Waiting for Impact

22 Mary 2024: Finally got around to listening to Dave Holmes's fantastic podcast, Waiting for Impact. It's really good, like everyone said. 

Here's a bit from episode seven that made me kind of stop in my tracks today (metaphorically, since I was on my walk): thinking about moving through life with audacity, he compares two "yeah"s from Counting Crows: the one at the end of "Rain King" and the one at the end of "Long December." Holmes explains, "All of life can be summed up by those two yeahs. It's easy to be a 'Long December' at this time in history, but the world needs you at a 'Rain King.'" 

Party of One

27 March 2020: I don't think I've blogged about Dave Holmes's great book Party of One yet, but I've been re-reading parts of it for my GWST/HNRS class (he's on the schedule for late next week/early the week after). And let me say: it's a great book. Funny, sweet, honest, and quietly important. This read-through, I found myself really struck by his metaphors and analogies. As you might imagine, these are most poignant when he writes about being a closeted kid in the 80s and 90s. Check this out: “To be a young gay kid is to work around the clock” (31). He adds, “And the work never ends…You work and you never stop working and you never tell anyone, even yourself, that you’re working” (31-32). That's some good (sad) stuff. 

It will be interesting to see what today's college kids think of the chapters about being a gay college student in the early 90s...