Author: Brian Kirwan

• Explosive Birthday Aftermath – Thoughts from July 2 and 4, 2023

  

  July 2, 2023 As birthdays go, this is one of the most recent ones. That’s right, I’m the big five three today. Because I exhausted all my vacation time in Jamaica, I couldn’t take today off. I’m at work, but it’s not so bad. My place of work is where people come on their vacations.…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 20, 2024

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  2023, awkward place to sleep, battle cry of hate, battles, birthday, cat poo, Christian Americans, explosions, fighting foreigners, fireworks, fireworks around our house, God doesn’t exist, gross things, hading pets, hate, hateful American crowds, hating non-Americans, illegal fireworks, Jamaica, July 4th, learn their lesson, litter box, loud noises, miserable complainer, old cat, paws slipping, poo, poo in the crevices, pyro, pyrotechnic hate rallies, Quest, racist sexist homophobic and hateful people, scaring pets, scaring the cats, sleeping on the printer, social butterfly, the smell of poo, thoughts, Thoughts papers, towel on the printer, violence

• American Disfunctional Family – Thoughts from June 25 and 30, 2023

  

  June 25, 2023 I’ve been back to work for two days now. I’m still feeling tired, itchy, puffy, and not quite back to normal. The one thing I didn’t miss while on vacation was my difficulty breathing at home. In bed, my office, and while watching TV, I’m surrounded by fur in the form of…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 18, 2024

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  2023, American, black clothes and hair, buck teeth, calling myself fat, cats, difficulty breathing, family, fur, headache, house hunting show, in-ear headphones, itchy, mom, mother, nasty old woman, not typical American, older woman, over-the-ear headphones, overweight and obese people, Patti, permanent scowl, proof, puffy, religion, sit and be quiet, smart phone, spanking, thoughts, throat sinuses and breathing, tired, TV, unhappy family, vacation, wi-fi, young girl, young man, young woman

• Goodbye Jamaica, Hello Miami Airport – Thoughts from June 21 and 22, 2023

  

  June 21, 2023 Our last day here in Jamaica is here. We got up at 7:00 this morning. Tonight, we have to be in bed by 8:00 pm because we have to wake up at 4:00 am tomorrow. We have to have our luggage outside our room by 5:30 am and be out of our…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 13, 2024

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  2023, airport, another peacock, barely avoid hitting other vehicles, chock-a-doodle-doo, cocky son of a chicken, Couples Resorts, Crackers, creatures of Jamaica, Dial 119, dial 911, dial 999, first-class amenities, flight, flying first-class, Jamaica, LAX, laying flat on a plane, luggage, Miami airport, military clock rooster, Mr. and Mrs. Peacock, naked humans, no tan lines, nude beach, on screen peril, packing bags, parrot, parrot friend, passing vehicles, Patti, police motorcycle, rooster, shuttle ride, sleeping on a plane, spreading feathers, tanning, thoughts, tired, traveling, tried to video, vacation, yellow butterflies

• Jamaican Dreams, Crackers, and Endings – Thoughts from June 19 and 20, 2023

  

  June 19, 2023 As I woke up in Jamaica this morning, I remembered two dreams. They seemed like one long dream, but I realized they were two separate dreams. The best titles for them would be Lazy Zombies and Flying Hamster Friend. I wrote them down so I could eventually develop them as stories. Perhaps…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 11, 2024

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  2023, animal friends, anti-fish, big cage, blind in one eye, Bloody Cesar, Bloody Mary, bored birds, breakfast special, Clamato juice, Crackers, diary, dreams, exercising while on vacation, feeling down, fishy dish, flying hamster, glasses, Jamaica, journal, judging eyes, knowing the servers, last full day of vacation, Mad Max character, Mai Tai, memoirs, mohawk, nude beach, omelet, parrot, partiers, Patti, pool volleyball, red necks, resort photographer, stories, story of our life, swimming, thoughts, Thoughts papers, tomato juice, vacation, Vacation Land, zombies

• Our Hermit Crab, Peacock, and Rooster Friends – Thoughts from June 16 to 18, 2023

  

  June 16, 2023 It’s Friday and I think we all know what that means. Usually, it means grocery shopping at home, but today it’s vacation shopping. Patti is looking for a bag for the cat sitter and guardian of our girls while we’re here in paradise. We lost water this morning before we could shower.…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 6, 2024

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  2023, Asian cuisine, birds, black rooster, cat sitter, cats, cats fighting, cock-a-doodle-doo, Competition ruins everything, drinking at the pool bar, earplugs, eye mask, fruit sticks, grocery shopping, hermit crab, last smoking vacation, normal diet, noticing animals, numb butt, paperback book, Patti, peacock, pool, pool lounger, pool volleyball, reading, red feathers, rooster friend, shopping, showering at night, showering in the morning, sleeping, smoking, swimming, thoughts, Thoughts paper, vacation, Vacation Land, vacation problems, vacation shopping, white Kindle, writing

• Operation Jamaican Vacation: The Anniversary Part – Thoughts from June 13 to 15, 2023

  

  June 13, 2023 Day two of operation Jamaican vacation, but it feels like day one. We were too tired to vacation yesterday. I had a dream where I was petting a seal. This was probably from me missing Luna laying on top of me and our daily rubbing exercise. I rub her and she tries…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 4, 2024

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  2023, anniversary, annoying behavior, breakfast, competition, Competition ruins everything, crabs, daily rubbings, drinking beer, human cat dad, humpapa, Jamaica, Jamaican vacation, long pants or shorts, male peacock, missing the cats, music trivia, New Orleans, operation Jamaican vacation, Patti, Patti and Brian, peachicks, peacock kids, peacock mom, peahen, pool volleyball, Queen, Queen songs, quiting smoking, repeaters dinner, school of fish, secluded beach, shallow ocean by the beach, smoking, Southerners, sweating, sweating is my hobby, sweating profusely, swimming, thoughts, Thoughts paper, translucent skin, trash talk, Vacation Destination, vacations without smoking, veggie bar, wedding song, What a Wonderful World

• Jamaica, Here We Come – Thoughts from June 11 and 12, 2023

  

  June 11, 2023 Here we sit in the LAX airport. It’s about 9:30 pm and our flight is at about 11:30 pm. Who is this “we” you speak of? This might be your question if this is your first ever Thoughts paper you’ve read from this Brian guy. Brian is one of the we and…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 30, 2024

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  2023, airport, away from our bags, Beatrix, being tired, boarding groups, boarding the plane, Brian, carry-on, cats, cats are part of my routine, choking on salt, Couples Resorts, Facebook, flight, French fries, fur on our stuff, gaining vacation weight, getting nervous, Italian hot sauce, Jamaica, laptops, LAX airport, Luna, Miami airport, missing my bed, missing the cats, my weight, packing, Patti, Quest, racism sexism and religious fundamentalism, resort restaurants, resorts, routine, Scout, sleeping on planes, Starbucks, suitcases, talking cat, the American South, thoughts, Thoughts paper, too much salt, vacation, vacation meal, vegan and vegerarian options, Willow

• Blanket Rules are Illogical Rules – Thoughts from May 28 and 29, 2023

  

  May 28, 2023 Following rules you hear is not the same thing as following rules that are written and documented. Enough said. May 29, 2023 It was fun to end my Thoughts paper yesterday with “enough said” after one sentence, but I wasn’t actually done. Today, I will finish what I only introduced yesterday. The…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 28, 2024

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  2023, all-or-nothing statements, arbitrary and unecessary rules, being a rebel, being aware of other people, blanket rules, caring about other people, challenging behavior, changing my ways, common sense, courtesy rules, daily routines, disagreeing with all rules, established rules, experience, following blanket rules, illogical rules, individual decisions, knowing why I’m doing something, managers, preventing rudeness, questioning, questioning rules, rebels, rude people, sound reasoning, sterile workplace, thoughts, understanding a task, verbal rules, walking on the right

• Ignoring Other People and My Moth Friend – Thoughts from May 20 and 21, 2023

  

  May 20, 2023 I’m on day six of eight days of working the same earlier shift. It’s only two hours off the shift I enjoy better, but it’s an annoying two hours. The most annoying part about it is feeling tired every day. If I told you when I was coming to work, you would…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 23, 2024

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  2023, abnormal jobs, autism, being an atheist, bored or freaked out, boring people, carefull word choice, caring about other people, catering stories to the group, connecting to other people, conversations about religion, coworker, drumming in the air, exciting people, experiencing the world, ignoring other people, ignoring the world, incidence, interesting people, little creatures, looking strangers in the eye, loud clothes, moth, moth on my windshield, movements as communication, my Monday, my moth friend, no beliefs, observations, Other People Exist, people’s stories, shyness, snoozes, stimulus, storytelling, the early shift, thoughts, tired, unpleasantness of the world, videoing, weird stories, work

• Vacation PTSD and Loud Nerds – Thoughts from May 14 and 15, 2023

  

  May 14, 2023 I’m tired and cranky. It’s Mother’s Day, but that’s not why I’m cranky. Patti’s mom and my mom are no longer alive. It’s my life that’s feeling more and more out of control. Patti makes decisions for me, my work makes decisions, and time doesn’t allow me to make more than a…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 21, 2024

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  2023, acknowledge another human being, anniversary, cayenne pepper, dripping sweat, eating lunch, I told you that, ignoring other people, Jamaica, knocking my chair over, lack of decision making, life out of control, living without a say in our lives, loud conversation on phone, loud noise, lunch, lunch at night, making decisions, Mother's Day, my part in the plan, mysterious plans, Patti, plans, podcast, spicy meal, staring at their phones, steamed vegetables, sweating, talking on speaker phone, thoughts, tired and cranky, vacation, vacation PTSD, vacation time, vegetable lunch, visioning a plan is easy, young and nerdy