TT: I Miss The Cookout
It was The Cookout, an invitation-only Black-centered social media... hang on, let them tell it.
Topic
social media
A collection of 15 issues
Theydies and Gentlethems, FRUSTRATING TIMES
Everything bad you heard about WordPress is true,
And despite the software fork of it,
This thing has been fucking frustrating.
This cobbled together thing is still mine
So I forgo sleep, peace, creativity
Trying every forum post and whim,
With Support Desk in my inbox
More than my loved
This could've been a Ghost blog
Real talk, whenever I have a Hard Time with server stuff on this blog, I think to myself "what the fuck am i doing here" as I sometimes frustrate the hell out of myself. The past few days was one of those times as I troubleshot Something or
It's been two months and I've been great. But why do I still feel so sad?
On January 1st, I deleted Facebook and I couldn't be happier.
But when you're not on Meta, it can be isolating.
You're at a party and everyone is happily trading Instagram profiles, and the only thing you could offer reliably is...
...
nothing, actually.
Only
Past Prompts (and today's)
02/05
Remember a time when you forgave someone fully.
Forgiveness-- is it the same as "just getting over it" or a conscious decision to move on? I feel like I do the former a lot.
I immediately thought of that one Vine with the person going "
"Apolitical" is a Red Flag
haven't done an off-the-cuff post in a minute, lessgo
...
I've had shit luck when organizations and people claim to be apolitical. It's either Just Unpleasant or there's a jarring difference in opinion/morality. And I've added one more to that
What could you do differently?
* how I eat: Have more vegetables, and a variety of them. I guess that means... eating kale
* work out more. seriously. I'm starting gym next month!
* but also, when/how. actual schedule
* my writing process-- kinda haphazard. actually use outlines and things
* how i get up in the
Post FB Deletion
So, on January 1st of this year, I finally deleted Facebook. (Full disclosure, the other one is "deactivated" to keep the Messenger channel open for someone I've been trying to contact, but it is as good as deleted otherwise.) I was going to wait a month
Delete, Babe!
So here is my parody to the tune of Chappell Roan's "Good Luck, Babe!" Shoutout to the rhyming dictionary and a thesaurus, couldn't have done this without you.
as usual
I had a "enjoy it while it lasts" mentality when it came to BlueSky. The tipping point finally came for Twitter, and a mass exodus occurred in their favor. The rest of my streamer friends were finally on a platform I kinda-sorta paid attention to. But I didn&
