Month: February 2021

For context I’ve been #HTownStrong since 2007, mostly loving the journey since then. I’ve grown to love this city for all the same reasons many of y’all probably do. Amazing cuisine, a very diverse populace and pretty solid entertainment for a mid 20s dude.

I’ve rode out many of the same disasters as yall through the last decade and half, culminating with Harvey as a particularly low point. With Harvey though, I was able to witness the immense collaboration, love and hospitality Texas is famous for. While many suffered immensely, at least we saw the good from helping each other through Harvey.

The Winter Shitshow of 2021 is seeming to me to not have any sort of silver lining however. It’s a lot harder for everyday people to help others when the big issue at hand is a desheveled infrastructure, completely exposed during a disaster exacerbated by the climate change that many of our “leaders” can’t seem to believe in.

Personally, I only lost power 16 hours ago, and I did feel some survivors guilt the last couple of days. But more than that I just feel disappointed and defeated. The city I have grown to know and love so much seems to be trying harder and harder to hurt myself and those around me.

I was able to come to terms with Harvey, with Ike, with the huge fire at deer park ruining our air, with Imelda striking right as I was headed to work. It’s just getting harder to justify staying here, maybe the city I know and love so much is better suited as a place to visit time to time. Goodbye seems to make more and more sense as these disappointments continue /rant

Whenever this chill passes don’t forget my fellow Texans. They’ll throw some bs at you like “houston strong” or “Texas are friendly and help each other out”. DONT FALL FOR THE PLATITUDES clean house when it comes next election from state commissioner to the mayor, to the governor. They have betrayed us and have suffered long enough under them. Hows it possible that the governor spends time playing culture war bs and sues the federal government over the dumbest things possible. Daca and dapa are the ones that comes to mind. Who pays for the legal fees on that huh? Seriously folks I’m fed up with this, we aren’t even up to par with out nations grid cause “free market fundamentalism. ” I’m sick of this.