all of my writing stuff

Hey! Here are all of the writing things. You can either scroll through it all below, or click on a button if one of those buttons sounds interesting to you. Most of the stuff is under “life writing,” which means “I don’t know how to categorise this.”

Top 50 albums of 2025

What was that? What just happened? The music Gods must have been looking down on us this year because we were blessed with an outrageous year of music. 

Choose Your Own Blogventure

You sit at a table inside Six Ounces Cafe. Across from you sit your writing friends. Well, they’re your friend friends, but today – Wednesday – they are your writing friends.

The Music – 2024

Hey waddup! The list this year is a bit different and has taken absolutely forever to make. Why? Because I am silly and decided I wanted to turn it into a video! I am really proud of it. So, if you would rather listen to me speak about the music, and hear little snippets of…

A definitive ranking of Pixar

I am experiencing a period of writer’s block.  Eight months into my final Master’s project, I am unsure I know how to write anymore! I’m not worried. After all, what is a love of writing, if not a hatred for writing? This is a part of the process. Meanwhile, I am still a big fan…

100 conversation starters for beginners 

Conversations with new people can be tricky, can’t they? You don’t want to be that surface-level loser, but you don’t want to be that jump-in-the-deep-end-freak-people-out kinda person either.  If you’re anything like me (sensitive, kind, empathetic, single), you want to get every conversation with a new person right on the first try. Who knows, this…

The Music – 2023

Music this year was crazy! I liked it a lot. I listened to it a lot. In fact, I listened to one million hours of music this year. Isn’t that wild? I don’t like writing these good. It’s hard to write about music. There are only so many ways you can say “I liked this…

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Review

The world of “simulation” is a fascinating section of the gaming industry. These games often consist of repetitive and banal activities, which are wrapped in fancy packaging, and sold by the millions around the globe. They range from farming, train, and truck driving simulators, to more niche subsections of human activity, like lawn mowing, power…

Inflight Entertainment

55C.  A father. He is not a new one, the man has experience. It’s obvious from the scarce hair swirling around the perimeter of his head, the short shorts, the socks and sandals, and the airport hoodie. Cheap plastic airline headphones are wrapped snugly around his head. His eyes are glued to the Inflight Entertainment…

The Music – 2022

Hi, You like music? Me too. It’s good, aye. Here is a casual look at my favourite albums of 2022. Emphasis on the casual. I’m not bothering with fancy. Or proper grammar. This isn’t a review of these albums, nor is it really a coherent collection of thoughts. It’s kinda just like a list of…

A Proper Goodbye 

February 30, 2012 To the elderly man residing in the house on the decline,  How do you do? It has been too long.  There are twenty ants in my peripheral.  I thought I should let you know.  They are the height of four or five senior-sized footballs   stacked on top of one another.  When I…

How To Write An Academic Essay And Ace It Every Time – 20 EASY Steps

By James Tempero.  BuzzFeed Staff.  High-quality article. So, you’ve got an academic essay to write? Not sure where to start? Don’t know the difference between APA and MLA? Wondering how you made it to the third year of university? Well, worry no more. All you need to do is follow these twenty easy steps, and…

Going Home

Sitting around a table with your best friends at your seventh birthday party.  No joy can compare. Plates blanketed with junk, cups overflowing with bubbling liquid sugar. Hearts and stomachs working overtime. It is the one day of the year exclusive to you; what more could a child want?  You sit, anxious in anticipation to…

The Music – 2021

Hi,  I love music. Almost as much as I love sharing music with people. Here is a very casual piece looking at my favourite albums of the last year that we will call 2021. I’ve chucked on some links to the albums for Apple Music and Spotify. Click on individual tracks and you will find…

You Spend Ten Days Without Internet

Note: the following piece of writing is fictitious. It is purely a guess of your emotions if you were to go without the internet for ten days. People who claim this piece is somehow related to the authors real life from January the 15th to the 25th of 2021 will receive a $500,000 fine (NZD).…

The Uncontrollable Fear of Nothing in Particular

Last Week The moment I heard my parents had died was, without question, the worst moment of my life. I was home alone, washing the dishes, when there was a knock at the door. Behind the door was a creature. It spoke softly, and directly. “I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but your…