Beware of Power

And of the big green button.

Spring Cleaning!

Spring cleaning starts today. Won't you join in?

Steubenville 2024

I want to enter politics in Steubenville, Ohio, assuming that I successfully establish a presence as a small business owner downtown. I could use aspects of my "Cities Skylines" replica of the city to portray a vision for the city, with respect to physical infrastructure, civic amenities, etc. while providing details on a Wiki-style website of developing budgetary solutions to deliver on aspects of the vision idealistically set forth.

PUNCH! bar concept

Coming soon to Downtown Steubenville. The future begins 2022.

Open to all forms of good-intentioned, non-violent humans, this bar would feature arcade games, including homegrown collaborative games, pinball machines, and retro-grade arcade machines. It would feature a number of interactive exhibits, including a hamster tube labyrinth/habitat, incorporated with tubing for a hookah parlor.

Internet kiosks would be set up in the bar to empower individuals to strike down fake news articles cluttering the internet via various social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google). Participating patrons would receive 10 cents discount from their bar purchases per article struck down.

Mike's Kick'N Chicken

The mission of this endeavor is to create a quick-service fried chicken concept that would compete with Chik-fil-A, in order to provide a space where queer people, allies, and friends can visit to enjoy delicious fried chicken and associated "fixins."

Profits would be invested back to local communities to support marginalized groups among the queer (i.e. LGBTQ) community.

The menu proposed is as follows:

• Kick'N Chicken Strips - $5
• Waffle Fries - $3
• Cajun flavored
• Rosemary & truffle oil
• Durian sweet tea - $2
• Lychee sweet-n-sour lemonade - $2
• Large cookie - $2

Implementation plan:

1. Demonstrate recipe at party, April 2019
2. Cater for friends' events, April - December 2019
3. Establish catering service and/or food truck, June - December 2019
4. Establish fixed location - Columbus, Steubenville - 2020
5. Expand to other locations - Pittsburgh, Montreal, Portland, et al. - 2021

Cleanse

Earlier this month, I planned an upcoming sobriety period for myself from cannabis. The plan is as follows:

3/17 - 4/20 : Discontinue cannabis, cigarettes acceptable (in moderation)

After 4/20 - Resume cannabis (maybe?), discontinue cigarettes

So far, I've been 9 days clean from both cannabis and cigarettes.

If you can't love your lungs, how the hell are you gonna love anything else?

Mid-Life Mania

It's been an interesting couple weeks, as of late. Following my sudden termination from my CEATI role in Montreal, I was checked into the hospital for symptoms of weed-induced psychosis, after undergoing a manic attack resulting from my initial reaction to the termination.

This hospital has provided me a peaceful space with minimal distraction; it's led to a fountain of new inspirations and creative avenues for me, to apply towards the next stage of my career.

Thank you Lordt for making this happen - despite my initial frustrations at being here in the first place.

Now, if I could only get released from here this week, so I can get busy on cranking out some new music and some job applications...