Category: Sebastian Alcocer
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Define ‘The End’
Read more: Define ‘The End’I hoped to end it “big”, in some way.Kind of stupid. As if the value of the whole is determined by this brief moment; the bangs and lights of a fireworks show before the silent darkness, the final scene that brings everything together before the curtain falls, the final credits crawling across the screen, the lights…
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The Rational, the Animal and the Monster
Read more: The Rational, the Animal and the MonsterWhen applying for a position on the editorial board of Writer’s Block, I started preparing for the interview. I was informed of the kinds of questions that would come my way so I could prepare suitable answers. Mostly, it was an interview like any other I was used to (apart from the question of what…
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Long Live Irony
Read more: Long Live IronyI should be able to come up with something. Anything. I’ve been thinking of subjects but the only things that come to mind are loose words that have no meaning by themselves, flashing by like [enter something poetic and pretentious]. I’ll just try to give you a sneak peek into the writing I am used…
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It Just Sucks: An Analysis of Human Nature
Read more: It Just Sucks: An Analysis of Human NatureMy mom has told me on several occasions that I was a very happy baby, a tiny smiling alien-like blob in a stroller (her words, not mine). I feel like most of my childhood that was the case, not the stroller part but just being content in general. Now, roughly twenty years after that careless…
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A Second Introduction: the Thoughts of a Wannabe Philosopher, Writer and Adventurer
Read more: A Second Introduction: the Thoughts of a Wannabe Philosopher, Writer and AdventurerI’ve always been interested in writing, but I didn’t think of it as something I could do. I always thought; “I can’t write, why bother.” Still, the question lingered in the back of my mind: “what If I could?” And finally, a bit over a year ago, I thought I’d give it a try. I…
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