Tag: movies

• Experiencing Things not Made for Me, Including Silence – Thoughts from December 3 and 6, 2023

  

  December 3, 2023 English is my first language. I don’t really have a second language, unless you count Nerd as a language. Sometimes, I wish I spoke another language well enough to have conversations, but not enough to put in the time to actually do it. I have delved deeply into English enough to keep…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 22, 2024

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  2023, a good person, audio examples, audiobook, autobiography, Barbra Streisand, belief, bribing our kids, Christmas, Christmas myths, common ground, diverse people, English language, enjoy the fantasies, experiencing things not made for me, good at urination, good for goodness sake, history books, hypocrites, interesting conversations, interesting people, interests, kids watch what you do, libraries, lying to kids, movies, music, nerd language, people disturbed by silence, people’s stories, restroom, Santa, Santa Claus, second language, silence, silence is unnatural, silence makes me anxtious, silent library, silent restroom, silent room, songs, straight white man, telling kids about Santa, The Nightmare Before Christmas, thoughts, toilet, treating strangers badly, urinal

• Thanksgiving Orphans and Thinking Differently from Everyone – Thoughts from November 19 to 28, 2023

  

  November 19, 2023 I found out from Patti that we might be orphans on Thanksgiving. Hopefully, it will keep me from over stuffing myself like I normally do. Except for my last two days off, I’m down in my weight. Holidays have become mainly about eating and drinking more than you normally would. All the…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 15, 2024

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  2023, almond butter, atheist, behavior, being too honest, being unique, days off, debaucherous eating, dessert, drinking enough water, eating unhealthy food, emotional eating, excluding myself, food associated with holidays, forgetting to drink water, freethinkers, gaining weight, happiness and health, health problem, holiday treats, holidays, I look normal, judgemental thoughts, mental illnesses, mini donuts, movies, not moving, Patti, privileged group, routine, squishy couch, Thanksgiving, The Whale, thinking differently, thoughts, turkey, unique thinking, unrelatable, wine

• Metaphors, Movies, and Dash-Cams – Thoughts from March 27 and 29, 2023

  

  March 27, 2023 What can I say? My life is going swimmingly as long as that phrase means you are swimming in a giant ocean without land in sight. I’m not exactly drowning yet, but I would like to find a land I can call home someday. Treading water is good for your core, though.…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 25, 2024

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  2023, authors, bad behavior on the freeway, blockbuster movies, capture the madness on the freeway, car chases, compiling video on my computer, cords, dash-cam, dashboard, David Sedaris, editing video, explosions, GoPro, illogical and wrong, illogical plot points, installing issues, J. K. Rowling, land I can call my own, Linda West, memoirs, metaphors, movies, my reality accepting take, online, ordered a dash-cam, real speak, reality denial, Samantha Irby, sexist and homophobic behavior, thoughts, time to edit video, transfering video, tropes in movies, violence

• Wrist Rest Under the Keyboard – Thoughts from December 11 to 19, 2022

  

  December 11, 2022 I started writing a skit in my head as I was waking up the other day. The basic premise of it was a guy brought a kid to Bring Your Child to Work Day and his coworker questions whether it is his child. As the dialogue continued in my head, it got…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 20, 2024

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• Brian Explains Planned Procrastination – Thoughts from November 26, 2010

  

  Brian Explains: Planned Procrastination The main philosophy of planned procrastination is why do today what you can plan to do tomorrow? I believe I started the beginnings of this philosophy in high school, but it truly blossomed in College. I have a degree in English Composition that I am putting to great use by writing…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 11, 2023

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