On December 11, I hung my xmas lights in the front window of my apartment to mark the beginning of about as much festivity as I care to muster. It’s just a single strand of C7 style LED bulbs on a timer that runs from 5pm to 1am. They even mount on the clips I …
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Turn
2023 was as flaccid as I expected. Lots of activity, but nothing was done. If I grew, it was horizontally. Pulling more weight with less power. Putting more interests in the shelf. It was a year of interruptions and distractions. Always with the interrupts. Fucking always. Maybe I’ll find passion again in 2024.
X-Miss
Christmas this year was quiet. Some would say lackluster. Tried to sleep in, but Santa brought me a stuffy nose, which made breathing through my CPAP impossible. So I got up early. Made breakfast. Cleaned the kitchen and took a shower. After dressing, mother called from the family gathering back home. Got to greet everyone …
Always Be Chewing
Talking with a friend tonight about being constantly hungry. I’ve been eating a lot lately. Like, a lot. I keep wondering if I’m going diabetic. Like, am I eating so much that my stomach is just constantly dumping to make room for more? I mentioned that it’s just not cold enough for my body to …
On the Return of the Old Man
Saw Orion tonight for the first time this season. Hey, Old Man, it’s been a while. He and I used to walk the night fields north of campus and we’d talk about life. I’d unload all my concerns and toss them to the sky, and he’d do cartwheels over my head as my feet crunched …