Welcome to the Mind Fuzz newsletter, a recap of three things that are on my mind this week.
1. BALD
I shaved all my hair off this week.
How can something so trivial feel so spiritual?
It’s almost like a reset.
One moment you have wonderful curls, and in the blink of an eye you look like crap.
A self-inflicted piece of crap, but a piece of crap nonetheless.
There’s something so special about the process of self-infliction though.
Choosing to strip away something so tied to identity.
Anyway, I feel like I’m thinking deeply about shallow sh*t again — but yeah, your boi’s bald (for now).
2. Universal Fridge Temperatures
I’m sorry I feel like this doesn’t fit, but it’s been playing on my mind for weeks.
Drink fridges, universally, aren’t cold enough.
Why do I have to put my drink in the freezer for 20 minutes to get it to the ideal temperature before I drink it?
And since when was it agreed this temperature would be the standard?
If I have a craving, I want to satisfy that craving instantly.
Having to strategise a freezer session 20 minutes out from game time isn’t the play.
My fridge at home is now 2 degrees Celsius and if I ever become a real writer with fans I’ll make it my mission to make this the worldwide standard.
3. Vices
“Now is simply now. You are simply you. And tell me, since you want to leave the place where you are, where is it exactly you want to go?
Kodo Sawaki
I feel like this encapsulates every vice and every cheap pleasure we indulge in.
We scroll to escape the boredom.
We plan for the future so we don’t have to sit with the present.
We drink to escape the thoughts and take drugs to ascend to a cooler universe (fair).
Literally every vice is just a temporary escape.
Where the hell are we going though?
Because each time we escape we know we just have to go through all the effort of coming back.
What would happen if, for once, we just stayed?
You’ll have to tell me friend, cause I’ve never tried it.
