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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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Man, I really hate it when I keep making assumptions. That old saying really does end up coming true. I find that I get in my own head about every little thing most times, and the result ends up not even in a miscommunication, but really...
You know, a guy like me is prone to rumination, obviously. But over the last 24 hours or so, there hasn't been way too much of that, so I don't have a super awesome thing I want to write about off the top of my head. I never like it when...
Can someone explain TikTok algo-crafting to me? Seriously, I think it might just be an insanely massive cope for screen addiction, but at the same time it's such an easy way to stay Tapped In—so I don't know exactly how I feel about it....
Man, rationality is such a meme. I think rationality is important when you have something tangible you're dealing with, like a problem at work or figuring out what you need to say; but when it's just you, alone with nowhere to go and...
You know, David Goggins is pretty cool, all things considered. I remember in the Motivation Bro clip-sphere, there was a turn of phrase circling around that I think was coined by him and that a lot of other Motivation Bros co-opted. He...
Okay, I've gotta talk about the damn Bitcoin thing. I was out at dinner with a friend last night and he was expressing curiosity toward it. Some guy at work was raving about it and how it's the future of the economy or whatever kind of...
Being good is a privilege. I was thinking about how life has gone over the last several years, and I came to a stark realization that if my circumstances weren't as favorable as they are, I'd have done a whole lot of worse things just to...
Divine Liturgy was great today, thanks for asking. Finally I was able to receive the catechumen prayers at the liturgy today. Glory to God! Prior to today, this weekend was exhausting. Just one Olanzapine, and your boy was basically out...
You ever just feel like all you'll ever amount to is just a series of impulses that can only see life as a series of unreliable snapshots and not the full, fluid thing it actually is? Yeah, me neither. Anyway, when I got home from trivia...
I had a bit of a rocky morning, but this afternoon is turning out better. I had to take my mom to a doctor's appointment, and while I was waiting for her to finish up in the parking lot, it started to rain heavily. That's pretty normal...
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...