by Nate Wright | Dec 29, 2017 | Emotions, Unapologetically Human Archive
“This is just stupid!” I roared from inside my boss’ windowless office. Thankfully no windows meant good acoustics for rage-Nate. Debra, my boisterous, blond boss had been trying to teach me the lost art of cold calling. After surviving the third...
by Nate Wright | Nov 26, 2017 | Story Worthy, Unapologetically Human Archive
An ex-friend (we’ll call him J) called me out of the blue today. I had a hard time remembering why we were ‘ex’ friends, so I took the call and he told me about the last few chapters of his life story. In the past few years, J’s lived what I...
by Nate Wright | Sep 29, 2017 | Reality, Unapologetically Human Archive
“Move the big rock” At first glance, it looks suspiciously like a vague Buddhist proverb, or mis-translated Kung Fu movie, or Native American nugget of wisdom shared only while smoking a peace pipe at a crackling fire. Nope. That brutally simple piece of...
by Nate Wright | Sep 8, 2017 | Fighting, Unapologetically Human Archive
I’ve been off my game for a bit – well, five-months to be specific. And as I fall back into the comfort of the fall school and work routine, my subconscious has been slooowly untangling the messy “why” … or perhaps, “what the f***...
by Nate Wright | Apr 27, 2017 | Grit, Unapologetically Human Archive
My third fight happened the summer before my senior year of high school. Several months earlier, I had received my second denial from the Air Force Academy. So I scammed a copy of a previous year’s application to find out what bubbles I needed to fill out to...
by Nate Wright | Apr 2, 2017 | Reality, Unapologetically Human Archive
Last month, I clocked just shy of two thousand miles driving zig-zagging all across California. House hunting. School hunting. Business hunting. Sanity hunting. Short version: it stressed me the fuck out. Usually, long drives help mellow me out into an almost zen like...
