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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.
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You Are Dysfunctional
People online have NO CLUE how to behave or how to treat each other in healthy or civilized ways. And yes, I do blame social media.
The Ovarian Lottery
I have NO patience for people who hate on those who experience luck and opportunity or benefit from privilege, or variance.
We Need More Tony Weaver Jrs
Growing up in the late 70's and 80s my world was so small. I could never have imagined there were people like me out there in the wider world. There was no wider world.
Life is for the living
Banishers protect the living from the dead and to me that includes living people who are dead inside.
Inside Out Not Outside In
If one can't find meaning, reason, and beauty in their own work, their own self, then how can anyone else?
Know Your Class
I can always tell people who game and people who don't. I can always tell people who have worked in a party system and those who haven't.