You know, I never thought I could go a full week without posting or reskeeting something here. Heck I never thought I could go several days without looking into this place but... well here we are I think a social media sabbatical is what I needed

Granted posting like this is technically sorta kinda breaking that sabbatical but... still I had a bit of a mental snap last week and I realized how much of it was caused by doomscrolling on this fucking place. Thus I'm trying to minimize how much I end up using Bluesky and the like

I've been feeling a bit calmer the past week. Still get moments of dread and overwhelming anxiety if I catch a glimpse of certain world events (particularly certain shit that's happening in my home state). But... disconnecting and just focusing on my own life has helped quite a bit

Plus my husband often pointed out that I seemed addicted to Bluesky and shit. I would often get distracted scrolling through things, reskeeting shit, and so on. Particularly when I really shouldn't have And, well, he wasn't wrong that's for sure

For the small handful of folks who might care: I'm doing fine. I'm okay for now But I think I'm going to continue trying to not use this place as much as I used to. At least for the time being. For my own sanity's sake, and to help with my desire to **live** this year. Not just survive

... in the meantime I've mucked about with my music a tad more. Recorded a couple of things, uploaded them to my Youtube channel. So yay for that. Probably will post them to my muzak account soon Also got my paws on an Interact V3 for the N64 & a Performance Ultra Racer 64. So that's been fun

Then further delving into Detroit Techno's whole... existence as a form of soulful beauty created out of a world of decay. An optimistic futurism made in direct response to and in strong defiance of the economic downfall and societal ostracization of Detroit in the 80's and of minorities as a whole

... it's weirdly resonated with me harder than normal It feels weirdly prescient and fitting with the times we're going through and with the state my mind has been in I knew I always loved Detroit Techno for a reason. And it feels like that reason is even stronger now than it used to be