Mike on Mike: I open at the close.
After college, one door was closed, but I like to believe that others were open. It was a trying time in my life, and to emerge with a degree was…
Read moreMike on Mike: Loose Ends
Back from the dead, I began commuting back and forth to school. It was long, and difficult. I had my problems — mainly with getting to class on time. But…
Read moreMike on Mike: Rebuilding
My first semester back was a whirlwind. To start, I lessened my course load. That was only possible because I’d taken a few AP courses in high school; I was…
Read moreMike on Mike: Slipping, Falling, Freezing, Empty, Quiet, Dark
So, where was I? About to get into the intensely personal? Right. That’s where I was. And this is where I’ll begin. Plainly. Simply: If you didn’t already guess from…
Read moreMike on Mike: The Other Side
Stony Brook was a trip. It was so unlike what I had experienced at Nassau that I feel it would be dishonest to classify both as colleges. Nassau in no…
Read moreMike on Mike: Empty Promises
After high school I didn’t have a triumphant feeling. I wasn’t ready to take on the world. I didn’t even know if I was ready to go to school somewhere…
Read moreMike on Mike: My First Mentor & AP English
Mr. Mach was the new English department chair at Carey, and my connection with him began slightly before I’d even met him (or at least I’d like to think). It…
Read moreMike on Mike: Rhythm, Repetition, and Verse
Rap music was something I’d been exposed to since the end of fifth grade, although it was sparingly. The Slim Shady LP was released during that time, and with it…
Read moreMike on Mike: Failures and Firsts
By the time I was in sixth grade, my elementary school had instituted the Accelerated Reader (AR) Program. Without going into unnessiary detail, the program assigned point values to books,…
Read moreMike on Mike: Early Influences
I spoke (briefly) in my last post about my parents reading to me when I was a child. The more I think about it, though, the more I realize the…
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