Hey pals, this is me right now. 8:30 Tuesday. About to go downtown. Maybe now I should wait until 10. I wish I could post this photo on facebook but I think the skin is not quite clear enough yet. But it’s not that different from normal but maybe a reminder that things could have always been like this. Basically Karla and Joanna signed my face.

 

 Hey everyone, this is Refried. I did not succeed at taking my medicine and sleeping. But I feel like going downtown to get my medicine from CVS.  So I might do that at about 8 o'clock.

I just got an encouraging note from someone. Thanks, Phil, you are an awesome legal pal.

It is a fun conspiracy, isn't it, everyone.

I am sending an email later and it is so crazy how it is working out just perfectly. But this particular project is still a process and I need to work steadily to get it done. I think it will go well.

Gice I am going to be tired later but I just think that while I feel able to go downtown I should. Because sometimes I can't. I feel too tired or blocked for various reasons.

I was going to send Z a message yesterday to see if he wanted to meet me at a diner but I had to wait. 

So that puts Caroline and Z on a list for socializing, and that will be hopefully two more trips soon.

But today it is just me getting my medicine. It is not easy.  

I just thought of another idea for Bronx Civil Social. To post a grades list.

That is a good one, isn't it. 

Ok everyone, have a great day. 

Pals, it is kind of not cool to take someone else’s email and post it but this is from the comedy thing I went to and it makes me really happy. And remember last time I let everyone down. Also my friend Angela Cerilio died and I let her down but before that I didn’t let her down and I visited her. She is in heaven now and has relief from a rough time at the end. I kind of am glad I didn’t follow up because I don’t think I could have handled it or visited again. But anyway some blessings are still happening even though I have had some problems in the Bronx. 

Also thanks Dr. Heravian, you are a pal who helped me so much.

 

Pals, I was having trouble uploading images to my blog. Ok so I showed this image to Tita from SCBWI. I think ai “scraped” this guy for one of my blobs. It was probably different enough but I will be a watchdog for this. I am not using ai for writing so far and expect that I am more likely to be copied on both art and writing. So far I have had two questionable images out of about 300. Plus one that was clearly an artists style: that cartoon fruit picture. That is a signature style that probably many people would recognize. In fact it was so obvious when the image was generated that I assumed they had permission and it was like Canva’s graphic design program. The other issue was the mouse that was reminiscent of Despereaux. And yet my mouse rendition was so much cuter that I decided to keep it. I think I beat people to groundhogs too but you know what everyone? Ai is cool technology and I believe we will all work this out. Creative people will be creative and the same processes and principles to protect originality will play out.

 

 Pals, I could make a corn dip: Corn, sour cream and mayo, a lot of shredded cheese, and then heat it up. And eat with Corn chips. Wow, that is cool.

Gice one of my friends from Iq societies made an Ai version of himself for people to talk to.  I mean I guess the idea is to get psychology advice. It is kind of cool but I am actually a little skeptical. Like wouldn't he like to talk to people himself? But I guess he uploaded a lot of content and the ai personality answers questions as if it is him.  I just wanted to really say hello to him and I couldn't.

Well, have a good day everyone.

 

hello everyone, it is about 10:32. I had a dream that lasted a long time and I was at a young life camp and a guy there was on staff and we were with a bunch of volunteers or something and I was kind of trying to demonstrate that I had once been a leader but he was also seeing why I myself was not on staff.  It was really a cool dream and it just went on and on and then my sister was also updating me about her business and I need to call her and find out how it is going.

So anyway I think I am feeling the low iron again so I need to take an iron pill soon. I am glad I got good sleep.  It was a fun day yesterday and a good step towards doing more socializing. 

At comedy there was a funny young Chinese American girl who had a hilarious routine about creating start ups and using her dating life to find new hires.  It was really funny and after the show she said hello and bowed a little when I told her she was funny. And it was a sweet moment that I will remember. 

The people were really funny and I especially liked the MC. He was a young guy, precious, and a cute Indian person. I mean he could go really far as a comedian and was good at improv.  So that was a blessing. I do not know why I felt tortured like leaving and I think I seemed suspicious to the club but it was okay and I met a cool guy named Andy Engel. 

I felt important there because I just applied to an agent who is from a place that helped two of my favorite authors in the past. I am talking about like years ago, major literary history. And I was like wow, what if I get accepted, I would feel important.  But we do not know what will work out or not and I think I can accept if just something went wrong and I did not get a good career with my material. I mean that is kind of unfair but in a way the lottery aspect of creative careers is a real thing for everyone.  And yet if you really do bring it with content then you should have something at least, like musicians who play in bars, like they still get to be musicians and people do like their music and recognize it.

So anyway, I am often thankful for my coffee shop life in Greenville.  Not everyone has that.

Well, that is all everyone, thanks for helping me get through the weird time. I might go downtown and get the medicine. My face looks a little better. It is just weird for it to be the worst ever during this conference. like what is the meaning of that but possibly it was done on purpose by the mental health abusers.

Hello everyone, this is Refried. It is Sunday, Aug 2. I had a nice day and went to my friend's comedy class show.  It was great and there was an amazing surprise which was that Jon Stewart was there.  Can you believe that? And there were several people who might have gotten discovered.  So that is great.  I forgot to tell him hello. 

I wanted to tell him my favorite joke of his and could not remember it.  But now I do remember it.  It is when he said Bjork was not at the Oscars because Dick Cheney shot her.  Man that was hilarious.  Because of that swan dress which I also did like.  So that was great. I am going to see if he has a website.

After that I went to Gemini diner and had steak and eggs and it was great.  I talked to my friend Katie and I think she is a match for middle church.  It is really sweet and her religion is healthier than mine so that is kind of interesting. It made me kind of question some of my religious habits, like maybe there is more that I don't understand well than I realize. 

Have a good day everyone.