The Home of Sean M Davis' Shadowed Imagination
A couple days after I returned from CapriCon, my phone started randomly restarting and getting stuck in a boot loop. I tried, to no avail, to troubleshoot the problem, first following steps I found online, then with the help of Support. Once it became apparent that nothing was working, they sent me a new phone. … Continue reading What I learned without my phone
Imagine this: You carry $500 dollars in cash on you, at all times. You can’t use this money to pay for dinner with your partner. You can’t use it if you’re short on bus fare. In fact, having this $500 in cash is only good for one thing. You carry it just in case you … Continue reading A Reasonable Price for Peace of Mind
About a year ago, a sneaking suspicion crept up on me. I wasn't reading as much as I used to. At first, I put it off to my busier schedule. I was made full time at work. I was living with my partner, Kate. I was a captain for my neighborhood soccer team. And various … Continue reading Binge Watching, My New Reading
Today's post is brought to you by an overwhelming and year-long feeling of failure. As I logged into WP to write this, I saw my previous post about all of the successes I've had over the last couple of years since I last applied for a Kresge Fellowship. Despite those successes, I've been grappling with … Continue reading The Value of Failure
A while ago, I cracked open my fortune cookie to find this. I immediately put it on the keyboard of my computer. Today, I found myself thinking about loving writing. I realized that there are two fundamental truths about it. Love costs It costs effort. There are days when you won't want to write. You … Continue reading For Love
I started smoking when I was sixteen for the same reason thousands of teenagers do: to look cool in front of my friends. The first pack I bought were Camels, unfiltered. Let me tell you, that pack lasted me longer than any pack I bought since. I'd only light up around my friends and only … Continue reading Addiction, Seven Years Later
A moment from my life and day job. For exposition's sake, Jim is my boss. Jim: Just double-checking. "Who's" is "who is" and "whose" is possessive, right? Me: Yeah, that's right. Jim: That's what I thought. Just thought I'd double-check with the Grammar Police. Me: I'm not the Grammar Police. I'm more like a Grammar … Continue reading Grammar Batman
The Chimerical Dark 