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Don’t read this.
Please. I’m being completely serious here. Don’t read this. You probably want to keep reading now, right? But you’ll probably pretend that you didn’t. Perhaps you tell yourself that you’ll just “gloss over the rest” instead of actually reading everything. Just please, I ask you to stop reading. If I were to actually ask you in person, you’d be more likely to listen because I’m there to see your response. On the internet, I’m not watching you. (Or am I?) Stop. Here. You’re done reading. Besides, I’m publishing this publicly, so of course you have to read it. If I…
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I have a headache
I’m unable to write because I have a really bad headache. I’ve been in bed all day.
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I’m completely stuck.
I can’t write anything tonight. So instead, I’ll write about my inability to write. Again. There’s a writing exercise in which you take a simple word or concept from the everyday, then describe it. The aim is to better understand the chosen subject since many things are just taken at face value. It can be quite tricky. For example, I was trying to do this with “darkness”. Sounds easy enough, eh? But darkness is just… darkness. How do you go about actually describing it? I started with, “The absence of light. The fall of night. A deep sleep. A nightmare.…
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Review of Moxie’s in Downtown Vancouver
A friend recommended that for today’s blog post I should write a review of the restaurant at which I ate tonight. So that’s what I’mma do. The Setup It was just about ten at night and I needed food. I’m still new to Vancouver, so I’m unfamiliar with the restaurant selection at any time of the day. But because of the hour, most places were either closing soon or already closed. I finally decided to eat at Moxie’s, a chain restaurant that serves a typical grill menu as well as pasta dishes and fancy pizza. The Order The place seating…
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Jump
It’s time for a fun fact! Whenever I’m trying out a pen in a store or doodling on a piece of paper or typing something mindlessly into the computer, I will most often write the word ‘jump’. That is all. No, Matthew… You can’t leave it there. Whyyyy… Because that’s a very short thing. You should say more! Fine. Thank you. So, I dunno why I do that. It’s just a habit that has developed over the years. I think that it’s rather fun! The word jump just has a certain energy about it, right? And it in my mind,…
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We’re all on the same team!
Everybody needs to chill out and stop putting up divisions! Even subtle or small ones. It’s destructive. We as a species can’t move forward with big issues because we’re so taken with the small stuff which aren’t even actual problems! It’s something we’ve made up, or it’s a social taboo. We’re all on the same team here. Let’s act like it! Humans have one home: Earth. Earth is a complex ecosystem upon which we rely to draw even a single breath. We do not exist without planet Earth. The main point that I want to make is that thinking should…
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Sorry…
I’m sorry. I can’t keep up. That was supposed to be finished today, but I couldn’t do it. I literally couldn’t finish. I wish that I could have. It messes with me and stresses me out. That’s partly why I couldn’t finish, because I had to just… de-stress. I don’t feel bad about ignoring work. I needed to do that. But I do wish I could’ve finished it today. I’m sorry. Forgive me? M3
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Praise Song for the Day
Some live by love thy neighbor as thyself, others by first do no harm or take no more than you need. What if the mightiest word is love? Love beyond marital, filial, national, love that casts a widening pool of light, love with no need to pre-empt grievance. —Elizabeth Alexander, Praise Song for the Day
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Currently…
Listening to… I’ve been listening to the third Hunger Games book, Mockingjay since I left Keremeos. I have never read this book because I saw the movies before I got to the book. After I’m done listening to this book, I want to rewatch all of the movies in a marathon! Wearing… Right now I’m wearing PJs. But all this week I’ve been wearing my various Paddlefest t-shirts! Looking forward to… This coming Tuesday! I’m not gonna say why, but it’s gonna be awesome. I’m so excited! M3
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What’s up…
Hey, how you doin’? So I’m in Vancouver now, which you probably already knew. But still. Right now I’m working on Paddlefest stuff, updating the website, finalizing registration, writing promo material, and whatever else needs doing. It’s a little weird because I’m usually in Fort Smith working with everyone on Paddlefest stuff. This year I’m far away and only doing the website stuff. I’m not involved with planning and organising the entire event. It’s a lot of work, and I inadvertently added to the workload by breaking and locking myself out of the production website on Saturday. But we got it fixed…
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I should write these things during the daytime.
For the past several weeks, I have written a new blog post every single day. But the time I’ve spent writing those posts has been very minimal. Should that change? Maybe. To find out, let’s journey back a couple of weeks. I started posting daily with the main goals of forcing myself to think creatively and to exercise my writing skills. For the most part, I’d say I’ve been meeting my goals thus far. However, I do want to put in a little more effort. Adderall, Note to self: Finish writing this post later.
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Watch this!
This blog is supposed to be about me practicing writing and stuffs. But not tonight. 😂 M3
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You’re amazing!
You are a beautiful person. Don’t believe that? Well, I do. And if you can’t believe it, then try to believe that I believe it. Are you not feeling loved? Put some love out there. Share some hugs with your family and friends! If you love someone, tell them. Get excited about it! Believe it! You’re fabulous! ❤ M3
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I broke it…
I was working on the Paddlefest website today, and I made a mistake. The website runs on WordPress, as most of my websites do. I had written a plugin that adds some simple functionality, and I had added it to the Paddlefest website as well. But I needed to make a small change, which I made without first testing the new code. Stupid move, Matthew. So now I’m completely locked out of the website because of a fatal error. Usually, I can simply fix it by accessing the server filesystem to upload the corrected files. But in this case, I…
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The sun will rise…
Or it won’t. We don’t know for sure. But we trust that it will. We have faith that it will. It’s reliable. Unless clouds ruin it. M3
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Washing Dishes
Let me tell you something. Washing dishes is one of those activities that I hate and love at the same time. Why I kinda like washing the dishes. It doesn’t take too much thinking to accomplish this task, which is the biggest draw for me. I can listen to audio drama, or podcasts, or even watch Netflix while washing. A dishes dance party is also a really fun option! Although it’s also nice to just… think. It can be a great point of disconnect. Why I mostly don’t like washing the dishes. Washing the dishes is yucky!! I’m a bit…
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What to type…
When I can’t think of something to type, I tell myself to just start typing. Once I start, stuff comes out. Today is the first day that I really, really don’t know what to write. So here it goes! I arrived in Vancouver all safe and sound today! Got to have a yummy dinner with my family here, then followed that up with games and ice cream. It is so nice to see Mom and my sister again; it’s been a while! Note to self: Exploding Kittens is a blast! Play it more often. Okie dokie. Tomorrow I’ll write something…
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A funny thing happened today…
…but I don’t recall the details. *shrugs* Oh, well. You’ll just have to live with the knowledge that there was a funny moment in my day today, the details of which you will not know. Today was a good day! So very much better than yesterday. Granted, I didn’t have a good night’s sleep last night, and my tummy decided to be a pain this afternoon and evening, but everything else was so good! I finally got to see a gastroenterologist, which has been such a long time in coming. Things are looking good in getting a better Crohn’s support…
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Another quick one today.
Just gonna check in. I don’t have the mental energy to write something more than an update. Today has been long and hard. I consider it to be a good day, though. It started with less sleep than I needed. Again. This time was mostly do to me purposely staying up last night. But because I couldn’t sleep Saturday night, and I went to bed late last night, my body has been off. But my sleep over the past couple of weeks has been messed up anyway. So it’s nothing new. I did a bunch of work today, which was…
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My nose.
It’s a love/hate relationship. My nose is causing me such problems right now. It’s hard to breathe, I’m constantly stuffed up, and I have to repeatedly blow my nose. It’s bleeding, it’s hurting, and it’s generally unpleasant. Allergy season sucks. Plain and simple. At least I have a nose, though, eh? *shrugs* M3
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