Noble Efforts

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 16: The final stretch! Twin Cities rampage; the better option; falling hard for Gillian; finishing the novel; Just Rewards Tour 2011; VILLIAN.; the final hideous clue; the new "fuck you"; the permanent ache and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 15: Latest creative endeavors; the worst sleepover ever; late-night search for a missing girl; the greatest drug trip; the final showdown; the most difficult conversation we'll ever have and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 14: An important phone call with Uncle Dale about good emotions and bad investments; dating webcam girls; ambivalence & instability; the laws of resentment; human miscalculation; seeking worth in yourself and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 13: Rumble in St. Louis; Eli saves a life; various troubles with a Frenchie's enormous suitcase; Kell's big reveal; Justin's bigger epiphany; a shocking announcement; an obsessive inquisition and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 12: A bleak winter; stressturbation; Chicago CouchSurfing gossip; strained relations; suicidal revelries; Typhoid Granger; retroactive repairs and payments; sparring with staffing agents; a private tasting; the mighty ingrate; art party politics; Voelker's wisdom and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 11: Making peace with Nicole; the salad dressing incident; the soft knock; a desperate concession; the angriest correspondence; bottoming out; crying jags and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 10: Getting over someone with the help of someone you love; the SMS plea; belated valentines; a little bit of closure; two scenarios, same likely outcome; the truth finally surfaces; a denial, a separation, a walkout; the final push; the first shove and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 9: The paradox of a perfect pairing; smooth heads and fetish sites; new year's catatonia; (secret) affair with an Englishman; the wrong Nic(h)ole; Kell co-opts a life; a panick attack; a promise and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 8: Pining for Kell; Nicole's 29th birthday; a hostile phone conversation; self-inflicted whiplash; bruised and adrift on the road back to Chicago and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 7: Packing for a trip out West; a VICTORIOUS art party; the ugliest SMS; a planned dinner leads to unnecessary drama; the return of Captain Boyshorts; an agreeable relationship scenario; the downside of self-abuse; discussing family matters with an Italian mother; a terrible act of gluttony and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 6: The worst assumptions; the needling effect; perfect analogies for our relationships; ethics and self-discovery; equal vs. fair; The Well-Digger Syndrome; a stupid plan of seduction in subzero temperatures and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 5: Tedious negotiations for the lamest Halloween ever; the back porch farewell; protecting your dubious reputation and and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 4: Fucking & fighting in Minneapolis; applying logic to commitment; THE ULTIMATUM; an angry departure; the downside of keeping your principles; a first argument with Nicole and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 3: Nicole's jealous streak; getting dumped without explanation; belated truths; unfair associations; getting at the root of the problem and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 2: A crazy weekend of threesomes; meeting Nicole; past heartbreaks (and fallouts); a shocking revelation; the burden of foresight; the sincere opportunist and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net

An extensive chronicle of a brutal and heart-rending year-long break up. Part 1: A very special guest; analyzing Justin's ideal relationship(s); the high price of commitment; abuses of friendship; summer break ups; debaucherous art parties; an impossible feat of overnight delivery and so much more! For more information, go to: http://www.NobleEfforts.net