i am thirty (30) now.
warning: sex discussed, don't read if you are family.
Today is my birthday in China. I guess I am still 29 in Canada but I’m here in China so I am 30.
China has been fun so far. I am going to write until 6am. It is 5:11am.
What to write about? I’ve written a bit since the election ended. I am happy I did it. Kind of annoyed I didn’t do better. I wanted to win but I think thinking I would win with the approach I took was more of a dream or a wish than a realistic goal.
If I want to win next time I need to take donations. Period. I think it would be possible to do it without money but I’d need to have a much larger organizing body around me. More friends. More dedicated volunteers with experience/talent/expertise. It’s might be able to get that actually but having a larger treasury would help.
To win next time I need to get out and knock on doors. I did it really if I’m honest for one day. I should start early and try and knock on every door in the riding. If not personally than with volunteers who are trained on pitching and explaining the campaign platform to a relative degree of persuasion.
Branding. A complete brand guideline. One account for my meme/shitposting. Another, run by someone else preferably, for professional high volume branded content.
Higher volume of posting and to a larger distribution of social media networks. A/B testing of posts.
Got distracted. I’m back now.
Yeah to win there are a few things to tighten up on.
What we did well. Website. Using AI agents to find rules and execute on decisions in short time windows. Picking a competent, capable, and trusted Official Agent. Pushing for the correct bank account. Asking friends to help. Asking for things I thought I’d get no’s too. Being kind to strangers. Smiling and making sure I was having fun. Staying light hearted. Celebrating little victories. Eating consistently. Working out consistently. Using AI to keep me focus and organized.
FaceTimed Erik just now. It was good to get in touch with him. It’s been quite a few days. I felt bad a little there was a Linkedin post I made that referenced him and his disability and disability awareness without checking in with him first. Wanted to check in with him about me doing that. I don’t want to make him feel like a prop or anything so I felt kind of weird doing that. That will be good to talk about on the podcast tomorrow. Felt good that he seemed game to get a podcast in tomorrow.
5:50am. Kind of cheated on my writing this am. Was distracted. Been kind of distracted since Monday and end of the election. I want to sit and process but life just seems to be speeding up.
I guess I got ten minutes. The hotel we are in is nice. I went and swam in the pool yesterday night. It’s on the rooftop and there is a nice view of the city skyline and the river here.
There is a hot tub. There was a beautiful, I think Russian, girl in the lobby yesterday. I thought about going to talk to her but chickened out. I’ve been noticing myself being nervous to talk to girls. Maybe that’s the next frog I will swallow. Maybe that is a good thing to practice this trip. It will help me with my Mandarin.
Huh. Yeah that is actually a good idea. I will ask my agent to help me talk to cute girls. I will report back on how that goes.
I have noticed a rise in libido since deciding to run and going to Toronto. There might be a couple reasons for that. I lowered my dose of Cymbalta start of March. I think. Well I was supposed to. Did I actually? Hmmmm. I should check what I’ve been giving myself. The psychiatrist did say that will increase libido or at least help with delayed ejaculation. I think it also is a dividend from the triathlon training. Perhaps from actually running and starting to feel the feeling of “white boy in motion” as the meme goes.
I bet it is a mix of all that.
One thing I neglected in Toronto was sunscreen. I’m looking at my face and it has a lot of sun spots. I’m thirty now. An old man; I need to protect my skin better. Don’t want to sideline my political career just because of a bit of skin cancer. That wouldn’t be any fun.
There are a couple things I think will eventually be a problem. Went to a dermatologist last month, he wasn’t too concerned about anything yet.
Hmmm.
Ok. Times up. Going for a run.