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October 18th, 2025

I am drinking coffee and messaging Erik Woods on Signal. I am also checking and swiping through the dating apps, though after this week - I truly doubt I even want to try at genuine dating. I have a bad habit to wear rose-tinted glasses while paradoxically being overly cautious, however, this week a lot of my friends have been through some emotional ringers that mirror situations that I have been through and what this and the past album has been about. Falling out of love can be stressful and miserable, but new beginnings can also be beautiful and a brighter light of hope in a dark time. That isn’t to say you should give up at the first sign of darkness, however, knowing when to fold is important skill that I’ve seemed to accidentally inherited.

Yesterday I did some observational work for my college courses and it was a lot of fun. I had a good time and it was wholesome and I’ll miss everyone when I finish my hours. I won’t specify anything too much due to privacy, but my mentor let me try some Naan Dippers alongside some Southwest Fiesta dip, and it is amazing - I’ve linked the Kroger listing in case you like to buy some online or find some at your local grocery store.

After this I went home, showered and put on my new Werewolf Cory OneyPlays shirt - I did a review on YouTube which you can find here. From here I picked up my buddy Ronnie, I’ve mentioned Ronnie quite a bit in DT and SBK lyrics. I listened to black metal the whole way there, I’ve been on a huge black metal kick recently, here is my spotify playlist: black metal

From there, we went to the practice space and loaded up for a show at Silverdale, which is my buddy Seth’s venue. From here we loaded in and waited for the show to start, people slowly started trickling in right before my buddy Erik Woods played. My Friend Jordan showed up and she looked very nice, I really liked her cardigan. I’ve been friends with her since I was 14 (I think my parents were still married), but me, her, and our moms and a bunch of their moms took a greyhound to New York and it was a lot of fun. Anyway, we talked and she talked about her faith, which is something I admire quite a bit. That sort of devotion is something I struggle with quite a bit, I’m pretty agnostic for someone named Christian but I go to church pretty regularly with my grandma, however, I do tend to be the first to leave. Anyway, shortly after this conversation, Erik Woods started - he did a jam session set with text to speech and it reminded me of some sort of proto-Vaporwave type thing that was awesome. Here is a screenshot from his set:



After him, a band called The Tape Cassettes played - they were also very very good. Dave says they were like MC5, which is what I’ll say too, because my go to is to say the White Stripes. The lead singer had an electric arch top of some sort and it looked really nice.



From here, Blue Shell played and it went well. Kyle was very excited and passionate and we had a very good time. I did as many stage moves as possible without throwing up (though I can extremely close). Dave and Seth said they really enjoyed my spins which made me happy. Once we got loaded in, I said my goodbyes to the other members of Erik Woods’ band and Jordan and I said goodbye to Blue Shell. They went to Omelette Shoppe while I drove Ronnie home. Even thought I’m single and prone to being a lonely, self-absorbed laggard when it comes to being in very social situations around a lot of couples - I felt a strong sense of love - both romantic and platonic while packing up. Our Drummer and our Guitar player were very sweet to their ladies and it was just a very sweet feeling. They went to Omelette Shoppe and I drove Ronnie home, I’ll see them this afternoon and I am excited.

Once I dropped Ronnie off, I went to Dave’s house. Seth and my buddy DJ stopped by as well and we watched the fly and made a pizza. I blessed the food which is something I usually do not do, I don’t think I’ve verbally said a prayer in 5 years. I blessed the food and they blessed Seth, DJ, and Dave’s families - which they said was very nice of me. I’m glad, I usually pray for them at church - especially when they’re traveling for shows.

From here we watched The Fly (1986), and it’s definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. It’s a beautifully tragic movie, and I felt myself almost tearing up at the end when the fly man gets mixed with the telepod and he begs for death. The pizza we had was very good and when Jeff Goldblum says “Insect Politics,” Seth and Dave looked at me and DJ tapped my knee in a hardy, old man knee slap which I thought was sweet. I’m unsure why I named that album Insect Politics to be honest with you, I made the cover and the meaning has came since then. That scene is one of the best scenes ever in my opinion.



In the movie, Jeff Goldblum’s character says in the same Insect Politics scene: “I'm an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it.”

I’m sure Cronenberg meant a lot of different things within quote; the least of which involve my romantic turmoils - especially with the following chilling quote: “But now the dream is over... and the insect is awake.” However, I can’t help but take away from the opening quote that this insect who dreamt he was a man is sort of a reality check of the emotions we take for granted. Now keep in mind, these sorts of things are first world problems and dumb and probably stupid from my 22 year old brain - however I just can’t help but interpret the idea present in The Fly that within Brundle’s pursuit to advance humanity, he loses what in turn makes him human - essentially losing what distances himself as a human from the insect. I think in such a high-paced world where it is easy to disassociate into nothing and literally be absorbed within the self, it’s important to take note of moments that are truly human, which is what I saw when I saw all the love surrounding while packing up and when I said the blessing for the pizza and when Dave gave me a birthday present. He got me an original Joe Jack Talcum print, which was amazing. Me and him are huge fans of Mr. Joe Jack. When I went home I listened to his Home Recordings before switching to my black metal playlist. Here is a picture of the print:



From here, I went home and I fell asleep shortly after - it was about 3AM. The new album will come out next Thursday(?), and I am very excited. I’m excited to start writing new music, I hope me and Seth can get around doing something with SBK and I’m hoping to start a black metal project with Ronnie. Right now my mom is listening to the music video for Mike and Molly, which I forgot to mention came out this week and had a lot of positive reception. Ok, good bye, god bless.