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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. 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 CounterSocial.
Take care of yourselves and those you love. Stay safe and stay strong. ❤️
Latest Writing
On Selfishly Surviving …
𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣. I don’t do things out of the goodness of my heart. I do them because I selfishly value my own life and sanity over others. I learned SURVIVAL skills because I had no choice.
TLDR; stop complaining …
Passions do not solve or evolve anything. Passions only maintain and imprison.
Finally Out Of Energy …
It has been difficult and absolutely nightmarish trying to navigate the world while 99% of the population exists in their own small, self contained and limited simulations.
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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On Using Hashtags …
Not everyone wants to have the same experience, so it's greatly appreciated when you consider the feelings of others as you share yours.
On Rats and Truth
Truth is isolating. Truth is terrifying. Truth is painful. But the truth is: We can no longer live as rats. We know too much.
Anger Is Viral
𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺.
Balance Is Coming
Men. White people. Mundanes. Monsters ... will all fade away. The world will enter a golden age guided by those who were once outcast, pushed down, mislabeled, mistreated, misunderstood, unappreciated, and underestimated.
Who Am I (2011)
I am just going to admit this up front … Back in the day, I didn’t originally finish watching Babylon 5. (I have since). I never watched it when it originally aired, I barely caught it during reruns. I was very late venturing into the Babylon 5 universe, but I did eventually begin the journey. I didn’t stop because of boredom or lack of interest or getting too busy watching other things. It wasn’t anything like that. I stopped because it…
Understanding AS Avoidance
The more you accept other people's terrible and unhealthy treatment of you, the more scars you're willingly accepting that don't even BELONG to you.