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From Active Ingredients to Soothing Skincare: My Favorites for Healthier Skin

When I originally wrote this skincare content I first was going to share a list of where I started and every product I’ve tried in succession and what I thought of it. I will eventually share that list, because some of those products were fine for a time and as my needs shifted so did the products.   But I am now so happy with the products I am using now that I decided to share these first.  I…

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Skincare Secrets for Cystic Acne: My Routine and Tips from 1 year of Experimenting

20 years of skin hell with Cystic Acne: They say the skin is the window to the health of the body and if that’s true, I’ve been all fucked up since puberty hit. I’ve had chronic cystic acne since I was 10. I remember the first pimple I noticed. I wondered what it was and my aunt told me it was ready to pop. So I did so, and that started a lifelong bad habit of skin picking.  I have tried…

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Breaking Free: My Journey from Hyper-Independence to Self-Care

If you’ve been wondering why I’ve been so quiet here it’s because I’ve been hard at work taking care of myself and leveling myself up. This is my journey from running myself ragged to intentional self-care. At some point over the last few years I started to realize I was living in a particularly masculinized version of myself and I got tired of it.  I was just tired in general to be clear.   I…

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Moments in Quitting Weed that Changed My Brain Chemistry 

Anyone close to me these days or following my story knows that I quit weed about a year ago. Exactly a year actually as of June 9th.  This post was promised that day but I’ve been a little preoccupied with life and work since then so it comes now. My full download of why I quit, what I’ve experienced and what it means to me going forward.  It was really truly a part of my identity reinforced by…

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Anarchapulco 2023: The Rebirth of Anarchaforko

Anarchapulco 2023: The Rebirth of Anarchaforko

I’ve been quiet here and it’s been for a pretty good reason. I spend a lot of time working and this past month has been a whirlwind of things I’ll start sharing about here now that things are slowing down. Well actually they aren’t quite slowing down but I will say that the flow of things is adjusting as such to allow me some free time again.  One of the biggest projects in my life right now is…

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9 Unexpected things learned in Circus Classes

9 Unexpected things learned in Circus Classes

Anyone following me in the last year knows my obsession with the circus arts. Its through this that I’ve found freedom in several regards. I’ve even talked about this in a few post show interviews recently, to explain that circus is how I literally out climb some of the rougher parts of my path to find something better, certainly to have more fun. This is a list of unexpected things I’ve learned…

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Life Changing Guacamole Recipe

Life Changing Guacamole Recipe

Anyone who’s followed my journey over the years knows I have struggled with food. I love all kinds of food but not all kinds of food love me back, all the time like I would like them to. This for me is a foray back into my old blogging style in many ways. I stopped eating avocados in general when I had the copper IUD, a crazy story for another day because of copper poisoning which was made worse…

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Episode 6: Evolution Opinion and Perspectives

Episode 6: Evolution Opinion and Perspectives

Well, that was a lot.  Perhaps the most emotional episode so far for me at least if you can believe it. I was left feeling very conflicted after episode 5 and now after episode 6 I feel emotionally drained, but also somehow seen.  This is by far my favorite episode, as far as Im concerned (minus the death of Nathan Freeman of course. We weren’t friends but I feel for him and his family with this…

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Episode 4: Damage Opinion and Personal Perspectives

Episode 4: Damage Opinion and Personal Perspectives

I have mixed feelings on this last episode. I’m not sure how else to put it. Naturally all of this has brought me back to those times and that relationship and the way I felt during that relationship.  I’ve been somewhat accused of only focusing on the bad memories of that relationship. The reality there was that most of what I experienced in that time was bad memories, and I struggle to think of…

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How I Met Jason Henza: Guest Post from an Unsung Hero

How I Met Jason Henza: Guest Post from an Unsung Hero

This post was written by my good friend and someone I call my crypto Dad Doug Barbieri. Originally posted on substack, here. While he was interviewed by the producers of The Anarchists, his story with us so far has not been worked into the episodes. Its hard to fit 6 years into only 6 hours so to an extent, I understand. Anyway, here is his story about his straight up act of heroism that…

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Episode 4: Living without the Law Opinions and Perspectives

Episode 4: Living without the Law Opinions and Perspectives

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The Anarchists: Extra Perspective and Insights About Community Dynamics

The Anarchists: Extra Perspective and Insights About Community Dynamics

I have a bit more perspective to share on my experience with all the experiences I had in my time in that community in Acapulco. I realize now I need to start taking notes while watching for the things that stand out to me because as I see these things visually in front of me I am also seeing things that I forgot over the years.  One of these things I refer to is in the first episode there’s a…

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Episode 2: Forking Freedom, Opinions and Perspective

Episode 2: Forking Freedom, Opinions and Perspective

I’ve just finished watching the second episode of the HBO series The Anarchists. The first thing I want to say is not about the episode itself but actually about the response from certain aspects of the anarchist community (mostly not ancaps).  They’re convinced of sinister things with the makers and have been even giving some pretty fucked up death threats to Todd and Kim who produced the…

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Episode One: The Movement Thoughts and Perspective

Episode One: The Movement Thoughts and Perspective

I just finished watching the first episode of The Anarchists, the aformentioned in this blog series that chronicles how I came to Mexico to live within the Anarchapulco community in Acapulco, Mexico back in 2016.   My first impression is that Im surprised that HBO let this be released, this absolute ode to society on the fringes.  A story of a fringe group within a fringe group within a fringe…

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HBO's The Anarchists is coming, and Im not ready.

The Anarchists is coming to HBO. Im not sure Im ready, are you?

So what happens when you overshare your deepest traumas and later deepest triumphs in front of a camera for 6 years of your life? Well it ends up on HBO of course.  Well, not of course. When I started filming with Todd Schramke and Kim Kylland I had no idea where this film would go. For a long time we (me and other friends included in the film) speculated if it would even be finished.  It was…

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Crochet Business Update

Note: This is originally adapted from a Facebook post I made a week or so ago in regards to a big change I made in my crochet business model. Since Im making this website my new means of accepting orders, I figured it was important to share this here, too. I am here to share some sad but necessary news in regards to my crochet business.  As prices for both materials and shipping are going up I…

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A Year of Metamorphosis: Silks, Teeth Jobs and Crochet

A Year of Metamorphosis: Silks, Teeth Jobs and Crochet

I almost laugh to myself because about a year ago I overhauled this site, made it all pretty then was too distracted working for other people’s projects while trying to build my own crochet business. The reality is after the murder I basically had to beg for jobs to have money to survive. To those who have employed me, thank you. Recently I made a bit of a shift in my work load to make more time…