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Thoughts & Memories

Aquarian Pantheistic Existentialism (A.P.E. — What We Were & What We Can Be!)

26 Feb 202126 Feb 2021
I decided to write a follow up to my earlier collection of "deep" pseudo-spiritual musings, in case you're wondering where books 1-3 are. These may seem silly, and I was…
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Beautiful President’s Day Fantasy

15 Feb 202113 Feb 2021
This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. In 2016, a woman was so distraught over the choice between Hillary and Trump…
Thoughts & Memories

Beautiful Valentine’s Day Fantasy

14 Feb 202112 Feb 2021
This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. I think the biggest difference between love and obsession is that when you love…
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Beautiful New Years Fantasy

24 Dec 202030 Dec 2020
This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. I used to grow up watching a lot of those stop-motion Rankin-Bass specials around…
Thoughts & Memories

Weird, Terrifying Dreams I’ve Had: The Reboot

11 Dec 202011 Dec 2020
Lucky number seven! Let's not waste any time... #97 My Dream Girl (Literally, But Not Really) I dreamed I was dating the YouTube personality, Jenny Nicholson,* and brought her home…
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Beautiful Thanksgiving Fantasy

25 Nov 202025 Nov 2020
This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. I wrote this diatribe well in advance, it predates the entire COVID pandemic and…
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Personal Tragedy & Peanuts

23 Nov 202023 Nov 2020
Not to appear as though I'm fishing for sympathy or anything, but my grandfather recently passed away. It's been pretty difficult for me considering I haven't seen him in four…
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My Thoughts On Trans Issues & Experiences

18 Nov 202024 Nov 2020
So, I try to walk a fine line with my blog. I'm transgender, and I don't shy away from that fact because I feel like visibility is important and I…
Thoughts & Memories

Weird, Tantalizing Dreams I’ve Had: The Revenge

15 Nov 202015 Nov 2020
Installment numero seis. It seems like every time I make another of these collections, I swear up and down that I've found the last of my old, old dream journal…
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Very Quick Advice Before a Crazy Day

3 Nov 202010 Nov 2020
It can be hard sometimes, but we should all try to make the best possible impression and be the best version of ourselves we feel we can be in every…
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Thoughts on Groundhog Day (and the Meaning of Life)

31 Oct 202031 Oct 2020
I've had this old review of Groundhog Day waiting around literally from the very first day I started the blog. I have held off on posting it until now because…
Thoughts & Memories

Miscellaneous Stuff I Wrote For College: 5 Poems & 2 Dialogues

23 Oct 202028 Feb 2021
I was cleaning up my hard drive and stumbled on some old stuff I had to do for a college writing class. So I figured "why not? I'll share these…
Thoughts & Memories

Beautiful Halloween Fantasy

22 Oct 202022 Oct 2020
This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. The featured image for this post is me in my favorite Halloween costume, after…
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The Most Cherished Film of My Childhood

21 Oct 202019 Nov 2020
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the very first movie I ever saw in the cinema. Toy Story 2 is the film I saw the most times in a theater,…
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A New Milestone Has Been Reached! (What’s Next For theCarbonFreeze?)

18 Oct 202020 Oct 2020
As of the publication of this entry, if you include all prospective blog posts that are in the editing process or already finished and scheduled to launch at a future…
Thoughts & Memories

Weird, Troubling Dreams I’ve Had: The Return

13 Oct 202017 Nov 2020
Well, I ended up finding several more previously recorded dreams in my old diaries that I'd forgotten about, as well as experiencing a few new ones in the last two…
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4 Brief, Miscellaneous, Not-Depressing, Poli-Sci Musings

13 Oct 202013 Oct 2020
The title says it all, these are some thoughts regarding politics I've wanted to share, but didn't have enough content on their own to be standalone blog entries. A Poli-Sci…
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Another “Playlist” of Lesser Known Music I Strongly Recommend

8 Oct 20208 Oct 2020
Here's something else to subside some of the dreariness out of the last two days' depressing uploads. One of the very first blog posts I ever made was a giant…
Thoughts & Memories

Weird, Tragic Dreams I’ve Had: Resurrection

15 Sep 202015 Sep 2020
I had to share another hugely depressing blog post the other day with two more planned in the next week or so. (Don't worry, they're the last big, serious political…
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In Defense of Mother Nature; Contemplating Our Predicament & Coping With It

10 Sep 202026 Feb 2021
You can think of this essay as a spiritual successor to the three-part Post Modern Religion series I have shared previously. There's some heavy crossover with my political philosophy essays…
Thoughts & Memories

Weird, Touching Dreams I’ve Had: Requiem

3 Sep 202020 Sep 2020
Yesterday I posted some heavy shit about police brutality, so here's something a little less serious to hopefully lighten the mood a bit. The dreams trilogy is complete, perhaps with…
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I Finished My Final, Long-Promised, SMiLE Mix (Plus A Special Bonus Project!!)

21 Aug 202024 Aug 2020
We've reached another milestone here at the Carbon Freeze--post #270! If you'll recall, 27 is my favorite number and as a result, it's tradition that I celebrate 27-related anniversaries by…
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The Scipionic Circle: My Political Positions & Sources of Inspiration (2/2)

19 Jul 202019 Jul 2020
This post is named after Scipio Aemilianus, adopted grandson of Scipio Africanus (who, in turn, was Cornelia Africana's father) and husband to Sempronia (Cornelia's daughter and sister to the Gracchi.)…
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The Scipionic Circle: My Political Positions & Sources of Inspiration (1/2)

19 Jul 202019 Jul 2020
This post is named after Scipio Aemilianus, adopted grandson of Scipio Africanus (who, in turn, was Cornelia Africana's father) and husband to Sempronia (Cornelia's daughter and sister to the Gracchi.)…
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Weird, Trippy Dreams I’ve Had: Redux

10 Jul 202025 Aug 2020
I had some more interesting dreams since the first time I shared some choice pieces of my dream journal. Continuing on... #17 Christmas Miracle I dreamed OJ had actually committed…
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The American Education System is Terrible (2/2)

8 Jul 20208 Jul 2020
The cover image for this post is the Pine Tree Flag, used by several Naval squadrons during the American Revolutionary War. Here’s a few significant changes we could enact to…
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Our Society is Mean-Spirited, Selfish & It’s Making Us All Miserable

5 Jul 202014 Jul 2020
The cover image for this post is the Easton Flag, supposedly designed during Revolutionary times and used by the division of Captain Abraham Horn in the War of 1812. It…
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Beautiful Independence Day Fantasy

4 Jul 20206 Oct 2020
This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. Once, in a stressful situation, my boyfriend told me to imagine something reassuring in…
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Lost Media (3/3) My “Holy Grails” (Literature)

1 Jul 20201 Jul 2020
My list of Lost Media "Holy Grails" ended up being longer than I anticipated, so I spun off the last few entries into this standalone post. It probably goes without…
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The American Education System is Terrible (1/2)

26 Jun 202026 Jun 2020
The cover image of this post is the Moultrie Flag, a banner used during the American Revolution. It's like the title says. I had a terrible experience in secondary school,…

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