20260106

overheard: "we love amy, amy can do no wrong"

is that why I can't detect evil? and why everything feels useful? because I love unilaterally?

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"you’re not alone, just early" - a thought that showed up, and I glanced up and saw a bus stop banner proclaiming "Next Stop: Joy"

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"this book will change your life" 🎵, a line from the Book of Mormon musical, they were playing some of it at Sidetrack's Musical Mondays last night

unimportant for n=1, importance scales with n, not because of the book, but because of the value of collective experience. you know how rare it is to experience a collective moment? **while still recognizing each other afterwards

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"when you break rules, break 'em good and hard" (Wyrd Sisters; Prachett)

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theory: my clear obsession with "what if I'm alone" is my energizer bunny

theory: everyone has a "what if" that does something like that for them, a "what if" that feels world-ending that never comes true but nonetheless spurs so much generativity. it's like a power source that lives in a pocket universe. mistake it for your own universe, and you end up a doomsday prepper maybe? respect it as an unreachable terminus, and the space between you becomes a resource