Essays, Lectures, and Rants : The Thoughts Of Elaine Barlow
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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.
No one is much interested in my other content and it was always just for fun and to keep my writing skills up. 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. ❤️
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Read The Room
The more lived experiences you have "in the room", the more likely all those experiences, knowledge, mistakes, successes, etc can lead to beneficial solutions for EVERYONE.
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
I. LOVE. THIS. BOOK. I. LOVE. THIS. CHARACTER. I. LOVE. THIS. NARRATOR.
Event Horizon: Dark Descent #1
Of course I want to know how Christian is going to handle that infamous scene, but I'm interested in his take on the psychological horror more.
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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𝘐𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘜𝘉𝘑𝘌𝘊𝘛𝘐𝘝𝘌 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘙𝘌𝘍𝘌𝘙𝘙𝘌𝘋 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.
Frostpunk 2: Hopeless Madness
We survived the end of the world and now we've really gone crazy. And why not? We have nothing better to do and merely surviving is boring AF. Let's fuck some shit up and kill some snowflakes.
Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Vespertine is Margaret Rogerson's best book to date and while I'm sorry she had to go through so much suffering to create it.
Jekyll and Hyde – Chapter 2 (Part 1)
How everyone reacts to Hyde is a reflection of who THEY are, not who he is. It’s all projection and transference.
Times Haven’t Really Changed
Being on social media is not unlike the abusive, gaslighting, negative environment that I grew up in. My life hasn't really changed at all in that regard.
Previously On JaTH – S01E03
This episode has everything: white privilege, well behaved foster children, Gargoyle butt stuff, Paris, the grooming of young girls, Jem getting preferential treatment (again) ... and Katie Cassidy IS Pizzazz.