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Yuvi Zalkow
@yuvi.bsky.social
just your typical neurotic yuvi
Author • YouTuber • Developer
https://yuvizalkow.com
Portland.
May 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A video about my obsession with video games... and how much I appreciate game difficulty settings to accommodate my clumsy hands and clumsy brain... https://youtu.be/Q8agJPJ7whA?si=5zzxdB1TS9lXe25o

#gaming #atomfall
May 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm afraid of not writing, but I'm even more afraid of writing about not writing. And I'm always writing about not writing. Right?
March 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is the year where I'm not gonna apologize for being bad at social media...

Sorry, maybe next year...
January 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
You can lead a novelist to water, but you can't make him finish that novel even if it seems to be taking forever and he's been working on it for years and is on like the 30th draft and he could really use a drink but he can't drink anymore because of chronic migraines.
December 4, 2024 at 3:26 PM
I admire LinkedIn's continuous hopefulness that I'll install the mobile app.
November 24, 2024 at 4:30 AM
I don't know if this failed reminder is a sign of my incoherence in the middle of the night or that Siri still sucks...
November 22, 2024 at 5:42 AM
For the people who recently started following me after the latest Twitter exodus, I'm just as disappointing on this platform.
November 17, 2024 at 4:38 AM
November 14, 2024 at 1:18 AM
"I'm too old for this shit... or not."

My latest video where I think about aging, and the novel I'm forever writing, and various other wandery wonderings...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzbInNDg1HM
October 17, 2024 at 4:20 AM
if it's any consolation, I'm not planning on starting a substack
September 12, 2024 at 2:05 AM
What do you call that mental condition where you have so much paralyzing anxiety about the political situation that all you can do is watch old YouTube videos containing Kenan Thompson on SNL doing those "What Up With That?" sketches?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p8h...
What Up With That?: Robert De Niro and Robin Williams - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
July 12, 2024 at 1:36 PM
I'm fairly new to gaming — I usually make videos about creativity, but I absolutely loved this game, #AlanWake2. And here is my clumsy attempt at trying to explain to my non-gamer, writer friends why this game is so fabulous. (spoilers for Alan Wake)

youtu.be/lCKfH4zkPnk?...
April 6, 2024 at 2:53 PM
I don't know if this is a sign of maturity, or getting closer to the grave, but I own fewer domains this year than last year.
March 7, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Here's a video I made about rupturing my Achilles tendon and then getting surgery, while dealing with chronic migraines and constipation. Who's with me on this delightful romp!? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbc0...
The Achilles Tendon Incident (+ Chronic Migraines)
Who wants to learn about my ruptured Achilles tendon alongside chronic migraines??? It's a fun ride!https://yuvizalkow.com#achilles #achillestendon #migraine...
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February 13, 2024 at 1:45 AM
I'm back after a social media hiatus!... From here on out, I'm gonna be a great, consistent, informative communicator on this channel. So don't think for a minute that I'm here for a few dumb semi-coherent posts before totally disappearing again.
February 1, 2024 at 2:57 AM
My 30-year history with email:

- Age 20. Email was an amazing way to talk to friends.
- Age 30. Email was a nuisance.
- Age 40. I was obsessed with inbox zero.
- Age 50. When I have too many emails, I just say, to hell with it, and archive them all.

Also, sorry if I didn't respond to your email.
January 4, 2024 at 6:06 PM
I feel like we can use at least one more content warning for TV shows: Man Monologuing for Too Long.
October 2, 2023 at 2:37 AM
It's that time of year where I'm craving to rewatch either Chernobyl or BoJack Horseman. Totally different shows, but both great at putting me through an existential crisis.
September 24, 2023 at 2:24 PM
Even though it feels good not to think about Twitter any longer… Now I'm trying to figure out whether to worry about my failures on Bluesky or Threads or Mastodon... I'm like, pick a failure lane already!
September 10, 2023 at 2:53 PM
Writing a novel is a lot like finding three goldfish in your cereal bowl and then madly searching the internet on how to take care of fish, except the internet is down and you can't find the fish any longer and you have a stomachache.
September 10, 2023 at 2:48 PM
Each day is a tricky balance between paying attention and actively not paying attention. 
September 2, 2023 at 8:04 PM
I've got to admit: 0 followers is my comfort zone.

Everything after that requires therapy or Xanax.
August 31, 2023 at 8:48 PM
I really think this may be the text-based social platform that I can most successfully not succeed at.
August 31, 2023 at 8:45 PM