{"id":6471,"date":"2019-11-19T19:32:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T18:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/?p=6471"},"modified":"2019-11-19T19:32:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T18:32:06","slug":"hello-darkness-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/hello-darkness-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello darkness, etc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today was the first time in a good while that I stayed behind at work to do something myself \u2013\u00a0I spent two hours on the lathe and turned something which resembles a short, splintery dildo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been watching a bunch of wood- & metalwork videos lately, and needed to try my hands at it. It’s too easy just to live vicariously, and at some point it’s just not healthy. So, equipped with some Youtube “skills” I set to sharpening a few tools and turning wood, which let me tell you is much more physically difficult than the videos make apparent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other than that I’ve had a slow half-year since last I posted. Just before summer I deadlifted 150kg which was a personal best, but then I compensated by not doing anything other than drinking beer for two months during summer. Going back to work also got me back to the gym, and I’m slowly building up my strength and good habits again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of which, I had my longest non-drinking period since my teenage years and kept away from the devils brew for 8 weeks or so. I noticed a slight improvement in mood and cognitive ability, so I can see the appeal. Although I can’t really see the appeal while living in Gothenburg, which for six months has nothing to recommend it besides alcohol and a karaoke bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s some illness in the family and that keeps me worried \u2013\u00a0not the proper time to quit the SSRI in other words \u2013\u00a0but I’m hoping that between myself and Sara we’ll get through it. There’s Christmas at moms to look forward to, as well as my brothers marriage in January, so we’re not totally lacking for distractions. Things to look forward to in the short term are important, I’ve learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the photozine I’m nowhere near completion. I’m very aware of the New Years deadline approaching, but It’ll be done when it’s done. Right now I just need to focus on turning some more wooden dicks and improve my deadlift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today was the first time in a good while that I stayed behind at work to do something myself \u2013\u00a0I spent two hours on the lathe and turned something which resembles a short, splintery dildo. I’ve been watching a bunch of wood- & metalwork videos lately, and needed to try my hands at it. It’s … Continue reading Hello darkness, etc<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doodles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6472,"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6471\/revisions\/6472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}