Euri Giles | Clareifi

I'm gonna keep going.

🚫👑

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng "Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet." So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese Ame...

My current read:

app.thestorygraph.com/books/0d6a93...

Took about a day and a half to not feel like crap after getting this years Flu / Covid vaccines in the same arm on the same day, but worth it for the peace of mind to do the right thing to try and stay healthy.

#commonsense #vaccine #covid #flu

Sometimes I think about writing something uplifting and light, but everything hurts.

Life is always testing us.

The tests aren’t meant to break us, but to reveal who we are becoming in the process. Every challenge is both a question and an answer:

Will you give up, or will you grow?

Thursday, March 5, 2026.

8 unread books, 5 days off. 📚

I probably won’t get through them all, but that’s okay; the goal for this long weekend isn’t productivity.

It’s rest.

It’s quiet.

It’s giving myself space to just be. 🏖

And maybe, piece by piece, letting a little more color back into my life. 🌈

I'm on the ♾️ iteration of self.

And you told me that you were in my heart always, and in the stories that I tell about you.

🖤

I told you that I spoke at your funeral and I said, “I’m not sure if you heard me” and then I thought, well, I guess you heard me as good as you can hear me now if that’s even possible. And I wondered again exactly where you are...

If a story could outlive you, would you want it to? That’s what I’m trying to build here.

I grew up with a father who wrote stories until Alzheimer’s took his words away. This is why I write mine.

Great week for people who are like once I saw a black person, therefore it’s time for martial law

Took my teenager to the library this weekend. No problems to report here.

I sit.
I stare.
The cursor blinks like it’s mocking me.

#writing

We are in trouble

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Are we having fun yet?

Dodgers Announce $1 Million Donation To Aid Families Of Immigrants Affected By Raids The Los Angeles Dodgers have donated $1 million to assist families impacted by two weeks of immigration raids in Southern California.

Dodgers announce $1 Million donation to aid families of immigrants affected by raids

Juneteenth Goes Uncelebrated at White House as Trump Complains About ‘Too Many’ Holidays

"The lack of revelry at the White House for a holiday that has been cherished by generations of Black Americans was perhaps not a surprise."

Perhaps. 🤔

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/u...

On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.

I used to think I was a nihilist, now I think I'm just a regular dude...

Oh and also, the end is near!

Sen. Chuck Schumer: "I just saw something that sickened my stomach; the manhandling of a United States Senator. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on."

The story get worser...

Just realized this coming Sunday will be my first Father's Day without my Dad.

My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:

Don’t lie to your readers just to save a character…

#writing

Went to sleep last night feeling depressed as hell... It'll be an uphill battle to get back to finding meaning in daily tasks. My purpose is strongly defined (family/security) It's the rest (getting there) that's a challenge.

No, everything is not okay...