Musings about relationships, communities, and plant-based medicine
I'm feeling a deep sisyphean melancholy today. These moods are always the hardest for me. They permeate every atom of my being and are persistent beyond reason. I have suffered chronic depression for a fairly large chunk of my life. I was different in ways imperceptible to myself which caused me to be the target …
To go along with my other creative endeavors, I want to design a logo and a splash illustration for the intro to my videos. Fortunately, I do have some graphic design experience and have even designed my own logo a long time ago, so this is not quite as much of a skill jump for …
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As part of my Personal Goals for 2023, I decided that I want to create a piece of music that I could use in my videos. I know extraordinarily little about music and music creation, so I have no idea if this is a reasonable goal or not. However, the only way I'm going to …
I asked people on Instagram what games they were playing recently and I got a few interesting recommendations that I want to record for posterity. Paddy Lindley recommended Norco, a sci-fi Southern Gothic Adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and verdant industrial swamps of Louisiana's petrochemical hinterlands. It seems like a really …
After watching several different homesteading content creators such as Roots and Refuge, The Whispering Willow Farm, and The Honeystead for a few years, I've realized that these creators all have some similar digital infrastructure needs. In addition to a video content platform, they make use of personal websites, online courses, newsletter subscriptions, community spaces in …
As I described in my post on my Personal Goals for 2023, one of the things that I'm going to try and accomplish this year is to create five videos of different types. I chose different types of videos to create because I thought it would stretch me further than if I nailed down a …
I'm seeing a new therapist to help me get through some creative blocks that I've struggled with all of my life. I'm really tired of feeling creatively pent up and then feeling even more like shit when I try to do something creative. So here I am, trying to do something about it finally. I'm …
Ashe and I have been watching a lot of GeminiTay Minecraft videos on YouTube. She's such a great YouTuber and Minecrafter. Her voice is so soothing and her Minecraft builds are just out of this world. I've even been learning. lot of new things despite the fact that I've been playing Minecraft on and off …
The internet is being especially slow tonight, hampering not only our ability to watch the latest Roots and Refuge video but also my ability to download asset packs to run through some beginer Unreal Engine 5 tutorials. I was hoping to play around some and begin to learn the interface but that seems like it's …
I've been thinking a lot about video game development recently. I've always loved the idea of making a game but I've always had trouble with follow-through, especially when game programming involved a lot of coding or creating my own art assets. It just felt like too big of a project for me to tackle, especially …
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