Tag: America
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Thanksgiving – Thoughts from November 21 and 27, 2022

November 21, 2022 I’m listening to Jenny Lawson’s book Broken and have listened to others by her. Like me, she has anxiety issues and thinks weird thoughts. I’m enjoying it. It turns out I enjoy hearing other people’s weird thoughts as much as writing my own. I like people I can relate to. I can’t…
Brian Kirwan
2022, addicted, addictions, America, anxiety issues, arguments, arguments with relatives, author, being a sidekick, belief, book, Broken, celebrate my flaws, Competition ruins everything, debt, demeaning, disagreement, discriminatory practices, equal partner, flaws are relatable, forgiving student loan debt, future consequences, help young people, Jenny Lawson, literary works, non-smoking, normalized discrimination, older people, other points of view, Patti, pleasant conversations, political leanings, privilege, promise of money, removing personality, resources, smoking, Thanksgiving, the addict I love, thoughts, weird thoughts, word choice, writing, youngsters -
Fourth of July Fireworks – Thoughts from July 3 and 5, 2022

July 3, 2022 Yesterday was my birthday, and I celebrated with sushi and gambling. It was the big five two. It was my last day of being off from work with COVID. I’m back to work today. I always worry that my ID won’t work when I’ve been off for a while, but it worked…
Brian Kirwan
2022, America, arguing, Beatrix, behavior, beliefs, birthday, boring conversation, cats, celebrating, certain subjects, Christians, confused, conversation, COVID, dangerous, extroverts, extroverts annoy me, facts, fireworks, fireworks in the sky, first fireworks, Fourth of July, freaked out, gambling, good Christian, good person, illegal, interesting subjects, introduce myself, known facts, less shy, logical, Luna, mental note, modern America, my ID, neighborhoods, new employees, new people, Patti, people’s baggage, people’s beliefs, playing fair, pride, pride is not good, proud of America, Quest, Scout, Scout staring at Quest, seven deadly sins, shy, shy people, shyness, sushi, the littles, thoughts, topics of conversation, undeserved pride, uninteresting conversations, useless topics, white men, Willow, worst behaved Americans

