[ 6.8.26 ] To be honest, Facebook is trash. I only use it to gain more followers and hope to gain more money. Instead the algorithm has gone more with posts and shorts about religion, politics, etc. Trust me, I have my own thoughts about society in general. And trust me when I say this: you DON'T want to know. From now on, I think I'll put most of my pinball adventures on my blog. It will help perhaps to gain more traction to my website, and hopefully to the referral links or such to gain more money. Can't do it on Facebook. A lot of things have soured this year... to be honest I would rather be looking at Nacogdoches Road instead of 8 Mile. I wonder if I would have had a better mood if I actually did better at the tournament. Who knows, really. Oh, by the way, <------- blog link ------->. [ 12.25.25 ] I still have this website. I sometimes wonder why. It's been three years since I did anything on it. It doesn't really do much except for the emails which I have, which I haven't been checking much. I need literally a new personal email and a new business email. But life has as convoluted as a Jersey Jack pinball machine. 2023 was my worst year ever, especially discontinuing from Michigan and Ohio D&Bs and the sweepstakes casinos have been banned in this state. Go figure. Everytime I try to get somewhere, something wrong has to happen. I literally hate this state. Roleplaying has gone down to literally two places: a place on Facebook and a Discord channel. None of them has any of my majors, just offsets. My muse has dropped dramatically and I haven't really had the motivation. Probably because it feels impossible to have fun anymore. Most of everyone I used to have gone on to greener pastures and as far as me, well... meh. Hence why my roleplaying page hasn't been updated as much either. I do't even know what characters I am focused on, really. Then comes 2025 (which makes 2023 seem like a happy year): my dad passed away on February 24. My mood is ten times worse. Peace NEVER comes to me anymore while I am in Detroit unless I'm at an arcade. Speaking of arcades and a Jersey Jack pinball machine: I've been getting deeper into pinball. Most of the last few years I had been into competitive pinball. It started a bit in '23, then progressed in '24 (I ALMOST got into the state finals but came in 36th), then I tried to get somewhere in 2025 until my dad passed. I always wonder if 2026 will be better. To be honest the answer is a hard NO. So don't mind me if I am in a Humbug mood. I would need a MAJOR miracle to be happy to be quite honest. And I'm emphasizing "major" to the tenth power.

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