Episode 91 - Bye Bye Bifurcated

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Back on top in Chinese class, struggling with a wall to wall to schedule everyday, knowing one area of my life will suffer as a result, recounting the stressors of the week, the horror of the new neighbor's band practice, being noise sensitive, the emotional and psychology imposition of inconsiderate people, everything going wrong that could wrong before my most recent test, having to confront the neighbor's about their noise, a friendly surprise, your silence rotting into resentment, struggling to speak up for myself when needed, not taking responsibility for how other people feel about what you're doing, some unexpected fireworks, and a prelude to a conversation about conservative Christian preachers.

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Episode 90 - Sword of Damocles

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Falling short on my most recent Chinese exam, feeling a disturbance in the force leading up to it, intuitive vs. data driven decision making, attending a wedding this week, showing up early and observing "the help," reflecting on the unobserved experience of many musicians, the joy of watching two singles "hook up" at the wedding, the HBO documentary "Allen vs. Farrow," vehemently defending a position without being fully possessed of the facts, the sword of Damocles-type existence of guilty people, and the irony of people holding all of the power yet feeling powerless.

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Episode 88 - Philosophical Potpourri

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Enjoying the modality of summer school, finishing my time at junior college with straight A's, recounting my time languishing at a junior college in Arizona a decade ago, teachers at that time seeing me and my circumstances clearer that I could, how we use systems of divination like Tarot and the I Ching to give us permission to do what we already wanted to, exhausting my girlfriend (and this podcast's listeners) with my school anecdotes, and the possibility of continuing the podcast past one hundred episodes.

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Episode 87 - White Chinese Robot

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Starting summer school and taking finals in the same week, all of the stressors coming together at the same time, apologizing to those who listen regularly for being absent, wanting to be consistent, living in the same place for the last twelve years, my entire creative output being authored within feet of where I'm sitting now, various reactions to my living space over the years, watching the over-produced "Friends" reunion on HBO recently, yawning, and the yin and yang of Judy Judy and Judge Caprio.

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Episode 85 - Potential

Missing last week's episode, trying to finish the semester (and my time at community college in general) strong, having to absorb the responsibilities of others, the bureaucracy nightmare of the admissions process, developing the skill of advocating for yourself, shitty service as a consequence of being mismanaged, not living up to one's potential, people making excuses for themselves, leveraging the current pandemic for your own needs, stumbling on an analysis of Bela Bartok's "Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta" by my former music theory teacher, and wishing I had been a better student during my time with them.

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