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personal-essay
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What do you do when you know you’re going to die? : a dystopian existence
I’ve never understood why people would want to live in a utopian society where everything is the same. I want to live a colorful existence, even if it means having an intimate awareness about the dystopic nature of what is actually going on around me.
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If a device tells you something, do you believe it?
When I think about the reason for modern conflict in this world, I usually think about either land grabs or wars over race. At the same time, I’ve always known through my studies that some of the most ruthless battles in history have been fought over religion. Groups wish to flaunt their ideological supremacy over…
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Live the life you want to live
I’ve heard plenty of people say “life is what you make of it”. I feel like the same can be said about death. I’ve been to four funerals and felt very different at each one of them. How we remember those who have passed on is often a function of how we remembered them when…
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Competition as Philosophy
Everybody bleeds. Everybody dies. Life is a biathalon of bootlicking and one-uppery. Whoever inflicts the most pain onto others while retaining the least resistance rides high without regard to the lifeforce of the others. The human experience is a textbook example of inhumanity. I was raised by wolves and sharpened by the wisdom of generations…
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Stories/Patterns
Seven Career Stories 1. In college, I was part of the spirit band that played at basketball games. We got a gig before a New Orleans Hornets game sponsored by Zatarain’s. We provided much of the soundtrack for the folks walking in to the New Orleans arena that day. I was a trombonist, and there…
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Introduction
I’m just a dude trying to live a righteous life by my own standards. I’m originally from Rapid City, South Dakota, the second biggest town in a state that people have only ever heard of because of a racist carving some presidents into rocks up the hill from my childhood home. My background has been…
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Embracing the role of the heel – anger as inspiration
The post is a personal account spanning from 1991 to 2024, highlighting experiences of abuse, foster care, and the failures of the system. The author shares their struggles with being understood and the emotional toll of their experiences. They delve into the shortcomings of the foster care system, detailing their encounters with different families and…
Christopher Sauer 