Writing from my old blog, Nick vs. the Blog, from Medium and from a few other corners of the internet, 2007–2021. Pick a section to explore.
Sections
The Dream You Never Wake Up FromEssayHow The Drama and Nope expose our troubling relationship with spectacle.Read on Hyperreal ↗MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and Controlled ChaosEssayIn times of uncertainty, I turn to cinema that wields apocalyptic chaos as spectacle.Read on Hyperreal ↗All You Can Ever KnowEssayOn Arrival.Read on Hyperreal ↗Stories Like OursEssayOn Irrfan Khan and The Namesake.Read on Hyperreal ↗Wong Kar Wai and the Feelings We Can’t EscapeEssayOn the Wong Kar Wai restorations.Read on Hyperreal ↗
Content Design
Writing about content design and how I approach the work.
Personal Essays
Personal essays from Medium and my old blog.
EndingsEssay · April 8, 2020In the final moments of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag, she looks directly into the camera, teary-eyed, and says goodbye to her closest friends — us.Read the post →NumbersEssay · February 22, 2016I’m currently 27 years old.Read the post →Career Advice From PuppiesEssay · October 6, 2015If you’ve ever found personal meaning in photos of other people’s dogs, then you are delusional and in luck!Read the post →On This, the Email Chain of Your Wedding DayEssay · September 27, 2015You guys! You guys. I guess I’ll have to get used to emailing you as a couple now.Read the post →Two DatesEssay · May 6, 2015Last night, I recognized someone at a restaurant (nay, a draught emporium!) while I was out with some friends.Read the post →Who Do I Think I Am?Essay · May 5, 2015I call myself a lot of things.Read the post →Online Dating HunchesEssay · March 28, 2015The National Association of Hunches & Shrugs has released a 2015 edition of general feelings regarding online dating.Read the post →
Podcasts
Episodes and show notes from my old podcasts, including the four-part 36 Questions series.
36 Questions, Part Four (A Modern Love Experiment)Podcast · March 6, 2016We went on a mini-hiatus, but now we’re back!Read the post →36 Questions, Part Three (A Modern Love Experiment)Podcast · February 20, 2016We’re back and we’re mostly the same!Read the post →36 Questions, Part Two (A Modern Love Experiment)Podcast · February 14, 2016Happy Valentine’s Day!Read the post →36 Questions, Part One (A Modern Love Experiment)Podcast · February 6, 2016How about that complicated title, huh?Read the post →Creative Advocacy with Denise FaddisPodcast · January 15, 2014Denise works in creative staffing with a company called Mathys + Potestio (@MathysPotestio).Read the post →Podcasts and Sentiment!Podcast · October 3, 2012Hey there,Read the post →
TV Writing
Early writing about television, from Happy Endings to a high school take on The Simpsons and Family Guy.
I Like You, ‘Happy Endings.’ I Like You Quite A Bit.TV · March 31, 2012I’m quickly falling in "DVR you every week" love with ABC’s Happy Endings, and here are ten reasons why (Why ten?Read the post →This Is Egregious!TV · February 3, 2012I love The Office. It will always be one of my favorite shows…and yes, I mean the American version.Read the post →There Are Funny Women and Then There Are Funny WomenTV · January 12, 2012Take a break from talking, Whitney Cummings…Read the post →Takin’ It Back: ‘The Simpsons’ vs. ‘Family Guy’ (written in 2007)TV · January 14, 2011Super pretentious. Super one-sided.Read the post →
Nick vs. the Blog
Posts from my first blog, written in the year or so after college.
The “Luxury” of TimeBlog post · April 24, 2012For several months now, I’ve had the "luxury" of time.Read the post →Dinner For Two (With Commentary)Blog post · April 15, 2012On the most typical of Saturday nights at the most conventional of Italian restaurants, a man and a woman walk in and are immediately seated because they arrive at just the right time.Read the post →Interview Tips from George Clooney (?)Blog post · February 2, 2012George Clooney was on Inside the Actors Studio last night, and he actually said some pretty awesome things about his relationship with his father, his passion for creating a fun creative environment…Read the post →TeachersBlog post · February 2, 2012Teachers can do amazing things when you feel like you’ve lost your way.Read the post →BeautifulBlog post · January 15, 2012"I am absolutely so humbled…You know, they say that the two most important days in a person’s life are the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.Read the post →Disillusioned and It Feels So GoodBlog post · January 10, 2012I’ve been coping with a powerful urge to create something since the start of 2012 (I know that’s only about 10 days, but the urgency of the impulse is more powerful than ever before).Read the post →Here Goes Nothing…AgainBlog post · October 19, 2011Like Snoopy here, I’ve been taking a nice, long break.Read the post →Valentine’s Day, Is That You?Blog post · February 15, 2011February 14 is always a very interesting day.Read the post →
Drawings
Drawings I posted to my old blog.
Nocturnal RebirthDrawing · February 26, 2014Read the post →ReceptionDrawing · February 26, 2014Read the post →AzizDrawing · March 20, 2014Read the post →Breakfast FoodDrawing · March 20, 2014Read the post →Leslie & BenDrawing · March 20, 2014Read the post →What Love’s All AboutDrawing · January 14, 2011I drew this a while back because I absolutely fell in love with the movie Wall-Ethe first time I saw it back in 2008.Read the post →