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Missed my weekly and weekend-ly update last week. Work's been so busy, and I've been putting way too many hours past midnight into overtime. Not that this week will be any better, or the coming month. That's the curse of this industry, I think. And I think the sooner I get out of here, the better, because it's eating into my very soul.

Things at home and in my personal life have been rough, too. There's a huge storm brewing on every single aspect of my life, and I'm just standing here without a raincoat.

Met up with an old friend from school over the weekend. We had lunch, and even though she's in a far more successful career field, she feels the exact way I do: jaded about the world, tired, and wanting to escape the rat race for good. Funny, our adult lives have just begun, and yet we all want it to be over.

The world today isn't sustainable, and I'm not even sure how long I can struggle beneath the yoke of capitalism.

I haven't been reading much, or managed to get anywhere with it or the HWQS jam project I have cooking. Like I said, my job doesn't leave much time for me to do anything else. I have basically two hours a day to myself, minus all the normal chores, travel time, trying to put myself into a relaxed state of mind, and every day I have to choose what those two precious hours could be used for.

So, yeah, it's hard. And I'm trying my best to keep everything in my life in perfect order, or at least put in substantial contribution into all aspects to appear like a functioning human being.

Most of the time, I just want to cry, and most of the time I just do. Morning and night, like clockwork. And when I'm not crying, I'm angry as hell: at this broken world, at this horrible system we've all tied ourselves to, at my life, at the luck of the life I've been born into.

Sure, things could be worst. But, shit, they could be a hell of a lot better, too.

I don't know. I'm just really tired and my mental health is in the shitter right now, so there's that. 

The Weekend

Jun. 2nd, 2025 03:11 pm
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The weekends seem to be flying by. I didn't realize, but it's already June, so happy Pride month to all my fellow queer siblings out there. 

I spent most of my weekend the way I usually do: trying really hard not to think about work, and catching up with my reading. I finished On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, which I've discovered is not for me at all. Beautiful prose, but I did not like the meanderings better suited to Vuong's poetry rather than a prose book. I'm sure plenty of people adore this book, but, again, it's really not for me. 

Currently, I've started reading James Ellroy's The Big Nowhere. I'm a huge fan of his work, so I'm hoping it'll be a good one, but I trust him to work that Demon Dog magic he's got. 

I've also gone on a little reading haul to cheer myself up, since this weekend was mostly a depressing cryfest for a myriad of reasons I'm not going to get into. Here's what I got:
  • The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John le Carré - I loved Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Cold War history is a special interest of mine, so it was a no brainer I try to read the entire Karla trilogy.
  • The Enchanters by James Ellroy - Another Ellroy book. I'm kind of bummed he's never going to finish the second LA Quartet, but people do say the Otash novels are a spiritual continuation of them. Skipping Widespread Panic for now. 
  • The Fictional Man by Al Ewing - The premise reminded me of The Department of Truth, so of course I had to get my hands on it. 
I'm dreading going back to work this week, because I'll be worked to the bone by the weekend, and I don't think I'm mentally strong enough for that. I'm at the end of my rope with this job, but I know I have to persevere until I find something new. Which is hopefully soon, because I'm not sure how long I can take it anymore. 

The Hot Wet Queer Summer jam has officially started yesterday, too. I haven't written a single thing down, so I need to get right on it, because three months are, in retrospect, not a very long time to bang out a novella. I probably shouldn't have elected to do a novella, but it's too late to back out now. Onwards and upwards, I guess! 
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 This journal is yet again another foray into me trying to find my way back to the old Internet roots I just missed the boat on but was too young to fully immerse myself in or grasp the fact that one day all of the web would be either filled with bots or full of people all screaming over one another, vying for everyone's diminishing attention spans.

I did try to make a Neocities, and it is still an ongoing project, but the amount of time I need to devote to coding is too much to do in bulk, so I try to fix my site sporadically and when I actually remember I have the project going on. 

It's been a really long week. Life hasn't been the best since the year started, and I'm genuinely at the tipping point for my job. I've started looking for new opportunities, but I still feel like I'm losing my mind. It's very hard to stay motivated in such a toxic environment, although it's been hammered into me that I should be grateful that I have a job in the first place. Point being, I'd like to keep my sanity, while still making money to save up to go back to school.

Anyways, here's my weekly roundup of what I've been entertaining myself with:

  • The Department of Truth Vol. #30 - I have strong feelings about this issue, which I'll talk about below.
  • Still reading my borrowed copy of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, which is starting to be a slog to read through. Beautiful prose, beautiful sentiments, but I much prefer Ocean Vuong's poetry to his half-poetry, half-prose thing he's got going on.
  • Poetry by Richard Siken - The first poem in this link, which was definitely written for Condor of the 1975 Pollack film, all blonde and gorgeous, with Robert Redford's angel face.
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