The trials and tribulations of a man that just wanted to play vidya gaems.
And thus here I stand, at the end of a decade and waiting on the impending start of another. inb4 “ackshully, it starts in 2021”. The past ten years certainly were most atypical and chaotic. If I may be honest, I did not lived them to its fullest, squandered too Read more…
Finally, 2019 is about to be over, time to exhale, at last. This was a very volatile year overall. 2019 started simple, optimistic, and straightforward, but it rapidly escalated into something most unstable and haywire—until it all crashed into stagnation and exhaustion, not just Venezuela, but my life as well. Read more…
It’s (barely) the most wonderful time of the year Last year’s Christmas was certainly a monochromatic one in Venezuela; a very bleak holiday season that lacked much of the joy and cheerfulness that comes with it. In my personal case, the loss of my mother earlier that year meant that—well, Read more…
Towards the end of 2019 I’ve found it hard to write up my thoughts about Venezuela’s current situation in a new, fresh manner because quite frankly, nothing has changed. The past months have been a lull and stagnant period in the country after what was a very heated and convoluted Read more…
Alright, September of 2019 is thankfully over, another monthly spin of the cycle in whatever is left of this country. Since I had to dedicate most of my time to certain real life nuances and I focused most of my writing time to my novel project’s lore and to other Read more…
We’re now in the month of August of 2019, the eighth of this year’s twelve months; sixteen months since our mother passed away, and more than halfway through my 31st year of life. Time, or rather, its fleeting and ephemeral nature, is something that I’ve obsessed with as of late, Read more…
Allow me to go back to Monday, the 22th of July. It started as your regular run of the mill Monday; nothing extraordinary despite having a rather exhausting morning and sparse raining. I walked around trying to find a working ATM in this area, I withdrew the max allowed amount Read more…
I don’t have a good relationship with time; the ability to manage it, along with proper rest, and a working circadian rhythm are some of my biggest personal shortcomings. I recently sat down on my computer to email some files, the next thing I know is that the first half Read more…
Bear with me here, publicly talking about myself is still somewhat difficult for me, just trying to get some much-needed catharsis. For the past fourteen months, I’ve been driven by a promise and all my efforts have thus been focused on fulfilling it, pushing for a dream long in the Read more…
Today marks the first year anniversary of our mother’s passing. I’m still trying to grasp my head around the fact that a whole year has come and gone; our lives haven’t been the same without her—nothing will ever be the same without her. The last days of her life were Read more…