obsidian victories

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Victory the first: I think I've figured out how I'll digitally index physical notebooks: while I had once subscribed to the romance of the analog, card-based system, two things have brought me 'round to using Obsidian for that as well.

  • One: my handwriting is, has been, and will always be shit (I've given up) and, thanks to this, I have as much of a chance of losing my brain "data" in analog form as in digital, cloud-based form.

  • Two, that forming connective tissue via effective tagging is far simpler and more facile via Obsidian; now that I've found my way to a more effective tagging system, the benefits far outweight my erstwhile digital resistance.

Current victorious method of indexing physical notebooks: tag each entry NB30 -PageNumber/TIME (PN & T outside the tag) in my Obsidian Daily Notes; if it warrants a separate note (or requires it later) it gets one – though I do try to keep all notes on a single Daily Notes page because while I can abide cluttery, messy pages, I have a hard time dealing with cluttery messy file systems.

Victory the second: my quest for an iOS shortcut to access today's daily note in Obsidian from the homepage is at an end: (Daily Notes Shortcut V1 ). YAY.

wed/20220824

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61ºF, sun: all good on the medical front, happy pill cocktail remains the same, my nose is fine (though still a bit sore), internal numbers have stabilized and yielded a satisfied doc... the sting of being free from an onerous responsibility is more stinging than I thought – that it triggers more than a bit of emotional PTSD doesn't help – but oh well fuck him: I did more than my share and he's not worth the intrusive shenanigans mental... shit's getting scandalous at the Bratwurst Festival ... dismay at snail's pace of current fictional progress heightens; trying, nonetheless, to keep something Nick Cave said somewhere in mind: when it's not coming, it's coming – rhythm rhythm rhythm ... if heaven exists, mine will look like this though perhaps I'll be satisfied with calling it my happy place internal... happy 96th birthday to my grandfather: it's been a(nother) hell of a year, but here we are, starting another... kind words glow continues… the day awaits.

EJK on PRESS (A) TO START

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Elizabeth Joan Kelly, one of my favorite composers working today - and, in the interest of full disclosure, one of my favorite collaborators - on the first edition of my PRESS (A) TO START series:

“… a beautiful and heartbreaking work: Weaver navigates the complex reality of losing a family member - albeit one who represented significant trauma - through a mixture of self-analysis, memory, narrative, objects, and drafted obituaries. The central tension comes not from a sense of loss, but from the inherent sense of guilt that comes with saying goodbye to a complicated relationship. But despite how devastating it is, LAST CHRISTMAS IN JULY is also breathtaking and, in a way, comforting, because it is evidence that trauma can beget great work, and that is what great art does: it makes us feel and astounds us with what it makes us feel.”

PRESS (A) TO START is a twice-a-year, print-only premium (though decidedly imperfect and raw) zine produced exclusively for MacroParentheticals subscribers. The first issue, LAST CHRISTMAS IN JULY – A COWARD’S EXORCISM, is now available. You can sign up here to subscribe.

tue/20220823

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61ºF, fog: the local school day one, hellions and their children on the sidewalks and in the parking lots above…. I don't think my nose is broken but damn – thanks, Kirby, for the flailing hundred-pound puppy headbutt to the bridge of said nose; a little swelling maybe, but no twisting, no bleeding, no breathing difficulties, no bruising though perhaps, like Michael Corleone and our shared T1D, I'll have to dab at my nostril all the time... scheduled doc checkup today so who knows (watch your stress / i've been watching it, it's doing the same shit), I’ll either say something about it and have to go get x-rays or not say a word about it... started JUSTIFIED last night (only 12 years late but hey it's been an interesting 12 years) and love it... staring at these social spaces and wondering why I even bother staring – I really want to get a good comment system working in here / maybe cultivate that dormant Discord space (it'd be great if Discord offered a comment system for sites)?... godfuckingdammit, Warners-Discovery… yesterday's accomplishment: slicing up a Rite in the Rain memo book into a mini notebook to fit inside my Dango wallet: paper cutters rule. ... the day awaits.