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  • Ascetic Containment

    Today is day four of my fast. I'm officially under 300 pounds. This is basically a water fast. I'm allowing myself to...

  • Tough Guy

    Never underestimate time alone. It's a weird thing when I'm alone. Sometimes I think I might actually have autism bec...

  • Bread Alone

    It's Holy Friday, and I intend on going to my parish's service tonight. One of the subdeacons was saying that it's su...

  • Theotokos

    It's been about a week of no cigs and no porn. Go me! While the time apart from those things is irrelevant, I am more...

  • No Enemies

    I, like many Christians, have been having a tough time loving my enemies. I mean this not just in relation to my car ...

  • Crashing Light

    I got in a fucking car crash yesterday. I'm doing okay. I'm not severely injured, but my right toes are a bit messed ...

  • Nourishment

    Palm Sunday was good yesterday, thanks for asking. Getting through the Divine Liturgies has been easier. My feet stil...

  • Reprise

    This morning, I felt emboldened to make more effort toward my spiritual life. Last night, I ran out of cigarettes, an...

  • Revelation

    Yesterday was quite tiring. I was asleep for practically the entire day. That kind of thing happens whenever I take m...

  • Superpower

    I was listening to Ye's newest album Bully earlier this morning, and it was good. The standout track for me was "Mama...

  • Getting Slower

    There's been a certain gloominess I can't shake, but despite that, I feel calm. I don't know exactly where it's comin...

  • Jazz School No-No

    Divine Liturgy was pretty good yesterday, thanks for asking. Even though it's only been about 48 hours since my last ...

  • Worse

    It could always be worse. I had a great day at the gym yesterday. My workouts have been getting easier on me. I'm not...

  • The Wall

    I might be hitting a wall. This project has helped me so much in learning how to write, develop routines, and instill...

  • Pilgrim

    This morning, I've been thinking about my past, particularly the crossroads I found myself at when graduating high sc...

  • Vivid

    Today has been slightly annoying. We've been having some problems with our refrigerator, and yesterday, we had a guy ...

  • Mirror

    I've been having a few different threads of thought over the last 24 hours or so; lots of theses swirling around in m...

  • The Pursuit

    Last night, I was reminded of this clip from Slavoj Žižek where he discusses the futility of happiness. To summarize,...

  • Burnout Phase

    Divine Liturgy was great today, thanks for asking. I had a really good thought while I was out on my patio earlier, a...

  • Affording It

    Tensions are running a bit high today. Over the last few weeks, I had been waiting on my Mounjaro prescription to get...