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Queer and Light
Since I came out three years ago, I've been consuming a ton of entertainment of all sorts in the LGBTQ+ category. Books, movies, TV...

Kirk Holland
Sep 15, 20233 min read
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They Can Say and Do What in Young Adult Books?!?
I've recently taken to reading quite a bit of Young Adult fiction in the last year for what I would assume are obvious reasons. I don't...

Kirk Holland
May 4, 20233 min read
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Mid-Month Brain Drippings - March
Hoooo-boy! Spring is just around the corner in good old Shanghai. Here's a quirky little perception of mine after living here in Shanghai...

Kirk Holland
Mar 15, 20233 min read
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Forgive Me, I Don't Know How This Will End...
I wrote a couple of blogs ago about connection to the varieties of art, whether it be performed, written, painted, or expressed in a...

Kirk Holland
Mar 1, 20232 min read
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Mid-Month Brain Drippings...
I surpassed 10,000 levels on Gardenscapes. God, help me. The movie Clueless is still one of my absolute favorites and the Super Bowl ad...

Kirk Holland
Feb 14, 20233 min read
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I Don't Know. You Might Check Your Connection...
"Hey, I went Saturday night and saw that movie you suggested." "Oh, yeah? Wasn't it great?" "Meh..." "Wait. What do you mean, 'meh'?" "I...

Kirk Holland
Feb 9, 20233 min read
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We Crave Stories.
Tragedy struck a month ago. As I mentioned in my last blog post, I'd recently started exploring a new story about a gay teenage guy,...

Kirk Holland
May 5, 20222 min read
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Choosing Creativity Despite Chaos
Remember that hilarious meme that made its way around which said something to the effect of, "2022 sounds ominously like 2020 too?" Oh so...

Kirk Holland
Apr 11, 20222 min read
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The Damn Shoulds and a Tank On Low
It's that time of the year again. Auditions, rehearsals, designs, theatre class, and self. As a theatre teacher, a job I love, my...

Kirk Holland
Jan 20, 20222 min read
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Take it to the Bank
Giant sand dunes, sprawling grasslands, enormous tree covered rock formations jutting open from flat plains, an old middle eastern city...

Kirk Holland
Jul 13, 20212 min read
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Dream Come True
I'm an author. Like, officially, I'm a published author. ***Insert mind-blown emoji here*** I was in Portland, Oregon, several summers...

Kirk Holland
May 27, 20213 min read
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Who are the Six?
If you've been watching my Instagram feed or Facebook posts, you may be getting an idea of who these Six individuals are. I've given...

Kirk Holland
May 13, 20212 min read
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Pandemic Production
I'm a bit of a news whore. I love watching it. First thing in the morning, I make my coffee, park my butt on the sofa, and attend my...

Kirk Holland
May 10, 20213 min read
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What's the book that got you?
My first summer job was at a B.Dalton Bookseller at Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, Texas. I was fifteen and had landed the job of my dreams at...

Kirk Holland
May 7, 20212 min read
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Jump off that cliff!
I stood on a cliff in the Philippines about nine meters (or about thirty feet for my States peeps) above a beautiful blue pool fed by...

Kirk Holland
May 5, 20213 min read
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What if they don't like my friends?
I've had this close circle of friends for several years now. We would get together on random afternoons and share a cup of coffee,...

Kirk Holland
Apr 28, 20212 min read
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What's your ritual?
I don't know about you, but I'm a creature of habit. In fact, within the last year of living in my new place, I've realized more and more...

Kirk Holland
Apr 27, 20212 min read
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Well damn... I didn't see that coming
I met the Six over six years ago . . . huh, I just noticed that. They've lived with me for years; I getting to know them and getting to...

Kirk Holland
Apr 26, 20212 min read
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