01.01.2025 > :) ՈU year / hear's 2 2025 > time 2 wipe the sL8 clean > iՈ the Last post ii [<<] baↄk 2 [||] + refleↄt | now [>>] 2 [||] + thiՈK about the fewchair ... n0t that ii's 1 none 2 make rezillusions ± sooth5ay

> 4 5tarters: ii (in8 iD) re5olves 2 5pend <ess time bLo99in9 ± on iՈUrnet ... ∴ ii a|reddy broke X rezolution bi postin9 po5t # 1197

> ii re5olves 2 4sake the vani-T of capturin9 the moment + Live iՈ the moment [famous Last wurds ii's probly uttered plenty B4] | 2 [◼] tryin9 2 [●] 2 capture ± recre8 / 4 2 recre8 = cre8 a9ain + re5olve = 5olve a9ain [5olve wut?] ∴ mayB n0t due N-E thin9 preseedid by Re:? after ∀||: waht = recre8ed iՈ recreation? or procreation?

ii po5ted 69 times iՈ 2024 / can ii brin9 dat down 2 26 (1x each 4tnite)? or max 52? 1 4 each plain card [1 suit 4 each seasun + 13 weəks iՈ 1 seasun] / ∴ # 1197 = A♠ ... ore actua||y / 5ince win♠er 5tarted D-cember 21 / 2day = Q♠

... bedder yet / # the weəks/po5ts iՈ r&um order? whatevɘr card ii pix from the deↄk or finds iՈ the 5treɘt [az iՈ Daniel Newman's L.A. Deck] | ^ sorta sorted 52-card p/u

> ii re5olves 2 RE:read more / Re:read books from ii's dessert i-L& deck of 52 [from witch Q♠ correspondes 2 The Selfish Gene]

> 9ot ^ head5tart on dry january ... had ^ toetill of 7 drinx [across 4 Δiffrent nites] iՈ d-cember + iՈ oct/nov went 2½ weəks str8 sans hooch >
Last nite 5hared 1 boddle of 0% Ոoƨecco 2 rin9 iՈ the ՈU year

dawn + sun5et appeər the same iՈ ^ 5tatic 5nap5hot / cant C the Δ iՈ same way 1 cant seə the 4est thru the treeƨe > objext iՈ merehorror = closer than they appeər

[taken sumwhere iՈ Amerika iՈ 2009]

> 10 yrs a9o 2day ii + jj celebr8ed ՈU years on the southern tip of South Amerika

> Last year ii wayed 173 on ՈU years day / 2day ii ways 163 / goal = 2 stay B-Lo 160 [witch ii 90t 2 ^ few times iՈ 2024 but nvr stayd B-Lo + in resent dayz 9ained ^ few b/c / we|| | iT's the holeydayz + piggin9 out on i scream + punkin π + cookies etc.]

ii po5ted ^ ho5t of dai|y dada/metrics in the prior po5t / but n0 noticeable Δ or patturn iՈ anythin9 eXcept mayB az reL8s 2 barometric pre55ure > n0t [●]in9 sLeəp anymore w/ jj's fancy watch + ii re5olves 2 n0t keəp traↄk of health d8a [on ^ dai|y baysis @ NE r8] | mayB 1x per weək? or n0t @ ∀|| ... wut = the point? ii's per4med thi5 eXperiment enuff 2 no n0thin9 makes ^ Lick of Δiffrence eXcept atmosfearic pre55ure + nada 1 can due about dat eXcept f|y around iՈ ^n error plane 5tayin9 iՈ same pre55ure isobars

felt FX this AM + on Dec 30 coinsidin9 w/ «volatile» pressure drops

2days d8a (sorta avera9ed iՈ w/ Last moonth) az ^ benchmark:

• 5leep -- 5lept like 5hit / Laid iՈ bed 6 hrs but dint reə||y 5leep / 4 most part tho 5lept bedder iՈ december n0t drinkin9 / usua||y 6-7 hrs wakin9 up ^ few times but 9ettin9 back 2 sLeəp
• hearin9 te5t [usin9 Hopkins Hearin9 # ap] -- 2day L/R = 18/58 witch comparative|y = pertty 9ood / avg 4 d-cember ≈ 20/60 [L/R impairment = «mild»/«moderate|y sevear»] + mild «impairment» iՈ Left seəms 2 B b/c of 10-itus iՈ Rite ear so bad iT makes iT hard 2 here iՈ Left
• 10-itus [self-eval on 5cale of 0-100%] -- R/L ≈ 5/80% [terrible 2day/last nite iՈ Rite ear] / over d-cember ii's Left ear ran9ed from 5-20% + Rite ear from 35-80%
• diz-Ziness/brain fog/headache [on 5cale of 0-100%] -- 2day ≈ 60% / d-cember ran9ed from 5-80% [80% on 12/11 when ^ «bomb cyclone» pa55ed thru]

> ii [●]ed other d8a/metrix [eXorcise / what ii 8/drank / etc] in ^ 5pread5heet but seəms pointLess 2 keep traↄkin9 / dun thi5 plenty times B4 > ii resolves 2 n0t thiՈK about iT [ware iT = in4mation Teↄknologee] > 5ince hoo nose when ii has allweighs eXorcised dai|y / n0 neɘd 2 [●] iT 2 prove n0thin9 ... @ X pt ii nose wut ii iՈ9ests makes ^ Lick of Δiffrence [eXcept minimizin9 NaCl + C₆H₁₂O₆ (witch ii's always dun anyway)] + ii no alcahole a-10-U-8s the FX ... the mane drivers [of ménière's] = barometric pre55ure + 5leep / + alcahole makes 5leɘp wurse ∴ Let's seə iF ii 5tops drinkin9 4 ^n ex-10-ed period of time iF iT makes ^ Δiffrence?

bein9 versed iՈ QM / ii thiՈKs there's ^ bit of Copenhagen iՈterpret8ion phenomena w/ traↄkin9 metrix [w/ Apple watches, etc.] whereiՈ keəpin9 traↄk of d8a FX the re5ults > 4 eggsample when ii goes 2 ^ doctor + they [●] pulse + blood pre55ure / iT = meazure of 5tress over bein9 iՈ ^ hospital 5ettin9

> also hard 2 be objective [w/ self-evalutation] az r8in9 system recalibr8s ... what u once thou9ht = bad ± good B-comes ՈU norm > evɘrythin9 normalizes + iF iT = «bad» u Learn 2 cope + iF iT = «good» U get used 2 iT + take iT 4 9ranted > U can on|y make comparasins w/ day or weək B4 but then u recalibr8 / hit reset > 1 has 2 Learn 2 Live iՈ the Δ ... how m^ny times has ii said this B4 / is ii soundin9 ≈ ^ broken record?

> @ sum point Last year ii re5olved 2 n0t reəd The Daily Noose except: Jon Stewart + The Economist + Harper's Index ... we|| ii's 5trikin9 Jon Stewart off the List / findin9 his rhetoric pointLess + UՈproductive + n0t funny n0 more > ii re5olves 2 B more sirius / 2 n0t take 5helter iՈ ironic humor + toxic sarcasm ... hard 2 X-plane this 1 w/o comin9 off az ^ sober ki||joy / just get ^n icky sick feɘLin9 watchin9 Stewart or Colbert or other smu9 Liberal comedians dat use politix az entertainment / wonderin9 how much they contributed 2 thi5 sorry mess we're iՈ? iT's just n0t funny anymore / ju5t sad + toxic + enables ppl 2 do n0thin9 but commiser8 iՈ humor (EZier 2 lau9h than cry) that con9ratuL8s the comedian + does n0thin9 about the i55ues they poke fun @ eXcept 2 keep 'em comin9 b/c iT provides 4 bedder entertainment > ii re5olves 2 eXpose ii 2 the sadness + whores of the whirled or @ Least n0t hide B-hind smu9 humor + elitist sarcastic wit > ii re5olves 2 Laugh Less + 2 cry more [onely time ii's ɘyes cried iՈ the pa5t decade or 2 or mayB even 3 was when ii was on 5hrooms]

tied in2 th above = social media / witch ii alreddy minimized / didnt quit instaglam but onely 9oin9 on there 2 po5t ՈU Ↄalamari releases [4 now ... may end up quittin9 al2gether] > deLeted sub5tack /seamed useLess > 5ti|| on bsky but lets sea ... dat also seəms pointLess > ii re5olves 2 communic8/ correspond 1 on 1 [dont B ^ stranger]

> az ii hinted @ iՈ the Last end-of-year post / ii re5olves 2 write + [●] more muƨic + more Rt 4 Rt's sake + pubLish others <ess [13 books + 2 albums = 2 much 4 1 humUՈ 2 humane|y pubLish/produce ... + a9ain / dont no if ppl appreci8 how difficult iT is 4 1 humUՈ 2 pubLish thi5 m^ny books (e5pecia||y 1 sufferin9 from ^ D-bilit8in9 D-zzz)]

> ii/Ↄal alreddy has 6 boox iՈ the can 4 2025 + 2-3 more pendin9 / dat's more than the toeti|| 4 mo5t other years + iT's 5ti|| january ... > ii also re5olve 2 n0t answer queeries iՈ th affirmative ... iF u 9ive feedbaↄk ppl take iT persona||y + iF u give ^ vague/canned «sorry this doesn't fit» reply they re5pond askin9 4 feɘdback / D-m&in9 2 no Y u «rejected» iT ... 9ettin9 tired of 5uch entitlement / evɘry 1 [usua||y white dudes] thiՈkin9 ii/Ↄal owes them sumpin9 when ii's done n0thin9 but give of ii-self + n0t maid ^ dime off iT + rcvd n0 fundin9 from n0 1 2 due wut ii does > ii re5olves 2 n0t B nice 2 the5e entitled Lit-L 5hits + foke us more on ppl hoo madder / 2 n0t 9et bo99ed down in the muck

01.02 > az ii/Ↄal 5peaks ii's puddin9 finishin9 touches on orchid tierney's this abattoir is a college + Federicⁱ/_o's i[ↄ]onic⁺ log [mayB bi next po5t ii'|| do ^ cover reveəl]

+ ii also re5olves 2 read more iՈ 2025

• Last book red thi5 year = James by Percival Everett / bri||iant rete||in9 of Huckleberry Finn thru Jim's POV ... wi5h ii had iT when ii wuz writin9 ii's one vari8ion of «Huck Finnegans Wake» > 9ot Lar9e print version buy axident but mite get more of these 9oin9 4word az eyes ii's = 5hot + maid worse when ii's minearɘye's/vestibular mygrains act up
• 5peakin9 of Federicⁱ/_o / 5tarted 2 «read» EIS / iF 1 can ca|| iT dat [reədin9] / tho az w/ i[ↄ]onic⁺ log there = iՈter5persed i|Loomin8in9 pro5e 2 5hed Lite on th asemic «writin9» + typewrit-10 txts [also 5teeped in phy6] > so honured 2 halve ^nother book bi Federicⁱ/_o 4thcomin9 az he oper8s on waveLen9th dat hits ∀|| the write ei9en freakwindseas in Ↄalamari's wheelhouse

> movie5/5hows iՈput iՈ Last weək of 2024:

• Dark Winds season 1 -- ok / onely intrestin9 b/c iT takes place on the rez but @ end of day based on novels by Hillerman [white dude hoo wrote pop pulp 2 exploit Native American culture]
• True Grit -- [4 2nd time] 1 of the worst Cohen Brothers films but sti|| 9ood
• Dead Dont Die -- DNF, lasted only ^ few minutes
• Asphalt City -- ok idea, but 5tory goes n0where
• Star Wars episode I: The Phantom Menace -- hard 2 get thru w/ that dam Jar Jar thin9
• Star Wars episode II: Attack of the Clones -- sti|| unsufferable, but tryin9 2 get thru iT 2 watch the entire seekwinds in order
• Star Wars episode III: Revenge of the Sith -- painful / but maid iT + now reddy 2 re-watch episode IV!
• Star Wars episode IV [th originul 1^st one released] 4 mayB the 10^th time
• Trading Places [on ՈU yrs] -- haven't rewatched 5ince '80s

Predictions/9oals for 2025 [puddin9 in 5mall font so u cant read but can B arↄhived on waybaↄk machine 4 fewchair refrenↄe]:

1. the whirled wi|| sti|| be whirLin9 come 2026 + the popuL8ion wi|| contiՈUe 2 inkrease @ ^n alarmin9 r8
2. ^ volcanic eruption wi|| cause global temps 2 go down + @ 1^st ppl wi|| celebr8 this revɘrsal of climate change / but then crops wi|| die + after ^ few moonths the ash cloud cover wi|| di5perse + temps wi|| rise @ ^n evɘn faster r8
3. ii wi|| re9ain hearin9 iՈ Rite ear [B-Lo 30 on above 5cale]
4. ii wi|| way 158 lbs on 1.1.2026
5. ii wi|| publish 2 ՈU books + [●] 2 ՈU albums [1 az Sound Furies + another UՈder ^ Δiffrent name]
6. Calamari wi|| bee profitable iՈ 2025
7. ii + jj wi|| buy ^ ՈU apartment on the west side north of 72^nd st
8. ii's hare wi|| grow ^ few iՈches Longer + ^ tad grayer
9. next ՈU years wi|| bee 5pent iՈ Asia or Africa
10. ii'|| keep on keepin9 on

> keep on keepin9 on y'a|| + a|| the be5t in 2025

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