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J. Joseph
1 day ago8 min read
Isaac Drinking Before the Holiday Season
I finish cleaning up the dining slash living area of my apartment. Keeping it clean, that will be a bit of work, but I only need to do...
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J. Joseph
Nov 158 min read
Alina Working to Find Her Thesis Topic
Sitting in my office, I open up my oldest book to the Enhancement’s section. I could relax, sure. Jase had mentioned some kind of early...
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J. Joseph
Oct 189 min read
Gregory Attends a Party with his Fellow Classmates
As we silently sit around finishing our Strategies of Conflict midterm exam. I place my pen down, flip over my test, and crack my neck....
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J. Joseph
Sep 208 min read
Magister Sobol Teaching Mystical Theory 101
While I wait for class to start and the students to file in, I set up the slides. Mystical Theory 101. I got the assignment for that as...
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J. Joseph
Aug 169 min read
Introducing Herself to the New Freshmen Advisees
“But the meeting, it went well?” Will asks me. As I walk, cutting a path through the winds and feeling the eyes of the I look out at the...
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J. Joseph
Jul 198 min read
Ike's Introduction to the Principle Mysticists Convention
I could be doing something productive. Or useful. But instead I’m here. I mean, Ali asked, and she’s right. People tend to like me more....
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J. Joseph
Jun 218 min read
The Drives to and from the Airport
“Are you getting a move on or what?” I ask Ali as she’s slowly making her way through the apartment. “I’m moving, I’m moving. Why you’re...
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J. Joseph
May 178 min read
Therese and Her Advisees
The library is not the usual place for these advisor meetings. But I found it comforting. A reminder of the past. And the classrooms my...
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J. Joseph
Apr 198 min read
An Important Conversation in a Smoky Room
I thought it wouldn’t be important. But after last week, I decided otherwise. Fortunately, by now I’ve already found a place. A nice,...
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J. Joseph
Mar 158 min read
Jase's Conversations with Friends
Waking up, my eyes, half asleep and slightly glazed over, slide around the room. It’s my room, in my apartment. My room is bigger than...
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J. Joseph
Feb 168 min read
Watching a Friday Afternoon Pass By
I smile. Teaching. Not exactly what I excel at. But that’s not to say I don’t enjoy it from time to time. Just the whole everyday thing...
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J. Joseph
Jan 198 min read
Magister Paredes Checks in with Her Advisees
In an odd change in our normal schedules, I wake up in the morning to leave before Jase. Nat and I have a bunch of advisee meetings today...
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J. Joseph
Dec 15, 20238 min read
A Balance between Deflections and Honesty
As the test period finishes for the day, I head back through town to my apartment. On the one hand, I have some grading I should do...
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J. Joseph
Nov 17, 20238 min read
A Day for Observing
As I walk through the city streets in the hours just before dawn, away from the safe, constantly watched blocks containing the Villa out...
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J. Joseph
Oct 20, 20239 min read
Ali's Early Morning Office Hours
The drive from our apartment to our campus library shouldn’t take nearly as long as it regularly does. Traffic is truly a terrible...
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J. Joseph
Sep 15, 20238 min read
In the Halls of the Basilica
As I enter the massive halls of the Basilica Magistrorum, I can’t help but pull back my hoodie’s hood and marvel. Like I always do,...
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J. Joseph
Aug 18, 20238 min read
Ike Settling into His Swiss Apartment
With the school year, and the arrival of the Prospectives, fast approaching, my sort of boss, Maestro Amadeus Glas, helped find me a...
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J. Joseph
Jul 21, 20238 min read
Interlude: Nick Hollistan
I’m not sure whether it’s some kind of sciencey nonsense or just all in my head or both, but these last couple weeks have felt...
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J. Joseph
Jun 16, 20238 min read
Interlude: Micah and Hilarie
It’s though she’s forgotten our true purpose. By her own admission, we have aligned goals with her old friend for approximately a decade....
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J. Joseph
May 19, 20238 min read
Our Graduation to Magister
The graduation gown feels oddly heavy. Heavier than it felt when I was trying it on. Weight of expectations is a real thing, I suppose....
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