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Sunday updates on my life, projects, and other thoughts.

Shaken Bacon

Ten years ago I was in and out of hospitals every month being scanned, poked, and prodded, trying to figure out the cause of my strange neurological symptoms (fainting, ataxia, myoclonic seizures, loss of speech). There were two especially unpleasant exams that stick with me. One was an...

Skin in the Game

I recently took a resume workshop and now have a much more polished resume ready for rejection, haha! You can check it out here. I've been applying to 30+ jobs a day now, which takes time, but it hasn't been as bad as I expected. ![Applications](/images/11Nov2025_applications.png) The job...

Rookie Numbers

Job search has been painful. Last week a technical recruiter from Aha! found me, and I got an interview. I really liked their company and their employees seemed to be really happy. I especially liked that they bootstrapped themselves and didn't take outside venture capital. I had a great initial...

Gut Feelings

I have been eating animal based (fruit, meat, dairy) for the last couple of weeks. It's been quite a special kind of hell. I loved eating lots of pineapple, mango, blueberries, strawberries, aged cheddar, kefir, greek yogurt, macadamia nuts, pistachios, and butternut squash. However, the blood...

Breathe

It's cold, rainy, and there's a nostalgic smokiness wafting in that makes me feel like I'm camping. I've been very tired. Lots of migraines. An exhaustion that comes and goes. My fire is burning low. Taking it easy. ![Mountain](/images/19Oct2025_image.jpg) Song of the Week This song got me through...

Crashes

A few months ago I joined a type 1 diabetes carnivore group. It's been a wonderful place to ask questions and also to help others. One of the members is around 70 years old and has been doing this for many years now, and I really look up to her. She posts multiple times a day with every meal she...

Vision

This morning, I woke up blind. All I could see were shimmering and pulsating black and white geometric patterns. Lots of squiggly lines. Even with my eyes closed, my vision was filled with them swirling around like a kaleidoscope. With my eyes wide open, I could faintly see some of the outlines of...

Sensitivities

Living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) has given me a kind of superpower that few people have: Knowing how sensitive my body is to insulin. I read so many books and health articles talking about the importance of reversing insulin resistance and balancing blood glucose levels, but most people have no...

Life Puzzles

I am currently in the "I don't want to do this" stage of my self-employment journey. The only thing that interests me right now is having enough money to pay the bills. The dwindling savings is taking a much larger toll on my psyche than I would have expected. Sudden expenses appear and my timeline...

The Right Way

While working and living at Shambhala Mountain Center, I got to attend many pricey spiritual retreats for free. On one retreat I was sitting in a circle with a group of 5 or so others and we were instructed to meditate quietly together on this question: "What are you most afraid of?" After a few...

Hormones

Every now and then I read a book that completely changes my perspective on myself and the world. I just finished reading one of them: The Power of Your Thyroid and Adrenals: How They Shape Your Health Throughout Life and How to Heal Them by Dr. Elizabeth Bright. It is highly technical and gets into...

Punny Business

This past week I spent a lot of time diving into the legal side of setting up my own business. It's been moderately annoying. Payment processors, copyrights, privacy policies, terms of service, cookies, and country/state specific data laws. There's a lot of things to juggle to do the most basic...

I gotta lotta projects

I've got a lot of stuff rumbling and tumbling around inside me right now. Mentally, and physically. Physically, I've been doing a full lion diet elimination for awhile and slowly trying to add back things to see how my body reacts. Yesterday I ate 1/2 tbsp of raw honey, which I guess my body just...

Hello World

Hi. I've decided to spend my Sundays writing, but I needed a place to put it. So I'll be doing that here. I might end up creating some separate spaces for 'stories' or 'memoirs' or something like that to separate my life updates. Song of the Week A couple years ago I spent a hellish 6 months living...