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Noahie Valk
Welcome! This is where you can find my most up-to-date writings. Divided into two sections. 1) Cogito: a diary and 2) IOKTIKN: a collection of standalone essays and short stories.
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Never ever kill yourself, friend. What, you think I'm just going to rehash some stupid Xitter meme from like two years ago? Shut up, man. I've been thinking about the way the world is going. Who even thinks about that these days, am I...
I'm at a bar right now, and this is the first time I've gotten drunk in ages. I'm sitting outside on the patio with folks shooting pool next to me, and it's a disgustingly humid Texas evening in spring. It just got done raining, and it's...
I received my catechumen prayers yesterday, praise God! I knew prior to receiving these prayers, there would be exorcism prayers involved in them. During the prayers, the priest blows air on you, makes the sign of the cross over you,...
Don't you hate it whenever you're playing some stupid puzzle game and you can't find the solution, so then you start having a harsh realization with yourself about your intellectual abilities and your resulting place in the world? Yeah,...
I slept all day yesterday, went to bed at 9 PM, and have gone through most of the day still tired. What can I say? I'm a sleepy guy. Anyway, things are feeling a bit dull today. I don't have a whole lot on my mind, but I know that'll...
Lots of driving today. Fuck driving, man, seriously. I had another medical appointment today for my SSDI benefits application. It's been about two and a half years now, still trucking. It reminded me a lot of the last one, except this...
Things have been low stress, which I attribute to more frequently taking my Olanzapine. I've been on pretty much all the antipsychotics on the market, and Olanzapine seems to be the one that least messes with my head. I was on Abilify...
It seems that we've been bitten by a certain bug, one that takes any sense of meaning and truth and tries to reject it for the sake of something different. With our ability to constantly access so much media and escape to any place we...
Check out my new crossword blog! I've been feeling half-baked, semi-processed if you will. A good day is one that's tough to acknowledge for me sometimes. There's a part of me that's skeptical of it, as if I'm always looking for some...
Web browsers are awesome. They let you see all kinds of cool and interesting stuff, connect with interesting people, and are—whether we want it to be or not—a central part of daily life for most people. Mental Outlaw put it best: your...
A term I keep coming back to over the course of my life is collective effervescence. You know that bubbly feeling you get at a really good concert or when the DJ at a party masterfully orchestrates the vibe? That's what Émile Durkheim...
I've found that some of my most productive writing is done in heightened emotional states, and that's scary to consider. Today feels calm, and it feels like it's going to be a decent enough day. So I ask myself, "where's the pursuit?"...
Many sites have an RSS feed. Mine has three. Don't know what RSS is? I got you covered. You thought I was gonna try to persuade you to use RSS? Ha, rookie mistake, kiddo. Even though most people younger than 30 don't even know what it...
Today's post is a submission to the IndieWeb Carnival, a monthly event where folks on the IndieWeb write a blog post dedicated to a theme hosted by one of the members. This month's theme is "Adventure" and is hosted by Pablo Morales....
Don't know what to do? Do nothing until you figure it out. Man, I sure love sitting around, doing nothing. It's awesome, perhaps the best use of my time. I think people give things like flow states too much attention. Dopaminergic...