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I have been thinking a great deal about my priorities. The world as we knew it is over and I have to decide how I want to spend my remaining time on and offline especially as my health gets worse.
I will be putting more focus on finishing the novel I have always wanted to write because I want to have fulfilled that one dream of mine before it is too late to do so.
I will finish my Jekyll and Hyde podcast but will not be starting any new video projects or finishing current ones except for Media Psykhe. If I have time to do (or feel like doing) a Jem video here and there or write reviews of audiobooks or other media, I will absolutely post them here as usual, but right now I have higher personal priorities.
I will also be getting off of most social media except for Bluesky and CounterSocial.
Take care of yourselves and those you love. Stay safe and stay strong. ❤️
Latest Writing
The Word You Are Looking For Is “Evil”
"You touch a kid, you're supposed to die. Straight up. You rape a woman, you're supposed to die. Straight up." - Kevin Gates
Masked Legacy
My father did a lot of good. Too much to just ignore or let disappear because of his generation's trauma, silence, or my singular opinion about one of his masks.
99.9% Excuses
There is no excuse for dysregulated emotions and choosing anger and hatred over logic, empathy, and reason. Stop making excuses and do the work.
Audio Podcast
Elaine Is Reading: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapter 8 – Part 2
As far as I'm concerned, Chapter 8 is the absolute best chapter in the entire book. This is also where the story pretty much comes to a very abrupt end.
Elaine Is Reading: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapter 8 – Part 1
It is a shame that the two people who have the most interesting perspectives in the entire book are the only two people to never have their stories told.
Elaine Is Reading: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapters 6&7 – Part 2
This video goes into depth about how the story mirrors so much of the reality of addiction spirals and dealing with the breakdown of friendships.
Elaine Is Reading: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapters 6&7 – Part 1
I decided to do these two chapters together because they are two of my favorite chapters and because the are very similar in feeling and foundation.
Elaine Is Reading: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapter 5 – Part 2
Most people who make movies and adaptations focus solely on the final chapter of the book. The story of Jekyll and Hyde is not just the final chapter.
Elaine Is Reading: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde > Chapter 5 – Part 1
This is one of the chapters that I kind of wish Stevenson’s wife had permanently destroyed. It’s the most contrived, forced, lazy chapter of the whole book.
How (Not) To Survive
Just because you CAN'T handle something, doesn't mean there is something wrong with those who can. Stop being the problem and become part of the solution.
Previously on Jem and The Holograms
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99.9% Excuses
There is no excuse for dysregulated emotions and choosing anger and hatred over logic, empathy, and reason. Stop making excuses and do the work.
Your Name Isn’t A Gift, It’s A Shackle
Names are tools of control and ownership and every person should, when they become an adult, choose their own name.
Negative Selection Preference In Communication
Everything you read or process first gets filtered through your trauma, triggers, hang ups, biases, and dysregulation. It's selective processing.
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
How much do I love this book? How much do I love Emily Ellet's narration? How much do I love Margaret Rogerson's world? I don't have the vocabulary to explain how I feel.
On Avatar and White Nonsense
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. Racists create racist films.
Wordplay
𝘐𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘜𝘉𝘑𝘌𝘊𝘛𝘐𝘝𝘌 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘙𝘌𝘍𝘌𝘙𝘙𝘌𝘋 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.