For those of you who dream of sitting at a computer, with your VS code editor open, writing the code for the software/program that will eventually be the next Google or Netflix, let me give you some useful advice. Here are 4 skills new, aspiring coders/programmers need to succeed in their quest of becoming awesome... Continue Reading →
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Writing Opposite Langston Hughes, Poetically or โA Quiet Longing for Lifeโ
I took the last line of a poem by Langston Hughes (โand death a note unsaidโ from his โNote in Musicโ poem) and wrote the opposite of that one line. The rest justโฆflowed out. Life was many whispers saidin the palms of everyonewho lived and loved you,both out loud and in secret. And those whisperswere... Continue Reading →
Dear Danny (Anger and the Beginning of Acceptance After A Friend’s Suicide)
Dear Danny, I had to work today. I dreaded it cuz itโs nearing Thanksgiving and you know how the store gets near the holidays. Everybody and they mama is in the store, buying up all the groceries, and just chaos everywhere. Iโm dreading Wednesday. I have a 3-hour shift but Iโm so dreading itโฆ I... Continue Reading →
A Letter to a Friend Who Decided Life was Too Much & Killed Himself (Dear Danny)
Dear Danny, I thoughtโฆI thought I could write about this but I donโt think I can. My mind is still mush and my heart is halfway attached to my torn sleeve and halfway on the floor, a trail of dried blood following me. I canโt do thisโฆ *** Suicide justโฆ hits differently than regular death.... Continue Reading →
When the Writer Uses Programming to Cope with PTSD
If I can control the external environment in front of me, namely my laptop, maybe I can control the inner, darker parts of me too. With Halloween being tomorrow, and the day not quite being over yet, I need all the light and promise programming offers that I can get.