Dave Hojak

  • Nothing’s Gonna Pinch This Nerve of Mine

    Nothing’s Gonna Pinch This Nerve of Mine

    Few will ever have to see their own name on a headstone while alive… least of all, at such a young age. Imagine that visual, embedded in your mind & doomed to haunt your most subconscious thoughts, so early in life. Some will never know a fraction of that psychological hardship, and God bless…

  • Follow Me Into the Desert, as Desperate as You Are

    Follow Me Into the Desert, as Desperate as You Are

    Endurance of the elements will teach you a lot about your own fortitude. Lessons about your biological physicality, paired up with with realizations about limitations of your psychology, become painfully, yet so quickly obvious. Nothing will break both points to you as brutally as suddenly being thrust into sub-zero degree…

  • Close Your Eyes & Bow Your Head, I Need a Little Sympathy

    Close Your Eyes & Bow Your Head, I Need a Little Sympathy

    There came a point in life where I was at my absolute lowest, thus far… to start, an ex-girlfriend was covering rent for me in a roommate situation that she’d found for me. She’d also helped me leave Baja (Mexico), where I stayed with someone who proved themselves dishonest. Nonetheless…

  • Born Without a Friend, Bound to Die Alone

    Born Without a Friend, Bound to Die Alone

    It literally was that easy. She had the choice to claim ignorance, come up with a “story,” then leave me in her apartment…… with my own risk of dying there alone. So much more simple than doing it humanely. Post-first wife, contacts came further and fewer between…

  • … On Your Breast, I Might Lay My Crowded Head

    … On Your Breast, I Might Lay My Crowded Head

    In the event that you ever find yourself in “internet love” with anyone, do yourself a solid favor…… disappear ASAP, disavow all knowledge & consider leaving the country for awhile. If you’ve already provided a phone number, change it. If she has any bead on your geographic location, it’s time to move. And by…