Nick

2022

Part 6 – New Kid

Upon the start of fourth grade, I was on my fifth school in four years. I’m sure that track record...

May 11, 2022

Part 5 – Attunement

There was a brief interlude between third and fourth grade where my parents made the decision to throw me into...

May 11, 2022

Part 2 – Difference

I’m the third of four children for my parents; our family consisted of myself, my two older sisters, and eventually...

May 11, 2022

My Wholly Unoriginal Manifesto

So! Writing is awful. Send newsletter. That’s clearly an overstatement, but it’s how I’ve felt for the past couple of...

February 15, 2022

2021

Nick P., the author of swellmode.lol, standing on one leg in front of a brick wall with a large pride flag painted on it.

Failure to Launch

The best laid plans of bits and bytes oft go uncached. There isn’t really a goal that I set out...

June 26, 2021