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"I lost what I defined myself to be... Then I lost those who stood by me... I feel as though there is almost nothing left of me. Out here, I'll either lose myself completely... or find something new to be."
— My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel, Issue #4

This Gen 5 wall socket feels the same way I do about the new movie. Took three viewings to spot him. He was being medium sneaky.

This terrible year is almost over. Regardless of what the new year brings with it, let’s all try to remember that we’re stronger together than we are apart. Even when separated by distance or a simple screen, there’s strength in kindness and friendship.

I feel the need to post this not because I’m looking for sympathy, but because writing has become an ever more important outlet in a world that, for mutual safety, requires people to stay apart when they most want or need others to be close. That, and it hurts so much that I don’t feel like working on any of my current stories and this is actually helping.

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Happy Independence Day to all my fellow Americans, and a fantastic weekend to everyone. Plus, obligatory naval humor for this day.

Well, that was an eventful and stressful three months on the carrier. Quarantining. Sleepless nights spent carefully planning courses of action. Executing practice missions. Getting the strike group ready for deployment. Now I’m home for a couple of months before heading overseas for a year. Time to catch up on what’s been happening in the world. Let’s see what’s been going on....

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I waffled on whether or not to post this blog because after I finished it, as I felt like it had served its purpose as the only form of journaling that I’ve enjoyed. Plus, it’s like therapy for me. Then, as I was perusing YouTube, I came across a video.

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Happy Hearth's Warming, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Festivus, Happy Festag, or however you choose to celebrate, venerate, or mark the passage of this final season. Here's to all you, wherever you might be, and to all your memories and endeavors. May they be comforting and triumphant for all of time.

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I have so much I want to say, but my powers of articulation still haven’t caught up to the range of emotions that have been roiling through me since yesterday evening. It’s not really sadness; not anymore. Even with all the feels that yesterday brought out, I think it was more of a sense of hollow resignation. We knew it was coming. I knew it was coming. Do you know that sensation of anticipation that comes the night before a big trip or vacation? It was that except the emotions were reversed.

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