I told my therapist I had a hard time keeping a journal because it tends to just turn into a "poor me" fest. Which is true, these excercises tend to turn into heavy self - pity sessions. She told me to stick to positive things, which this is an attempt to do. Number one on the list is my upcoming move. I've already been able to get a job up in Rochester, which I'm starting in less than 2 weeks. It's another job in optical, this time as a tech. It's a full - time job, and the coolest part about it is that I'll be part of a union. As a frustrated lefty who's previously worked mostly in Florida, this is (at least symbolically), a pretty exciting development for me. Potentially even opens up the door for future activism possibilities. My plan is now to leave on Monday, with this weekend being one last opportunity to get everything together down here. Another positive note is the sky. May sound wierd, but I've been trying to practice gratitude more and ...
I decided to call this project American Oofing after a photo I once saw on Facebook back in like 2019. It was of a sign on some building housing some unfortunate roofing business called "American Roofing" that had lost an R. It's stuck with me ever since. It reminded me of a Waffle House sign I had spotted years earlier on the highway ouside Knoxville, TN with a burned-out W, so that the sign read, hilariously, "Affle House". And of the banner hung on the wall of my high school cafeteria reading "Be Apart of the Fun!" - as if warning us to step away from the fun! I love shit like that. I don't know, but it cracks me up. American Oofing, in particularfeels resonant to me because it sounds like it could be my autobiography title. After all, I am an American and I do a lot of oofing. Oof after oof after oof. I left South Florida first when I left to go to college at Florida State University but came back after I graduated, completely at a loss abou...