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ObscuraJournal 1/19/26

Weird day today. First, it's MLK Day and Poe's birthday, and I was off work, and spent most of the day looking through used vinyl and waiting on express mail to arrive. I think the mounjaro is hitting me really hard this week because this is the second day in a row I've felt like crap.

This too shall pass.

The urge to power through with the original idea I had for the WIP I've been working on for over a year now (between writing The Killjoys Were Here and editing The Small Hours, and finished the script for The Small Hours) is very strong, with some changes of course. I initially had misgivings about using a group of white Christian Nationalist militia as the main antagonists, but considering the shape of the US right now, guess that's not too far off the mark. That makes me even more interested in using people like that as the baddies, especially since they will get major fucking justice applied to their sorry asses in the end.

Anyway, listening to Opeth's Heritage on vinyl is a nice way to spend the evening. Hope everyone is having a good one.

peace&love

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Bob Pastorella

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