Alright… it has been 9 days and a wake up since I moved into A Unit and started the next phase of this marathon. And I am surprisingly pleased to report that the experience thus far has been overwhelmingly positive. In some ways… shockingly so. The simple fact that I now live on the North […]
I heard the chatter before I heard the news. This is how things typically go behind these walls. “Hollywood. They’re moving you homeboy. RDAP time bro”… I hear from multiple guys as I leave work Wednesday afternoon and walk back to “my” unit that apparently will no longer be my unit in a matter of
I look down at my left wrist… 9:58am. I have now been awake for 6 hours with nothing in my body besides coffee and willpower. I need to eat. Usually by this time… I have made myself a nice, “fresh” salad with my trusty bag of tuna alongside but today has been one of those
Basically the whole tribe is on some version of summer vacation this week. We got Palm Springs… we got Santa Claus (Yes… it is a real place)… we got Spain…. we got Copenhagen. My people are out there livin’ and I love it. Throughout the week… there have been multiple instances where guys would ask
I shouldn’t be here today. I should be in Northern California with my family (well most of it) and the ones that aren’t there…should be there as well but because I am not… they are not. I should be waking up and helping everyone get ready to launch our girl… my oldest niece… into symbolic
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Father’s Day weekend. Man… Father’s Day weekend behind these gates is a unique experience to say the least. As I woke up this morning…. I laid on my rack and thought about my boys. I thought about how incredibly bad I wanted to be with them… for our reality not to be reality and I
Alright… so absolutely zero computer access over the weekend has me bangin’ this thing out before I head into work on this glorious Monday morning… still feels like Sunday night but we will go with Monday morning. That all being said… I must be quick but I do want to leave you with this… It’s
It’s Tuesday night… I started a new little evening routine this week where I rent a movie on my tablet and set up shop in the room after dinner to unwind and have a bit of time to myself. Shut that door… turn off the light… pop on the movie and disappear into another world
Well… in flawlessly fitting fashion… I was reminded once again that no matter how hard we try to influence an outcome… our lack of control is the only aspect of life in here (and out there honestly) that remains undefeated. The cards are going to fall where they are going to fall and the only
I have been thinking about a word that would describe how this past week started and I keep coming back to… powerful. It was impactful… it was reflective… it was emotional… it was hopeful… it was a day that feels as though all the days to follow are now altered ever so slightly. It was
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