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Alex

@ohgeezrick.bsky.social

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Amateur writer, Professional Cloud Architect, Video Game Enthusiast, Car Racer. I design, engineer, and secure cloud computing infrastructure for a global company. My hours follow Hong Kong. Yes, I live in America. I'm sorry. =-/

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Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Sep 10

Maybe I'm apathetic. I don't know, but I don't feel anything about this shit at all and well probably should care. I just don't. I got bills and shit. 7/7

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Sep 10

To which I replied well. We can civil War ourselves right out of existence. It don't matter to me. I still got to go to work and I still got a pay rent. Miss me with all that. Nothing changes between you and me except which side we're gonna choose when the war happens. 6/7

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Sep 10

What do I look like sitting around trying to argue with you about something that will never change your mind? Then he responded with, all I can say is it's an eye for an eye. There's going to be a civil war soon. 5/7

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Sep 10

Just like I don't have to like every time a minority gets unjustly killed by a police officer and no one dies anything about it. But I still have to go to work. I still have to pay taxes though. Ain't Nnothing changed for me but the rent. 4/7

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Sep 10

This individual then said well. I guess we just won't be able to agree on whether it's right or wrong, so let's not argue about it. My response was, I don't intend to argue about it. There's no reason to argue. You don't have to like that he got killed. 3/7

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Sep 10

Maybe he didn't deserve to be shot. However, as I learned when I was a child in the hood if you run your mouth enough somebody will have a desire to do something about it. That's just the way the world works. None of us have seen his browser history. Maybe he deserved it. Who knows? 2/7

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Sep 10

Someone I haven't spoken to in almost a year reached out to pretend like he cared about me as a person. This was just so he could talk to me about the fact that Charlie Kirk got killed today. His exact word was murdered, and that's fine. I said fuck Charlie Kirk. 1/7

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Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Jun 6

Well, that's why they are appealing right? They are saying, we recognize that the order is valid, but we disagree with it. So they are appealing. They are following the law, aren't they?

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 17

I see you are also a person of culture!

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 17

Oh god, I see me in this. I need to rewrite so many pages. So. Many. Pages.

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 17

Ideally: Sit (or stand) at my desk and imagine the world I've created happening in real time while I write it all down. Do this daily for 2-6 hours.

Reality: Rewrite swaths of pages because, wtf was I thinking? And, it's winter, where is the description of snow on the ground you idiot?

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 17

I've spent thousands of dollars testing, medicating, bringing him to ER visits for random things that seem to be happening to him now. I am, atypically having a really, really hard time deciding on the right course of action. I fear I'm not handling this well at all. I should, but I can't let go.

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 17

I put him in a diaper so he doesn't dribble and/or pee all over the floor, because he pees in his sleep now and doesn't realize it. He's not in pain, I've spent thousands of dollars to confirm that.

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 17

He's now 14 years old and has a spinal condition. He can barely walk because he's losing control of his hind legs and bladder. I get up every couple of hours to help him up or carry him to the backyard to do his business.

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 17

I'm just venting. I have a German Shepherd. I've had him since he was 4 weeks old. His eyes were still grey when I held him in my lap the whole drive home. He puked on me during the ride. 😅 Having a German Shepherd is like having a consistently 2 year old child with you.
#dogs #germanshepherd #pets

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 17

It was definitely a learning experience on my part as well. You're super easy to work with, collaborative, and fantastic at what you do. Appreciate your hard work. 😊

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 16

I worked with @studiowanwan.bsky.social to develop a scene from my novel. I think it's great work. We'll be working on character refinement over the next couple of weeks! Maybe even some other scenes!

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 7

Today, I had "supplies" for #WIPSnips
How do I not have the word "supply" anywhere? That's wild. I'm gonna fix that... maybe. 😑

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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She moved to gather their daytime supplies, trying to ignore how her body ached in ways that reminded her of the previous night.

As they walked through the ryokan's corridors, Kimiko found herself hyper-aware of every lingering trace of last night's encounter. What had seemed like an acceptable indulgence in the dark now felt foolish in the light of day, especially under Sakura's uncanny scrutiny.

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 6

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

"Utada-san," Kinuyo said, and despite herself, her voice carried a whisper of the fear that name inspired in younger yurei-jin. She had heard the stories, tales of what happened to those who crossed the ancient one who rarely deigned to visit Tokyo.

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 6

Well, I'm writing to a specific format and trying to figure out where to stop and pick up again. So, it's going about as well as you might imagine (slowly, painfully, and with great structural change I didn't know I needed until....I mean you get it.)

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 6

I edit as I go. I typically have at least 5 versions of each individual scene I'm working on. Oddly, or not, rather than write in chapters, I write in smaller scenes. I feel it helps me create an overall tighter chapter. I also cannot prove that at all. 😅

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 6

Dog suffering from pica dines in.

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 5

I know this came from draft work, but reading it now I hate it. I'm gonna have to re-write this bit for sure.

Alex @ohgeezrick.bsky.social · Apr 5

It's more than a line, but I thought it was interesting I had this word in such close proximity to itself several times. That's cool, right? Or maybe it's just repetitive. 😅
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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As she counted, Masako slipped her arm around Sakura, offering warmth and support. “You are not a monster. You are a child caught between worlds, seeking your place. All yurei-jin are monsters; it is why we strive to find peace and make our way back to Heaven.”

Sakura leaned into Masako's embrace, the rhythm of her counting anchoring her amid the storm. With each bead, she felt her fear start to ebb away, replaced by a burgeoning determination. “I don’t want this darkness to control me.”

“Then you will fight to understand it,” Masako affirmed, her eyes filled with compassion. “Count your struggles, learn from them, and find balance. This journey is not easy, but you are stronger than you believe.”