I’ve figured out the answer to life: it’s really simple. Everything else is just window dressing for y(our) romantic ideals.
Your job is to SURVIVE and to REPRODUCE.
Live well, and pass on your knowledge. Live badly, and die out. But it doesn’t really work like that does it. Maybe we need more Sparta.
Mission Statement: To get the dogs the f out of my house.
Nice, short, and simple. But I don’t think Petfinder will buy that.
Badmarsh & Shri - Signs: Has Massive Attack: Mezzanine bangers and then fades to Bonobo: Black Sands chillhop. Enjoyable listen, if my CD wasn’t scratched.
Simple Kid: A little like Gorillaz, a little like Beck. Funky, weird, and enjoyable. I picked it up at the pawn shop and did NOT expect to have this much fun.
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10,000 IQ move: BCC to people and mail it to myself. Learning how to juggle humans with a phone and a piece of paper.
Hey! It’s the little wins, people…
We teens are weird, and awkward, and lonely. Especially now. Doesn’t mean you’re trans and should spend a lifetime taking experimental surgery. We love you all the same.
Find me on nostr or hit me up, we’re here for you.
Found neocities and nostr. Writing html activated neurons hah.
When you have to code it, you think about what you say a little more.
Conversation -> Internet has devolved to lowest common denominator. The barrier to entry (read: 90s tech) used to be much higher.
I’m glad I’m here.
I haven’t been posting, because I haven’t been thinking a ton. More focused on grinding these new rocks I found.
But I have to ask: Why do chickens lay all these damn eggs if they don’t plan on hatching them?
It’s about the life of a child living under military secrecy, with the strange allies and lifestyle. Then, when he grows older, he turns back to study the military secrets that caused the change in his life.
The work is a lot like Slaughterhouse V, but without aliens and time travel and a lot more dreamy. It comes off very dry and thoughtful. I wouldn’t recommend it to myself, but it wasn’t half bad and there’s definitely an audience for this kind of book. Just not me.
The lesson I drew from the book is: You can’t bring back the past. The main character spends much of his life trying to figure out the military secrets of his family and his childhood and tries to reconnect with the characters of his youth, but time has not been kind. Eventually, he moves on, having learned everything he could.
A funeral motorcade of patriots for the ghost of America, bleached by the Western sun and drowned in a sea of sand.
His lips taste like sugar. But all his teeth are rotten.
Rebellion and uniqueness, packaged and canned in collectible name tags.
*thoughts
“I believe that the age of average is the age of opportunity.”
As everything gets more average, the distinctive stands out more. Make distinctive stuff. Be different. And not as in the “weird is normal” way. Feed the rebel, I guess.
Quite possibly the worst book I have ever read. If you were to buy it from your used bookstore just to burn it, the world would be a better place. It baffles me that someone thought this was worth publishing. I thought I was losing my touch with quality in books, but nope, this brought me right back to reality.
It’s basically the Great Gatsby, but modern and brainless. A bunch of rich kids getting into parties, trouble, and girls, and backstabbing each other, but with no charm and no vocabulary. Written for seventh graders. Has no impact whatsoever. I mistakenly read till the end hoping for some redeeming aspect, but no. Two hours of my life, gone.
Plus, switching fonts for different perspectives is not hard, but this book decided to make it hard. Add that the main character is attracted to an 8th grader and one of the “crew” doesn’t appear until the end. I didn’t think I could hate a book this much, and I am definitely purging it in holy flames.
It’s about good and evil, power and temptation, and friendship, even through death.
Basically, these demons want to convert specific individuals who are intelligent sources of “righteous anger,” and the internal struggle of temptation. Righteous anger comes from righteous people, which gives the decision more difficult.
Of course, it has hints of horror (vampires), but not a horror novel. Set in the aftermath of Vietnam for a legless veteran, the temptation lies in getting his legs back. His philosophy major and doubt of reality make his struggle feel authentic, and the choice is artfully brief. But the gold of this novel is the bonds between characters and the philosophical nature of good and evil.
It’s a pity we’ll never get to see what those soldiers KIA could have been. Sure, there’s a quasi-rational explanation for undying demon-vampires, but in the end who knows? Better not to think about it.
With some context, contains sensitive content that not everyone’s down for, which makes the incubus demons feel truly monstrous. Does have a somewhat “rushed” ending, but I felt it was earned, and prevents it from being dragged out into a series.
Am I getting numb to the violent/sex shit authors so love to publish?
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*edit: I gave this a 5/5 just to try it. Being a downer is boring.
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This is how quick we can recall products. But no recall on vaccines or boosters.
As governments and nations mature, they lose the ability to change and grow. Mired in paperwork and past regulation. Should use a modern day Justinian to revise government, but that’s not our way.
Having a head honcho can be useful.
*thought
Surprisingly realistic, Reece’s countercampaign is quick, violent, and served to the completely deserving. Jack Carr knows what he’s doing, and so does Reece.
Although it feels like the murder pool should have been larger, it is reasoned that the less people involved in the conspiracy, the better. Additionally, some of their deaths felt too “clean” for what they did. Imagine that! I guess I’m complaining that I didn’t get to read more of Jack Reece’s exploits.
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Balefire, by Kenneth Goddard. 3.0
Don’t believe the description, the antagonist is very much afraid to die. A subpar thriller, interesting enough to read but the police officers blend together and the masterminds feel flat. Definitely a product of older times.
Have an organized pantry? You might be racist.
This woman must have a doctorate is stupid white woman fragility (Or TikTok trend analysis). Perhaps she has been pantry shamed.
It’s funny how we needed to purchase products when they were invented. Now we have everything we need, so purchases should cool down and then, unfortunately, the economy. And here’s my theory: that can’t happen, so now we have crappy junk that breaks so we can keep buying so the Economy will survive.
*thought
Magic Beans.
*thought
I’ve always wanted to terraform Pandora!
Fight Club: Modern analogy to KKK?
*thought
Paypal can freeze your account and steal your money with no reason at all.
Why are we afraid of saying something that isn’t true? What is the fear of being a hypocrite? Artists use lies to tell the truth. Sometimes, people need to hear something that isn’t entirely true, like Heaven and Hell. Besides, we have no idea what is and isn’t true. Not omniscient.
*thought