the story
(short form)
I was born and raised in Minnesota, and I spent a year in Virginia and moved home once the lack of flannel and hotdish became unbearable.
Before advertising, I was a speech and debate coach, a gigging bassist, a part-time magician, and a spelunker. Since advertising,
I am still all of those things.
I was born dyslexic and became a writer. At thirteen, I was partially deafened, and I became a musician. My superpower is being able to do things I suck at over and over until I suck a little less. Perhaps I’m addicted to a certain kind of suffering, or I listen to too much punk rock.
As a child, I discovered that I have a condition that makes reading very difficult when
the dyslexic writer
I read………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
It wasn’t until I was almost 10 that I could read at a functional level. Once I decided to win the war between my eyes and the paper, reading became a puzzle—I like puzzles. A love for words was found, and I soon began writing my own. I think there is some poetic justice in my story. The young boy who couldn’t read fell in love with words.
the deafened musician
Why are you yelling?
Paint peeling,
Canadian healing
Imported wood sealant.
Stay on tempo, keep threatening,
When sound is deafening.
Ears and stinging, radial ringing,
Repeatedly strangled with guitar cables.
Meditation on my eardrum;
Thích Quang Dúc
Gagging on TikTok love…
Look it up.
God can’t hear you
Through the bass drum
Besides my infatuation with fairytales and TacoBell, I am technically an undefeated UFC fighter with a record of (0,0), a narcoleptic coffee drinker, a lifelong musician (I play bass in a band, so I must be pretty cool), and a high school speech coach.
These are my
Keyboards
Why do I have so many keyboards?
I write so much I keep wearing them out.
Plus, they’re kinda nifty.