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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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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...
A series of scribbles from my many notebooks. 1 The tenant jostles his keys. The landlord must have changed the locks again. He goes to the landlord’s door to ask why he keeps changing the locks. His rent is always paid, first of the...
I broke my fast last night. There were about ten leftover chicken tenders from dinner a few nights ago, and I ate all of them. Thankfully I didn't eat anything else after that, but I don't feel too bad about breaking the fast. Honestly,...
I've decided to make my sprints here an hour long now, but even when they were at 45 minutes, I tended to go toward a certain word count instead of writing the whole way through the timer. Usually, I'd end up getting to that desired word...
Today is day four of my fast. I'm officially under 300 pounds. This is basically a water fast. I'm allowing myself to drink water, coffee, and diet soda; I'm also letting myself chew gum and eat a few hard candies throughout the day....
Never underestimate time alone. It's a weird thing when I'm alone. Sometimes I think I might actually have autism because when I am actually alone, I can really let the wiggles out and all other kinds of silly little behaviors. I was...