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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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If I get famous, that means they're trying to kill me. Not that I'd ever get famous, right? Right? I'm kidding, but honestly, I'm still reeling a bit from that post I made yesterday. More than anything, it's hard to see why "they" would...
Hey guys, can we stop trying to turn the Small Web into Reddit, please? Yes, this is about Bubbles. All the guy who made that did was rip the feeds from aggregators that already do their job and put upvotes and comments on it. I DON'T...
Out and about with my folks this weekend, but I'm still making time to do, well, you know. Anyway, I don't really have a whole lot on my mind, except for the sounds of nature. I think a lot of people say that they want to get out into...
I was at a baseball game with my folks yesterday, and it was a good time. I didn't really spend much time watching the game, but it was cool to see those guys playing; it was a visceral experience compared to watching it on a television....
Today's post is part of the IndieWeb Carnival, with this month's theme being "No Way!?" and hosted by Alex Hsu. I really like the theme for the carnival this month. Most of my life has been a series of "No way!?" moments, particularly...
Can you believe we made it to another day? Can you? I took a late afternoon nap yesterday, and yet again I had a series of strangely vivid and metaphysically discombobulating dreams. The highlight from these dreams: I was watching a...
Your browser does not support the video tag. I've been struggling with an intense lack of focus lately. This is especially poignant when my mood is a bit heightened. Things have been decent enough lately; being well-fed, having the...
Your browser does not support the video tag. You ever just wake up sad and you don't know why? I don't think I'm sad right now, but there might be some post-dream processing going on; even though I don't remember what I dreamt about last...
Your browser does not support the video tag. Last night while falling asleep, I was reflecting on the last ten years or so of my life, as one does. Looking back into the past, despite my attempts to proselytize myself into not doing so,...
Your browser does not support the video tag. I keep returning to this thought on IQ, so I have to write it down before it drives me insane. I've been in a lot of online spaces where people place so much stock in that number, like it...
"I don't know what you are, but you have to die." That's what I said to a bug that flew in my face while I was smoking on my back patio the other night. I'm scared of bugs, okay? Anyway, saying something like that on completely...
Hey, you're a fellow CBT enjoyer, right? We're all pretty well-adjusted here, aren't we? Well, it's funny to think about the sort of feedback loop it suggests: our thoughts turn into feelings which turn into behaviors, in turn...
Right now, I'm at the airport waiting on my flight back home to take off. This weekend was wonderful, and the whole wedding was beautiful—intimate, efficient, low-key. My buddy was fielding some ideas for his vows, and we talked him...
Your browser does not support the video tag. I spent most of yesterday sleeping, so I couldn't write at all. Thankfully, I still had enough stamina in me to get to trivia last night, so there's that at least. Sleeping so much is not fun,...
Yesterday afternoon, I finally got back into the gym after several weeks off. With the car crash happening and whatnot, I got thrown off from my fitness routine. But in the midst of "it's so over," I always find a way to say "we're so...