Today is December 7, 2025, for about 60 more seconds. That’s two days of writing in a row, even if just barely. I don’t have much to write about, as my brain is fried from all day schoolwork, but I promised myself I would do this. I’ve never been good at anything; I always just muscle and effort my way through, and to do that, I need to hold myself accountable, even if it is to a daily blurb.

I had a lot of history and literature work to get done today, and I haven’t been able to do anything fun. I enjoyed reflecting on the works that I have read this semester in my literature course.

I read:

Manon Lescaut

The Nun

Candide

And

Ourika

As somebody who has been an ignorant dumbass for most of my life, the fact that I enjoyed, broke down, and understood these books makes me feel like I am somebody else. I knew so little, and now I know a bunch, but I can’t wrap my head around it. 

Maybe my wife and I will put on our best jeans and see a showing of Manon Lescaut so I can flex to her about how I know what’s going on. The scrubby trailer park dude, covered in dog hair, who reeks of weed. That’s me, but I guess I’m a man of culture now. 

Aristocratic voice “YEEEEEESS!”

I am almost at the end of the road, here. I have either light work or no work early next week, and then it’s finals. Two of my courses will be papers, including one research paper, which I love to write. 

My professors get really psyched when I bring in deep cut primary references, but I just use Anna’s Archive for that stuff. It’s a massive and free digital library, and sprinkling in some reading that goes beyond the course materials when allowed to makes you look slick. I haven’t paid for a textbook in years, either. I buy the books for my literature courses so that I can physically read them and create a snooty bookshelf to do online meetings in front of, but textbooks are boring and gigantic.

My wife and I also bought a dryer and finally have two cars again, so I guess you could say that things are coming up, Cassidy!

If this gets posted to my website, please understand, I know this isn’t very good. I’m just trying to get back into good writing habits, and writing about nothing seems to get me going.