I am so happy and grateful for this pizza today. Amy is the best!
An absurd life! ….whether you struggle or whether you don’t, you will die and rot just the same.
Anton Chekov, Love
We got that attitude! – 24th April 2020
Category: 2020
We got that attitude! – 23rd April 2020
I am so happy and grateful that I have finished sorting out my CDs into their cases. That took so long to complete and it feels like a huge burden lifted.
“Come, brother in misfortune, let us go and have a drop to drown our troubles.”
Anton Chekov, Choristers
And the enemies went out of the gate arm-in-arm.
We got that attitude! – 22nd April 2020
I am so happy and grateful for our Frangipani trees. Blooming and fragrant even in this drought.
I am fond of reading and listening but as to believing, no thank you, I can’t, and I don’t want to.
Anton Chekov, Love
To-do list
- Finish CDs finally! ✅
- Look through photos
- Call George ½
- Fill in cracks in concrete
Friday now. I talked with Hayden on Wednesday and he told me that his girlfriend had gotten pregnant. I pondered becoming a grandad but then he told me that she had got an abortion. I didn’t really have any reaction to this news – it’s not something I can change or choose to judge. He and his girlfriend will deal with it the best that they can.
I have been enjoying being in my room again though I’m still not 100% happy with the layout – it’s not quite comfortable yet.
We got that attitude! – 21st April 2020
I am so happy and grateful for Gilbert Hernandez and his story Human Diastrophism. Wow!
You can prove and disprove anything you like with words.
Anton Chekov, Love
12th Jan 2024 – This Checkov quote bears a similarity to the Chuck Palahniuk quote here.
We got that attitude! – 20th April 2020
I am so happy and grateful for the books I read and the things I can study and learn about.
Apparently, I’m not content to be happy.
Tim Krieder, We Learn Nothing
Can I count on you if I fall apart? – 19th April 2020
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful that I grew up at the time that I did. Grateful for Punk and alternative comedy. Stewart Lee is a wonderful human being.
2nd Jun 2022 – I always was annoyed that I was just a little too young for the first wave of punk but in the end, it was probably better because many folks from, and inspired by, the first wave ended up leaving it all behind or kind of disowning it. From the second wave, post-punk, UK82, hardcore, anarcho-punk etc the DIY aesthetic became ingrained and influenced every part of life.
I suppose we all rationalise our formative years in one way or another.
Everything you learn turns out to be connected to a hundred other things.
The Whippet newsletter
The Chiang Rai Alternative Hour #35 – 18th April 2020
Music from Senyawa, Jamesy and Sean, Far East Family Band, Air Miami, Arcwelder, Flesh Narc, X_X, Deerhoof, Hidden Rifles, The Damned, Chepang, Lindsay Cooper, Tigermen, Fifty Foot Hose, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, F, Younger Brothers, Shadow Minstrels, Cypress Hill and Eddie and the Hot Rods.
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful for my computer. It enables me to do so many things. I wonder if I could live without it? Of course, I could but I don’t think I want to.
To-do list
- More 1994ever ✅
- Record TCRAH – spend time on this one ✅
- Watch less TV today ✅
- More drawing
Today is Tuesday. I haven’t been writing in here because I have gotten myself absorbed in some good TV and by the time I come to bed it’s too late to turn on the light and write.
I feel like things are coming together more in my room – nearly got all the CDs in their cases – after more than two years! Now I’m trying to get rid of the CDRs and thinking about all the DVDs I have and what to do with them.
I’m hoping to keep up with all the backlog of 1994ever and other bits and pieces of writing. It’s been enjoyable to go through all those, thinking about the past. It still feels like it happened to someone else. Even brief glimpses of mundane things pop into my head and it makes me think about what times and events that I’m part of now will pop into my mind in the future.
Life feels quite mundane and predictable though I also feel quite happy and content.
We got that attitude! – 17th April 2020
I am so happy and grateful for remote controls. I remember the times of having to get up and turn the knob on the TV to change the channel.
A man who follows his wishes changes his attitude with time. Very soon he is not satisfied any more with the things he does.
from Tolstoy’s Calendar of Wisdome
We got that attitude! – 16th April 2020
I am so happy and grateful to be able to idly stare out of my living room window and see the jungle mountains in the distance. It’s peaceful.
The underlying fantasy of love is that by getting close to this person, you can become a little like they are. They can help you grow to your full potential.
The School of Life
We got that attitude! – 15th April 2020
I am so happy and grateful that my hair hasn’t completely disappeared off my head yet! I can just about look like I have a full head of hair. I am grateful that I can cheaply dye my hair too so I don’t look like the old man I feel.
If beautiful art does not express moral ideas, ideas which unite people, then it is not art, but only entertainment. People need to be entertained in order to distance themselves from disappointment in their lives.
Immanuel Kant
To-do list
- More 1994ever ✅
- Another drawing ½
- Another lesson (finish?) ✅
- More CD sorting ✅
Friday (as of writing). Wednesday and today I didn’t bother to go to my room but on Thursday I got a bunch of things done.
I heard from TLC that I need to go to school on May 7th to work out how we are going to teach online. I’m guessing I will have to make a few adjustments to my plans, so I’m not too worried about writing more plans at the moment.
Amy and I went for a long bike ride again yesterday. I really enjoy just riding around and seeing how the land changes over time.
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