TheKrumblz.com | Search
Search For: Explorer & Genie
Where: Tags
Start Date: 2020-03-02
End Date: 2024-12-16
1 TO 20 OF 28 MATCHES
1 TO 20 OF 28 MATCHES
#1) First Wish
18 Apr 2020
How then dost thou achieve this balance between life and that-which-is-not-life, this thing which keeps thee conscious yet unalive? (Roger Zelazny - The Man Who Loved the Faioli)
#2) No Wishes For You
27 May 2020
I feel an obligation to sacrifice my lede wrapper for a public service announcement. There is a fine line between inhabiting an emotional state and rationalizing mental illness as an identity. If confused or in doubt, seek professional help - there really are other emotions. Or so I am told.
#3) A Bottled Up Genie
09 Jun 2020
How does an introverted genie act? Also, can ghosts "ghost" each other? So many questions that go unanswered. I need a new therapist - my imaginary one isn't cutting it anymore.
#4) A Way Out?
24 Jun 2020
This adventure - and the genie's attempt at freedom - is over and they head home for a few weeks. Is a magic lamp a broken TARDIS? Are genies exiled Time Lords? Does their life have meaning? Why do these sound like bad song lyrics?
#5) You've Got Mail
02 Jul 2020
They return, to my home for a few years: Dublin, Ohio. So much material: I-270, roundabouts, Muirfield, the zoo, OSU, giant corn, Celtic themes, the "world's largest" Irish festival and - of course - all the f*ing shamrocks.
#6) Noo-Noo!!!
18 Jul 2020
My dogs and I have this ritual. They can speak, dance, wave, crawl and so on - but I can’t get them to stop attacking the sweeper. Yes, welcome to Ohio - we "sweep" carpets here.
#7) Flying BFF Class
10 Aug 2020
The Explorer, the Genie and Bo head back out for more adventures. Unless I kill them off. I wish I could join them. Yeah, I'm not entirely sure myself which phrase that last statement goes with.
#8) Dying the Bestest Life
27 Aug 2020
An absolutely annoying aspect of my life is the sheer volume of thoughts and ideas I have at night - especially between dreams - that I feel obligated to write down. Like this one. It feels like torture.
#9) The I'm Fine Print
11 Sep 2020
Live with regret over action or inaction? Me? I would rather face questions of being wrong about my judgment - rather than about myself. But. In either case. Healing begins after acceptance. Then learning.
#10) 30 Days Hath Election?
04 Oct 2020
With luck - there are only a month of these obviously lousy things left.
#11) At One with the Numb
15 Oct 2020
After my first knee injury, when I was 15, I started meditation and relaxation exercises as part of rehab. If I hadn't - I'm not sure I would have made it through my late teens and early twenties.
#12) It's Not a Train
08 Nov 2020
America. And me. Perks of working for one of the world's largest corporations? Expat and travel opportunities. Restricted the last 4 years. It will be nice to travel again. Eventually. And so, whimpering?!? Sorry!!!
#13) Midnight
17 Nov 2020
Moving on from my abject stupidity. The state of America. And me. "I know not what it is I hear; I bend my head and hark: I cannot drive it from mine ear, That crying in the dark." (Archibald Lampman - Midnight)
#14) How to Read a Room
04 Dec 2020
A day in the life of an idiot savant - one with the extraordinary ability to push people away. And just in case anyone is still reading these, yes - I am the idiot talking about myself.
#15) The Gift
22 Dec 2020
I would never waste a wish on something stupid like "world peace". The outside world I can turn off and ignore. I would wish for peace inside my head.
#16) Bewishing Hour
31 Dec 2020
Happy New Year, Eastern Timezone of America! "Staying alive" is the boring consensus wish. I'd rather be "undead" forever. There are SO many people I’d like to haunt for eternity!
#17) Ribbons of Memory
15 Jan 2021
It is only the 15th. Of January. Every corner of the sky is filled with storm clouds. And morning glow is long past due. It's no longer a matter IF I can make it to February. Honestly, it's why would I want to?
#18) The Last Midnight
30 Jan 2021
We are birthed as clocks. Winding down to some random expiration. Perhaps if we heard the seconds incessantly ticking away it would remind us to be better people. And find happiness. With the time we have.
#19) Little Red Robin Hood
21 Feb 2021
I grew-up hearing and reading the more traditional versions of folk tales and nursery rhymes. Many of which were developed during times of social crisis. Are dark, Covid-inspired stories in our future?
#20) The Melonheads
28 Feb 2021
Growing up in northeast Ohio, every teenager hears at least one version of this campfire story. Halloween adventures were never complete without a quick drive over Crybaby Bridge on Wisner Road.
