Surviving the Felon: Week of 1/03/2026
I’m back with another instalment of Surviving the Felon. And we made it through one year of this nightmare. I really hope we don’t have three more years of this. Especially with how we started the second year of The Felon’s rein of terror. I’ll get to that in the bad section of course.
My mental health went into freefall over the last few weeks. And while I tend to expect that over the holidays, I really thought that I was going to be ok this year. Even with all the terrible things happening in the United States and the world, a lot of the horror has not effected me directly. So spiraling was because of personal issues, not the Felon. Not that makes how I felt any better. Luckily I followed my own advice and reached out to people I care about.
Something I am seeing more and more from those who support The Felon is the idea that empathy is weakness. That asking for help is a bad thing and that showing how you feel makes you pathetic. Naturally these people are projecting. They are weak and empathy makes us strong. Don’t listen to those fools. Their minds are lost. After all, they support a pedophile who happens to be a terrorist too. Instead reach out to your loved ones and check on your strongest friends. As we move into a new year, its a new chance to show solidarity with one another.
The Bad
While the news tries to control what we are worried about, don’t forget to learn more about the Heritage Foundation, Peter Thiel, and Curtis Yarvin. These are our real enemies, alongside The Window Shover of course. I’m putting this at the start of The Bad Section because I feel like this is by far the most important thing to get out of the negative.
An ordered list seems to be the best way to get through this section and so I’ll continue doing so. Negativity is the news’s specialty. And I want to focus on resisting and the positivity. But those bad things cannot be ignored. Giving it the least thought and fewest words is a proper compromise.
Everything ICE is doing in a city near you, Healthcare Costs going way up, Food Stamps running out, Genocide in Sudan, Conflict in the Middle East, The Felon investigating political enemies, The realization that our world is run by pedophiles, Rising Antisemitism, Attacks against Jews being used to fuel blood libel and conspiracy theories, threats of violence against politicians who don’t obey The Felon, An attack on Venezuela, threats of war in Nigeria and Greenland, the Military being forced to obey illegal orders, Rising Tensions between Japan and China, The Redacted Epstein Files
The Good
Well we made it past the bad part of the blog. While I didn’t technically add anything new to the list, several entries became worse as things that were possibilities became reality. I know that this seems like a horrible thing to start the good with, but like any band aid, taking it off the wound quickly gets the nasty part over with. And with that, let’s move onto the good.
I want to start by sharing relief that I made it past a depression spiral. If I can’t get my own mental health in order, I won’t be able to fight back against The Felon. It would become ever harder to find positivity in the world. And feeling negative all the time only financially benefits the very people who keep The Felon in power.
As far as good outside of my personal life, protests are happening against the bombings in Venezuela. Not just in the USA but around the world. I’m also relieved to see that people are not buying the propaganda that the citizens of Venezuela are all dancing in the streets now that their dictator has been kidnapped. I’m sure that some people are happy, but historically, the USA coming in and overthrowing a leader has only led to much worse chaos in that same country.
Transition
I weathered my personal storm and made it through the holidays. I have the month of January to breath before the another month of bad memories comes leering its head. So long as I can reach out to my support system when I need it, I feel confident that I can make it through this ever darker time. Enough people banding together and wanting a better world is the first step in making that manifest.
This blog has been a check in for my friends as well as one for myself. I said last week that I was proud of my accomplishments. And yet when new years came, I didn’t feel proud at all. I’m still not where I want to be. And when I had thought Depression was defeated for a time, it decided to strike while my guard was down. I feel a lot less optimistic than I did a week ago. And once more I need to seek out some positivity to offset the hurt in my brain.
Well, I made it to the part of this blog where I turn inwards. For this week, I really need to focus on feeling better. And that starts by telling myself to be proud of what I have accomplished. I don’t feel that way right now as I write this, and yet I turned this blog into a habit. I know I’m too hard on myself so I’ll release some anguish and focus on what made me smile for the rest of this blog post.
Workouts
Last week I promised that I would try something new towards keeping my workouts going while my work schedule messed everything up. I failed to make it happen. Still, I’m back to my normal work week now and with a new year its the perfect time to try and build that habit properly. I won’t be going to the gym, but I don’t need to to get my body healthier. If I can feel better physically it will help my mind too.
Video Games
Genshin Impact has helped me through some of the darkest times in my life. Ever since I started playing this game during Covid, I have wanted to know the full story. On days where I considered throwing my life away, this game has been a lifeline ensuring that every day I have a reason to still be here. And I’m not ashamed to admit that a Chinese Gacha Game has that sort of hold on me. The alternative is much worse.
Baldur’s Gate 3 was the other game I spent a lot of time on this week. Both together with friends and all alone, this game with all its different possibilities is just a special game. And I’m sure I’ll be playing it again for a long time. And should I get tired of it, I can always take a break before returning.
Fire Emblem Blazing Blade and Metroid Prime 4 were the other two games I played this week. I got stuck on a boss in the latter and will come back to that after my frustrations have faded away. It does me no good to fight a tough boss when I am not at my best. It only makes me do worse.
Pokémon Go
To dispel a lot of the doom and gloom I felt this last week I went on a hike for my Travel Blog. It was almost instant how much better I felt the moment I stepped outside for that walk. Not only did I catch plenty of Pokémon, but I got to explore a park off the beaten path. You can read that blog post here.
I hit a major milestone in my grassroots Pokémon Go League. I have won games here and there, but this week I won more games than I lost. Considering that I had a tough matchup, I am proud of this accomplishment. May I continue to improve.
And while I improve at the grassroots level, I won’t be taking the normal PvP ladder as seriously. I got most of the rewards I care about. Now I just need to practice and want to try some goofy teams while doing so. I even got my 1000 Ultra League wins. Once I have a few more Pokémon maxed out, it will be time to go for the Master League achievement.
Anime and Shows
The Anime Season came to an end and it gave me a week to watch shows I needed to catch up on. So I watched another episode of Lord of Mysteries and several more of One Piece. I’m almost caught up on the former but the latter is a long term project as anyone who has caught up on One Piece can tell you.
Stranger Things aired its final episode this week and I made sure to finish it at the same time as the rest of the world so that I would avoid spoilers. And while I have some issues with the show, I’m not gonna spend a lot of time complaining here. Too many places on the internet exist to complain about just about everything and I don’t want that to be this blog too. Instead I will say confidently that I liked the show and the plot issues don’t bother me.
Dungeons & Dragons
Given the holiday season, I wasn’t able to run my Centrum Glacies Campaign. Perhaps playing Baldur’s Gate 3 and watching Stranger Things helped me get my fix for the week. But neither one of those is my campaign and I’m looking forward to playing within a setting I created next week. I posted this exact same paragraph last week too. But there is no more Stranger Things to watch. I hope I can run a session next week.
Writing and Editing
This week I wrote a chapter and a half of my fifth Search for Eden Novel. As fun as this arc has been to write, I am eager to move on to the next book. Believe it or not, the first five books in this series are similar to how the Silmarillion is compared to Lord of the Rings. Starting with book 6, I’ll be writing my own Lord of the Rings. In essence, the meat of the story I really want to tell.
I did little editing this week. But now that the holidays are over and my work schedule is returning to normal, I’ll be back to completing my work on Earth Everafter Novel. Its gonna be a while till I complete editing. And I’ll be doing even more clean up on this novel afterwards.
Reading
While my work life balance was disrupted for a few weeks, I read more Magi and Mazino. I’m nearing the end of Magi with the final couple volumes arriving in the mail this week. And I already know what I’ll be reading next. Something exciting that I want to keep secret until I start it.
Wrap Up
Well a new year has started. The Felon started things off with a cruel series of bangs and explosions in Venezuela. Meanwhile my year started off with a whimper as Depression tried to drag me down. Unfortunately, even should The Felon be taken down, other Pedophiles with even more power and influence are poised to fill the void. And so we must build communities and unity to fight off those who wish to take The Felon’s power for themselves once he is gone.
And outside of The Felon, Capitalism, The One World Order that Libertarians claim we need to fear while they worship it tries to reduce our lives to monetary value. It is up to us to build lives that stand in defiance of this. Art cannot be quantified by capital and that is why those in power continue to demonize it alongside Liberal Arts. Anything demonized by Fascists is something that we should all care about. Because anything they oppose is what will help bring them down.
Anyway, you know who also doesn’t understand art and sentimental stuff at all? The Felon. Let’s outlast him in 2026. As humans let’s show love and light to those we care about. Those things are what make us better people. In fact its what makes us human. Our heartbeats are greater than anything he stands for. While he destroys, we rebuild. Our hearts craft beauty and wonder despite his parasitic presence. And we will only become stronger once he is no longer in our way. We will Survive The Felon together and unstoppable.
As a reward for reading all the way to the end, here is a picture of a cat.