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May 15, 2022

The Sky’s Still Blue

I thought I’d write while the sun had hung, when we called them days, not years far flung, to you. The sky’s still blue. I think sometimes, when wisps of embers leapt outside and amber lights flooded the streets, ‘till the Wrath of Sons, aloud, had cried, “they’re right, it’s…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Mar 26, 2021

The Autumn Leaves

The Autumn Leave The autumn leaves are not as they seem. The ends of the forest lay still and while the spool of time twist on their roots, the ghost-quiet winds blow out of the thick of the dense, luscious green of earthy mound, a single leaf, of a rosy…

Poetry

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The Autumn Leaves
The Autumn Leaves
Poetry

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Dec 12, 2020

I Ordered Magic Spoon Cereal So You Didn’t Have To

The Backstory: A few weeks ago, I stumbled across this video by home cooking YouTuber Adam Ragusea discussing butcher’s cuts for steak and how to prepare them. The video contained a sponsorship for a particular brand of keto-friendly low-sugar cereal known as Magic Spoon. I, being young, 19, and impressionable, ordered four…

Nutrition

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I Ordered Magic Spoon Cereal So You Didn’t Have To
I Ordered Magic Spoon Cereal So You Didn’t Have To
Nutrition

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Published in uWaterloo Voice

·Aug 13, 2020

No Better a Time

there is no better a time than 2:45am. as the transit of celestial bodies fly overhead, the ambient lo-fi playing from your phone finds its place in impromptu pirouettes of the pen through your fingers, whose ends would find a place on your lips. there is no better a time…

Poetry

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Timeless
Timeless
Poetry

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Published in uWaterloo Voice

·Aug 7, 2020

the same day since March

maybe, it’s light out, curiously peering through the blinds. brush away the rheum and toss away the pleasantries, because today is a a day anew, for yesterday it is not and tomorrow it will be! except, this year is a little different. maybe the light is off today, not quite…

Covid 19

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the same day since March
the same day since March
Covid 19

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Aug 4, 2020

How to Make Red Dye (Feat. John Boyne)

A Lesson on Not Researching Fake Video Game Recipes for Real Things Disclaimer: You don’t make red dye with the “tail of red lizalfos and four Hylian shrooms”. There’s a lot of background preparation that comes into writing a novel; when bringing a world to life, equipping it with the…

Humor

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How to Make Red Dye (Feat. John Boyne)
How to Make Red Dye (Feat. John Boyne)
Humor

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Jul 15, 2020

Why “Malphite Doesn’t Do Anything”

The Microcosm of League of Legends Solo Queue’s Worst When you think of League of Legends and the media culture surrounding such a phenomena, you may think of a couple things, like Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok iconic “What was that!” moment. Or maybe, Choi “Insec” In-seok’s most well known mechanical play of all time, named after…

League Of Legends

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Malphite Doesn’t Do Anything
Malphite Doesn’t Do Anything
League Of Legends

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Published in uWaterloo Voice

·May 10, 2020

Infinite Pathos and Lazeez.

Another 1A First-Year Reflection from Someone Who Thinks He Has Any Valuable Insight, But He Doesn’t Preface. Look. Just look. I’ve literally already seen like 10 other posts like this, so I’m going to try something different (but not really, maybe just in tone; it’s laziness if anything). There are…

University Of Waterloo

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Infinite Pathos and Lazeez
Infinite Pathos and Lazeez
University Of Waterloo

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Mar 16, 2020

Tom Mueller — The Indomitable Human Spirit

Yes, He’s a Lot Better than You — Amidst all the wonderful characters of the modern century, whose charisma and personality serve as cultural magnets for the human condition, one may lose sight of what is truly important underneath the shadow of these larger-than-life figures. Such is the case for Tom Mueller, SpaceX’s co-founder with origins that are…

Spacex

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Tom Mueller — The Indomitable Human Spirit
Tom Mueller — The Indomitable Human Spirit
Spacex

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Jan 28, 2020

The Totally Legitimate, Highly Objective Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse Review

1/10. Too many spiders. And men. — That movie sucked, you know what’s better? My story that came from watching the movie, so here it is. So I’m like walking to the theatre and I left my money in my 350 GT, so like any normal human being, I’m probably gonna have to steal it. “Hey.” Deep…

Movies

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The Totally Legitimate, Highly Objective Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse Review
The Totally Legitimate, Highly Objective Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse Review
Movies

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Resident moron at the University of Waterloo, living rent-free at https://sobercoder.me/.

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