Monthly Archive: January, 2026

Connection #1 Classmate: Claire Ji – What’s in my bag Upon reading Claire’s description of her bag’s contents, I was immediately struck by how her items and mine were simultaneously completely different and incredibly similar. Category Jason Claire enjoyment basketball shoes, workout gloves pen, notebook, loose paper Health and body insulin, needles, carbs, deodorant, granola bar comb, perfume, makeup, mouth...

  Before starting this stamp, I considered a few ideas for which word to choose. Media was my first choice, as this was a new medium for me, and lexis also felt apt with my background in language teaching. I decided on stamp because there has always been something fascinating to me about self-reference within media. It’s an awareness of...

My story – TLDR: Some friends and I went to the island of Pag in Croatia without having booked accommodation. After a failed attempt to camp on the beach, our night was saved by a friendly concierge at a luxury hotel who let us sleep on the poolbeds overlooking the sea. In 2008 I had been living in Slovenia for a...

Quote 1 [1:32] “You haven’t had that thought before. That’s a new thought, and I just implanted it in your head using language.” This is such a simple way to express the very basis of what communication is, and it made me consider how communication, at its core, is non-consensual. When we speak, we are literally implanting thoughts into the...

What’s in my (gym) bag? Exercise and gym – basketball shoes, workout gloves, water bottle, lock, deodorant Diabetes related – Insulin, needles, juice, granola bar, gummy bears, cannister of glucose tabs, medical alert bracelet, CGM patches, CGM protector Other – tissues, sunglasses I go to the gym five to six days a week, so my gym bag gets frequent use...