Brewed java time
Still rainy. Still cold. But it is nbd. I didn’t have plans on going anywhere today anyway. As for tomorrow, tomorrow is a big day for the dad because he is getting out of the hospital and we are all going to have a welcome home party (w/ just the immediate fam) & i think they could possibly be BBQ’ing. Not sure about the second part. But it will be cool for him to finally be home after being hospitalized for roughly two months.
And for myself, for today, i am feeling quite good. I am getting in as much caffeine this AM as i can so i can be wide awake for when the Nexium arrives from Medicine Shoppe & i am enjoying the slower pace on Twitter. I think i am following just under 50 people now. Cool people, imho. But even they will be unfollowed when i get around to fine-tuning the TL again. I want to get to the point where it is update-only from my end and anyone who chooses to react, may react and i can respond whenever i check the app here & there. No more endless scrolling for me. #END
Be back in a bit!
Finally got my Starbucks Double-Shot
And i am awake for the day. Slept well if not for v long. I have notes to digitize (which is v pressing at all), so...yeah.
Be back in a bit!
On Tattoos
Idk if i should get anymore. The only real reason i would be drawn to get more (I already have 10(!)) is because they are addictive to get + can look p cool (if you’re in that camp, I certainly am). But, i don’t want to spend money on nothing more than the addiction of the adrenaline rush & endorphin release from getting inked. I also don’t have a whole hell of a lot of money to begin with, so, it def isn’t economical in any way. I am really proud of the tattoos i have (even my shitty elbow tat, that is a great ice-breaker). I also want to have an aged/sun-worn collection of ink on my body and the newer the tattoo is, the longer it takes to look that way. I know, no matter what, i am going to just get older and older with every passing day and each tattoo will look more and more ragged with every passing year, so, i may as well embrace it :) Sure there are a couple touch-ups I’d like to get done AND I would like to (will) finish my collar piece, but, aside from that, i am not going to stress about getting a shitload more tattoos. Not worth the hassle.
I need to:
-close my reddit (which i have basically never used)
-close my Amazon acct (which i am going to stop using (already have)
And i think that is it for right now
More later
Be back in a bit
Haven’t heard back
From The Disconnect Magazine. It took them a while to get back to me originally so, i am not sweating it. REALLY wanna pub this short fiction in their digital mag. Would be great exposure for me + something i can put on my portfolio (+ Issue 1 was good).
On another note: i am listening to Black Metal this early AM as the rain falls and once it stops falling, i am going to get a chilled double-shot of espresso (Starbucks, canned) from the gas station. I could really go for one of those right now.
I had a lot of caffeine (via Dt Mt Dew) in the past several hours so i think that is why i have been awake most of the night. Surprised two hours of sleep even happened, tbh.
But i took my meds a little early this AM (bc i don’t plan on sleeping again) & am feeling v good.
Be back in a bit!
Slept 2 hours
Not exactly a “full night’s rest”, but, it works for now. And as soon as it stops raining, i am going to fetch a coffee (iced). I could really go for one of those tiny cans of Starbucks chilled espresso right now and i plan on satisfying this craving.
Also, i unfollowed/blocked more people on Twitter (nothing personal to any of those ppl). I want to get it down to where I am following NO people & not caring if “friends” interact w/ me. I don’t really know any of these people. I don’t text them or meet them for coffee or anything, so, are they really friends? No!
The Internet is a lonely place.
Unfollow The World
I unfollowed about 30 people tonight on Twitter. They basically stopped using the site over time. But tonight i went a step further. I BLOCKED 280+ people from following ME!
Was 380+, Now under 100. #relief
I am no longer going to give a fuck abt follower counts bc i feel i am above that in my life atm. I spent the better half of two decades w/o home Internet, the better half of THREE decades w/o smartphones & about the same amt of time not being on a social network (bc they weren’t popular enough for anyone to know about them yet).
So fuck those three things (Internet, smartphones, social networks). I mean the Internet has some time-killing value, smartphones are super-convenient, and all social media is fucking horrible (i just can’t quit twitter bc addiction).
Let’s recap recent events, shall we?
In three weeks (or a little more). I have:
-closed Facebook
-closed Google/Gmail/all that
-closed Instagram
-closed Spotify (Pandora FTW)
And in that timeframe, I:
-finished my Writers Research certificate
-built a Website to host my e-book i have been wanting to publish
-organized e-book & went through two drafts
-designed cover for e-book
-long story short, did everything i would have to do to self-publish an e-book w/o Amazon or other Big Box online services
-several other things got accomplished that escape me atm
-oh, & blocked 280+ ppl on Twitter
So, life is good. I feel refreshed & mucho gusto. Haha
Be back in a bit!
Here’s this blog thing again
Haha
tomorrow i am going to redirect log.oleary.io to the proper (new) site for it (log-oleary.tumblr.com) and put up Abstracts for the projects i am working on, “Newer System” & “litebytes”. then pop that link in the menu bar of oleary.io and call it a day. haha.
I will probably work on one or more of said projects & do the Lesson 6 of the Writing certificate i am earning. and play w/ the iPhone. ;)
be back in a bit!
ah HA!
i figured out how to sync (or select to sync) twitter, tumblr, etc. from write.as. that was inteeresting. should be all good now.
anyway, be back in a bit