Feels weird to think that every year I’m going to make my silly little post about “ohh look another year sober” but I mean it’s kinda a big deal right? For the longest time I accepted and believed that I would die from drinking or die because of drinking, and here I am, still kicking while others who, in my opinion, should still be here aren’t.
People ask me why I got sober and to be honest I don’t ~really~ know. I mean I just woke up one morning in a hotel and realized there was a lot of things I wanted to do that I couldn’t if I was drunk. That simple. No shaking hands, no relapses, no big temptations. And to be honest, it makes me question the validity of my addiction if I could give it up so easily. But it’s still there, deep inside. It’s just that the new addiction is stronger than the old one. Life is kind of like a junkyard of old car parts. just keeps swapping parts to keep the motherfucker running– change this for that, okay, the wipers are broken but the car still runs, so don’t worry about it.
Anyways, I’m doing my best and it’s important to look back once in a while, but keep that car moving forward, if you drive in the rearview you’re bound to crash eventually. Thanks to my loved ones. I’m still here. Another year on the streets. #sobriety
realizing that you have no control. not that you want control of anything per se, but realizing that you are in a situation that you seemingly can only make worse. that sentence seems inelegant, and you know, it probably is but… yeah.
i wish you were trying. i know you’re not, and you’re barely hiding it. i want so much more.
We saw Dawes again last Saturday. My favorite band. At least the last few years in my later years. It was fantastic as always.
I feel a shift towards something unpleasant and my stomach turns thinking about it. I emailed my therapist and I’m getting the band back together. I don’t know what can be fixed or salvaged or jettisoned but I need someone to talk to. I need to be whole.
I’m coming up on 9 years sober. I feel like I don’t get or frankly GIVE myself enough credit for that. But all it really did was make me live with how much I hate myself, only soberly. It’s like eating shit sandwiches with jelly for forever but suddenly giving up on jelly. Hope you’re hungry.
I didn’t know this cover existed until recently.
Gotten like 100 new followers in the last 2 weeks. All of them are bots. Anyway, welcome. Hope you enjoy my blog.
Why am I getting 2-3 new bot followers per day now? Jesus Christ life is hard enough for me rn I don’t need this kinda false hope/excitement.
I was going to make a list of Subway stops in New York City that meant something to me, but when i realized that i listed every R Train stop in Manhattan south of 59th st, I decided to think of others besides those… In no particular order:
- 57th st. F train
- W 81st St C train
- 77th st 6 train
- 23rd st R
- 23rd st F
- 23rd st 6 (northbound only)
- Astor Place
- 8th st. R
- Whitehall R
- Wall St 2, 3
- Delancy F
- 14th, Union Square N, Q, R (and that long ass transfer to the 4,5,6, L)
- Court St. R
- Jay St. Metro Tech F (brooklyn bound only)
- 9th st. 4th ave, R, F.
- w. 79th st. 1 train.
honorary mention; M79 crosstown BUS at 2nd ave.
Underrated post of mine.
i truly believe that no matter what i’ll be able to log in here and type out some nonsense FOREVER, and i’m comforted by that, and you can’t say the same for other social media sites.
10 years ago I stormed the Tumblr offices on park Ave and they gave me several dozen stickers and like 3 tee shirts. Imagine what I could get from Twitter rn.
on halloween i tried to make a post of pics from our night, when i was happy, but tumblr wouldn’t let me, it glitched or something, now i’m feeling emotionally self-conscious and i don’t wanna post the pics now. but we had a great night.
Hey guys, just a reminder that it takes 12 weeks for vitamin D to build up in your system and for you to start feeling positive effects. So start taking them NOW to feel better by mid winter.
we bought a house. we started moving on the 9th, i also installed hardwood floors upstairs, along with drywall repair, and putting in tile in the upstairs bathrooms. it’s been a huge undertaking for us. we moved in officially on the 23rd, while i was still doing the work. so we got the kid’s room all setup, and we have our bed in the living room. there is an end in sight, so it’ll be ok.
i had to drive to austin yesterday to exchange a can of paint, and on the drive, i got really sad. our house in austin was tiny, not very nice, but we built a lot of social and physical connections in austin, even though we complained about it all the time. in the last few months, too, i made a few good friends, that i’m gonna miss a lot. i was also skating the skateparks a lot in atx, and now the parks near me aren’t too great, but it is what it is. i have to look forward. moving to a quieter smallish town, about an hour outside of austin will be good for the kid, we bought our first house, and we now have a lot of space for the kid and the dogs(we we’re literally tripping over each other every second in the old place). my adhd makes me great at starting new tasks and taking on all the projects but i also(see 10 years of previous posts) have a debilitating sentimental streak. so anyway. things are wild, i haven’t looked at social media barely at all in the last month. just working 12 hour days between my regular job and here at the house.
so that’s the news. pics coming at some point.
Everyone is ok. It’s hot as fuck in Texas, and we’re buying a house.
Last Saturday Ashley got COVID. We were doing our best to quarantine and take care of Ashley but by Monday Wilder had it. I thought I was maybe in the clear but Tuesday afternoon I tested positive. Now Ashley and the baby are feeling much better. It’s only my second full day and I’m on paxlovid. I can’t help but be overly emotional. Every night for the last 3 years I’ve sung a lullaby that I wrote along with you are my sunshine to her at bedtime. The last 2 nights I’ve cried while singing those songs. I love these people so goddamn much. We Beat On.
haven’t posted a photobooth selfie in maybe a thousand years. just called outta work for today(very 2009 of me) because we think my wife has covid(so 2020). so we’re masking in the house, and im on baby duty again.
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