Keeping the internet in perspective

I often find that my mood is terrible because my main exposure to the world is through the internet (since interactions in real life don't exist anymore - apparently even suggesting that is somehow "bad"). Of course, I know that this is not healthy [...]

Re: :D

Aww! I hope that you are having a good day. This latest approach to how to manage movement in October Project seems to be working reasonably. So, my day is more fruitful than they often are.

Re: Minor Illness

Aww, thanks for your perpetual positivity. I only hope I can be of some value to you.

Friday night was definitely the worst point, as I was unable to sleep and dealing with an intense fever for a few hours (at least I assume so - I was violently [...]

Bright Spots

I finally got around to watching some of those recent "controversial" MrBeast videos (you know, where he uses his wealth to help people - apparently this is bad, now). I must say that they are very nice to watch, inspiring, and great to see! I am [...]

Minor Illness

I seem to have been dealing with a minor cold for the past few days. I really hoped it would be over by today, since I had some important plans, but I woke up with a bit of the sore throat but also now a sinus headache with sneezing and a runny [...]

Toward the New Year

Thinking about the end of the year and the tradition of people finding something that they "resolve to change", it reminds me of something which has been on my mind, lately. I know the cause of a part of my dissatisfaction with existence and I do [...]

Re: Alarm Update and Breaking Mirrors

Wow, that story about the alarm is pretty strange. I guess that they might be out of town for the holidays and it started going off. Wonder what it is for and it definitely makes sense to try to call some authority who usually checks in on such [...]

Re: Doomscrolling

Good to hear that Cacophony is working out well for you. It is good to know that someone is finding value in it.

Holiday toys

The holidays were generally pretty straight-forward and went well. Got to see my Mom and some cousins on one day while getting to see my Dad and step-sister the other day (not to mention his cats). Aside from a lot of travelling back and forth [...]

Re: Doomscrolling

I think that this "new world" of implicit isolation and all social interactions needing to be mediated by machines (since we are supposed to afraid of each other, for some reason) is having a pretty negative impact on most people. The people I know [...]

Rougly 70 hours offline

So, that made for a strange couple of days. Sometime Saturday afternoon, the network stopped responding. This isn't too unusual since the router tends to lock up a couple of times per week (I think it has trouble dealing with IPFS - this problem [...]

Re: Armchair Activists

Yes, this is something which I also find so tiring about the modern age! It is to the point where it is trendy to be really opinionated about seemingly everything all while refusing to understand complexities of any area of concern or do anything [...]

Re: Ruth Stackhouse

That joke about the keys is funny. I guess your Mom must have a dark sense of humour to like it. It is my kind of comedy, at least.

Good to hear that you got to meet her and get some encouragement and insights from her but it is sad that you [...]

Re: Small Update

That move does sound exciting. Especially if you are ending up with a bigger room. It will be a big change and something very new to experience so I hope that the close and move go smoothly.

Was nice to get out

Went out to a club I haven't been to in a while, last night. This was mostly since I had been missing the music and vibe of one of the DJs I don't see too often, these days. It was also just to get out on my own to socialize more (I am far too [...]

Re: Better mood, today.

Sounds like things are going well. It is good to hear that your Dad is improving. Wow, 7 years ago... What a different time that was (somehow better in every way, it would seem).

Re: Hi, I'm the problem, it's me. :D

Wow, so he passed out again, after he came home, and you had to catch him? I hope that he is ok.

That issue with shipping is part of why I rarely get things shipped directly from me: I have been screwed in the past by either being at work, or [...]

Re: Lebanon Hanover

Yeah, they are quite good (I usually put some of their videos on when getting ready to head out to the club) and have a surprisingly authentic trad goth sound. It is crazy to listen to them and think "nobody makes music like this, anymore" and then [...]

Re: Vegan Fettucine Alfredo

Hmm, that does look good. I will need to think about making sauces like that, in the future, since I do have a blender which I haven't used in probably 15 years.

Re: Kami Kehoe - SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD.

Not too surprising, seeing as traditional goth rock also seems to have returned (Lebanon Hanover): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahJGWww1jNc

Re: Baseline tiredness

Yeah, at least a week. It is dark enough in here that I need lights on to do anything, even at noon.

Between the dark room and the constant construction noise in the mornings (since they are repairing the building's exterior surface), I am [...]

Baseline tiredness

I am not sure if it is the weather and time or year, the fact that all my curtains have been drawn for a week due to work being done on the building (making it perpetually dark in here), or something else but I have been so tired for the past week [...]

Seven Nights Ghost

I was watching some VODs related to Seven Nights Ghost. This game doesn't look very interesting/fun (but well made and a story well told) but it ended in an odd way.

In the end, it comes down to a connection between people because of shared [...]

Why does everything need a government, now?

I heard something yesterday about some sort of bizarre drama in the Rust "community" (community should only ever be put in quotation marks since it has become a marketing term - except for the times when it is used to impose control onto people or [...]

Difficulty in smiling

About a week ago, I was reminded of a bizarre problem I have while out wandering around: I can't smile.

I walked past some woman in the park and she kindly smiled at me as she walked past. I couldn't do anything in response but look away blankly. [...]