How different are things, really?I was thinking about the past today, and how it feels like I haven't been really in touch with my feelings when it comes to writing in a long time. It's rare that I have the space and time alone to fu…Brookie·Jun 4·3 min readFollowpersonal
Sunflower in continual bloomSunflowers catch the morning light as our little dog shakes himself from underneath the duvet, waking to the sound of my alarm, ready to feast. Cole 🌈·May 29·3 min readFollowpersonal
Trip to Soap Plant WACKOI went up to LA today with Fig, it was a lot of fun! We were initially going to go to this art supply warehouse place (not in LA) but it apparently is right on the edge of an evacuation zone for this …Brookie·May 25·4 min readFollowpersonalgallery
Reminding myself why I writeThe last few months, I've been dealing with writer's block. For the love of me, I cannot come up with something to actually write about and it's been stressing me out. As if I were some huge and famou…Oscar García Oviedo·May 15·6 min readFollowwritingpersonal
Journal 020825Yesterday, my golden –retriever– boy Mantequilla woke up with a little hump behind his nose. After much deliberation, investigation and back and forth calls with multiple vets, I now recognize these a…Oscar García Oviedo·May 15·3 min readFollowmantequillapersonal
On being boredEvery now and then, because of my wife's job, I found myself seating in a coffee for what nowadays could be considered long periods of time—that is to say, two hours, or 3, tops. Today is one of those…Oscar García Oviedo·May 15·6 min readFollowpersonalfrom aelo
Finding home away from homeI have this, very important, very serious, promise to myself: I will visit my friends at least once per year. To note: I will travel to them. With the exceptions of the pandemic years –when my friends…Oscar García Oviedo·May 15·4 min readFollowfrom aelofriendspersonal
Unsociably socialI've spent most the time since the pandemic in a remote / hybrid position at work, which I now swear by and do not want to change, and while it has a incredible high number of benefits it also has rea…Oscar García Oviedo·May 15·6 min readFollowfrom aelopersonalfriendsinternet
On forgivenessI cannot remember exactly when this came to my mind. I mean, it was today, but I cannot pinpoint at which moment today –as it has happened with most things since the pandemic. I just got the thought b…Oscar García Oviedo·May 15·3 min readFollowfrom aelopersonal
On writing nonsense with OscarI don't feel the pass of time... Until I return here and try to make something out of my thoughts. That it takes this long is not something I despise or hate, it's just something that happens. That I'…Oscar García Oviedo·May 15·4 min readFollowpersonalfrom aelo
The one where I meet again with old friendsFor how often I use them, it's ironic how much I hate social apps. Why? Well, there's nothing social about them anymore. It's just memes and some bragging here and there. Maybe it's just me not wantin…Oscar García Oviedo·May 15·6 min readFollowfrom aelopersonalfriends
i'm hot when i laugh, and i'm hot when i cryconfused musings of a drama queen / poetiva 🎱 ⊬🦉🏳️⚧️·Apr 29·3 min readFollowmusingspersonal
Brain SurgeryHydrocephalus shunt surgery on 17 April 2026 — the event, the recovery, and the impact on work.ewan·Apr 22·1 min readFollowpersonalhealth
The weight of being a heavy lifterThis week has taken a toll on me. The work I've been doing for the last month or so –and probably the thing that has excited me the most in years– is going to be removed, just because it doesn't match…Oscar García Oviedo·Apr 18·1 min readFollowpersonal
“What! You too? I thought that no one but myself...”I've been thinking a lot about friendship... How it comes, how it stays and how it goes. It's difficult to put into words all that's happened --and I don't really want to go into it all that much-- bu…Oscar García Oviedo·Apr 7·1 min readFollowpersonal
on wanting handsi think about touch a lot. not in the way you might expect and definitely not as some philosophical abstraction about embodiment or consciousness. i think about it like this: ana asked for a hug tonigniri·Apr 5·3 min readFollowopinionspersonal
Criminal by Birthwhy would I have been a criminal for being me?ewan·Mar 30·16 min readFollowpersonalreflection
Thursday FlowToday was a relatively good day. I might have to partially bullshit my standup update tomorrow morning, but i might be able to scrape enough stuff out of my notes. That’s a problem for tomorrow me. I’…schweg,·Mar 27·3 min readFollowcatsisaacjacoblife
Just a check-inpckt blog passed one thousand users today. I know it doesn't sound like a lot in this day and age, but let me tell you, that's a lot ! I'm so thankful that that many people have even spent any amount …Brookie·Mar 4·3 min readFollowpersonal
perfectionism is ruining our brainsor me thinking about how our usage of AI is connected to our insecuritiesiva 🎱 ⊬🦉🏳️⚧️·Jan 28·3 min readFollowartificial intelligenceperfectionismartmusic
Musical Identity and ConfusionI Am Not a Metalhead... I Think?ewan·Dec 30·13 min readFollowmusicpersonal
Babies - Initial Impressionsbrainsteam.co.uk·Dec 19·4 min readpersonalparentingfor no reasonthis weird reflex
The Yew Has Wilted, and I Can't Water ItAnxiety is killing me.ewan·Dec 1·20 min readFollowhealthpaganismpersonalreflection
An Autistic Silver BulletNo, I’m not AI. I just write like that.ewan·Nov 27·19 min readFollowaicreativehealthlearning
Writing in Public: Why My Blog Has No Themesomething that I didn't need to justify, but here's my reasons.ewan·Nov 9·7 min readFollowatprotodecentralisationgàidhlighealth
