Georgia Tell's Blog

I am acutely aware of how much charisma I lack. I have this desire to make things that others will like, but no matter what I make, it never appeals. Even if I’m good at the thing, people still don’t get enthusiastic about it. There is this essential element, that a friend just told me, is charisma, and I don’t have it. It’s frustrating.

This History Today series aims to document what life is like in this period of history. I update whenever I feel like it.

Aspects of daily life:

Last week on Wednesday January 6, 2021, protestors from a Trump rally in Washington DC made their way from the rally to the Capitol building where Congress and VP Mike Pence were finalizing the election results from November’s election of Joe Biden / Kamala Harris to President / VP. At the rally, Trump encouraged the people to march on the Capitol...

With all that going on in politics right now (the 2020 presidential elections being contested by Trump and the coronavirus spiking), I’ve been thinking a lot about what is truth, what is lies, and what in reality is absolute. Mostly, nothing is absolute. Maybe the physical laws of the universe are absolute, but only in this universe. Pretty much everything else is relative, even morality. I like to think that some things are just bad and others are just good. One of the most wrong things I can t...

This History Today series aims to document what life is like in this period of history. I update whenever I feel like it.

Aspects of daily life:

It’s been a week since the election. The Associated Press has called the election for Joe Biden as the President-Elect. But the votes have not been certified yet. There’s about 76 million votes for Biden and 71 million for Trump, both of those are records.There’s a lot of talk about voter/election fraud, mostly from the Republican party. Trump has...

This History Today series aims to document what life is like in this period of history. I update whenever I feel like it.

Aspects of daily life:

The 2020 election day is in two weeks. I’m voting by mail. I have not sent in my ballot yet.Misinformation seems to be a dominant force in media. I have whiplash, trying to keep track of it. Did Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son, actually leave his laptop with a computer repair shop in Delaware? Are there really emails on it that implicate Joe Biden a...

This History Today series aims to document what life is like in this period of history. I update whenever I feel like it.

Aspects of daily life:

George Floyd, a Black man, was murdered by a police officer on Memorial Day, while three other officers watched. He kneeled on George Floyd’s neck for between 8 and 9 minutes. There’s a video going around. I didn’t watch it through. There have been protests and riots as a result, all over the country. None in my town, but there are in the nearest ...

This History Today series aims to document what life is like in this period of history. I update whenever I feel like it.

Aspects of daily life:

COVID-19, the global pandemic that started in a wet market in December 2019, has taken over our lives. I only leave the house for groceries. Im luckier than a lot of people, I was already working from home, and my hours have only been cut a little. Im not suffering from depression even during this quarantine. I have a cocktail of meds that seem to...

Having finished my second chapbook not well, which delved into the topic of mental health, I’m eager to start the next chapbook. But this one I want to write more intentionally. I want to write the poems together. I want to know the theme before I write. I want it to be hopeful.

you think I’m serious, but I’m joking was serious and nihilist, so is not well — which I sent out to competitions recently. While those are the chapbooks that I needed to write at the time, my personal happiness is mu...

Throughout my life, I’ve been someone who is fairly easy to convince. That is to say that I’m not particularly set in my views. One might call that gullible and naive, but I think it’s a strength.

Lately, I’ve been listening to and watching and reading political arguments, and honestly I have to say that a lot of people with opposing viewpoints do have somewhat logical arguments, if one believes in their core principles. And I’ve seen varying core principles. Some people think that personal f...

This History Today series aims to document what life is like in this period of history. I update whenever I feel like it.

Aspects of daily life:

The Mueller Report came out today. I heard about it on the NPR podcast “Up First.” It was about investigating the allegations of President Trump colluding with the Russians to influence the 2016 election. Apparently Trump views it as an exoneration, but the podcasters didn’t make it seem like that. I don’t think I’m going to read the Mueller Report,...