Patrick Anderson Jr.'s Blog, page 16
September 22, 2014
Open: In Loving Memory of Justin Morejon and Karen Urbina
o·pen adjective /ˈōpən/ allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed or blocked up. exposed to view; uncovered. ______________________________ The moment Vero moves her hand off my thigh and pulls her cell phone out, I know I’m not getting laid. Sitting here dejected, studying the different faces moving through the food court […]
September 15, 2014
Represent: Memoir of a Tattoo Addict
rep·re·sent verb \ˌre-pri-ˈzent\ to act or speak officially for to serve as a sign or symbol of to bring clearly before the mind _________________________________ Mid-2003: Miami (Hialeah), FL Sitting in a flea market in Hialeah when I should be in my 2:00 Calc class, I know deep down I’m not doing things the way people who care […]
September 8, 2014
Look: A Relationship Defined
look /lo͝ok/ verb: direct one’s gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction. noun: the appearance of someone or something, especially as expressing a particular quality. exclamation: used to call attention to what one is going to say. ___________________________ There’s an eerie feeling that permeates the car as we get closer to Palm […]
September 2, 2014
Clutch: A Boy’s Life
clutch \kləch\ 1. adjective: (in sport) denoting or occurring in a critical situation in which the outcome of a game or competition is at stake. 2. verb: grasp or seize (something) tightly or eagerly. _____________________ Robert and I stand in front of the pull-up bars in the field out back of Southwood Middle School, staring at them like they’re […]
August 19, 2014
Blurry: Observations of a Drunk
Wrote this Spring of 2011, ended up picking through it back then for scenes to use in other non-fiction pieces I’d written. Still like how all these sections come together though, so posting it here to get it out of my head. Pick up Quarter Life Crisis: A Novel at GetOverCollege.com, available now. Blurry In the past four […]
August 5, 2014
Quarter Life Crisis is Here! (In a Good Way)
It always baffles me how the human mind works in certain situations. I’ve been talking about/promoting Quarter Life Crisis for so long now that it’s become something of a myth to me. Even though I can pull it up on my computer whenever I want and look through it (which I’ve told myself not to do anymore […]
August 3, 2014
Quarter Life Crisis Book Launch
First of all, I’d like to thank everybody who came out to the Quarter Life Crisis book launch on Friday. Ended up being a really good time. Ate some food, read a couple of chapters from the novel, sold and signed about forty books. Overall a great way to begin the process of getting this […]
July 17, 2014
My Own Quarter Life Crisis
At 30, I can’t very well claim to be having a quarter life crisis, unless I plan on living to 120 years old (a cool thought, but that sounds…just…exhausting). I do, however, vividly remember my own quarter life crisis, mostly because it didn’t end too long ago. Also, (surprise surprise) it pretty much mirrored the […]
June 23, 2014
Quarter Life Crisis Gear
Alright. First of all, it’s been a while. Hope everybody’s summer’s going good. If you live in South Florida, hope these summer storms haven’t drowned or electrocuted you yet (seriously, it’s been like a daily Armageddon out here). Down to business: The above picture is a glimpse of the final results for the Quarter Life Crisis […]
June 9, 2014
Everything Matters
There’s really not much that can be said about this book that hasn’t been said already in the seemingly million reviews it’s gotten. Yet I join the flock of fans when I say that this is probably one of the greatest pieces of literature I discovered while in grad school. Imagine you were born with […]
