25 April 2025

CUBE SQUARED* | where everything ends up just as it was


A Table of [potential] Future Contents



☺ she doesn't want to be unique or unusual or even special; she wants to fit in!
but she IS special, goddammit,
&she knows it,
so where's the fucking special-treatment?!

☺ don't worry. 

☺ The Sisyphean Task of Jobbing

☺ The Wage-Laborer's Guide to Empire

☺ Is the argument that the "dandy" is implicitly a reflection of the [white] dandy, and so, the Black Dandy is explicitly-not a "dandy," because "dandyism" is implicitly defined as a [white] dandy? If so, my issue is that, if the "dandy" is charged with whiteness, then why not simply create a new word instead of, essentially, appropriating—whiteness. 

☺ Winning! 

☺ We all know the ending. We're going to die.

☺  I'ma count my money.

☺ For a political bio, this website is a liability, no?

 


can you see him; can you see him?
about once a month
we get to job side-by-side








*[endnote]

21 April 2025

[eggplant] &[garlic] pizza w/a [cauliflower] &[asparagus] salad | a 420 din-din

 





eggplant, cauliflower, &garlic
actually went into the oven first
&then the asparagus went in
&it was all cooled
before becoming pizza toppings or salad fixings


Get the oven going ... 400 F

Eggplant
raw dogged on the pan (learned that they should be poked, haha, the bigger one of the three popped ... still delicious)

Garlic
slice off the top of the bulb to reveal the little bulbs inside (see top-right corner of the top-right pic) 
set in a small piece of tin foil
drizzle evoo
wrap up tin foil  

Cauliflower
from frozen
throw into a mixing bowl
toss with evoo, s&p 


make sure the pan is large enough to comfortably fit all of the veg
line with a fresh sheet of parchment
&set all the veg in the pan
once your oven is hot
[ROAST] for 30 minutes


Prep asparagus
trim off tough ends
wash
keep in fridge until roasting time


when the timer goes off
toss cauliflower + flip eggplant
[ROAST] 5 more minutes


Remove [eggplant], [cauliflower], &[garlic] from pan
set aside to cool until cool enough to
set in fridge to chill

Lay a fresh sheet of parchment into the pan
pan the asparagus
drizzle evoo
sprinkle s&p
toss


[ROAST] 10 minutes


Prep lettuce + cucumber
if you have a salad spinner, fill the spinner with water
starting from the tips of the leafy greens
cut off the very tippy tips of the leaves if they need to be trimmed
cut from the tip of the leaves down toward the butt
in about one-&ahalf-to-two-inch (bite-sized) chonks
wash in the filled spinner or in a strainer
set in fridge
wash the cucumber (this cucumber was actually prepped the day before)
really give it a rub
starting from one tip
slice the thing at an angle
in quart-inch slices
to create ovals
make a small stack of ovals
slice the ovals into three long sheaths
set in fridge


when the timer goes off
remove [asparagus] from the oven


set [asparagus] in the bowl with the chilling [cauliflower]
 

after
(uh, yea, the bodybuddy/lifemate had been making a pizza dough this whole time)
the pizza dough is proofed and ready to be made into pizza ...


Make pizza
use [eggplant] &[garlic] as toppings

Make salad
dump lettuce into the bottom of a large bowl (we made one enormo-salad to share)
drizzle evoo
lightly drizzle whichever salad dressing you're using (we used a generic cesar) 
cause the roasted veggies are so tasty without any fluff
fresh-crack pepper (lots)
drop the cucumber over the lettuce
chop up [asparagus] into bite-sized cylinders 
slide the [asparagus] into a heap on the cucumber
spoon the [cauliflower] into a heap on the cucumber
toss



Chee ... eers the fuck is this?!?!


19 April 2025

Everything &its multiple angles*

Wendy's is and always has been the best fast food; this is just #facts
&we can all thank the founder, Dave Thomas

Punching UP hurts no one and helps everyone

Using the Library is what's called a "No Lose" Situation

&so, it begins.

Empires fall when The Many rise

C00,000,000,GLER 

Damn, you almost feel sorry for Fuckerberg *sigh*

NOT.

"You sit too far down on 'em charts
To even ask me who's in charge"
[a full them fits more-nicely, in my mind
but love it and am obsessed
nonetheless]

It's the REMEMBERING that's the hardest part.

if you don't know what triggered the Great Depression [tariffs]
look it up [eventho i just told you]

I said, Recession-proof

According to some local article here
Four new Korean restaurants opened here
in Twelve days

Yea, we not flying for some time, now

Yes, it's always an ad, always

"Oh, [my undying love for] Martha"

I slept for Twelve hours
last sleep

"boys mad im not throwing myself at them after 1 compliment [emoji]"

boys mad i don't give a fuck what they think





*is what we call "spin"

15 April 2025

First* Fry Day






 





*the first time since relocating here back in 2023
[end note :: &yea, the donuts look a little dark in their final pic, but it is just a result of poor editing as they were fried perfectly by the bodybuddy/lifemate, &the last pic is the chocolate dip/glaze, also whisked up by the bodybuddy/lifemate *sigh*]

14 April 2025

Living Local

The two of you inadvertently paid your respects to the Beach Uncle, because your lifestyle took you to there at the time that it took you there, the very first time. Beach Uncle was sitting where he sits, and the two of you, for the first time, walked out toward the beach, and just before your feet hit the sand, you saw him, he you, and we all greeted each other. Moments later, you were feeling the sand of the beach between your toes, and that beach is your home-beach.

For nearly two years, the two of you run by Beach Uncle nearly every time you go for a run, and he greets you, "Good morning," like he does every passerby, and you greet him back, always with your best smile.

One month before the two-year mark of living here, the two of you are out on your run, like you do, and Beach Uncle is sitting where he sits as you run by, 

"Good morning," Beach Uncle greets, as he does.

"Good morning," you wave with a smile,
like you do;
the bodybuddy/lifemate ahead of you,
you cannot hear whatever the bodybuddy/lifemate says to Beach Uncle,
and then Beach Uncle christens you,

"You guys are late this morning," Beach Uncle ribs with a chuckle, and you smile back and shrug.



At the end of the run, out on the rocky ledge, you tell the bodybuddy/lifemate about how you feel as though the Beach Uncle has christened you. 

You feel the responsibility to pass along a few instructions for your Home Beach, especially since you've been seeing/reading a few local headlines about this beach, promoting it as a local hot-spot, and as a person who grew up in an environment of "locals" in a tourist "hot-spot," you loathe the idea of a journalist outing that which ought to only be known by those who reside here, year round, etc., and so, you decide to outline some instructions.

[DISCLAIMER: You do not consider yourself a "local," here, because you weren't born here, but you are a resident, now, and so there are different rules for locals and residents and tourists, and students would be considered residents until/unless you live here long enough to be recognized by locals as a local or you leave only to return as a tourist from time to time, etc.]

On Using "America's Best Urban Beach"

1. If you're a tourist, don't.
a. Yes, you can walk your ass out there and enjoy the place, but don't hunker. It's not your beach. Think of it more like a tourist attraction where you can look upon the locals and residents, etc.
b. If/when walking by, FOLLOW THE RULES; they are posted everywhere; DO NOT FEED THE BIRDS 

2. If you're a new resident, you must greet Beach Uncle before ever stepping foot on the sand.
a. If you don't know who he is, you haven't lived here long enough to use the beach
b. If you don't know where to find him, you haven't lived here long enough to use the beach
c. If you don't know when to find him, you haven't lived here long enough to use the beach 
d. Yes, one of the cats is his friend, so treats probably never hurt

3. Once you reach resident status, you have a responsibility to clean up the "green" fish netting.
a. If you think this substance is seaweed, you are a tourist, see Point 1. 
b. Since Beach Uncle has christened the two of you, the two of you officially feel this responsibility

4. Thank you for taking this seriously. 


13 April 2025

if, for whatever reason, you find yourself in that exact moment—sitting at your family's one desktop computer in the living room—when you chose your very first internet identity—an AIM screen-name—you would like to have-chosen Sag4EVA, instead of the screen-name you did choose.

Being fireproof is vital for dragon slaying
so
remember your particular set of Elemental Powers
when choosing which type of boss you'd like to fell

You have deduced most of the parameters of your powers
but it's always never a good idea to share these sorts of details
about one's powers
in public
'cause your enemies are always keeping close tabs on you

"I'm not here for pleasing the men
Not here to reason with them"

If you're wondering why she won't speak about the state of the world
these days
&you think that she has some sort of obligation to explain it all to you
think again
For it is you who have not read this here thing, in its entirety
For she has written
extensively
on the state of the world
she's nearly explained it all
Plus
nobody asks her any specific questions
that they'd like to have explained
etc. 

Dragons work on longer timescales than other aggressors
Thus
the particular difficulty of dragon-slaying
is Time
Can you out-wait
a dragon?
Thus
a time-traveling being
who is fireproof
sorta can't not do some dragon slaying
from time to time

At first
she came in hot
on fire
really
but then you snapped at her
because she was on a rampage
testing every limit
finding every border
reigning herself in
by pushing until she is reprimanded
but she changes
after every reprimand
so much so
a new product range that we are to try
but that our bosses are too stingy to buy for us to try
&so
you bought some for them to try
&then
you noticed that the office scissors were missing
&you figured it was one of the new managers
'cause manager turnover
doesn't quite define it
more like
manager overhaul
&so
more patience is on order as all of the new managers
learn about you and your office
&then
literally
minutes after noticing the missing scissors
she comes blasting into your office
talking the entire time
explaining herself
&the scissors
apologetic
&dropping a brand new pair that she bought with her own money
into the shared-utensil holder
&then she was gone
you laugh
&a few days later
of her own volition
she's sitting in your office
telling you everything she thinks that you need to know about her
&you explain to her that you can order all sorts of office supplies for the store
&so
she definitely did not need to spend her own money on the scissors
&you ask her if she needs any jobbing supplies
but what you really know is that she needs some life-ing supplies
&so
you go on with your day
&she clocks out
&later
you decide
that you will supply her with some life-ing supplies

you're in the midst of slaying your very first dragon
&you are not even scared
not even in the slightest
even though
you're pretty sure
you ought to be
*shrug*

you will know when a man loves you
because you know that he loves you
&you know this 
because he will only see the parts of you that he loves
&to him
you are perfect
&you
are baffled
&this is the moment when all of the power of the relationship shifts onto you
entirely
&then
you have to decide
how you will then treat this man
who
undoubtedly
loves you

a man who shows any level of misogyny
is a threat to you
it is only a matter of degree
the reason why misogynists are dangerous to your bodily well-being
mind-health included
is because misogynists have different rules for men and women
For instance
there is a (white) man
here in hawaii
who believes that
because he thinks that his wife cheated on him
she should die
if he cheated on her
the punishment would not exist
because he would not believe that he did anything wrong

if you do not understand that this is the way that the powerful remain powerful
and the powerless
powerless
then you're probably living paycheck to paycheck
For
if you understood that recessions
are the way to keep the powerless
powerless
then you are a millennial
who learned nothing
from the recession
that greeted all of us
at the doorstep of adulthood

ALL MILLENNIALS OUGHT TO BE RECESSION-PROOF

gen z members who bet on the internet
will not succeed
to the extent that gen z members
who joined the job force
so early that
they are
now
twenty-something managers
will succeed
&that's 100%
totally fair
not that gen z cannot have some sort of internet presence
you must have some sort of internet presence

there are ways to learn
without living the lessons
but this way of learning
gives rise to doubt about whatever the Truth
actually is
&so
since you will inevitably search for the Truth
you might as well do it from the start

08 April 2025

you're not a victim; you're lazy

"She does what?" Ladybug asks.

"She makes assumptions about me, believes herself to be correct, like a true narcissist, never asks questions, and then behaves according to her own bad-deductions," she explains.

"Just like that other one, the, uh, what was it," Ladybug thinks for a moment.

"The bitchy-agro," she sighs.

"Yes, that's it, bitchy-agro. Just like that?" Ladybug wonders.

"Yes," she sighs.

Ladybug takes a deep breath in and then huffs.

"Like, why is it always the stupidest people who think that they know everything, assume that they've, like, figured it out?" she stomps.

"Dunning and Kruger," Ladybug shakes its head.

"Don't I know it," she shrugs, despondent; "Enough about the losers."

"Yes, of course," Ladybug buzzes off and then loops back around to meet her on the trail.

"Lady?" she starts.

"Yea," Ladybug invites.

"Why don't people just open their mouths and ask?" she asks.

"On an individual level, I could never know such a thing, but in a general sense, it seems like people, in general, are very egocentric. You know?" Ladybug suggests. 

"Yea, like the types who, after you ask them a question about themselves, they keep talking as if you're, like, so interested in them, but really, you're just making conversation, but then they keep talking about themselves, and then, they never even ask you a single reciprocal question, cause like, they're such losers that nobody has ever shown any interest in them, and so, if you're the one who accidentally paid them a modicum of attention, by asking them a question, they suddenly think that you're like obsessed with them, like you care, and you want to know their entire life story, or like, you're literally the only person in the whole world who they will ever be able to tell their life story, etc., but really, you're just making conversation, cause, like, you're a decent person, and this is a social world in which we are all trapped, etc.," she vents.

"Most people are not cool," Ladybug sighs.

"Don't I know it," she sighs.

"So, don't worry about it," Ladybug shrugs.

She stops for a second, looks out over the shallow stream and then across the field between them and the Listmaker's Ranch.

"What do you want to eat?" Ladybug asks.

"A lobster roll," she states as she starts to stroll.

"Great! A lobster roll it is! What is it?" Ladybug asks.

"Ugh, Lady," she slump-shouts.