<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Kirk Holland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kirk Holland]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 10:36:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.kirkholland.com/zh/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I Quit Watching the News]]></title><description><![CDATA["I can't do it anymore. By the end of my morning news routine, I've noticed that I'm either left feeling angry or hopeless. It affects my entire day. How I start my day matters."]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/i-quit-watching-the-news</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a063eb27f9a7d9d1229c497</guid><category><![CDATA[Life As It Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brain Drippings]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:15:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_8c7561bf234649ccb01ccca5b8ce0703~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_300,h_168,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why So Spicy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple of things hit me yesterday, and both were in the same line: content. As many of you might know because of her Heartstopper series, I follow Alice Oseman on IG. I love the graphic novels and read them after falling in love with the Netflix series. They're exactly what my teen soul needed. Having come out later in life, I didn't get to experience all the teen drama as a gay, so getting to read/watch it is healing. In an IG story yesterday, Alice wrote about being in a bookstore and...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/why-so-spicy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fa62227c961ad0b9fe9f73</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 04:38:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_830f8e4a9b594cb5b7ec3a701093fd47~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_678,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Queer and Light]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/queer-and-light</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6503b8f31d7cb039b1c437e7</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As It Is]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 02:39:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_3421cb94d1f444d998e185acfe29d5e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_319,h_319,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mid-Month Brain Drippings - May]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seriously, you guys, I don't know what happened to April. One moment it was here and the next, I can't find it. Just gone. But now it's...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/mid-month-brain-drippings-may</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6465c7dce07c835acec886fb</guid><category><![CDATA[Brain Drippings]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life As It Is]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 07:14:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_56f51caf68bf46f8b743f19e94945c72~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_389,h_389,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the midst of it...]]></title><description><![CDATA[My dealing with depression is nothing new to anyone who's read my posts before. Right now, I'm sitting in the middle of a depression high...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/in-the-midst-of-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">645637eaa7ac2d3f8bce9752</guid><category><![CDATA[Life As It Is]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2023 11:42:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_a4739d8030c84cf1bfe2351f8dc8e88b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_768,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Measuring Up and Feeling Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[Confession: I was reading a book on the bus to school this morning and the entire time I had to put a stop to one of two narratives in my...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/measuring-up-and-feeling-down</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f310a7974a7154303a2007</guid><category><![CDATA[Life As It Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 04:03:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_b27c32b7382e4c7ebcb14e360738ef45~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_602,h_602,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[They Can Say and Do What in Young Adult Books?!?]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/they-can-say-and-do-what-in-young-adult-books</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64531289e60b7f9259956fc3</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 02:07:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_7f8c6d228bd74db5a7f03115da15c0fe~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mid-Month Brain Drippings - March]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/mid-month-brain-drippings-march</link><guid isPermaLink="false">640fedbff04fd6151470bfab</guid><category><![CDATA[Brain Drippings]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:43:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_d14f9a671dc7477fb89fb2ebe81a7d39~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_438,h_438,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgive Me, I Don't Know How This Will End...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wrote a couple of blogs ago about connection to the varieties of art, whether it be performed, written, painted, or expressed in a...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/forgive-me-i-don-t-know-how-this-will-end</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f2cae4ad71d59ab3200b12</guid><category><![CDATA[Life As It Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:12:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_e6704f2b6ddd4227806725d9ac6e81a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoa! This is What Focus is Like?!?]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you're in my generation or before, possibly a smidge after, you know what comes to mind when you hear the letters ADHD. One...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/whoa-this-is-what-focus-is-like</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d6176c6f511feb060a83ef</guid><category><![CDATA[Life As It Is]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:51:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_472e30fa017a45658575fc784e65d8be~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_260,h_260,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mid-Month Brain Drippings...]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/mid-month-brain-drippings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63ead9f19322dc32c76aa0aa</guid><category><![CDATA[Brain Drippings]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 02:05:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_db0ae065bd024b148de4d0787896d480~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Don't Know. You Might Check Your Connection...]]></title><description><![CDATA["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...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/i-don-t-know-you-might-check-your-connection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63da08e1da2fa779b46c3816</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_6e45d930f3fc4b6187223de120b6815b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_315,h_315,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Write Here!]]></title><description><![CDATA["You don't have anything interesting to say. You're not poignant. 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As I mentioned in my last blog post, I'd recently started exploring a new story about a gay teenage guy,...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/we-crave-stories</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62738fe7a48eee1561cfd9d9</guid><category><![CDATA[Life As It Is]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 10:03:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_79e744da30294f3491319eeb37ad3b71~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_376,h_376,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choosing Creativity Despite Chaos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Remember that hilarious meme that made its way around which said something to the effect of, "2022 sounds ominously like 2020 too?" Oh so...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/choosing-creativity-despite-chaos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6253e27c9b0c83f10fc2aa28</guid><category><![CDATA[Life As It Is]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2022 11:50:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_97807f73519c44cea3933440bf81d06d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_324,h_324,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace and Pride]]></title><description><![CDATA[Noise. Constant mental noise is what I had almost become accustomed to ever since I went through puberty in 7th grade. Ever since I had...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/peace-and-pride</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61f0e94d2319220017db36d1</guid><category><![CDATA[Life As It Is]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:58:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_9ab7fc4424b84f19a291dd6720c7bb74~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_545,h_545,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Damn Shoulds and a Tank On Low]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's that time of the year again. Auditions, rehearsals, designs, theatre class, and self. 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I...]]></description><link>https://www.kirkholland.com/post/the-lowdown-mixed-tape</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61a43214c4d1340030879c0f</guid><category><![CDATA[Life As It Is]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 03:30:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6fb571_f3ca4c8fa4614f4493c01932aa11248a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kirk Holland</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>