Down-n-Dirty Blog on Relationships

Published by admin on February 23, 2018

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Always Be Creating. I traveled the world in 2016 with Semester At Sea, a floating university that took 600 students (and me) around the world to experience different cultures. We had tons of activities and events on board–just like a real university–including quite a few performances, talent shows, etc. I participated in almost…

Published by admin on February 22, 2018

Thanks for being my guinea pigs

I forgot what a blog was about. It’s about sharing stuff. “Writing it out,” so we can be more whole. Me. So I can be more whole. This is totally a space (safe space?) where I can test out new ideas. Hopefully, you all will tell me what you think and add to the…

Published by admin on February 15, 2018

Gloria

I only met you a couple of times. I was told that you “ruled this place with an iron first,” but you were nice enough to me. I had been trying to escape the $100 condo application fee, and hence you, when you caught up with me leaving the pool. I was drinking out…

Published by admin on February 10, 2018

Running to Stand Still

Those of you from the 80’s or earlier might know this song by U2. I relate– big time. My life can be characterized by never-ending movement. Florida. Ohio. Michigan. Georgia. Israel. New York. Connecticut. Georgia (again). Florida (again). California. And, now, Florida… again! I was studying Torah in yeshiva in Israel. I…

Published by admin on January 29, 2018

When Paradise is Unsettling: My Love Burn Experience

I had the good fortune to spend this past weekend at a regional burn (think Burning Man, but way smaller) in south Florida on Key Biscayne Island. Myself and 2,000 soon-to-be good friends, camping, drinking, dancing and fucking. Well… 3 out of 4 ain’t bad. There’s a lot of truth in the unspoken. As I learned in my…

Published by admin on January 8, 2018

Who Would I Be?

Who would I be if my whole being didn’t depend on the answer? Who would I be if there were no expectations, only desires? Who would I be if I didn’t have this extra weight making gravity even heavier? www.alexobed.com

Published by admin on January 6, 2018

Back2Basic

It’s been a long, long while since I’ve written a blog post on here without trying to write something that was innovative, insightful or that was going to shake the online world. That kinda pressure equates to no writing. Lots of thinking, though. One of my favorite professors on Semester At Sea (no surprise, she…

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