Just cut my hair today. Also recorded a small series chronicling my vegetable garden and homesteading progress…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZe4GCHnM9w

The goal will be to become fully self sufficient in food production, and save as much money as possible. Discuss cost of living, how to grocery shop, etc. I do not intend to make money off of YouTube

Was having a fantastic day today. Then my mum came home from work sulking, because I left a fry pan soaking in the sink.

I did make the offer to move out multiple times, but she said to me she could never handle living alone, and doesn’t want me to go.

I now have to be a therapist, fitness trainer, and support worker for my mum. This is about as absurd as my life is ever going to get - but I’m up for the challenge. I am ready to rebel against the absurd.

Now that I’ve conquered my chronic fatigue - I am ready to become a Superhero, and a Machine. Just fix everything wrong with this world, through sheer strength of the Will.

Looks like the rainy days (weeks?) are over, at least here in the Waikato.

We’ve had the landscaper and builder come over to do our garden. Lots of planting, weeding and eating still to be done. Going to invest in some ‘beautiful’ concrete containers to grow my second round of potatoes in, because my mum won’t allow me to grow them in ‘ugly’ plastic barrels. I suppose she does have a point - considering how ugly the modern world has become, in our pursuit of efficiency and economics. If only she took the same militant stance against car-centric cities, and modern architecture… then maybe we would finally agree on something.

We’ve met so many of our neighbours, and their friends, after my stepdad passed away. Going to start vlogging and documenting my homesteading/urban farming progress on YouTube - and then later this year also getting started with my fibreglass boat-building journey.

First time drinking Kava this week. Ordered a whole kg of Vanuatu Kava from TradeMe - it’s good stuff.

Out of all the ‘sedatives’ I’ve tried, such as alcohol and cannabis - Kava produces the best sleep, by far. Without a hangover the next day. Even seems to have anti-depressant qualities. Liver damage can be a concern for heavy users - but that’s usually because they mix it with alcohol.

Been to Hamilton today with my mum. Ordered some sushi, and passionfruit bubble tea. Had an episode of existential dread while sucking on the little bubbles at the bottom of my cup…

Now that I realize it - the best years of my life were the times that I spent playing video games, and nerding around on Discord servers, in my 20s. It’s only now that I decided to cut down on my social media usage, that I’m having an identity crisis, and sort of wondering what to do with my life. I’ve seen the rise and fall of people like Boogie2988, Nikko Avocado, Andrew Tate, Logan Paul, etc. and it sort of spooked me just how anti-social people can become when they spend too much time online, immersed in internet culture.

It’s a catch 22, but oh well? I’m only 30. I can still salvage what little youth I have left…

There’s also free AI tools you can use online to automatically cut out people or objects from backgrounds. Saves heaps of time

Yes. Love Louis Rossmann, and Linux.

Just replaced my Note 5 phone battery, though I have to buy a new back cover, because it cracked while I was heating up the glue with my hair dryer. Only $7 from China, anyway - and I get to choose a new color.

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