Zampano ⋅
"I have not told half of what I have seen for fear I would not have been believed."
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Nightmare at Work #2 in My New Life
I’m actually exceptionally happy in both of my jobs and classes. I am writing about the very minuscule negative portions of my life in this entry and a few prior. I love my job and what I do, but...
A Romantic Conundrum Pt. II in My New Life
Furthermore, the poor thing thinks she is marrying into a wealthy family… which is slightly true to an extent. I have a large family spanning over most of this side of the US and most of them are...
A Romantic Conundrum in My New Life
Needless to say, I am an anomaly. My friends and I are what we call Reality Junkies which coincides with being Knowledge Junkies. My closest friends are all well rounded in skills, trades, we are...
O To My Bicycle in My New Life
In 2015 my car broke down. I had to walk/bike to my jobs to pay off a lot of debt (closer to $20,000 on a bike.) I was in shape already but when it first happened I lived off in the country. It w...
O The Clear Moment in My New Life
Life is tranquil. Life is good; The moments of sublime. College was of themes movies are made of. There were rocky times, or rapids, - Stretches of serine waters. ...
Marla Singer or O-Lan in My New Life
The problem at work, Matt, is a 24 year old with a Narcisistic Personality Disorder. The bosses coddle their little bitch boy as he threatens to assault, Henry, the Zen, calm one with his fists i...
A Severe Personality Disorder at Work in My New Life
I’ve dealt with this a few times before. This kid actually thinks he is me. He has to vicariously live through me. He honestly believes he has the same skill set I do. I’ve dealt with this type ...
This 24 year old got a job at one of my places of business. I’m a business minded man and can work with almost anyone who can pick up a tray. But this one quickly made my shit-list. The first sig...
Old Holmes in My New Life
As he strolls down an Historic District, - and admires the French and Colonial Architecture, the raised-high roof beams expertly cut, decorative gables and canopies from the 19th century he visit...
The Perks of Getting Older. in My New Life
God, what a day. I woke up in a state of chaos. All is lost and at the worst timing ever. I really can’t get it together. Everything is foggy and distant. And today is the day everything I’ve wor...
I Am Somebody (That I Never Chose To Be...) in Ecco Domani
It is true. I am well connected. I was born that way. When I do something… half of the US knows about it. I don’t give a shit. I gave that up long ago. Spotlight is no fun. I believe in being al...
Choose Life in My New Life
Today I woke up differently. I decided to “do the normal thing” and watch mindless, spirit crushing game-shows, or today’s version: youtube shorts compiled like Tick-Tock. It was rewarding at fir...
A Pheadrus' Ghost Haunting in Biology Class Today in My New Life
Youth is waisted on the young. Rush rush rush through class O. While Pheadrus’ ghost visited me. I was no longer in the present biology class but I was visiting my former biology classes and lect...
A Mexican Standoff in Ecco Domani
It’s a tough predicament having alternate beliefs, goals and ideologies than one’s family. When I left home at 18 I was gone gone gone at least psychologically. I’m happier identifying as an orph...
The Door to the Netherworld of Obesity in My New Life
I had made a good life for myself. I was kicking ass at my job. I was hitting the yoga mat hard almost everyday. I was on cloud 9. The state of serenity was magical. The sleep was even better. Ev...
Memoirs of Marginalized Health Advocates in My New Life
By the time I was 13 I was 200 pounds and depressed. I ordered tacos from Taco Bell with no lettuce; just meat and cheese, and sweet cereal for breakfast. I was bullied and belittled by my brothe...
Great News, The Modernist's Icarus and Music Boxes in My New Life
My youngest biological sibling, A_, has preposed to his girlfriend and she said yes. I’m proud of him. I really am. He and I were close during the good times back at home on our cattle and tobacc...
The Good Earth, Bad Literature and Life's Ugly Truths in My New Life
“Why is it that we teach the worst novels by the best authors in school?” -The Squid and the Whale I have read over 500 novels in my life. And they were not the paperback westerns you see in truc...
Long Covid, Literary Transcendence and Nursing School in My New Life
About 7 months ago I had been contracted to build stairs for my apartment complex. I work for my landlady occasionally. I did the project by myself hoisting very heavy timber, climbing up, and do...
My roommate A_ from UnderGrad was my best friend, piano teacher, and intellectual counterpart. He would teach me what he was learning as a Piano Performance major, and I in turn would teach him w...
“Practice doesn’t begin when you walk onto the baseball field, nor does it end when you walk off of it.” -The coaches of my winning baseball team in high school “Alright! It’s money making time!”...
I knew things weren’t right or normal, to begin with, at home, growing up. It came from somewhere deep inside me. I couldn’t say I understood everything, but it came out in my imagination as a ch...
Meditations On The Trumpocholypes, Buckethead and my Piano in Ecco Domani
At the time of the Jan 6 rupture I was hot on the trail of politics. But all of a sudden no Republicans felt too hot about politics anymore. The overall sentiment in my community was “Well, we do...
Fear & Snowboarding In Las Vegas in Ecco Domani
Fear is a hell of a thing. As a Snowboard Instructor about 85% of your lessons are beginners and take place on the Bunny Slopes. About 98% of those lessons 90% of the of the time your student has...
The Times, Chimes, & Sentiment in Ecco Domani
Pt 1 Things are good. Things are really good. So why was it suddenly so hard to breathe? I’ve cut out coffee, and switched to either matcha, yerba mate, or herbal loose leaf teas (namely chamomi...
