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Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Feb 4

You listen closer and find more nuances in the story and characters. I also re-watched each movie as I finished the book. Still hate that they broke up Mockingjay into two parts -- but in short: still the best book to movie adaptation. 2/2

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Feb 4

I hear to be a better #writer and to enhance #creativity, you have to take in art. So I have spent the last few days listening to the Hunger Games for my 3rd...4th, I don't know how many re-reads. It is amazing how after the first few listens... 1/2

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 30

I hate staring at a blank screen wondering what to write. That's tonight. I feel like I'm in the middle of a #writersblock. Even right now, this is just a stream of consciousness. I've never known what to do when I get writer's block. Any suggestions? #writing #creativity #art

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 29

How does anyone manage to juggle all these things?! It is probably just a #badday for me, but it still sucks. 3/3

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 29

I'm lucky enough to be officially diagnosed but due to multiple reasons -- I can't medicate right now. So, I'm raw dogging this and trying to figure out my place in society -- while trying to maintain a sense of creativity. 2/3

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 29

It's days like today that seem to challenge my #writingstreak. It feels like I have so many voices that all want out of my brain but I don't know which one to listen to. My #ADHD has been screaming towards a crash out 1/3

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 27

Flowers are blooming in Antarctica.
I can deny it no longer.
The ice has turned to grass and
The frost has melted in the heat of the sun.
Flowers are, in fact, blooming in Antarctica.
7/7

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 27

Flowers are blooming in Antarctica.
Organize, come together, urges and pleading from others.
We can’t go back and let more flowers bloom.
We need to ensure to protect the hearts of those
Who have been crying and in rage.
6/7

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 27

Flowers are blooming in Antarctica.
With feminine rage growing, the flowers are beautiful.
And yet it is not enough,
Frost still covers enough of the land
With false words and truths.
5/7

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 27

Flowers are blooming in Antarctica.
Maybe if we gather together,
As the fires raged in the cities –
And the cries of angry people began to chorus together,
The beginnings of a familiar cycle.
4/7

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 27

Flowers are blooming in Antarctica.
Plausible. Nature was returning,
As people were retreating.
Into their homes from an
Intruder impossible to see.
3/7

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 27

Flowers in Antarctica

Flowers are blooming in Antarctica.
It doesn’t seem true. It can’t be.
It has to be a conspiracy.
But the protests and marches remained peaceful,
While the future remained unclear.
2/7

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 27

The poem in question over at my Substack -- link here:
open.substack.com/pub/manlyrox...
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Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 27

And how will he learn to do that if I don't show him, if he doesn't see it. I just want something so much better for him. I don't want him to feel like I do. Trapped working for a system that doesn't care about him. #family #kids #future 5/5

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 27

My health, and staying informed (without losing my mind). But in efforts to not lose myself or my mental health, writing is a passion I want to revive. Plus, I want my kid to grow up and follow what makes him happy. 4/5

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 27

I'm never going to have more time in the day to do the thing. I just need to #doit. If I don't make the time, it just won't happen.
Two: Speaking of time, I have a lot to make space for. A family, my now two jobs... 3/5

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 27

I'll mention two here. One: When #TikTok was gone, for all of 60 seconds, I got to thinking about how I always wanted to make content, write a book, and stories. But there will always be more time, right? Until there wasn't. I got too many #UnusAnnus feels. 2/5

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 27

So I broke my #writingstreak, again, at least in public. I did write a poem yesterday. I'm not going to post it today. I am going to write an announcement post for #Substack today and then post it there and here. You know, I have lots of reasons for starting this #writingstreak 1/5

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 25

Anyway, grief is weird. Especially when the person you are grieving was a complicated one in your life. I miss him, but I also am happy to not have to deal with his drama. And then I feel guilty. I don't really have wise words to express. Just #musings and #emotions. 4/4

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 25

He loved owls. I mean loved owls. And just yesterday, out of the blue, #TikTok starts sending me compilations of funny owls. I built that #fyp page brick by brick and never once liked funny owls. Funny animals, sure. Owls? 3/4

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 25

I believe in signs and am spiritual... I want to say I am trying to reclaim the old #brujeria and #cuerandera background of my family. I know he was sending me a sign that he was still watching over me. And thinking of me and maybe even happy, which he never was when he was alive. 2/4

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 25

So I broke my #writingstreak yesterday. And I'm ok with that. On top of being a high pain day, it was also my father's birthday. It's been 8 years since he passed. And while my relationship was not exactly a good one, I still feel that #grief. 1/4

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 24

Honestly, I love dragging you into #hottopic only to make you cringe. #cringe

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 24

I just started watching it and my goodness, I am in love! Of course, all my favorite things get cancelled. I know people are wary of #TikTok right now and for good reason. But Tik Tok is the way I keep up with new music and media. Literally watched #WhyWomenKill b/c of Tiktok! 3/3

Roxstar @manlyroxstar.bsky.social · Jan 24

...writing over there. I think some media analysis and reviews. I have been trying to type up a media essay for BoJack, might show some previews of the script for that there. Might have some musings about #books and #chronicillness. First review will most likely be Why Women Kill. 2/3