The Curious Case of the Ephemeral Beefcake

Turns out DC has a storytelling scene because at this point having one is like having a music scene: it's a question of flavor rather than existence. Spectra and I have been to a few shows at a few venues and it tastes very familiar. Once again, anthropology 101 teaches us "people, any people, are far more alike than they're different." Why is this lesson so difficult for me to absorb? A question for a another time.

This story is about the time I was featured in a pin-up boy calendar. If you know this story it'll sound basically the same. I also look the same so, um, yeah.

As always, enjoy... or not.

Farewell My Target Shop Assist: ペチャクチャ style!!!

You know that speaking format where a person presents 20 slides that auto-advance every 20 seconds? It came from Japan and is called ペチャクチャ which translates to "chit-chat" but is better known by the Japanese which sounds like "pecha kucha." For reasons I won't delve into here because Spectra's parents will read it, that sounds weird to me in an English context.

Whatever you want to call it I did once about my beloved and brief stint working in the downtown Minneapolis Target. Here it is.

Moth Story Slam Final (22 Jan 2016 edition): the story I told

I'm the guy in front.