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All right, I am back. Uh, so today I’m All right, I am back. Uh, so today I’m All right, I am back. Uh, so today I’m going to show off a new thing that I going to show off a new thing that I going to show off a new thing that I launched. launched. launched. Let’s get into it. So, where the hell Let’s get into it. So, where the hell Let’s get into it. So, where the hell have I been the last week or so? have I been the last week or so? have I been the last week or so? I have been so so sick. Um, I got the I have been so so sick. Um, I got the I have been so so sick. Um, I got the flu. Uh, my partner and I both got sick flu. Uh, my partner and I both got sick flu. Uh, my partner and I both got sick actually. So, it’s been uh a forced week actually. So, it’s been uh a forced week actually. So, it’s been uh a forced week off, at least a week. Um, yeah. I don’t off, at least a week. Um, yeah. I don’t off, at least a week. Um, yeah. I don’t know what we got. I don’t know if it’s know what we got. I don’t know if it’s know what we got. I don’t know if it’s like COVID version 6.0 or just the flu, like COVID version 6.0 or just the flu, like COVID version 6.0 or just the flu, but uh it it really was a ass kicker. I but uh it it really was a ass kicker. I but uh it it really was a ass kicker. I have been really sick. Like just laying have been really sick. Like just laying have been really sick. Like just laying in bed or laying on the couch all day in bed or laying on the couch all day in bed or laying on the couch all day for like a week straight. Um, I still am for like a week straight. Um, I still am for like a week straight. Um, I still am I’m over it, but I’m still having like I’m over it, but I’m still having like I’m over it, but I’m still having like congestion and I have the worst brain congestion and I have the worst brain congestion and I have the worst brain fog I’ve had in many years. It’s just fog I’ve had in many years. It’s just fog I’ve had in many years. It’s just it’s killing me. I’m I feel like I’m in it’s killing me. I’m I feel like I’m in it’s killing me. I’m I feel like I’m in a cloud almost. It’s not good. I don’t a cloud almost. It’s not good. I don’t a cloud almost. It’s not good. I don’t know what to do. I I’m resting still. know what to do. I I’m resting still. know what to do. I I’m resting still. Um, still trying to sleep sleep it off. Um, still trying to sleep sleep it off. Um, still trying to sleep sleep it off. I’ve been sleeping a lot uh the last I’ve been sleeping a lot uh the last I’ve been sleeping a lot uh the last several nights, like almost 10 hours a several nights, like almost 10 hours a several nights, like almost 10 hours a night. I don’t know what to do, y’all. night. I don’t know what to do, y’all. night. I don’t know what to do, y’all. I’m dying. This thing This thing has I’m dying. This thing This thing has I’m dying. This thing This thing has really been an ass kicker. Not a good really been an ass kicker. Not a good really been an ass kicker. Not a good way to start the new year. So, where way to start the new year. So, where way to start the new year. So, where does that leave me with my projects? Um, does that leave me with my projects? Um, does that leave me with my projects? Um, I have no buffer now. I’ve really had to I have no buffer now. I’ve really had to I have no buffer now. I’ve really had to scramble and work like hell this week to scramble and work like hell this week to scramble and work like hell this week to get the next project out and then the get the next project out and then the get the next project out and then the next one. Uh, that takes me to this week next one. Uh, that takes me to this week next one. Uh, that takes me to this week to last week’s project actually. to last week’s project actually. to last week’s project actually. Anyways, here it is. This is project 11 of 25. So I’m almost halfway done 11 of 25. So I’m almost halfway done 11 of 25. So I’m almost halfway done with my 25 projects in 25 weeks with my 25 projects in 25 weeks with my 25 projects in 25 weeks challenge. challenge. challenge. So what is this? This is something So what is this? This is something So what is this? This is something important to say.com. Uh you can add anything you want. It is Uh you can add anything you want. It is Uh you can add anything you want. It is moderated. Um, somebody emailed me moderated. Um, somebody emailed me moderated. Um, somebody emailed me uh I don’t know, they seemed kind of uh I don’t know, they seemed kind of uh I don’t know, they seemed kind of upset like about the project. Really upset like about the project. Really upset like about the project. Really weird. They were sub they’re subscribed weird. They were sub they’re subscribed weird. They were sub they’re subscribed to the newsletter. They saw this and to the newsletter. They saw this and to the newsletter. They saw this and they they seemed pretty upset. They’re they they seemed pretty upset. They’re they they seemed pretty upset. They’re like, “Well, no. Wow. Thanks for, you like, “Well, no. Wow. Thanks for, you like, “Well, no. Wow. Thanks for, you know, making people put their email know, making people put their email know, making people put their email address.” Um, I thought it was pretty address.” Um, I thought it was pretty address.” Um, I thought it was pretty clear, but like you can type anything clear, but like you can type anything clear, but like you can type anything you want. Hit okay. It’s anonymous. I you want. Hit okay. It’s anonymous. I you want. Hit okay. It’s anonymous. I have no idea who you are. I get a have no idea who you are. I get a have no idea who you are. I get a notification that says like somebody notification that says like somebody notification that says like somebody said this approve yes or no but they said this approve yes or no but they said this approve yes or no but they seemed pretty upset with it and I seemed pretty upset with it and I seemed pretty upset with it and I responded. I said look I’m I’m sorry you responded. I said look I’m I’m sorry you responded. I said look I’m I’m sorry you didn’t like it but this is like only if didn’t like it but this is like only if didn’t like it but this is like only if you want to get notified. Yes it’s you want to get notified. Yes it’s you want to get notified. Yes it’s moderated. I’m not going to let anyone moderated. I’m not going to let anyone moderated. I’m not going to let anyone put anything on here. That’s absolutely put anything on here. That’s absolutely put anything on here. That’s absolutely insane in 2025. Uh you I really would insane in 2025. Uh you I really would insane in 2025. Uh you I really would not do that. That’s a very bad idea. I not do that. That’s a very bad idea. I not do that. That’s a very bad idea. I have to at least look at it and go like have to at least look at it and go like have to at least look at it and go like yes or no. I denied a few things. People yes or no. I denied a few things. People yes or no. I denied a few things. People were saying some things I didn’t really were saying some things I didn’t really were saying some things I didn’t really want on there. But no, this is this is want on there. But no, this is this is want on there. But no, this is this is completely optional. You just type completely optional. You just type completely optional. You just type something. There’s there’s a limit of something. There’s there’s a limit of something. There’s there’s a limit of 120 characters. You press okay. When I 120 characters. You press okay. When I 120 characters. You press okay. When I approve it, if I approve it, then it approve it, if I approve it, then it approve it, if I approve it, then it shows up here. This is pretty much it. shows up here. This is pretty much it. shows up here. This is pretty much it. It’s this little figure walks out. I It’s this little figure walks out. I It’s this little figure walks out. I quite like the little effect where the quite like the little effect where the quite like the little effect where the ground moves. Um, ground moves. Um, ground moves. Um, sometimes silence is enough. And that’s sometimes silence is enough. And that’s sometimes silence is enough. And that’s it. Just says a little little blurb that it. Just says a little little blurb that it. Just says a little little blurb that somebody said and that is it. I somebody said and that is it. I somebody said and that is it. I originally had the idea to um put like originally had the idea to um put like originally had the idea to um put like famous people’s tweets. So it’s like a famous people’s tweets. So it’s like a famous people’s tweets. So it’s like a little character walks out and then it little character walks out and then it little character walks out and then it will say like uh like a tweet from from will say like uh like a tweet from from will say like uh like a tweet from from I don’t know Elon Musk or someone I don’t know Elon Musk or someone I don’t know Elon Musk or someone famous. Um but I I decided to make it famous. Um but I I decided to make it famous. Um but I I decided to make it but I decided against that. I wanted but I decided against that. I wanted but I decided against that. I wanted other people just anonymously to be able other people just anonymously to be able other people just anonymously to be able to say stuff. I think there’s some to say stuff. I think there’s some to say stuff. I think there’s some confusion like confusion like confusion like what is it about? what is it about? what is it about? For me, it’s kind of like to a way to For me, it’s kind of like to a way to For me, it’s kind of like to a way to visually illustrate what I think visually illustrate what I think visually illustrate what I think modernday social media is. It’s like you modernday social media is. It’s like you modernday social media is. It’s like you coming out into the stage releasing your coming out into the stage releasing your coming out into the stage releasing your head and you know you think you have head and you know you think you have head and you know you think you have something important to say and saying it something important to say and saying it something important to say and saying it and often it’s just saying it into the and often it’s just saying it into the and often it’s just saying it into the void. Nobody is there to watch void. Nobody is there to watch void. Nobody is there to watch especially with modern algorithms. If especially with modern algorithms. If especially with modern algorithms. If you’re not popular, if you if you’re not you’re not popular, if you if you’re not you’re not popular, if you if you’re not like a juiced up account with uh you like a juiced up account with uh you like a juiced up account with uh you know like a high ranking to be seen, know like a high ranking to be seen, know like a high ranking to be seen, it’s kind of like you just coming out it’s kind of like you just coming out it’s kind of like you just coming out there having saying something to the there having saying something to the there having saying something to the void and walking away. That’s kind of void and walking away. That’s kind of void and walking away. That’s kind of how they picture social media and that’s how they picture social media and that’s how they picture social media and that’s the whole purpose. It seems like this the whole purpose. It seems like this the whole purpose. It seems like this was lost on most people. But uh some was lost on most people. But uh some was lost on most people. But uh some people had like serious it it’s really people had like serious it it’s really people had like serious it it’s really frustrating. The first person that came frustrating. The first person that came frustrating. The first person that came came and said something about US came and said something about US came and said something about US politics and I thought that was very politics and I thought that was very politics and I thought that was very like weirdly poetic in a way because like weirdly poetic in a way because like weirdly poetic in a way because that’s what social media is like. You that’s what social media is like. You that’s what social media is like. You know, it just that’s oh there’s a thing know, it just that’s oh there’s a thing know, it just that’s oh there’s a thing I could go say something. Well, the I could go say something. Well, the I could go say something. Well, the first thing I’m gonna say is something first thing I’m gonna say is something first thing I’m gonna say is something really inflammatory and political and really inflammatory and political and really inflammatory and political and about US politics. about US politics. about US politics. I was like, “Yeah, should have known I was like, “Yeah, should have known I was like, “Yeah, should have known better.” Uh, the last few I just didn’t better.” Uh, the last few I just didn’t better.” Uh, the last few I just didn’t approve them. I just said, “Ah, [  ] it. approve them. I just said, “Ah, [  ] it. approve them. I just said, “Ah, [ __ ] it. I’m I’m done.” And this has not been I’m I’m done.” And this has not been I’m I’m done.” And this has not been very popular. This has been my least very popular. This has been my least very popular. This has been my least popular thing that I’ve done. Fair popular thing that I’ve done. Fair popular thing that I’ve done. Fair enough. Fair enough. It was a really enough. Fair enough. It was a really enough. Fair enough. It was a really quick, easy one. I didn’t put a lot of quick, easy one. I didn’t put a lot of quick, easy one. I didn’t put a lot of love into it. I did try to do something love into it. I did try to do something love into it. I did try to do something interesting. I did like try to make it interesting. I did like try to make it interesting. I did like try to make it look clean and minimal and I I still look clean and minimal and I I still look clean and minimal and I I still like tried to put something out there I like tried to put something out there I like tried to put something out there I cared about, but yeah, it has been kind cared about, but yeah, it has been kind cared about, but yeah, it has been kind of a big flop. And I have been so sick. of a big flop. And I have been so sick. of a big flop. And I have been so sick. I did very little marketing, very little I did very little marketing, very little I did very little marketing, very little work to get it out there. And that’s work to get it out there. And that’s work to get it out there. And that’s okay. Like it’s okay to have a small one okay. Like it’s okay to have a small one okay. Like it’s okay to have a small one that’s not going to be a big winner or a that’s not going to be a big winner or a that’s not going to be a big winner or a hit. I’m hoping this week. So, I don’t hit. I’m hoping this week. So, I don’t hit. I’m hoping this week. So, I don’t know. It might be Wednesday to Friday by know. It might be Wednesday to Friday by know. It might be Wednesday to Friday by the time I get it out, but I’m I think the time I get it out, but I’m I think the time I get it out, but I’m I think that will be a little bit more that will be a little bit more that will be a little bit more interesting. Um, I’m certainly spent a interesting. Um, I’m certainly spent a interesting. Um, I’m certainly spent a lot more time on that one. Much much lot more time on that one. Much much lot more time on that one. Much much bigger project, bigger project, bigger project, a little bit more fun, more whimsical. a little bit more fun, more whimsical. a little bit more fun, more whimsical. This is This kind of ended up having a a This is This kind of ended up having a a This is This kind of ended up having a a serious feel to it, which I didn’t serious feel to it, which I didn’t serious feel to it, which I didn’t really want just based on what people really want just based on what people really want just based on what people were typing in. But people really did were typing in. But people really did were typing in. But people really did come. People really did leave uh text. come. People really did leave uh text. come. People really did leave uh text. I’ll just leave it there. I’ll just leave it there. I’ll just leave it there. what I don’t have to do anything with what I don’t have to do anything with what I don’t have to do anything with it. I can come back slowly slowly and it. I can come back slowly slowly and it. I can come back slowly slowly and improve things. It’s out there in the improve things. It’s out there in the improve things. It’s out there in the world. It’s not going anywhere. So, world. It’s not going anywhere. So, world. It’s not going anywhere. So, there you have it. That’s project 11 of there you have it. That’s project 11 of there you have it. That’s project 11 of 25. Something important to say. Go say 25. Something important to say. Go say 25. Something important to say. Go say something, please. Um, say something something, please. Um, say something something, please. Um, say something fun, please. if you’re going to say fun, please. if you’re going to say fun, please. if you’re going to say something so many people were so serious something so many people were so serious something so many people were so serious about it. Would be nice if it was a about it. Would be nice if it was a about it. Would be nice if it was a little more um fun and funny in my little more um fun and funny in my little more um fun and funny in my opinion. But uh there you have it. So I opinion. But uh there you have it. So I opinion. But uh there you have it. So I am going to try to get over this thing am going to try to get over this thing am going to try to get over this thing that’s clinging on to me. Hopefully I’m that’s clinging on to me. Hopefully I’m that’s clinging on to me. Hopefully I’m back to normal very shortly and back to normal very shortly and back to normal very shortly and project 12 will be up any day now. I project 12 will be up any day now. I project 12 will be up any day now. I need to focus on that. That’s all I got need to focus on that. That’s all I got need to focus on that. That’s all I got for today. Sorry for the long delay. Um, for today. Sorry for the long delay. Um, for today. Sorry for the long delay. Um, I’m going to try to make a bit more I’m going to try to make a bit more I’m going to try to make a bit more videos moving forward. Not once a week, videos moving forward. Not once a week, videos moving forward. Not once a week, but maybe twice a week. So see you next