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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • Worked over the summer, then after I got a 4 season canvas tent and have been staying in it past few months learning the ins and outs of offgrid life. Put my Electrical degree to use by building up a small solar system. Learned a hell of a lot about keeping yourself warm.

    Currently is been raining kind of hard and the ground isn’t absorbing water well since its cold so water has been seeping into the floor of my tent, obviously that’s not great so m current focus is on getting a platform built for the tent to go up on.

    After that I want to get a wood stove since heating with propane cost a little bit compared to finding free woof to burn, but I am worried that the smoke and smell would draw too much attention. May have to just live with propane until I get my own property that isnt fucked by an HOA but I REALLY want a wood stove just cause I think its rad as hell and our neighbors have a bonfire all the time so what’s the difference really. Maybe I’m worried over nothing and nobody would care really.

    My sibling burned their life down with some stupid bs and their kids ended up in the system so I’ve been kind of stuck helping my elderly parents through the foster/adoption process since may. Its been a massive headache and I didn’t get to go camping like I wanted to but sometimes doing the right thing means making sacrifices to your own self interest. Hopefully well have them by Christmas and I have enough cash left by spring to go camping before job hunting.




  • Wire stripping and crimping. Especially if you plan to do offgriding homesteading with solar but occasionally comes up in home applications when you want to revive a mangled extension cord or install a fixture. Specialized cables start to add up very quickly its much more cost effective to buy a big bag of connectors, a big roll of decent gauge wire, dig out an old set of wire cutters+needlenose and fire up a 2 minute instructions yt video. Like all other skills it takes time and error to get good at it but its not too terribly difficult as wel as very cool to essentially build your own electrical grid from the ground up with wires and connectors you made yourself…






  • Dwarf fortress I was always into it conceptually and think that all the under the hood simulation stuff is rad as hell and its fascinating how emergent narrative arises from such complexity.

    Also love kruggsmash’s videos, the bastards a legend. He’s what got me into it.

    But pre steam release I just could not get into actually playing it. Even with tile sets and such. I tried, I really did. But the horrid UI and high amounts of game ending bugs were just too much.

    The steam release was the only game I’ve truly been hyped for in my adult life. I was giddy like a kid and got it the SECOND it released, and finally fell in love with PLAYING the game and not just hearing about it. Its so fun building up a fortress and getting invested in your little dwarves well being, hidden surprises they put in to spice things up. Every month there’s an update, even if is just a small peacemeal to let us know things are happening and adventure mode is coming along.

    After playing for a while and learning enough to know how much you dont know, you can feel the limitless passion and raw intelligence that is the foundation for the insanely rich systems you work with. It feels like a living world in your computer. The closet thing to true technological magic I’ve ever had the pleasure of interacting with.





    1. Get a dry herb vaporizer like the arizer air max as the smoke all be much cleaner for you

    2. Buy some cheap hemp flower or pot and mix it with the tobacco, slowly skew the ratio towards hemp flower/pot over time. Throw a little dried lavendar in there too if you have access to the plant

    3. Micro dose on magic mushrooms daily, not enough to trip just enough to feel good, for some reason I hate smoking anything while on mushroom trips and have heard personal stories of people quitting cold turkey



  • While drinking at night with my buddy and his friend they decided it would be fun to start punching each other. No I’m not kidding they weren’t even fighting or anything just typical young adult male macho bs just wanted to see who could take more punishment. They tried getting me in on it lol nah no thanks. Had to hold my buddy up as we drunkenly wobbled home.



  • If you are a smoker particularly of pot arizer will most likely have some great deals for their dry herb vaporizers. I LOVE my portable air max and desktop extremeq. Practically no smell, makes the smoke session last 10x longer, exact temp controls, and its much cleaner smoke than traditional combustion your lungs really feel the difference.

    There’s nothing quite like a hard fat combustion bowl hit, but dry herb capes are the way to go.

    Staying at home and valuing your time/self worth over the deals at physical stores. We can shit talk amazon all we like, online shipping is a godsend for anyone who remembers what black Fridays at walmart supercenters is like. People pitching tents and forming mile long lines just to snag A on-sale game console or TV or whatever. Being nearly flattened by a supershopper on some crack for the fifth time. is just not worth it.


  • Juicing is an excellent way to boost your metabolism and loose weight. Unfortunately a lot of plant matter gets wasted in the process, and in this economy itshard to justify such a big waste of food. I managed to loose 100lbs during my juicing phase.

    There’s a great documentary about a guy with medical issues who traveled around the USA while solely juicing for over a month he interviewed locals with food addiction issues. Very impactful.

    My father is a severe diabetic but can’t keep his hands off the sweets. One of the people interviewed said the exact thing my dad loves to say when gourging himself on yet another tasty cake. “If you’re going to die, die happy!” Obviously copium mixed in with a deep subconcious depression. I finally came up with the perfect retort whenever I catch him saying that:

    “Somehow I doubt that tasty cake brings you anything close to happiness, dad. Enjoy your next insulin shot.”