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Kirk Holland
Sep 15, 20233 min read
Queer and Light
Since I came out three years ago, I've been consuming a ton of entertainment of all sorts in the LGBTQ+ category. Books, movies, TV...
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Kirk Holland
May 18, 20232 min read
Mid-Month Brain Drippings - May
Seriously, you guys, I don't know what happened to April. One moment it was here and the next, I can't find it. Just gone. But now it's...
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Kirk Holland
May 4, 20233 min read
Measuring Up and Feeling Down
Confession: I was reading a book on the bus to school this morning and the entire time I had to put a stop to one of two narratives in my...
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Kirk Holland
Feb 20, 20233 min read
Whoa! This is What Focus is Like?!?
If you're in my generation or before, possibly a smidge after, you know what comes to mind when you hear the letters ADHD. One...
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Kirk Holland
Feb 14, 20233 min read
Mid-Month Brain Drippings...
I surpassed 10,000 levels on Gardenscapes. God, help me. The movie Clueless is still one of my absolute favorites and the Super Bowl ad...
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Kirk Holland
Feb 9, 20233 min read
I Don't Know. You Might Check Your Connection...
"Hey, I went Saturday night and saw that movie you suggested." "Oh, yeah? Wasn't it great?" "Meh..." "Wait. What do you mean, 'meh'?" "I...
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Kirk Holland
Jan 28, 20233 min read
I'm Write Here!
"You don't have anything interesting to say. You're not poignant. Nothing you have to say is anything new nor anything anyone wants to...
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Kirk Holland
May 5, 20222 min read
We Crave Stories.
Tragedy struck a month ago. As I mentioned in my last blog post, I'd recently started exploring a new story about a gay teenage guy,...
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Kirk Holland
Apr 11, 20222 min read
Choosing Creativity Despite Chaos
Remember that hilarious meme that made its way around which said something to the effect of, "2022 sounds ominously like 2020 too?" Oh so...
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Kirk Holland
Jan 20, 20222 min read
The Damn Shoulds and a Tank On Low
It's that time of the year again. Auditions, rehearsals, designs, theatre class, and self. As a theatre teacher, a job I love, my...
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Kirk Holland
Dec 3, 20212 min read
Social Media Can Suck My...
I have the absolute best of intentions to write, to progress, to connect, to be present. I sit down at a desk to work, a table to write,...
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Kirk Holland
Aug 20, 20212 min read
Writing with Pride
As most people close to me know by now, I came out a little over a year ago. That statement right there has a world of history and...
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Kirk Holland
Jul 13, 20212 min read
Take it to the Bank
Giant sand dunes, sprawling grasslands, enormous tree covered rock formations jutting open from flat plains, an old middle eastern city...
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Kirk Holland
May 27, 20213 min read
Dream Come True
I'm an author. Like, officially, I'm a published author. ***Insert mind-blown emoji here*** I was in Portland, Oregon, several summers...
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Kirk Holland
May 13, 20212 min read
Who are the Six?
If you've been watching my Instagram feed or Facebook posts, you may be getting an idea of who these Six individuals are. I've given...
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Kirk Holland
May 10, 20213 min read
Pandemic Production
I'm a bit of a news whore. I love watching it. First thing in the morning, I make my coffee, park my butt on the sofa, and attend my...
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Kirk Holland
May 5, 20213 min read
Jump off that cliff!
I stood on a cliff in the Philippines about nine meters (or about thirty feet for my States peeps) above a beautiful blue pool fed by...
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Kirk Holland
Apr 27, 20212 min read
What's your ritual?
I don't know about you, but I'm a creature of habit. In fact, within the last year of living in my new place, I've realized more and more...
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Kirk Holland
Apr 26, 20212 min read
Well damn... I didn't see that coming
I met the Six over six years ago . . . huh, I just noticed that. They've lived with me for years; I getting to know them and getting to...
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