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blog   -   Oct 21, 2024 Against the Current
Against the Current

POV: You put a bunch of work into the world, and the feeling of liberating your thoughts is cathartic and terrifying. Quickly, the latter feeling eats up the former. So you make less work. And then you find something more important to do. Something. It’s always something. Work, errands,

by Brandon Anderson
family   -   Aug 30, 2022 My Wife Made Me Write This.
My Wife Made Me Write This.

If you’re imagining that as a hand-drawn cartoon where she’s looming over me as I sit at a mechanical typewriter, banging this out under the threat of a rolling pin-inflicted wallop, thank you. You’re my people and we should watch Looney Tunes together sometime.  But no, she

by Brandon Anderson
blog   -   Oct 24, 2021 It's the little things, you know?
small talk

Y’all, I hate small talk.   It’s facile, uncomfortable, and it makes two or more people feel responsible for keeping up a conversation that they don’t want to have, usually while waiting for more important things or people to experience.  But, like a crystal-clear brook—or Krystal and

by Brandon Anderson
blog   -   Jul 05, 2021 10 Years a Got Damn Hustler
10 Years a Got Damn Hustler

I could get a job. But I didn’t want to. There wasn’t enough “easy money” in the world to get me into a pair of khakis with any type of enthusiasm.

by Brandon Anderson
slinging ink   -   Jun 03, 2021 With Everything That's Been Going On ...
With Everything That's Been Going On ...

I write, sing, act, and create. By nature and trade, I am always looking for your attention.

by Brandon Anderson
making art while black   -   Apr 23, 2021 Thoughts On That Time We Almost Got Shot While Doing Improv.
Thoughts On That Time We Almost Got Shot While Doing Improv.

After Casey Goodson was murdered and before Ma'Khia Bryant was shot down, I went to an event space to rehearse with my improv troupe.

by Brandon Anderson
family   -   Apr 01, 2021 On Easter Dinner, and Rabbit Holes
On Easter Dinner, and Rabbit Holes

Easter is mine.   Well, technically, it’s for all of us, I guess. Celebrate as you like, please.  But if you want to know what I’m up to (and you’re going to, since you subscribed to this), I’m hosting my biggest family dinner to date. We’re

by Brandon Anderson
slinging ink   -   Mar 18, 2021 Anyone Feeling Just Whelmed?
Anyone Feeling Just Whelmed?

It took some time, a lot of study, and a s**t ton of courage to begin to live truthfully as a creative writer.

by Brandon Anderson
Against the Current
blog   -   Oct 21, 2024 Against the Current

POV: You put a bunch of work into the world, and the feeling of liberating your thoughts is cathartic and terrifying. Quickly, the latter feeling eats up the former. So you make less work. And then you find something more important to do. Something. It’s always something. Work, errands,

by Brandon Anderson
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blog   -   Oct 21, 2024 Against the Current
Against the Current

POV: You put a bunch of work into the world, and the feeling of liberating your thoughts is cathartic and terrifying. Quickly, the latter feeling eats up the former. So you make less work. And then you find something more important to do. Something. It’s always something. Work, errands,

by Brandon Anderson
family   -   Aug 30, 2022 My Wife Made Me Write This.
My Wife Made Me Write This.

If you’re imagining that as a hand-drawn cartoon where she’s looming over me as I sit at a mechanical typewriter, banging this out under the threat of a rolling pin-inflicted wallop, thank you. You’re my people and we should watch Looney Tunes together sometime.  But no, she

by Brandon Anderson
blog   -   Oct 24, 2021 It's the little things, you know?
small talk

Y’all, I hate small talk.   It’s facile, uncomfortable, and it makes two or more people feel responsible for keeping up a conversation that they don’t want to have, usually while waiting for more important things or people to experience.  But, like a crystal-clear brook—or Krystal and

by Brandon Anderson
blog   -   Jul 05, 2021 10 Years a Got Damn Hustler
10 Years a Got Damn Hustler

I could get a job. But I didn’t want to. There wasn’t enough “easy money” in the world to get me into a pair of khakis with any type of enthusiasm.

by Brandon Anderson
slinging ink   -   Jun 03, 2021 With Everything That's Been Going On ...
With Everything That's Been Going On ...

I write, sing, act, and create. By nature and trade, I am always looking for your attention.

by Brandon Anderson
making art while black   -   Apr 23, 2021 Thoughts On That Time We Almost Got Shot While Doing Improv.
Thoughts On That Time We Almost Got Shot While Doing Improv.

After Casey Goodson was murdered and before Ma'Khia Bryant was shot down, I went to an event space to rehearse with my improv troupe.

by Brandon Anderson
family   -   Apr 01, 2021 On Easter Dinner, and Rabbit Holes
On Easter Dinner, and Rabbit Holes

Easter is mine.   Well, technically, it’s for all of us, I guess. Celebrate as you like, please.  But if you want to know what I’m up to (and you’re going to, since you subscribed to this), I’m hosting my biggest family dinner to date. We’re

by Brandon Anderson
slinging ink   -   Mar 18, 2021 Anyone Feeling Just Whelmed?
Anyone Feeling Just Whelmed?

It took some time, a lot of study, and a s**t ton of courage to begin to live truthfully as a creative writer.

by Brandon Anderson
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