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The Long Version
EssayThe short version is on social. This is where things get explained properly.
Song deep-dives, behind-the-scenes on the musical and the horror archive, notes on craft and identity, and the practical truth about building a life in Costa Rica.
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Love Songs Aren't Only About Romance
This is a love song. I want to say that plainly, because I've noticed people sometimes hedge when a song could be read more than one way, and I don't want to hedge.
It's just that love means more than one thing, and this song knows that.
If you hear it as romantic, you're not misreading it. Play it at your wedding. Play it on your anniversary to the person who's been beside you through the years that weren't the good ones. That reading is completely true.
But if the person
What Is Silent Horrors? Inside the Archive of Small Unexplainable Things
Silent Horrors is an archive of unsettling short horror stories, strange encounters, and impossible memories. Somewhere between analog horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, and modern folklore, each file stands alone—but readers have started noticing patterns. Doors left open. Rooms that feel occupied. Mirrors behaving strangely. The stories don’t seem connected. Until they do.
The Air Between Us: A Pop Song About the Moment Before Everything Changes
“The Air Between Us” captures the electric moment before a first kiss... when breath slows, glances linger, and the air feels alive. This acoustic pop love song blends singer-songwriter intimacy with layered vocal storytelling, exploring tension, anticipation, and connection felt through vibration.
Building Your Jungle Crew in Costa Rica: How to Make Friends, Find Community, and Actually Live the Pura Vida Life
Costa Rica gives you sunsets and surf… but the real magic? The people. 🌴 From neighbors with fruit to drag shows in San José, here’s how building community in Costa Rica makes expat life joyful, easy, and pura vida.
Waymon Hudson
Oct 15, 20255 min read
Culture Shock in Costa Rica: Why It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (Pura Vida, Baby)
Culture shock in Costa Rica isn’t about struggling to adapt — it’s about unlearning toxic hustle habits and embracing pura vida. From long dinners to daily greetings, life here runs on connection, not speed. It slowed me down, made me present, and taught me to live in a way that actually feels human.
Waymon Hudson
Oct 8, 20254 min read
Thinking of Moving to Costa Rica? Cost of Living, Rent & Reality Check
Thinking of moving to Costa Rica? 🌴 It’s paradise — but not without a price tag. From rent in San José to beach town budgets, utilities, and even $8 peanut butter, here’s what expat life really costs. Before you pack your bags, get the real breakdown on living the Pura Vida lifestyle.
Waymon Hudson
Aug 27, 20255 min read
The Dogs, the Jungle, and the Joy: My Costa Rica Queer Expat Life Reboot
What do burnout, a jungle surf town, and three small rescue dogs have in common? They saved my life. This is the story of how I left corporate chaos behind, rebooted my queer joy, and wrote a Broadway musical with parrots screaming in the background.
Waymon Hudson
Jul 14, 20253 min read
The Anti-Hustle Queer Expat Life: How I Left Burnout Behind and Found Joy in the Jungle
After burnout, political exhaustion, and being harassed for being gay, I left the U.S. and moved to Costa Rica. I didn’t quit working — I quit the grind. What I found was queer joy, jungle stillness, rescued dogs, and a life that finally made space for me to breathe, create, and be fully myself.
Waymon Hudson
Jul 11, 20253 min read
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