hollowmines [he/him]

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Cake day: August 19th, 2020

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  • A few months ago, with a half marathon coming up this fall, I decided it was a good chance to cut my weight down, with the general logic of “long run easier if weigh fewer lbs.”

    (cw: some discussion of weight loss/diet to follow.)

    Not trusting any one strategy, I decided I’d leave nothing to chance and opted for a combined approach - as low carb as is practical, intermittent fasting whenever possible, and lots of physical activity - trying to make sure I work up a decent sweat at least 5 days a week. (my job helps with this a lot.) I’m 2 months into this process, with a little under 4 to go. and am down from 200lbs to a little under 180lbs. So the good news is my self-directed and administered weight loss plan is going great with 4 months to go. the downside is while there have been benefits (excellent command of my sleep schedule, few energy shortages), my mood/disposition and overall depression level have not changed in the slightest. Ah well…worth a shot lol











  • Great movies (the third one is maybe a slight step down but still pretty good in my book), what’s neatest to me about these movies is that Linklater, Delpy and Hawke developed and scripted them as a team, with the actors getting pretty much free reign to develop the characters and figure out how they’d evolve individually and as a pair across the series. Pretty different from either the “writer/director/auteur dictates” model or the “moviemaking by committee” approach that together make up the vast majority of movies.







  • It was a hate crime. Statement from his husband, CW for gun violence, homophobia and violence against animals:

    "My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.

    Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.

    When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.

    While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.

    Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.

    Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.

    He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.

    I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.

    To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.

    My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together.

    If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.

    Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built.

    Tristan Kern de Gonzales"