I literally love lazy camping

A pretty boulevard near here

I can finally escape my city! I’d be lying to you if I didn’t say the last 6 months were the most monotonous boring escapadeless days of my many ex-pat years.

First, there was a pseudo-lockdown, which I know we were really lucky here with the short length of it (only 3 months), but it still sucked bull horns.

Then there was the heat.

Or rather, there’s always the heat in the subtropics. I love it. But it still precludes me from enjoying what I like to call ‘lazy camping’. It’s simply too hot to sleep without the amazing invention colloquially called AC.

But now it’s Octoboer. And while I may not get to enjoy the back-home festivities of Oktoberfest, Thanksgiving, or my mother’s birthday (which always meant a delicious trip to Swiss Chalet), I do get to enjoy lazy camping!

F*ck yea.

So tomorrow I shall take a short high-speed train down to another city, jump on an express bus down to a small vacation town, and then rent a dangerous scooter to shoot over to the middle of the island for some rest and relaxation.

Oh, and of course dozens of beers, shots, beaches, and a mini-music festival.

Can’t forget those.

PS. It’s called lazy camping because they have these pre-setup military tents that are on movable stilts due to government land-use regulations. Long story. Anyway, they don’t require assembly and have electricity so my millennial needs are met.

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From JJ’s Vault

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Society:

In uni I took a spare course about the economics and global politics of water. I had no idea just how fascinating it would end up being. The professor became interested in this subject when he missed out on an investment into his buddy’s new company in the 90’s. A company that would sell bottled water. It later became Dysanni or something like that. Yikes. Talk about FOMO.

Anyway, it’s a neat subject to think about, I talked about how new drone cloud seeding technology might affect that.

And why it might be the future cause of WWIII.

Newsletters:

Anyone who’s been getting these tidbits in their mailbox for a while now has probably seen A) my weird humor and B) my indecisiveness when it comes to this newsletter’s style/naming/format.

To correct this, I started doing a bit more digging into what successful newsletter writers are doing. I’ll probably keep this up for a while longer as it’s pretty interesting.

Also, some of these peeps are making $1 million a year or more.

Here’s how one guy did just that.

Medium on Medium:

Sometimes Medium makes me scratch my head and wonder ‘WTF have I done with my last two years.’ And why my head is so itchy.

Today I put my thoughts to screen with a guess at why I think Medium’s algorithm has drastically changed for the perhaps 10 millionth time since I started this weird journey.

In short, views are cut drastically, money down with it, and I’m hurtin’…but it might be good for the long haul:

I Feel Like There’s Been a Medium Reset Recently

Society + My Life:

The last piece I wanna share is about communication. For months and months I’ve been reading, listening, and learning about why so many friggin’ people are now against what used to be ‘common sense.’ It’s called common for a reason. Come on people.

Anyway, here are three— what I think —very valid reasons why I’m still friends with staunch anti-vaxxers.

Next time you go to block that friend/cousin/child in your life who is spouting insanity, please think of this essay.

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That’s it for this week! I have a few more articles submitted so those might pop out in the next few days. I also have about 3 pieces I’m trying to wrap up before I can finally finish my first sprint. Or at least my first attempt at one.

The second half of October will be a different focus for my writing, I’m going to give it my damndest to see if I can get some more viral hits. It’s been far too long since my last one. It’s not fun working all these hours making $2 on most articles. Time to shift the focus.

Thanks!

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J.J. Pryor