoothing them down, shaping them
When I used to play along the banks, of lakes, rivers, and streams, I would…