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Kirk Holland
May 6, 20232 min read
In the midst of it...
My dealing with depression is nothing new to anyone who's read my posts before. Right now, I'm sitting in the middle of a depression high...
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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 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
Mar 3, 20223 min read
Peace and Pride
Noise. Constant mental noise is what I had almost become accustomed to ever since I went through puberty in 7th grade. Ever since I had...
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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 9, 20213 min read
Reindeer are Bitches.
Tis the season for songs that as time goes by we begin to raise our eyebrows at. A couple of years ago it was "Baby, It's Cold Outside."...
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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
Nov 29, 20213 min read
The Lowdown Mixed Tape
I've come to realize that, like a great many people, I struggle with depression. I don't know what I thought it was for so many years. I...
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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
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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