2025-10 weekly post
a calmer week, a recovery week; attempting to resume a manic style
Writing
finished another draft of ‘the girl’. i really like this one now, its solidifying into something. in a month or so i’ll re-read and see how i feel about it, if its ready for desperate attempts at notice by the world
also thinking of new ideas for ‘the revolution’, adding a thematically facetious “generative” style
Other projects
cooking, posting, finished reading the manual of pico-8. in addition i made a stack of personal randomization cards, as a method of navigating life without control
Books
went to several bookstores. new york’s nice. there are so many book stores.
Other
- now, after swans, ive been listening to michael gira solo projects. i get the impression he might be a violent man
- also: stevie wonder, secret life of plants. imagine an alternate world where he kept this style up, avant-light synthesizer songs, pop-style blue gene tyranny… i loved this album lots
- went to some live tv recordings
- still playing zelda. i dont wanna stop lol. its very good
finally updated my list of publications, first time in years
i think i missed some things, but that’s alright. i’m a semi-professional writer. that means being messy is a boon
hell yes time
finished a draft of the girl. that’s a special wrap
2025-9 weekly post
big week: apartment searching and (unfortunately) terrible anxiety upswell. .˙. week of low creativity
Writing
a week of revisions mostly. did line edits to my Ponce de Leon story and typed last week’s revisions of my first cigarette story up. both stories were fun to return to
also, got interest back from an agent for Kossler!, two or three weeks after i decided to give up lol. i submitted the whole text to the agent, i hope they want to represent me!
no the girl revision this week though, gotta get back to that
Other projects
none lol, see above
Books
nothing much of interest, slower week. started reading about DBT, for reasons obvious
Other
- listened to lots of post-2010 swans
- listened to a lot of Tom Scott lateral podcasts
- played a lot of zelda
- caught up with severance
2025-8 weekly post
Writing
only revised ‘The Girl’ one day this week, as I’ve been doing some story revisions for submissions: my cigarettes and my ponce de leon story, both of which (i noticed this week) pull the same sort of sudden shift into the absurd to explain abstractions. i’ve got techniques
in submissions: sent my hans story in, reading a few for another place. i actually recorded where this week, but i dont know if its like verboten to post this in the semi-public world of the blog. but i am, as they say, working now
Other projects
little of note. i was sick this week, as an excuse
Books
of interest:
- finished Solenoid, by Mircea Cărtărescu, after months. i have opinions abt that
Other
- lots of sickness and Zelda
- watching the new severances now