25 January 2026, Sunday
I’ve made a few changes to the website.
I renamed the blog section to the essay section as it more accurately reflects the contents, and I’ve created this ‘proper’ blog as well.
Was going to call it a ‘microblog’, but I really don’t like that term for some reason.
Anyway, this is for writing which is smaller, informal, personal, and less focused.
My night-shift work at the warehouse has really brought down my energy, I believe it’s why I haven’t been reading so much lately. Generally, I’ve been unable to do anything creative either, can’t write poetry nor make any music, I feel dry. I’m happy to say in a few weeks I’ll be leaving and will return to life under the sun, and will be going back to my previous job too. It’s a minor hit to my income, but far less hours, less draining, and less stupidity from the micro-managers sitting above me.
What I have been reading lately is The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul. I’m experimenting with taking small notes, because I want to be able to write better reviews for the books I enjoy. I’ve read bits of other books as well but not finished them for various reasons. Been trying to read Society Of The Spectacle by Debord, but it’s so incredibly dense I must agonize over every sentence. Recently I’ve been reading Misunderstood by Tanya Crossman, which is about ’third culture kids’ like myself, people who spent their childhood travelling very often. I’ve wanted to understand the general effect of this lifestyle on the psyche and see if it relates to me, but the first chapter has been quite uneventful. The same affirming platitudes about how TCKs are more “empathetic” and “open to other cultures”, and glossed over how it may impact our capacity to form relationships. If it’s no better in another chapter I will drop it, and probably won’t leave a review, because I feel too personally invested in the matter to make an objective statement on the books merits.