2025 09 29

Dead mall. Chicagoland. October, 2024. © Clayton Hauck

My buddy who I haven’t spoken with in a while just asked what’s new?

My reply: Everything, kind of. Working my ass off trying to learn some new skills and invent some new revenue sources in a world where soon most visuals will be instantly generated by machines run on electricity that I subsidize.

Yeah, that kinda sums up my mood these days. I’m working nonstop, all of the time, in a seemingly fleeting attempt to keep my lifestyle afloat. I’m not sure it will work but I keep telling myself that if it does come to a worst case scenario, I will have plenty of company.

-Clayton