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Scary Squad?
My issue with needing to sleep with the TV on has recently been resolved by the TV itself, which has taken to flickering in and out of reception a la The Ring. So I have the option of either sleeping with it on and waiting for a face to appear in the static, or sleeping with it off, lest it begins that sort of behavior while it’s unplugged, in which case I can never sleep again. I tend to always watch out for the small, creepy things and never hesitate to let them freak me the hell out. Therefore, they follow me. If you would like to know what it’s like for an electrical surge

Five hundred miles
For the past couple years, since wrapping up college at my third and final university, I’ve lived in a little neighborhood called Squirrel Hill. It quickly became my one of my favorite places in Pittsburgh. It doesn’t hold quite the same feelings of gritty nostalgia as the more southern points — Carrick and Brookline and the South Side — but, as a whole, it’s really a good representation of the city.

Fall cleaning
I decided to redesign this website again. It’s funny — I’ve spent the last several years trying to overload this place with widgets and junk, and the only way I was able to bring myself to update was to start tearing crap down. I started using Tumblr again, and liked the simplicity of the design so much that I decided to change this layout and the photography section to match (both of which are still on W