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[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 9th, 2026: Absolutely dogshit day today, I woke up at 8:00am and got dressed for church, the bus was a bit late at 9:30am but I still got to church before it started. I hardly noticed anybody there that I knew and even the two French priests were gone, replaced by a priest I didn’t know who was wearing what looked like a hoodie, there were lots of altarboys as usual but I then spotted French Paul’s wife in the confession line and then Adam II and his special other. Near the end I spotted Zhao a few rows in front of me. As I was leaving I spotted Horseradish and talked with him a little bit before catching the bus. On Catherine of Siena’s Instagram, I saw that she supported the pro-life cause and also that she reposted a thing bringing awareness to the rape gangs report for the United Kingdom. I messaged Catherine of Siena throughout the day and found out she has 2 younger brothers and the farmer she works for has 11 children. We were texting back and forth until she left me on read at 12:41pm. I was super pissed off and I had lunch which consisted of 2 slices of provolone on 2 slices of ham with ketchup and then a root beer to drink. I then played more Mario Kart Retro Revolution and did better than yesterday. I was considering just blocking her on Instagram and then her phone number but she replied back very late. This is how the rest of the conversation went afterwards:
<Sorry I forgot to respond
>Oh. I’m making dinner.
<Oh cool same
>Have you ever had rotary sushi?
<Yea
>In [2 cities south]
<Yea
>Want to go to the one in [my city] on Friday?
<I unfortunately can't, I need to start packing for school.
>Would Saturday or Sunday work?
<Maybe
<I'm not sure
>Packing?
<Yes
<And I do a lot of work and babysitting for my brothers
>Your brothers have children?
>Actually what about Thursday before 7:00pm?
>And I can’t do Saturday I realized.
<Maybe I'm really busy this week, and no they dont
<I nee to babysit my brothers
>Ohhhhh.
>Next week?
>How old are your brothers?
<11-14
<But they are both autistic
>Just like me.
>High functioning or low functioning?
<One is high and one is lower
>Oh. I was gonna ask about the [location] Beer garden but you’re not 21 yet.
>My cousin’s kid is autistic.
<Yea
>Are you going to the Lake [censored] boat ride?
<No
>Busy?
<Yup
>When aren’t you busy?
<Not really free until school starts
<Unfortunately
>When’s that
<29th
>That sucks
She finally left me on read, I posted about it on Xitter and people were just clowning on me for the last few screenshots. I then decided to just block her on Instagram and so I sent this final chat which she instantly read:
>I’m sorry, I just feel like this is just a waste of time. Goodbye.
After a while, I checked and she blocked me back and I finished cooking my mac and cheese. I watched a little bit of YouTube on the television. I thought about taking up Abscond’s offer on the dating app profile but it was too late in the day to text a woman without it coming across as weird. I wanted to go outside for a walk but couldn’t find my keys anywhere, I found them then went on a walk late at night where I found a male deer in the park near where my apartment was. I went back home to grab my phone but the deer was gone by the time I got back, probably some biker scared him off. I saw these notes posted on a lot of doors (but not people’s doors) in the hallways of our apartment begging for whoever took this lady’s items, I grabbed my pencil and went around writing on each of them:
>Check apartment #[my ghetto neighbor’s apartment number]
I then wrote more and prayed the rosary novena for today. I completed day 5 of the 54 day rosary novena at 10:26pm and didn’t use it as time to wash my dishes. I took a chug from the flask of amaretto and then went to sleep.

Song of the Day: Je Ne Veux Pas La Fin De Nous - Michael Jackson (1987)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 10th, 2026: Lazy Monday today. I woke up and made some coffee to go with my cereal I had. I tried playing some Mario Kart Retro Revolution online but I had issues connecting to the network for some reason, so I gave up on that. I only applied to two jobs today because the remaining jobs recommended to me by ZipRecruiter were absolute dogshit, jobs too far away and way too low for what they pay, I even saw a job that paid the minimum wage of $7.25 for a role that required a decent amount of experience, my recruiter listed 5 jobs she was hiring for, one was in my city and another listed a region I think I might be in, but there were so many Indians in the comments and it made me realize more that we need to end the H-1B virus. I got a knock on my bedroom door in the afternoon by this Hispanic guy who came to fix the bathtub faucet, he checked it and told me in broken English that he’d need to access a panel in my roommate’s closet with plumber tools and he could come by on Wednesday to fix it and turn the water off for a while. I posted some flagspam today because @cusdummy told me that, so I started working on Thai provinces and uploaded 10 soyjaks for Amnat Charoen, the first of the 76 provinces in alphabetical order, I didn’t get banned and decided to wait for 100 posts to get added. Abscond messaged me back asking for photos of my dating app profile and I gave it to her, she replied at 4:50pm:
<Let’s get some better photos of you. We don’t have you smiling very much or showing different sides of your personality.
<Most people do not know what ICKSP means and you address that interest with TLM.
<1) dressed nicely and smiling
<2) hobby or you with the cat
<3) social life… think at an unofficial gathering or with your friends or family
<Your profile is very nice and really shows your commitment to your Catholic faith. Have different outfits and settings. A candid photo would do wonders. You look emo and edgy in these profile.
I asked her if I should scrap all the photos and she said yes. I more than satisfied that 100 post requirement when I uploaded the second set of 10 for Ang Thong. I went to buy a can opener so I could have 3 eggs, a can of sweet corn, and beef ramen. I made it and then ate it while watching Lavader on YouTube. I asked Salignac if she had the photos I was in for the event in January and she sent them to me. I got back on the computer and found out I was permabanned, but it was revised down to a 1 hour ban by @Cobblestone and then removed. I was disappointed, I took a shower and then I prayed my rosary novena. I completed day 6 of the 54 day rosary novena at 10:14pm. As the governor of Massachusetts recently signed a bill allowing abortion up to birth, Otto Von Tweetmarck (@OVTweetmarck) posted this tweet:
<Imprecatory psalms are a fine thing and I have began praying them as of late.
So I prayed an Imprecatory psalm, more specifically Psalm 143:1-12
☛1 Hear, O Lord, my prayer: give ear to my supplication in thy truth: hear me in thy justice.
☛2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.
☛3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul: he hath brought down my life to the earth. He hath made me to dwell in darkness as those that have been dead of old:
☛4 And my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled.
☛5 I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all thy works: I meditated upon the works of thy hands.
☛6 I stretched forth my hands to thee: my soul is as earth without water unto thee.
☛7 Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit hath fainted away. Turn not away thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
☛8 Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for in thee have I hoped. Make the way known to me, wherein I should walk: for I have lifted up my soul to thee.
☛9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, to thee have I fled:
☛10 Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Thy good spirit shall lead me into the right land:
☛11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt quicken me in thy justice. Thou wilt bring my soul out of trouble:
☛12 And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy my enemies. And thou wilt cut off all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
I then went to sleep.

Song of the Day: Not Afraid - Eminem (2010)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 11th, 2026: Slightly upbeat day. I woke up at 7:30am and then had cereal then coffee. I got on Foxhole and did some logistics runs for today, mostly harvesting scrap and running it to the refineries. I did a bit of combat work as I joined the Warden’s side and then went back to watching some Professor Messer videos to improve and train for the test. I went outside to empty some trash and noticed that on one of the signs I wrote on, someone replied:
<I second this.
I was delighted, I gamed more and then filled out an application for this Amazon IT support II role, it had me do this “55” minute long assessment of my qualities which I completed in 20 minutes. My mom was looking at the sheet and I checked my email at 3:06pm to receive this message.
<Dear Gemerson,
<Thank you for your interest in our research study! This study is a two-part study, and both visits take place on the [my college] campus.
<Part 1 involves going through a series of cognitive tests with a research assistant from the lab. This session usually takes about 1.5 hours. Part 2 involves going through a series of tests on the computer where you will see pictures and words on a screen with a research assistant from the lab. You will also be asked to complete a survey about your own subjective cognitive experiences. This session takes approximately 1.5 hrs. In total, this study involves 2 sessions and about 3 hours of research activities. You could receive up to $48 for completing the entire study. Parking for all sessions will be covered if you choose to drive a personal vehicle or we will reimburse you if you take public transportation. If you cannot take public transportation, we may be able to reimburse you for a rideshare like Uber or Lyft. 
<If this sounds like something you might be interested in, please give us a call at [phone number] or you may also reply to this email. We are typically available between 9am and 4:30PM, Mon - Fri.
<Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you!
I called and got no reply. I then checked my email and got 2 offers back, 1 for a position at a brewery, and the other for a baseball stadium. I then got dressed for the alumni dinner coming up soon and started walking over at 4:25pm, I got there early and the three people I saw was Father Aquinas, Cronstedt, and another guy who was a missionary for this year. I went in and saw more furniture around, most of it set up. Kristine and Gabriella had me move chips to these tables near the entrance, Elkanah was upstairs with another person setting up the sound system while this woman with a lot of ink squiggles on her arm who clearly knew me more than I knew her, she was super friendly. I met another of the new missionaries who was also from Ohio but it was St Henry, Ohio this time. I also talked with a woman from Stevens Point who started the biweekly Eucharistic adoration with father Constanza and the Keralan woman I went to. More people came like Jaime, Kong, and some others. We got a tour of the place as more stuff was done, as we were talking about the library on the east which this institute that hosted a talk in February I went to, Nikki’s roommate from Tennessee was here. We then went in to get tacos and I realized that Magdalus wasn’t here to practice for his wedding or something. We had the priest announce more stuff from atop some stairs like a dictator giving a speech like some jobs being created including Luigi getting one. I ate the taco stuff alone before getting invited to sit with a woman and her pixie-cut friend (let it grow out lady) before heading out to sit with Kong when he told the others:
“I have a very dry sense of humor; I love the sales people at my company.”
It was about his company he worked at that only had open positions for sales people. Kristine told me she and Gabriella were roommates in college and that they were almost assigned to separate colleges but they got kept together as Kong, Jaime, and I listened to the story. I got banned for feuding with a Brazilian guy and I couldn’t post my blogpost until tomorrow. I went home and then took a shower later. I completed day 7 of the 54 day rosary novena at 10:11pm and then dozed off.

Song of the Day: Propaganda - Taku Iwasaki (2012)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 12th, 2026: Good luck on the job search! I got up and went to buy some milk for breakfast, I saw this very heavyset woman walking her dog and talked to her and found out her dog’s name, I then got inside and had breakfast. After breakfast, I got two emails, one from the baseball stadium, and another from the brewery. I completed the entirety of 3.2 for the Professor Messer course and then completed 3.3 on computer memory. I played a lot more Foxhole for the time being and made myself ramen for lunch. I agreed to a 1:00pm interview tomorrow at the brewery and then spent more time gaming. I didn’t have that good of a dinner, it was half a can of french green beans. I then got on the bus at 6:15pm holding my copy of Saint Augustine’s Confessions and my men’s pocket Bible. I got dropped off outside the church and remembered how invited Staples to attend the Eucharistic adoration events but she passed, wow. I got in and sat next to Elkanah for a moment reading my book until I decided to get in line for confession. I went in line and there was this pregnant woman in a green dress behind me. After all the priests (including Father Malachi and my confirmation priest) had processed in for the I confessed and then went back to pray, noticing the many people here including Teddy, Gabriella, Chagal, Jaime, Sideburns, Alley, Elijah and his mom, Naomi, Nikki and her boyfriend, Lancelot, Myra, Cronstedt, Cliffe, Sobieski, Quinci, Kong, and lots of others. I confessed and then when I got out and did my act of contrition (1 our father) I continued reading and managed to complete two books of Confessions. I prayed until adoration ended and then went outside and checked to see I got these messages from Waleran on Snapchat and they read:
<How r things going at the apartment?
<Im planning on moving in most of my stuff on the weekend of the 22nd
<But i wont move into the apartment until the weekend after, the 29thish
<Is there anything we need for the apartment that isnt there yet?
I told him that I just needed a couch and a smaller microwave due to the smaller kitchen. I went back in and sat in the same pew as Quinci at first but decided to move up to sit next to Myra and the guy who got divorced from the talk last Friday, they were talking a bit loud and it irritated me a bit. The mass was pretty normal and this one woman with a pixie cut talked about some volunteer opportunities at the end. I went out for the social. I talked with Cronstedt and Alley to congratulate them on the engagement, Cronstedt told me that his marriage proposal was almost messed up by his mom and it was on a pier. Their marriage will be on May 8th, 2027 in Cronstedt’s home city. I was talking with Nikki and she introduced me to her friend all the way from Rugby, North Dakota, her and her fiancé are on a road trip around Lake Michigan and they decided to stop to visit Nikki. I saw Elkanah talking to Cronstedt and then Sideburns before I talked with Lancelot and Quinci, I asked her if she did any volunteer work and she said she did some but not at the food kitchen I volunteered at, also Lancelot is now doing work at a Catholic high school instead of something more related to his field of work. I took the bus home and then when I got back, I started day 8 of my 54 day rosary novena at 10:13pm and completed it at 10:34pm.

Song of the Day: N.I.B - Ugly Kid Joe (1994)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 13th, 2026: Beer garden event today, I woke up and did more writing and then I got dressed up a bit as I had an interview at 1:00pm. I played more Foxhole yet I was kicked for idling in a vehicle while I was distracted while posting on the Booru. At 11:20am I decided to walk to the bus stop and then got over to my bus after a bit. I then got on the bus after the doors were opened and started heading north. I got off near the brewery and just walked a lot from 11:50am until 12:30pm to fill out SuperLocalMaps, I then went into the brewery and bought this peach flavored soda, it took a while for me to get due to the cashier having to get a tour group organized first before the soda costed literally $1.75, much cheaper than what the stuff is usually sold for at stores. I went outside to walk a bit and talked with this woman from Chicago, Illinois I had added on Instagram from Bumble and this was our conversation:
>From Bumble.
<hi
>How are you doing?
<im okay i just put on wig
<whats ur age and location and political beliefs if u dont mind me asking?
>Age: 22, Location: [Not Chicago], [Not Illinois] Political beliefs: Centrist.
>Show me the wig.
<sorry im not interested. thanks for your interest tho im quite flattered
>Know anybody that would?
Left on read. I then went in at 12:50pm and met the guy interviewing me. He brought me into this private bar room and went over my resume, he told me that for my job, I’d start off working at the bar for the tour groups and also be in the kitchen, which was only reheating stuff in something like an air frier. I would also be stocking and cashiering the gift shop but there was a woman who was on that full time. I completed the interview around 1:15pm and then was gifted one bottle of soda of my choice, with the cream soda I got and the 4 pack, I went back to the bus stop and the bus driver asked me why I had so much soda and I told her about the job interview and she congratulated me. I got off and walked home at the same time as my neighbors Mady and her friend. The first thing Mady does is ask me about me blaming my noob neighbors for the theft that happened:
“Did you write that on the note?”
I said:
“Yes I did.”
And Mady replied:
“Good because I hate him!”
I offered them two bottles of the cream soda but they only took one, I got inside and wrote for a bit. I went to the laundromat to do my laundry but just brought it back home. It was roughly 5:50pm when I noticed it said it would take me an hour to walk all the way there through the park. I took a shot of amaretto and then started walking over. I encountered this East Asian family with 4 kids which fascinated me, I thought East Asians were going extinct. I arrived in 45 minutes and first talked to this bigger girl I danced with a few dances. We talked and she’s living in Fredonia, she already got a beer before she got the free beer ticket and I noticed her spilling bits of beer on her shirt, I asked her if she was going to go to the dance on Saturday and she said she wasn’t to go up to Eagle Lake, Wisconsin. I got a beer and then ordered a giant pretzel at the kitchen. I moved tables due to not enough space when a guy named Sturgeon introduced himself to me, I call him that because he’s from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and he went elsewhere for college before finding a job here 6 weeks ago and moved here. He was originally a Moravian Christian before converting to Catholicism. I then went to talk to other people and Sturgeon shaked Sobieski’s hand. I saw this short girl I remembered from the last dance with round black glasses and I told her she looks like Ozzy Osbourne wearing the glasses. I took off my vinyl jacket partially and wore it like it was just a cloak due to it being too hot if I wore it normally. I talked with more people there including Kong, Sideburns, Elkanah, Jaime, Marie, Loid, Yor, Chagal, and some others. I was wearing my After talking with Marie and found out she does data engineering for a place I’m interviewing at. I went off to the side as Sobieski introduced me to his friend he met in the Coast Guard that was from Minneapolis, Minnesota. I remembered Yor sitting with us and talking a bit of Polish to Sobieski and later mentioning having a sister. Yor also mentioned that some people liked not having the dances be at the main church due to it being in a bad neighborhood and fears of car break ins. Sobieski asked me if I tried this thing called cytrynówka and I assumed it was a sausage but he told me it was a lemon alcohol, I assumed it’s just Polish limoncello. I went to the bathroom at 8:21pm and left my jacket on the bench, when I got back I saw Sobieski wearing it and got a picture of him in it before getting it back. I went back to the main area after and talked to two woman whom I will be calling Melany and another whom I will be calling Rita, they were friends with Nikki and they mentioned that they would be leaving soon, I asked if they were heading the direction of my apartment and they said yes so they could take me home. I got on and said bye to Sideburns while he was talking to Kong and Elkanah. At 8:50pm, Jacky finally arrived to the event and I told her:
“You’re late.”
And then Melany told me:
“Gemerson, she’s fashionably late like a lady.”
I replied back:
“The event officially ends in 10 minutes, she’s unfashionably late.”
Rita told me:
“Woww Gemerson!”
I gave them my address and on the drive there while Rita and Melany complained about the gender ratio at the young adults event she goes to being skewed in favor of women, I disagreed and said I had the opposite and Melany mentioned a Saint Joseph novena I talked about my 54 day novena I’m praying through which led into me discussing The College of St. Joseph the Worker in Steubenville, Ohio and how if I could restart at 18. I’d chose to study stonemasonry there and focus my career on designing the exteriors for beautiful buildings. Melany praised me for being so ambitious in how I described myself. We heard an ambulance and Rita had us pray a Hail Mary for it. I got dropped off and then I started day 9 of my 54 day rosary novena at 9:25pm and completed it at 9:46pm, I took a shower and posted my blog before going to sleep.

Song of the Day: Outer Space - Alex Serra (2019)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 14th, 2026: Another day of work. I got up and made myself coffee and cereal for breakfast and spent some time writing a little bit and also posting on the booru, mostly making fun of @pepsi47 for allegedly gooning to Yoshi from the Super Mario series. I had discussed doing some more construction work at the new church, Rita posted about hauling furniture over from the old place to the new and I arrived too late for that. As I started walking over at 11:06am, I got there when Rita, Melany, and Nikki got out and then Rita asked me:
“Gemerson wanna go to the noon mass at the basilica?”
I said yes and texted the guy who I would be volunteering with and he said it’s ok. I got in the car in the front seat at Melany’s request and we drove down, Cronstedt, the new two missionaries, and Kristine went in another car. We drove over and they talked about Pope Leo XIV’s comments on immigration, (which were too lenient on Muslims) and the shows iCarly and Victorious. I got an email at 11:22am asking for a call about an IT User Support Specialist II position at a company and then arranged it to be at 1:00pm to 1:15pm next Monday. When we got over we went to the lower place for mass at 12:00pm, the new guy who was a missionary was wearing a shirt with an eagle on it and Isaiah 40:31:
☛31 They that hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar on eagles’ wings; They will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint.
There were 5 acolytes for a mid-day Friday mass, the homily on St Maximillian Kolbe, he was born on January 8th, 1894 and it detailed his work in Europe during World War 2 and how his resistance to one of Nazi Germany’s commands led to him being thrown in the concentration camps, a prisoner escaped and as punishment, they had 10 prisoners starve to death, Franciszek Gajowniczek complained that he had his family so Kolbe substituted himself and let the other 9 in prayer until the guards got so mad at them for constantly praying in the bunker that he was executed by carbolic acid on August 14th, 1941. I prayed a bit after the mass and went to see the massive collection of relics for a while, it’s actually impressive that they had a holy nail from the resurrection:



We went to the gift shop in the basilica which I was opposed to, but I still went in. They had these prayer cards from the same series of which I had the cards for Saint Matthew (two) and one for Saint George. There were lots of them including one I remember for Saints Cosmos and Damien, one for Saint Joan of Arc, another for Saint Maria Goretti, Saint John Vianney, and also one for Saint Augustine but none for Saint Ambrose of Milan or Saint Ignatius of Antioch, I thought of buying a Saint Augustine card but just went against it. When we got out of the store (I bought nothing) Rita posed the question asking where we’d want to get married, I said the church I almost always attend, Rita and Melany said the basilica, Kristine said she wants to get married at this church in Ohio. Cronstedt and Alley already planned on getting married at a church in Cronstedt’s home city. We walked out and then while I we were talking Melany put her hand on my shoulder in a slap laugh thing, we got in the car and I thought that I saw Horseradish and Melany said I nearly scared her. On the drive back the girls were playing lots of Disney Channel music, before playing Best Friend’s Brother, Melany said that she was in love with her best friend’s brother. We got back to the new church and the ladies worked on some spreadsheet stuff and Elkanah, and the guy who told me to come with to help. First he had me work on hauling stuff to this back room behind the kitchen and next painting the backside of this sign with off-white latex paint. I did that and then had my next step be head upstairs to sand the base for where the piano would be. On WooPlus I added this woman who I had matched with before all the way back in early 2024 or something that I ended things with due to being unable to go to each other for a date. I got a GoGurt from Elkanah and he played From The New World while we were working, I left at 4:00pm and agreed to talk to the girl over a call, I got home and charged my phone up a bit and waited but she said she had to go to dinner. I made hot italian sausage for dinner with sauerkraut to go with, at that point me and her called and she found me weird that I ate sauerkraut cold.



Later on in the call I mentioned going to church and she found it sad because she described herself as a pantheist who believes in God (not really) in a super cringey way and that she doesn’t need church and how she was raised Catholic, she elaborated further and told me that she would never veil as that is super oppressive a position she clearly got from the National Organization for Women, a Jewish orginazition which disguised itself as a feminist one, she also told me she’d never convert back for me, wow off to a great start with very low agreeability. The 23 year old woman found me super weird for not wanting to have any more premarital sex while her Catholic parents had sex, she told me that she had sex with 20 other people before, mostly men. Also importantly her last relationship of 1 year ended because her Reformed Jewish girlfriend was asexual and only had sex with her 3 times out of obligation. She showed me pictures of her former girlfriend from Madison, Wisconsin and she had the nose that fit. She told me that she kind of didn’t like her body and she compared her belly to being like melted ice cream so I made a joke calling her:“...My melted ice cream princess…”
Although that part of the conversation was a highlight, she later asked if I thought being gay was a sin I said yes, she wasn’t happy so I ended the call after an hour. But when I exited she still wanted to talk and I ended up agreeing to a date next Tuesday at the rotary sushi place. I got off the phone and went to write more. I took a shower and then I started day 10 of my 54 day rosary novena at 10:40pm and completed it at 11:00pm and with quickly typing, I uploaded my posts at 11:59pm.

Song of the Day: Best Friend’s Brother - Victorious Cast (2011)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 15th, 2026: The wedding today, I woke up around 7:00am and got on the computer after breakfast to browse the Soybooru, I uploaded more soyjaks of Pepsi47 the Yoshi masturbator. I got a text from Seraphim yesterday that he would be picking me up before 12:30pm as of yesterday. I got dressed up in my suit jacket with the fancy yellow buttons and got cleaned up and went outside at 12:15pm, I realized I forgot to shave and ran back in to do that quickly, the second time I realized that I forgot to apply deodorant so I went back inside to do that quickly before getting out, on Snapchat I sent a snap of me dressed up and pointing into the camera to Vannie.


She saved it in the chat and then asked me:
<why is the light of God coming out of your finger at me
With Cara in the background, I forgot what I told her but she replied back:
<why are you suited up gemerson
I told her about the wedding and then Seraphim arrived to pick me. Sideburns, Kaufman, and Elijah were already in the car so I had to move Kaufman to the center seat, when we started driving out, we realized that we would be 15 minutes late for the mass and I noticed Elijah was playing Super Mario Galaxy on this 3DS like thing, but he said it was ordered from China, he did give it to me to play a bit and I did a run of New Super Mario Bros DS and got up to the first tower, I gave it over to Seraphim and he lost all the lives. Elijah got it back and told me that he only had Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 on his thing. A bit later we started praying the rosary and we did the Glorious mysteries, we had some confusion on what the order of the mysteries was but I told them that the 3rd mystery was descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles, then the assumption of Mary, finally the coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth, Elijah prayed the rosary in Spanish while we alternated praying, it went Elijah leading the first decade, then Kaufman, then me, Sideburns, and finally Seraphim. There was talking about politics on the car ride like how Seraphim likes Zohran Mamdani as a mayor of New York City and how he’s Abrahamic but I mentioned a Greek Orthodox candidate for Chicago mayor who has 4 kids. Seraphim and I both dislike the H-1B visa but for slightly different reasons even if we both hated the tech companies that lied to create it and maintain it. Seraphim said he thought that Muslims had more reverence for Jesus than Protestants did but I disagreed and brought up classical Protestants like Anglicans and Presbyterians, Kaufman told me he grew up Episcopalian and I kind of found it funny, Seraphim mentioned going to an Armenian Orthodox service and having some respect for Eastern theology. After lots of speeding like 10 to 15 miles over the speed limit, we got there after I did a little bit of guidance to the church. We went in and it was beautiful for a very small town near Madison, Wisconsin. I went to the bathroom off to the side before heading back in to sit near the back, we got to see the others there like Bernarda, Oriang, Alley, Lewis, Drawmij, Drawmija, Lorax, Sixes and his friend, Luigi, and Cronstedt as a groomsmate. The homily by the priest talked about the couple being very playful during the preparation for the wedding and how good marriages rely on not keeping secrets from one another. After the wedding ended, we went out and talked with the others there including Gabriella plus Kristine and we made plans on what we should do including visiting a house I could get us into as we wouldn’t be allowed into the reception until 7:00pm and I had a dance to catch and I didn’t want to wait so long to go to a reception. We decided to head to State street in Madison and we drove down and parked next to where someone got their window smashed in. Kaufman, Seraphim, and I walked a bit until Seraphim had to take a phone call. Turns out that Seraphim needed to take a test for advancement tomorrow for some officer training and he’s really frustrated because it’s 8 hours and he can’t really study for it unless he goes to Chicago to access the classified study material. We then got to meet up with the others including Sideburns, Lorax, Kaufman, Elijah, and two other guys I didn’t know. As we were walking, Seraphim mentioned that Bakhita quit the class we were in because she worked in the dorms for our university and the amount of suicides she had to deal with for her job were so overwhelming for to deal with. We walked east on State street looking for a place to eat as we voted to walk and see what interests us, Drawmij and Drawmija were eating at Raising Cane’s; however, we could just eat that back in the city so we didn’t go to any chain restaurants. This Black old guy who had a leg amputated below the knee was sitting on something and so I gave him $5 without hesitation, he was thankful so I said to him:
“God bless you sir!”
Sideburns found a place just off of State street called Chen’s Dumpling house and we went inside, I paid Seraphim back by covering the cost of his Chinese chive and pork dumplings while I got Three Delight dumplings, we went upstairs to eat as I had plenty of sauces to go with including chili sauce and even straight up vinegar. Seraphim liked the garlic they had and Kaufman gave me a dumpling he had which I filled with some vinegar to eat. Lorax was full with the noodles and gave some of his to Elijah. When we walked out with Sideburns holding the leftovers and he gave it to this homeless Black guy when another Black guy got mad at Sideburns and told him:
“Hey man, don't feed the animals.”
And then the guy who chastised him tried to extort $5 out of him but failed. I remember a police car passed us by as there was another homeless black guy sleeping on the ground outside and he did nothing. Sideburns guided us to the perpetual adoration chapel and we arrived at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church at 5:42pm to come in behind an African woman. As we prayed for a bit, we noticed the 3 Hispanic people who were signed up to the chapel weren’t here so Seraphim called the number that they listed to report the absence, I read this tiny book called Beginning Apologetics I by Father Frank Chacon and Jim Burnham before we decided to leave shortly afterwards and Lorax stayed behind in prayer to cover for the 3 absent people. Seraphim, Elijah, and Kaufman got in Seraphim’s car and he drove us back home. On the way after some political discussion, Seraphim mentioned that lesbian coworkers are the best so I chimed in about fAsherah and her help in finding a new job but then talked about her real woman “girl”friend and how he’s balding the last time I saw him. When asked about the word ‘real woman’ I told them what it means and also the definition of the word ‘pooner’ being the opposite (female to male) to the word. Kaufman asked me if I went on insane websites like 4chan or Soyjak Party. As Lyin’ Eyes by the Eagles was playing on the audio, I asked Seraphim to add 200 Balloons to the queue and he did, he enjoyed the song and respected me for it. I had low charge on my phone so we went to a Kwik Trip to get out of the car so Kaufman could give me his charger, I offered them “Kwik Trip’s special milk” and all of them refused but I got 2 of the blue moon milks and there was this morbidly obese real woman inside with purple hair working in the kitchen. I came out with the special milk and only drank one and gave Elijah a little sip from the cap. We drove all the way over to my dance first but Kaufman was born in Racine, Wisconsin and still lives there yet his older brother lives here and had a couch for Kaufman to stay the night.
[POST SPLIT IN HALF DUE TO CHARACTER LIMIT]

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 15th, 2026 (Continued): I got dropped off at the downtown church at 8:00pm and went in. The music selection wasn’t as good as last time but I only saw fLeJean, Salignac, and Salignac’s brother Cognac as people I recognized at first, I spent a good amount of time talking to Cognac to ask him about himself, he lived with Cliffe in 2018 and he had 4 other siblings besides Salignac, an older brother (Cognac’s 31) who moved to Thailand, I got interrupted when asking about the 3 other siblings and couldn't get a straight answer but Cognac mentioned to another guy that he wanted to introduce him to his sister, apparently Cognac’s girlfriend was responsible for the whole event. At 8:24pm Seraphim texted me:
<I’m on my way
He texted later:
<Where’s the entrance
I told him:
>East side near the revolving doors
I let him in and he only stayed for a short while. Kateri’s friend asked me where was Kateri and I told him she ended thing with me and he was sad because when Kateri dates someone, it’s for a longer time usually, thanks for the insult. A while later fLeJean organized a tutorial on the dip dance and I asked Salignac to be my dance partner, she agreed and it would be the first time of the night I danced with her. As I was guiding her to the dancefloor, Cognac intercepted her and told her:
“I have someone I want you to meet!”
And as she left, she said to me:
“I’ll be back in a bit I promise.”
Promise broken, I was upset at her lying as we never talked again during the dance and she just danced with others like Anders (his sister also was here) and others. I wandered around the church and even in the garden outside. I peered into the crypt and noticed that most gravestones only listed the year of birth and death even with plenty of blank space, it contained a “Father of Vatican Council II”, the most recent death was in 2024. I left at 9:20pm and got on the bus home. I started day 11 of my 54 day rosary novena at 10:21pm and completed it at 10:42pm. I continued writing my blogpost for a long time until the change of the day…

Song of the Day: 200 Balloons - Prince (1989)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 16th, 2026: Asherah’s 22nd birthday today and Cronsted’s 24th. I wrote a bit more and then published my blogpost and went to sleep…
I woke up for church at 7:30am and had cereal then finished off my hazelnut creamer for my coffee. I played a few rounds of Mario Kart Retro Rewind online before getting dressed up for mass today. I got on the bus early and got in during the pre-mass rosary prayer. I spotted Salignac but was absolutely disgusted with her and her lying and promise breaking. I sat closer to the front this time for the mass and Bonaventure was in the pew behind me. The two priests present today weren’t the usual ones and the homily was on the reading about the good Samaritan parable, he mentioned that some interpret it to be that the person who was left half dead and passed by both the priest and the Levite on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho could walk to Jericho but refused to do so and there was the whole deal with the Samaritans having reduced scriptures (Only the Pentateuch and a weird version of the book of Joshua) and they reminded me of Non-Denominationals with their reduced Bible and weird traditions. I eventually went out to the young adult brunch, which was my lunch. We had to help bring over food from a parking lot. I first had some cheese and crackers before sitting down with Sturgeon, Sobieski, and Kohen, they talked with some of the others as there was mention of a Pathfinder campaign running and I complained about how hard it was to find a non Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition, I complained that the fanbase was too queer and cancerous, they got weirded out but I went to get the prosciutto they had and shooed away the many flys trying to get into the food. Zhao arrived a little bit later after praying the rosary with some other people. I had more prosciutto again and also milk then orange juice. Zhao said he was drinking a mixture of orange juice and milk, I decided to try it because he spoke so highly of it, it tasted like shit. Also while joking around, Zhao started singing the Skibidi Toilet song and I am astonished that he’s older than me. I got a ride home with another guy at 12:14pm as he talked to me about this event to connect with other people for jobs, then he mentioned a job in Pewaukee, Wisconsin that was looking for C++ developers. He dropped me off and I got on my computer to write a bit and charge my phone for a while until leaving to the beach at 1:25pm because the event was starting at 2:00pm. I got over there and went to the far off volleyball courts to see Karelusa, Salignac, Cognac, and a few others playing volleyball. We got sorted into games this time and I was with Pethuel in a team of 6 against Sobieski and Sturgeon on a different team. I wasn’t doing the best but it felt like the ball was never hit towards me. Once the first game was done I swapped into swim trunks and there were now 32 people there including me, I noticed Karelusa’s cooler he brought had the flag of South Africa on it that was active from May 31st, 1928 to April 27th, 1994. More people were here like Jaime and this tall woman I met a few weeks ago. Karelusa sorted us out into different groups and Cliffe was here so I got sorted into the team first with nobody I knew and then because of so much confusion, that we were resorted by Karelusa numbering us from 1 to 6. I got in a winning team as we hit the ball over the net. I remember playing better in high school volleyball during gym class because we were on solid floors instead of sand. We went into the water for a bit in between games and Kong arrived. I sat out the last round and then I discussed that we’d take a group photo with Karelusa in 15 minutes, 15 minutes passed and once the other two games were done, I asked Salignac and Cognac if they had good phones for taking pictures and they both said no. We got these group of women nearby to take the group photo. We then had a final game that I attended where the teams were lead by 6 captains: Cliffe, Cognac, Kong, Salignac, and 2 others, and they took turns picking people on their team, I’d think I would be picked by Kong or Cliffe but I was one of the few left over when Karelusa told us it would end. I initially planned on just waiting but Salignac’s team was missing 1 person, I had to join them, I didn’t really get any action during the game and Salignac only talked to me once during a generic:
“Congrats.”
We then went into the water for a bit and there was some wrestling like Sobieski and Kong throwing me into the water. I also did the trust fall thing with multiple people and at one point caught a woman who did it spontaneously in front of me. Karelusa talked to us about this Eastern Catholic priest who helped betroth his then fiancée (he’s unmarried now) who was in California, but now the priest is Muslim. I left at 4:45pm after saying goodbye and walked home barefoot, I got back and called my mom because she texted me and she talked about a family friend’s daughter working in IT support and to contact her about a job opportunity, I got critiqued for not writing the thank you cards yet. I got showered and changed into new clothes before heading to church to usher with Lucas. Joseph was nowhere to be seen at that mass and I also saw Norah, Raphael, Raphaela, and Paco, and most importantly the Indian priest with the luscious hair was presiding for mass. There were this skinny Black guy wearing a mask and his lightskinned real woman boyfriend. You know that joke about a Pitbull and Daschund hybrid being cruise missiles designed to strike toddlers, well Black real womans are like humans specifically bred to cruise strike the non-affirming White guy walking home in the dark. He got spotted going up for the Eucharist and I’m pretty sure they made a mess in the bathroom. After the mass ended, I made sure to clean up with Lucas and saw Lang talking while waiting until I got the doors locked and then set up to head home. I bought a chocolate milkshake before getting back to take a shower. I started day 12 of my 54 day rosary novena at 10:46pm and completed it at 11:06pm before going to sleep.

Song of the Day: She’s A Rainbow - The Rolling Stones (1967)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 17th, 2026: Another day but with 2 interviews today. I woke up and had cereal and coffee. I got on my computer and played some Skyrim for once in a long time, I guess with the announcements that The Elder Scrolls VI is in production and that the name’s probably going to be Sentinel and it’s gonna be a repeat of the The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall where it’s set in both provinces of Hammerfell and Highrock. Well I did some writing a bit more. I opened up my researching stuff for my 12:00pm and I had ramen for lunch, I got ready and called the guy who was to interview me at 1:00pm exactly and then talked with him, he told me that most of the work wouldn’t be spent in the stadium and I would be most of the time in the office nearby plus possible trips all the way up to Oshkosh, Wisconsin yet when I asked him more about this, he told me that he had only gone up to the Oshkosh office once in the last year, so I’ll have time before I need my sister’s Prius, but I’m just gambling now. There were 2 people on the team already and he told me that HR would contact me for further steps if I got hired. I then gamed a bit more and wrote before catching the bus at 3:15pm and taking it downtown before getting screwed over by this bus driver that ignored me waving to them at the transfer, but thankfully another bus on that same exact route came 6 minutes later. I read more about this woman who killed her kids named Lindsay Clancy, lots of dummyed women who use TikTok are defending her and trying to blame the husband for the murder of their 3 kids, I wrote on my Twitter about how both Lindsay Clancy and her supporters all had a similar look:
>All these people have shitty wife physiognomy, they will get addicted to TikTok and be brainwashed into being self centered and then divorce the much nicer husband.
I walked a very long way to get to where the job interview was, I got in and went on Wikipedia. I found out that the 5th premier of China Zhu Rongji died on August 12th this year at the age of 97. I got in at the same time as this guy whom I will be calling Nathan M. I talked a little bit and we went around to try and find where the interview place is, we didn’t talk much afterwards and I went in for the interview where the guy did some question asking and even gave me a list of games for the next year’s season. I asked the guy more about it and he told us that prior to each event, we’d be assigned to meetings based off of our floors and then go to wherever we are assigned from there. I asked the interviewer if he knew who Marie was and he looked her up, he mentioned her last name but didn’t know her and he said I could possibly move onto her team with an actual full time job with actual good pay. Speaking of pay, my pay would have been $18.00 an hour, so the exact same as my last job… I walked out and took quite a while to get back to my bus stop, I took it and then took it again up to the grocery store to buy things like milk, lettuce, asiago sauce, shampoo, and name brand sausages. I got back and cooked the last 2 sausages I had and also got some sauerkraut. I ate it and then went to the computer to game more, I took a shower then I started day 13 of my 54 day rosary novena at 9:54pm and completed it at 10:16pm and heading to sleep later.

Song of the Day: Vosmiklassnitsa - Kino (1982)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 18th, 2026: Yor’s birthday today. I woke up and had cereal then coffee as I got back on the computer to play more Skyrim for a few hours. I checked my email after that and found out that I got rejected from the brewery job, that’s no fun. I got a text yesterday about working at the new church to do some construction stuff from 1:00pm to 4:00pm and I agreed, I had nothing else to do. I did some more flagspam uploading and then walked over at 12:30pm, yet when I was halfway there, I got a message that he would be there around 2:00pm and I was just going to wait there. I went in the usual entrance and I knew someone was here so I went to this office and saw that Jade was here, I walked around a bit until Melany, Nikki, and Rita came back through an open window in the office and they tried brewing some coffee but they couldn’t find anything so Nikki and Rita went to buy some coffee grounds. I scrubbed the cabinets to get the filth off them from so many hands and Rita thanked me once she got back. I had coffee with the three and then read from this Code of Canon Law while they were doing planning stuff. I then got a notification at 2:04pm that Elkanah and the other was outside so I helped them hauled the wood they got for this bookshelf, it was a lot and very long, by the time we got the stuff in, Naomi was here but I don’t know how she was helping, we hauled more stuff to the workshop room past the kitchen. The four ladies minus Jade said they would go out on a rosary walk and they asked us for what intentions we should pray for and I siad:
“That Saint Papias of Hierapolis’s 5 volume work may be found!”
I think they were weirded out by that, especially Naomi. All three of us men then had a frozen gogurt before Elkanah and I got to work on painting these planks with white paint, focusing on the first coat. Elkanah was playing music on his phone at my request, he played this classical piece which he said the composer made to represent New York City, mostly the chaos of it. I got the coat of paint done on all three of my planks before his and after, Elkanah, the construction guy, and I went and got the pieces for the bookshelf and noticed the actual shelf wasn’t as deep as the sides were wide so there would be a bit of a protrusion, we discussed it with Naomi and Jade as they told each other and us the same thing. I was assigned to sand the pieces down first with the 60 grit, then the 120 grit, then 220 grit. The shelf I got had a very noticeable issue where the planer that they ran it through got uneven with a noticeable lip I couldn’t get sanded down. I could have gone all the way down to 400 grit then 600 grit but I was running past the 4:00pm time so I left once I was done at 4:22pm and walked home. I made pasta for dinner with some cheese infused pasta sauce. I had half of it and then washed the pots in the bathroom, higher water pressure but it made some marks on the bathtub. Later on I saw a text from Abscond about the confirmation and asked us to reacted how our summer went, I reacted with the crying face emoji ‘’ and she noticed. Abscond texted me at 7:15pm:
<Oh! What’s going on where you use a sad face to describe your summer?
I didn’t text back. I got a blaring warning from my phone like when an Amber alert goes off about a tornado warning so I ran down to the basement after getting dressed. Nobody else in my whole apartment followed the command that turned out to be a non-issue. I played more Skyrim for a little bit before getting off the computer. I started day 14 of my 54 day rosary novena at 10:54pm and completed it at 11:16pm. I finally went to sleep.

Song of the Day: Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin (1924)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 19th, 2026: Another day of doing nothing. I woke up and had cereal and coffee to get on the computer to play more Skyrim. I found out that yesterday my former roommate Enosh went to Hungary. I flagspammed more and also spent a good amount of time on YouTube, I checked my email for no new news about my two job interviews yesterday save for some stuff about a background check for the seasonal gig which I easily completed. My lunch was a raw block of ramen that I munched on as I had no energy to actually cook. It came around to 3:00pm and I decided to depart for the University library to prepare for the networking event. I got in with my backpack and decided to upload this news article chimping out about this pastor Pete Hegseth follows named Doug Wilson, he’s from Moscow, Idaho and from a very brief description of him you’d think he’s a low-church evangelical but no he’s actually a Presbyterian, Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches to be exact. I got some vibes that it’s like St Marys, Kansas but for protestants, although the population numbers they gave was the Kirkers being only %10 of the 27,000 population of Moscow, Idaho. There was this passage shortly afterwards:
<Kirkers told me that they often feel unwelcome in Moscow. They showed me photos of the words “pedo” and “scum” spray-painted on a church affiliate’s campaign signs and a Wilson grandchild’s truck. Several people affiliated with the church mentioned that the church office had received anonymous death threats.
Hypocrite coming from the side that is too affirming of real womans. Then immediately afterwards:
<My first evening in Moscow, I attended a prayer event—the one Linda found objectionable—hosted by the town’s Interfaith Association. Folk dancers stepped in time to a local cantor’s version of the Hebrew folk song “Hinei Ma Tov”; Baptist pastor Hannah Brown read a poem she had written about love; a singer performed the Christian rock anthem “Hold Me Jesus.” Jews, Baha’is, and members of progressive churches were present, as were some Catholics and Mormons. The crowd of about 300 held candles and sang spirituals like “This Little Light of Mine.”
I can see why they don’t like it. There was then this other passage a little bit later:
<In the offices of Canon Press, I met lead pastor Joe Rigney, who once presided over a Wilson-affiliated church in St. Paul, Minnesota—one that made national news in January when protesters outed one of its pastors as an ICE officer. Rigney is also the author of the 2025 book Leadership and the Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits, in which he argues that a fixation on empathy has led mainstream evangelicals astray.
<Women are naturally more empathetic than men, Rigney told me, a disposition that makes them unsuitable for church leadership, combat, and, in most cases, roles like CEOs of companies and professors at colleges. (All but three of the New Saint Andrews faculty are men.) “Women being the glue that often holds communities together through relational connection, nurture, care, hospitality—that’s a really great thing,” he said. But public life requires a man’s steely resolve. “Behind a lot of our political dysfunctions, whether it’s on things like abortion or the LGBT stuff or immigration, the throughline is that we can’t enforce boundaries because empathy overrides what’s truly good.”
<The idea of empathy as a sin is having a moment. Conservative Christian podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey published a book, Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion, elaborating on the same theme. JD Vance hinted at the notion of misplaced empathy in 2025 when he talked about the Christian idea of ordo amoris, Latin for rightly ordered love. “I think it’s a very Christian concept that you love your family and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens, and then after that, prioritize the rest of the world,” he said in a Fox News interview. “A lot of the far left has completely inverted that.” (Pope Francis disagreed with Vance’s interpretation, describing the concept instead as “love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception.”) In an appearance last year on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Elon Musk famously said, “The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.”
He’s got a point but the problem is mostly with the phrasing, rather than saying empathy is a sin, I would say that they are corrupting empathy to suit their needs and divorcing it from the other virtues. I then wrote some more before printing out my resume and walking over to the center for the event. I waited a bit and then got a drink:


The first event from 5:00pm to 6:00pm was an introduction of various AI engineers to one another and what they were working on, I talked and we went around in a circle, but there were only 3 women compared to the many men. Afterwards I was approached by an Indian guy to ask me to help him with his company which works sales, he wanted to make a phone AI bot to help companies but I told him I couldn’t do it because I had no experience with sales. I got pizza for dinner and cinnamon sticks which I dipped in frosting in a cup. I saw some project proposals that they made, one of an app to help make others more aware of the geography of the city through quizzes, I proposed one that it has tests where you had to say how to get from two different addresses by listing bus routes. There was another one which recommended investment apps and websites to you based on what you want, I told him there was no option to ask about investing in precious metals like gold, silver, platinum, et cetera. I then saw this booth by a European guy named Alexandre Cerret who made this jewelry which had hardware in it to send messages for safety because he told me that his ex-girlfriend got assaulted in Paris. He was dressed in a suit minus a tie with an outfit more for advertising perfume. I added him on LinkedIn before heading back home to flagspam more. I took a shower with the lights turned off except for the glow of my phone playing classical music including a Saint-Saëns piece, a Bach-Gounod, and a Massenet. then I started day 15 of my 54 day rosary novena at 9:39pm and completed it at 9:59pm.

Song of the Day: The Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan - Camille Saint-Saëns (1886)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 20th, 2026: Boat cruise today. I woke up and had cereal and coffee. On Instagram I saw that Onyx II’s birthday is today as my sister had posted it. I got on the computer to flagspam more and also browse KiwiFarms. In relation to the article on Doug Wilson I posted yesterday, some guy whose username was Elwood P. Dowd asked:
<As somebody who oscillates between agnosticism and Catholicism, Wilson doubtless thinks I'm on my way to hell, wherever I end up. But I must admit I laughed at this.
I looked it up on Google and he said that it was true, I replied to him with:
>He said he believes that some Roman Catholics will be saved in a New York Times interview, I'll post that on A&N soon.
I posted the Doug Wilson article but not the accompanying 1 hour long video, more specifically an interview between him and Ross Douthat. At the start there is this portion:
<Douthat: So let’s start off with a pretty basic question. We are both Christians. I’m a Roman Catholic. You are an evangelical Protestant, but specifically a reformed evangelical——
<Wilson: Right, Presbyterian.
<Douthat: Presbyterian, Calvinist.
<Wilson: Yeah. Calvinist — all that.
<Douthat: So our traditions have had some pretty sharp differences in the past, like wars-of-religion level. And the people involved in those conflicts thought that there were really serious eternal stakes involved, that, respectively, Catholics and Protestants were leading people into serious error, putting people at risk of damnation.
<Wilson: Right.
<Douthat: So, simple question: Do you think I’m going to hell?
<Wilson: [Chuckles.] That’s not my job.
<Douthat: It’s not your job to know — that’s true.
<Wilson: So let me reframe the question and then answer it straight up. I believe that there are many Roman Catholics who are saved and going to heaven. I also believe there are many Presbyterians who aren’t.
<The last day where the Lord separates wheat from tares, sheep from goats, there’s not going to be denominational lines. I believe that salvation is the gift of God, and as the gift of God, he bestows it on whom he will. And when he does that, the fruit of the spirit is the result.
<There are Roman Catholics with whom I can fellowship as brothers in Christ. And there are people who are just in an alien world from me. That doesn’t answer the question about you and me, because we just met. [Chuckles.]
I replied to Elwood P. Dowd with the passage above to answer his question. After eating the last of my pasta for lunch. I went to the thrift store to buy a new button-up to wear for the cruise tonight and I got there and debated on two items, a green and white striped one and a blue and pink plaid one. I didn’t have much in the way of options as I am an adults small for clothing size. I bought them and went home to try them both on with the outfit I want:

I asked ChatGPT for advice and it said to go with the striped one, I got on the bus as the car I’d be taking was the guy who recommended me to the networking event whom I will be calling Maaenboodhoo. I got down to the public market to find him but I was super early so I decided to get some cheap oysters for dinner, at $1.00 for the Thursday special I bought 6 of them. I talked with this guy next to me named Eric. He told me he’s 83 and he helped troubled teens for 30 years, he was originally a chemical engineer who graduated from UW-Madison. He got great pay at his job but it was long hours, like 12 to 16 hours so he went to UW-Milwaukee and changed his career, like cutting his pay into a third but he felt more impactful. I enjoyed the oysters and said goodbye to him as I walked around in the place, I walked outside and the guy I was with said that he’d get out at 5:00pm but eventually found Loid and I waited with him as he ordered 2 burritos, 1 for him and for his friend. We went outside for them to eat on a picnic bench and then got into Loid’s car, which was a convertable, and extremely fun to ride in with the breeze even if I was a little cramped behind Maaenboodhoo. We got to a park and ride that I previously went all the way to on the bus. We got into Loid’s friend’s car and then drove all the way down, Loid’s friend talked about women wanting men who are engineers only when they start hitting 30, which I said should be fixed and they should prioritize those types of men starting earlier. At 6:13pm, my dad called me but I told him that I’m in the car so I couldn’t call back with the message:
>I’m in a car…
He replied with:
<I'm surrounded by air. Call me later
Loid’s friend said he is 34 years old and works remotely for an insurance firm in Denver, Colorado, Maaenboodhoo told me he’s 26 and I was the youngest at 22. Loid told us about this woman who he accidentally made take an Uber to a date spot halfway between Loid and his date, so he had to wait for the woman to get her Uber before heading home, she’s 32 from what I heard. We eventually got there and downtown, we had to drive around to find a parking spot and ran to the boat to get on. We got on the boat and I turned in my signed waiver as the others had to do theirs on the boat. While getting on the boat and getting complimentary food. I saw this woman and talked with her a bit, whom I will be calling Lucy, I thought she was around my age or perhaps 18 at minimum but no, she’s 34. I saw Catejean get on the boat and then Kong go on the wrong dock and then get on. I went up the stairs and Kong, Lucy, and I sat near each other and we talked a little bit before it was Lucy and I talking a bit. I got a Stella Artois and sipped it down for a while, Lucy told me she works at a Culvers 2 counties south of me and she likes this new priest at her church because he’s more contemporary (yuck) but she only goes to the Saturday mass due to having to work the Sunday shift.

I noticed Kateri on the boat and her skin was really red, like sunburnt. I went to the front of the boat and saw Bonaventure and then Catejean plus Table #7. I caught up with her and she told me that her job was auto body technician, which was a mechanic who also had to do stuff with the car body like buff out dents. Table #7 said she’s going to quit that because of the exposure to toxic chemicals would impact her ability to have kids later on she wants to be a mother. She also brought a friend along whom I will be calling Seuss, due to him looking like a character in a live action Dr. Seuss movie (if his widow Audrey Geisel didn’t chimp out at the hidden gemerald known as The 2003 Cat In The Hat movie) and pretty fancy. Kong and I talked to Seuss a bit and he told us he’s a hobby photographer who’s from Chicago, Illinois. He mentioned going to a Latin mass and I thought he was Table #7’s boyfriend but I was wrong. I asked about the Latin mass in the Archdiocese of Chicago and he told me there’s 2, he mentioned at 7:56pm the St John Cantius Requiem mass. I went around a bit more and talked to Karelusa who was doing a bit from The Titanic with the other guy. I got more sodas that someone else brought including a Pepsi. I talked with Lucy a bit more and then went back to talk with Table #7 and Kong, Table #7 mentioned that she was on her 3rd drink and I already had half a shot of amaretto beforehand and the beer. I talked with Lucy’s friend who goes to the same church as her but on Sunday and he said he could look for any open IT positions at his job, he mentioned that he worked at the Franklin, Wisconsin campus which was originally built after fears that their building downtown would get attacked in the wake of 9/11, him and Lucy mentioned remembering it but I wasn’t even born yet. We eventually got back at 9:00pm and I had to go to the bathroom in the stadium. Kong talked with Table #7 and told us he needed to charge his phone so I gave him my charging cord but due to not being ensured that he could get it back to me, we agreed I keep it. I spotted a bunch of ducks half-sleeping near where we walked into the boat and found them so adorable, they appeared to be all female. We then drove back to the parking lot and on the way, Loid’s friend recommended some songs and he played them, most by The Lonely Island, including: Jack Sparrow, I Just Had Sex, and Jizzed In My Pants. It was so weird given the un-Christian content of the songs. At 9:36pm Maaenboodhoo texted me:
<I didnt expect any of this music, apologies
We got dropped off and got into Loid’s convertable, Loid had a rosary so I could start day 16 of my 54 day rosary novena at 10:01pm and completed my prayers to God with Loid and the other guy at 10:20pm. Maaenboodhoo got dropped off first and then I found out Loid’s an accounting manager and lives in a house in Waukesha County due to high property taxes. I got in and undressed, took a shower, and then went to sleep.

Song of the Day: Jack Sparrow - The Lonely Island, Michael Bolton (2011)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 21st, 2026: Friday today, I had a dream that I was at one of those 3 tiered shelf carts where they will usually sell discounted books from, it was filled with tons of diaries and I picked out one from the middle of the top shelf at random and the woman selling them got mad at me for picking out a girl’s diary and tried to paint me as a creep, a weirdo, I called her a whiny cacaot and she started having a meltdown. I had to prepare for Waleran moving in tomorrow. I had coffee after cereal and got on my computer to write a bit.
>This is Gemerson-Lake Palmer.
<It's been a pleasure getting to know you tonight.
<Did you make it home okay?
>I am almost home don’t worry!
<Kk.
<I need to get up early for work tomorrow. So, sweet dreams, Gemerson.
<Maybe we can discuss more of that St. Claire's event in the morning?
>It’s at [my church] but sure!
Starting from today:
>The mass is from 6:30pm to 7:30pm then we go somewhere afterwards.
<That sounds good I have to make a few stops tonight after work, and then I'll be on my way up.
<Sorry, it's not morning. I got up late....again. Had to rush out the door.
>Aye aye, the dinner afterwards is at [Irish pub].
I agreed to do construction work for the guy at 1:00pm to 4:00pm but it was raining outside when I went over at 11:20pm in the rain, the door we usually go in was locked and I knew someone was there due to the two cars. I couldn’t find a place to stand and avoid the rain so I went home. I texted the guy who wanted me to do work and he told me he’d pick me up at my apartment originally at 12:20pm but got delayed to 12:30pm. He had me carry in some wood trimming for the piano stand and told me the job for today, I was tasked with cleaning these panels off and then staining them with this golden pecan stain. I actually did really well and found it far better and more fun than painting wood, though the stain revealed the lack of quality in the sanding, I stained 3 boards as this guy and his girlfriend stained the other 3 after me. I went back and saw Rita, Melany, and Nikki. I saw Rita’s computer and noticed that it had feminists stickers on it and I was disgusted, but she asked me if I wanted coffee and I asked for a hot vanilla latte. I continued staining until Rita delivered me my coffee she bought. More people arrived including Lewis, Nash, Kristine, Cronstedt, Kalifornia, Sixes, and even Father Malachi, he did an interview thing with Melany for something in a room and I got him to say hi to Lewis.

The guy had me stain a shelf with gunstock and I put too much on at first so it looked very red, but after wiping it off the excess with a rag, it got to be more like the usual color. My final staining project for today was the wood trim with this smoke gray that was supposed to match the vinyl of the piano platform, I applied it and it hardly worked, it was a slight grey coloring but I stirred it and it still didn’t get what was advertised so I suggested he do the rest in an ebony stain. I helped move more stuff and then helped with holding the boards in while they were drilled into the stairway, I left at 4:00pm and in the groupchat I saw this spergout or hacking from this divorced guy I met at the Friday night event:
<Would any lovely women like to join me for a little slice of 'pizzagate'?
<I have Answers to your Questions. Q Anon Shlongs.
<Bahahahhahahaahhahahahahahhahahahah ahahhahahahahahahahahaha
<Start 3.0
<Now
Some guy said:
<Drink some water
He continued:
<This cell has graduated
<Begin 3.0
<Crunch is for outsiders who are crunching on hard truths
<Chill we won the war
<[Ghost with money tongue emoji]
Casta replied:
<[censored], this chat is not for this type of communication. Please consider taking a break from sending messages.
Kong replied:
<His account got hacked I think
I’m not sure because he kinda acted loud during Eucharistic adoration back a bit, but he got removed from the chat. I took the bus down to the 6:30pm mass and got in right before 6:00pm and got in line for confession, I was behind Teddy and noticed the European guy behind me was constantly looking either at me or at the confessional, 2 acolytes went to the front of the line and when I got in I ended up getting the biggest drilling of my life, the priest, whom I will be calling Father Ironside because of his sreal womangness in the faith. Told me I needed to not even bring my phone into my bedroom, I assumed because he thought that I masturbated there instead of the bathroom, but I still took his advice, and I also took his advice on setting up alarms for short prayers, I had more specifically in mind 3 Our Father’s a day as per the Didache recommendations. He asked if I was confirmed and I said yes. The mass went through quick and I did the prayer asking for intercession from my guardian angel, I received the eucharist and spotted Bonaventure and Karelusa a bit before praying and then leaving to catch the bus, spotting some broken glass along the way. I took the bus and then walked to the Irish pub we were to meet at, getting there at 7:30pm with the Omahan and his friend there. We waited for more people to show up and I ordered fish fry and also got a bottle of malt vinegar for the fish fry and ordered a pineapple cider because I found it interesting and they didn’t have the beer I want nor any mead. I waited until 8:20pm for more people to show up until I just started eating. A few minutes later, Bonaventure arrives and then Kong a bit after him, Kong orders an irish coffee and when talking about jobs, Bonaventure mentioned to look for something at his company, I found no open IT positions but did see one for a machinist apprenticeship that required no experience. I realized I forgot to call the family friend’s daughter and asked to reschedule for Sunday, then at 3:00pm. I took the bus home and then I started day 17 of my 54 day rosary novena at 9:58pm and completed it at 10:19pm. I continued writing until the end of the day passed.

Song of the Day: Amityville - Eminem, Bizarre (2000)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 22nd, 2026: Moving churches today. I woke up at 8:12am and got out of bed to make cereal and then coffee. I went to upload more soyjaks and then got a message that Waleran would be coming at 12:30pm. I spent some time vacuuming the living room and then vacuuming his soon to be room, working on using the nozzle to get the dust accumulated under the radiator, I got most of it and cleaned up the kitchen before getting a message that he was outside. I went out to meet him and his mom, he grabbed his dresser and I started helping them move in, I helped bring in 2 dressers and then a new, larger round table. Waleran’s dad eventually came to move in and he helped bring in more stuff like a cardboard box full of ramen stuff, like a lot of it. We got a woodworking project that Waleran made inside which was a long table that he used for storing liquor, it was a long thin table with the legs being charred wood that seemed to undergo the yakisugi technique, then another polish on it, finally with the actual top of the table being a collection of bottle caps including that of: Coors Light, Corona, New Glarus Brewing Company, Horny Goat Brewing Company, Banquet, Bud Light, Miller Lite, Samuel Adams, Red Stripe, Sierra Nevada, Helles Gold, Primo Hawaiian Lager, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Angry Orchard Hard Cider, Karl, Winter Hook, Yazoo, LBC, Goose Island, Braven, The Rusty Fox, GolfBeer, Hook & Ladder Lighter, and lots more, all held in place by epoxy resin, except a little dent caused by Waleran’s younger brother accidentally touching it. Speaking of siblings, Waleran has an older brother and an older sister also that he mentioned. He also brought in some of his architecture stuff as he hadn’t graduated college yet. We brought more of his stuff in and unpacked a large amount of glasses and many items that were poker themed.

He showed me this literal shot glass and a tiny shot glass he had for his 5’0” friend named Sam who would always get drunk when she went drinking with them. Waleran’s mom went out to buy a mattress and this projector that Waleran brought I got in, I tore it a little trying to get the dust off the filter then blew it to get the rest out. When he was done unpacking most of his stuff, his father decided to get some Greek food for us and I got my order. Waleran used his wooden container as a seat as he ate and then helped decorate his room a bit, he said he liked the pink in the bathroom and also the New York City subway system themed shower curtain. He ended up leaving and I got back and worked on writing in my blog until 6:40pm after some shrimp ramen in a cup for dinner, the worst flavor there is, and then walked to the old church. I got some milk along the way to drink and walked past my first ever apartment. When I got to the new church, I saw Kristine and Lewis carrying stuff over and talking amongst each other, I saw Father Aquinas as he was back and we went over to the old place. I sat in silent prayer next to Seraphim and I heard some people talking outside the building really loud so I went outside to tell Jade, Naomi, and her sister:
“Please keep it down, I can hear you from the chapel!”
They didn’t really care and only slightly toned it down. I went back to the front and asked to acolyte for the thing and it didn’t happen because there were already 3 acolytes, we then at 8:00pm processed out and I was near the front of the line as we took the walk with the priest in the front and the 3 acolytes ringing the bell. We had to go in our usual side entrance. At Eucharistic adoration was Melany off to the side; Sixes’ friend, Elijah, and Nash as acolytes; and the others there included Aquino, Agaw and her fiancé, Naomi and her sister, Lewis, Seraphim, Rita, Casta and her husband, Jade, Elijah’s mom, Nikki, my temporary boss, Kristine, Alley, Cronstedt, Bernarda, Luigi, Kalifornia. I went downstairs to write a bit and then went back up until the end. Most of us went downstairs for the social afterwards. I went to Agaw and her fiancé and asked them:
“When will your wedding be?”
Agaw’s fiancé replied:
“Juneteenth.”
I joked;
“Hey, Juneteenth will finally be a real holiday for you.”
Agaw’s fiancé mentioned that joke in the groom’s groupchat. I talked with Rita and ate a good amount of the sour airheads they had. Nikki insisted that I get a honey bun but I just kept it for later. I talked more with Agaw’s fiancé while he was over talking with Cronstedt. Nikki and Melany were dancing to the music they put on, even with Nikki spinning Rita around in this rolling chair. I overheard Father Aquinas talking about his family reunion trip to Switzerland and a mention of a relative named Adolf that died a while back. I left at 9:40pm and made sure to say goodbye to everyone there. I started day 18 of my 54 day rosary novena at 9:42pm and completed it while walking back at 10:03pm. Here is all the texts I had with Lacy today:
>Yeah. The usual priests are in Italy.
<Oooo, they must be having fun, no?
>Something for the seminary.
<Hm. Sorry for being so quiet today. I was cleaning house. So much fun.
>Brooooo
>I had my roommate finally move in.
<Omgness! Congrats! Did you lay down your law? Or are you gents working it out together?
I took a shower and then posted my blog before going to sleep.

Song of the Day: Rhyme Or Reason - Eminem (2013)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 23rd, 2026: Sunday, I woke up at 7:15am after I thought I set my alarm to the proper configuration to play the radio for my alarm but that didn’t work. I got up and went to the convenience store to buy milk for my cereal and then went back to eat it. I got dressed up for church and brushed my teeth and applied deodorant, I got on the bus to church and sat near the back next to the Omahan. Adam II and his girlfriend sat near us and he was one of the ushers for when we went up to receive the Eucharist. I noticed that Horseradish was in attendance so I said hi to him while he was holding open the door for others, I took the bus home and actually applied to a few jobs. I had nothing else to do except upload flagjaks to the Booru. As for this vote on what soylent flavor I should order, the winner (the variety pack) was out in the store so I had to hold a second vote, on if the second place winner should go or I wait. I eventually prepared for the call with the family friend’s daughter at 5:30pm. She told me about her story, going to college from 2015 to 2019 and then spent 4 years as an intelligence officer in the army after college. I talked a little bit about my situation and then she told me I basically had two options:

1. Become an officer in the army due to college degree, vet hands on experience and being trained, lots of structure, get out and lots of veterans benefits. She warned me that recruiters might lie
2. Federal service, government civilian contractor without any military benefits, more interesting due to no need to move, GS employee, extremely stable, low risk, medium reward.

She told me to talk to this guy named JP that she thinks I should contact and a link to more info about federal service (the Wikipedia page is very short) and I went to cook 3 sausages for dinner and took some sauerkraut to go with it. I wrote a lot more and then took a shower in the dark with classical music playing. I got out and then dried myself off, I was running low on underwear because I needed to do my laundry soon and I promised to do it tomorrow. Outside my bedroom in the living room, I watched part of this YouTube video called: Ranking Every Chicago ‘L’ Station by a guy named Sage based in Chicago who took the effort to visit all 144 stations but I think he’s gonna real woman out soon and it was funny how many Blue line stations sucked and that the name Harlem was repeated on the Blue line twice I started day 19 of my 54 day rosary novena at 10:59pm and completed the Joyful mysteries at 11:22pm before blogposting and going to sleep.

Song of the Day: Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett (1966)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 24th, 2026: Another lazy day. I woke up at 7:00am and then took my laundry to the nearby laundromat and put it in, after that, I went to the convenience store to buy some milk and I realized that they had no normal half gallons of milk so I got the full gallon of whole milk for $6.09. I had cereal and brewed coffee before heading back to the laundromat to move the stuff from the washer to the dryer. I got back and then I tried to go on the computer to play Skyrim but I was getting this weird error that Skyrim Script Extender couldn’t find SkyrimSE.exe, fun. I made some chicken flavored cup ramen for lunch and got a bit dressed up, I registered to be a blood donor on Wednesday at 3:45pm, but I still wanted to go donate plasma now. I was interrupted by a call from my mom and a text at 12:59pm:
<Hey give me a call when you get a chance
I then called her and she asked me about how the call with the family friend's daughter went, I said it went good and I wanted to prioritize federal service, my mom asked me if I was willing to move and I said I don't want to, after this point she got angry, telling me that I was wasting her time by being very stubborn and that she wasn't going to help me anymore due to it being a waste of time. My mom called the area/county where I live, which had well above 400,000 people in it, a:
“...Small-ish town…”
I knew she was being ridiculous with that comment and just told her goodbye but she still kept lecturing me until I hung up around the 10 minute mark. I felt at peace after hanging up and watched YouTube on the television for a bit until I left at 2:00pm to head down to the blood donation clinic I was scheduled at to see if I could get in early. I got there and the two Black guys working there, one a receptionist and the other a janitor, asked me what I needed, I said a walk in plasma donation and he told me that those weren't happening here and redirected me to this active plasma donation place. I walked over there in 15 minutes in a ghetto neighborhood, I'm pretty sure I saw a prostitute while crossing the street to the donation clinic. I got in and noticed quite a lot of Black people sitting in the seats waiting for their appointments, I went up to talk to this Black guy named James who I found out the name of because he was talking to this donor who said;
"Yo what's your name so I'll give you a good review on Yelp."
The receptionist replied:
"I'm James."
I talked with James and he told me that there was an issue with my drivers license that it still had my very old address that was far more than 30 miles away from the donation center, he said I also needed my social security card with me for it and I waited off to the side. I sat down for a while and noticed the other people there started including more White people, only a few but it was still majority Black people, I was then called up by a different woman to fill out a form but she told me that she needed a letter from my current address and also my social security card so I left, I took one super fast bus back and then on the one closer to my home. Safiyya got on the bus at 4:21pm but I didn’t talk to her at all. I got off the bus and into my home. In terms of news, it’s actually a quite positive day as Donald Trump announced another gigantic increase on H-1B visa fees, I can’t wait for the job market to finally clear up with much fewer godless Indians. I decided to get some peas for dinner and then went all the way over to the grocery store to buy red cream soda, superman ice cream, bananas, pasta, some other food stuff, and also starbursts drink mix. I got the bus home and then got to the tv to have ice cream floats with the superman and the soda and then watched another episode of the Richard Sharpe tv series on YouTube. I took a shower and then I wrote a bit more to finish up quickly I started day 20 of my 54 day rosary novena at 10:57pm and completed the Joyful mysteries at 11:20pm before blogposting and going to sleep.

Song of the Day: Deux Arabesques, L. 66: No. 1 in E Major, Andantino con moto - Claude Debussy (1891)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 25th, 2026: Exploration today. I woke up at 6:10am and got cereal and coffee. I wrote a bit more for my blog and saw that the Mario Kart Retro Rewind servers were still offline due to someone DDoSing them for no good reason. I got on the Soybooru and uploaded more. I then got dressed up a little bit and took the bus over to this nearby bus line at 12:00pm, I got off and then went into this convenience store run by pajeets and bought 2 bags of circus peanuts for $2.00 and an Arizona iced tea. I walked over to the bus through these alleyways and then walked in the “park” nearby to fill it all out on SuperLocalMaps. The bus got there at 12:05pm and sat in the back to write a bit before departing. A few stops in and the bus driver asked the three of us on board:
“Where are you going to, because I’m only going to 76th.”
I said I was going to the end and a few stops in she asked if we could transfer to the bus behind her and we all obliged as the bus changed from the number to say: NOT IN SERVICE. I got on the new bus near the back and rode it while writing to Enosh asking for advice, thankfully he was awake in Hungary so we had this conversation starting at 1:18pm:
>When you donated plasma in [city], where did you usually donate?
<I donate at BioLife. Typically the one on [2 busses away]
>What do you need to start donating by the way.
>I tried donating at one near [rich kids college] and I was turned away due to not bringing my social security card or mail shipped to my address.
<I’m pretty sure you need at least one form of I.D and proof of residence
<That’s strange. Maybe call and ask if an email or an elecreal womanic document would work.
>I just updated my address for [bank] so I’ll get some soon.
I waited on the bus while it did its break and then took it all the way back to the start and walked a bit in the street. I saw another sign that warned about an autistic child and it made me laugh a bit. I got on the bus back home and worked on uploading more soyjaks and watched a little YouTube on the television a bit. On the news I saw that Dolly Parton died today at the age of 80. I was really bummed out like a lot of other people, especially Markus’ brother who said his cousin got books from her Imagination Library program of sending kids in the south a book to help them read. I wrote more and discussed plans with Hannah for getting a car for a talk at a bar in the county over by the archbishop emeritus I went back to my computer but I checked my phone to see Lacy texted me at 4:46pm:
<I just realized you never answered my question. What part of [city] do you live in? It'll be easier to plan a date if I know.
I screenshotted it and censored it a bit to post the info that I was asked out by a 34 year old woman, the first response was @Zonky asking me:
<Are you 40
I am not, and also @barabeero telling me:
<find someone your age but only if shes a hot milf
I had dinner and then took a shower with classical music in the dark. I started day 21 of my 54 day rosary novena at 10:04pm and completed the Glorious mysteries at 10:28pm before blogposting and going to sleep.

Song of the Day: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: III, Andante sostenuto - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1877)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 26th, 2026: Packed Wednesday today, I woke up at 7:00am, I made my coffee and took some cereal before getting on the computer, I wrote a good amount and then checked the Mario Kart Retro Rewind servers to see they’re still down. I had some ramen for lunch and consumed 2 cans of the red cream soda, which tastes like those gumballs you’d get at those gumball machines for a quarter. Also I found out that Tim Curry the actor died late yesterday night in Los Angeles, California. 2 celebrities in the same day… I then heard at 1:20pm that the Catholic center missionaries were going onto the campus grounds to evangelize, so I got dressed up a bit to go to their evangelizing event and also blood donation later with my teal and white striped dress shirt and a suit jacket and walked over to the campus near where I saw them last time but couldn’t find them and walked all over but nothing, I left for my blood donation at 2:00pm on the bus but arrived very early at 2:00pm. I just walked around the south part of the rich people’s college to fill out SuperLocalMaps, I walked around a bit and saw a woman with a hammock set up in the grass and then I got to Saint Joan of Arc chapel. I went in and prayed for about 8 minutes. When I went out the tour guide asked me if I wanted a tour, I said yes and sat down with him and he said he had carpal tunnel surgery on his right hand 6 days ago. The story of the chapel starts off in the 1420s in France when the chapel was built and named Chapelle de St. Martin de Seyssuel after the pareal woman saint of France, Saint Martin, nothing about Saint Joan of Arc praying here was mentioned, but after the French Revolution, the rich family which had owned it gave it up and the chapel fell into disrepair. But then a family located on Long Island purchased it and had it shipped over piece by piece to Brookeville, New York in 1927. The guy who ordered it died and they didn’t know where they wanted to do with it so they shipped it to its current location and then re-assembled it in 1964. He told me about more stuff including a stone that Saint Joan of Arc kissed that happened to be colder than all the other stones, I felt it and could detect it. He also talked a lot about the stained glass windows there which were from the 14th century with him talking about how Joan of Arc would recognize There was also the crucifix that was absent due to threats of the crystal crucifix almost being stolen. So this wood carving of Jesus from Italy above the entrance to the east and it was originally larger but all that remained was the sculptures of Saint Peter and Saint Paul that were used to be part of a larger object and originally held a flag in each of their hands. The arms on Jesus were removed and the chandelier near the door made it look like Jesus had butterfly wings and a crown but he thought it looked like angel wings. There was another crucifix to the side of the stone altar that some priests used. A few people came in while we were talking and he remained focused on me. The tour guide described himself as being “closer to 70 than 60” in terms of age and he had a wife and two cats at home, he told me that he had been bouncing around the college ever since 1973 and working as a tour guide ever since post Covid-19. He told me a story set in July 2022 about a bunch of Ukrainians visiting and crowding around the stone that they had that would cause the chapel to heat up, well he measured the temperature and it didn’t change. I told him that I was going to donate plasma and he told me that he used to donate to the place nearby. I walked over to the place and saw a robot called Sisyphus running along a track for an experiment. I checked in at 3:30pm and I talked with the receptionist and she recommended that I do whole blood instead of plasma because I hadn’t donated since 2025. I then went into this room with this Black woman doctor who had me respond to these questions and then fill out a form. She had me test my blood pressure which was normal with an also normal heart rate. For the blood iron test where she pricked my left hand’s middle finger. I scored 14.0 g/dL when the minimum is 13.0 g/dL and at this point I felt woozy, I asked to go get some water to drink and she said that I can but she didn’t think I should donate anymore due to being lightheaded. I collapsed on the walk there…
I was woken up to a wheelchair to the left of me and a regular chair at my feet. The 5 Black women told asked me if I was ok and stated that I braced the fall by tucking my arms to my face and surviving, I was on the ground for a while while the lady there had me give her my drivers license for some paperwork as I was given some snacks like pretzels, water, Coca-Cola, and apple juice as I recovered while watching Everybody Hates Chris:


I checked my phone to see a message from Abscond from yesterday:
<Do you own a nice black crew neck or v neck shirt?
I replied back to her at 4:00pm and continued the conversation:
>I think so, why do you ask?
>Also how are we paying the $75
<You will be paying the $75 to the range. They accept credit card. Unsure about other payment forms
<It’ll go better with your jacket
<
>Where did you get this?
>
<I have sources
>Name them!
It was probably Bonaventure. I left after getting recovered and walked to my bus stop, I had debated either going to this church hosting The feast of Our Lady of Częstochowa or my regular Wednesday Eucharistic adoration event and decided on the latter. I went home to recharge a bit then get on the bus to make it to adoration. I didn’t see many signs for priests in confessionals, only Father Malachi and another priest. I prayed for most of the time and spotted Rita sitting in the pew in front of me with her shifting off to the side and Luigi in front of her. Rita went to the confessional and I spotted more people here like Chagal, Lewis, Sixes’ Friend, Kristine, Melany, Nikki, Teddy, and others. There was an after mass social at the bar and when mass was done, I walked over to the bar they recommended and then got in, I debated on ordering a grasshopper versus an Irish mule (Moscow mule but with Irish whiskey instead of vodka) and I was going to leave instantly afterwards due to nobody else but I turned around and saw so many more people here now. I went to sit down and saw Von was at the bar and he came over to sit with me while eating some popcorn chicken. Von told me that he got back from Spain after a few weeks there visiting his family and viewing the eclipse on August 12th, 2026. Von currently works as a teacher for a public school and he told me he doesn’t drink so he just has a non-alcoholic cocktail. I talked to these other people a bit and got to meet them before leaving at 9:30pm to catch the bus home. I took a shower and I started day 22 of my 54 day rosary novena at 10:28pm and completed it at 10:48pm while doing the dishes.

Song of the Day: Tunnel of You - Cannon (2022)

 

[GemersonLakeAndPalmer]

August 27th, 2026: A packed day with gun stuff. Lots of it. I woke up at 6:30am to my alarm clock going off about some news. I then got on the computer for a short time and then got cereal and coffee for breakfast. I wrote a lot more and also gamed a bit. I had some beef cupped ramen for lunch and checked to see that the Mario Kart Retro Rewind servers are still down. I had cleaned up a bit and got re-dressed in my polyester jacket, my grey v-neck t-shirt, and dress pants. I discussed with this one guy about him picking me up at 4:20pm. I was dressed and ready to go when he told me he moved it to 4:15pm for the pickup time. He was in front of the other apartment building so it took me a little bit to find him but then he let me in. He told me he was a programmer and that he worked remote but moved here in February, he also mentioned a brother that also lives in the city. We got out at 4:50pm and into the firearms training center, there were tons of guns for sale but it was mostly semi-automatic pistols followed by revolvers and rifles. Abscond came in after I paid for the class fee with a $100 as I just took off my sunglasses while she was wearing them so I put them back on. We talked and she told me the reason for organizing this class was due to this crazy dude who her sister put in prison just got released and their addresses are public. She also doesn’t have a gun either. The other people here included Maaenboodhoo, Loid, Yor, Bonaventure, the brothers, and a few other people. Before the class, Loid and Abscond talked about homeowning and how you’re not truly a homeowner if you’re paying off a mortgage still. We were instructed by TG who listed on the board that he spent 6 years in the US Navy, 24 years in my city’s fire department, 5 years at a weapon’s store right across the border for the very liberal county, 2 Years as a USCCA instructor, and 18 years concealed carrying. Bonaventure mentioned his old license lapsing so he at this class. Abscond brought some gyros for a few others to eat and they had them. I was disappointed by the lack of free food. TG told us to research things like Castle Doctrine, Stand Your Ground laws, and Duty To Retreat. Most of the first part of the course was talking about how to avoid a deadly potential altercation, like going in the middle of hallways AKA “slicing the pie”. We were introduced to Michael Martin talking about using force as a last resort (VERY IMPORTANT) and also John Dean "Jeff" Cooper’s color code. TG educated us on things like barriers, covers, concealment, and how they carried guns in the TV show Miami Vice. TG dated himself by mentioning that he remembered this February 20th, 2003 incident where a bunch of people at a Great White concert crammed themselves out the fire exit during a concert fire which resulted in exactly 100 people dying. We were learning about proper ammunition storage for gun safety and that you should return corroded bullets cartridges to the store for proper disposal. We went on a 5 minute break and perused through the store to look at the stuff. Abscond focused on this certain brand of pistols she wanted because as she said:
“I’m an Italian girlie!”
I replied:
“Well I’m an Irish girl- guy and Ireland isn’t known for their guns.”
I looked at the cheapest gun available there, it was pretty small but Bonaventure recommended against it due to issues with my pinky not being on the grip, he recommended the Glock 43X MOS Semi-Automatic for my first firearm. We got back in and talked about the effects of stress in shootouts including tunnel vision, decreased dexterity, diminished hearing, elevated pain threshold. TG also taught us where to aim when in a shootout and that we should call 911 afterwards and the police will arrive and usually detain you. Another important thing was how some liberal prosecutors have more hatred for guns owners (but not if they’re Black criminals) and will try to make a case for you belonging in jail for a legitimate self defense situation because you liked a racist meme, so that’s why TG only posts his Dachshund on social media and has no stickers for gun orginazations. The second half was legal stuff, like there being 450,000 people in the state of 5,972,787, it included where you couldn’t bring in firearms and even you can’t do it for post office parking lots, one of the brothers (the one that didn’t drive me here) brought up him living near a strip mall post office. Some oddities of Wisconsin law included that knives of any length counted as ‘tools’ so you didn’t need a concealed carry permit for them. And then there was stuff on concealed carry holsters. We all got coupons for a free day at the range which expires November 30th, 2026. We were dismissed at 8:40pm and the brothers and I agreed that the older one would drive me back home. On the drive back he talked about being a canon lawyer and how he mostly did annulment cases where he, another canon lawyer, and a priest sit on a tribunal to determine if they can be granted. He also mentioned canon lawyers doing cases for canonizations but he said that’s basically a once in a lifetime thing. I asked him if there were people he knew that he thinks would have a canonization process for them but he couldn’t name any. He dropped me off at my place and he said he’ll pray for me. I made scrambled eggs for dinner with 5 eggs and this hot sauce for it. I started day 23 of my 54 day rosary novena at 10:01pm and completed it at 10:22pm. I felt kinda exhausted from today but I have to go online to change my address.

Song of the Day: Food for Your Soul - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1977)