Gregory Tarsiscis Janetka
@gtarsiscis.bsky.social
Fiction writer, reader, drinker of green tea, lover of gray cats and the Lost Generation.
All my writings --> https://gregorytjanetka.com/
All my writings --> https://gregorytjanetka.com/
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I think the only way I'll survive the rest of the 2nd term is by completely disassociating from reality from time to time. As of right now I exist in a world where facts and meaning and actions have consequences. Ahh...yeah, that's nice.
Thank you to all the teachers who have passed through my life, both paid and unpaid. We have so much we can learn from everyone who crosses our path. Sometimes those we disagree with the most can teach us some of the most profound lessons.
#teachers #thankyouteachers #educationmatters
#teachers #thankyouteachers #educationmatters
October 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thank you to all the teachers who have passed through my life, both paid and unpaid. We have so much we can learn from everyone who crosses our path. Sometimes those we disagree with the most can teach us some of the most profound lessons.
#teachers #thankyouteachers #educationmatters
#teachers #thankyouteachers #educationmatters
Saying goodbye to our beloved cat, Samantha
Today would have been our cat Samantha's birthday. We don't know when she was actually born, of course, but it was seven years today we took her home from the shelter. Two weeks ago - very unexpectedly - we had to say goodbye, and had to be the ones to…
Today would have been our cat Samantha's birthday. We don't know when she was actually born, of course, but it was seven years today we took her home from the shelter. Two weeks ago - very unexpectedly - we had to say goodbye, and had to be the ones to…
Saying goodbye to our beloved cat, Samantha
Today would have been our cat Samantha's birthday. We don't know when she was actually born, of course, but it was seven years today we took her home from the shelter. Two weeks ago - very unexpectedly - we had to say goodbye, and had to be the ones to make the final call. The visceral nature of those final hours have softened a bit, but I remain heartbroken.
gregorytjanetka.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Saying goodbye to our beloved cat, Samantha
Today would have been our cat Samantha's birthday. We don't know when she was actually born, of course, but it was seven years today we took her home from the shelter. Two weeks ago - very unexpectedly - we had to say goodbye, and had to be the ones to…
Today would have been our cat Samantha's birthday. We don't know when she was actually born, of course, but it was seven years today we took her home from the shelter. Two weeks ago - very unexpectedly - we had to say goodbye, and had to be the ones to…
My latest on Substack - Embracing Boredom
Embracing Boredom
The supercomputer in your pocket is destroying you
gtarsiscis.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
My latest on Substack - Embracing Boredom
September 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Try something hard and new, and try it hard, and take what marks you get.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald in a letter to his daughter
#challengeyourself #fscottfitzgerald #advicefromdad
#challengeyourself #fscottfitzgerald #advicefromdad
August 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“Try something hard and new, and try it hard, and take what marks you get.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald in a letter to his daughter
#challengeyourself #fscottfitzgerald #advicefromdad
#challengeyourself #fscottfitzgerald #advicefromdad
I started a Substack. It'll likely be reposts from my own website, since no one pays much attention unless you're on an easily accessible app that feeds the emptiness without effort.
Who possibly asked for this future?
substack.com/@gtarsiscis
Who possibly asked for this future?
substack.com/@gtarsiscis
G. T. Janetka | Substack
Writing, books, cats, green tea.
substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I started a Substack. It'll likely be reposts from my own website, since no one pays much attention unless you're on an easily accessible app that feeds the emptiness without effort.
Who possibly asked for this future?
substack.com/@gtarsiscis
Who possibly asked for this future?
substack.com/@gtarsiscis
“If carried beyond a certain point, the religion of art imperceptibly merges into the irreligion of art, into a state of mind in which the artist deliberately fritters away his talents through contempt for the idiot-public that can never understand.” - Malcolm Cowley, Exile's Return (1934)
#art
#art
August 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“If carried beyond a certain point, the religion of art imperceptibly merges into the irreligion of art, into a state of mind in which the artist deliberately fritters away his talents through contempt for the idiot-public that can never understand.” - Malcolm Cowley, Exile's Return (1934)
#art
#art
“Now there was no danger and no emergency. It was only disaster now.” - Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden (1986)
#ernesthemingway #hemingwayquote #novelquotes
#ernesthemingway #hemingwayquote #novelquotes
August 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Now there was no danger and no emergency. It was only disaster now.” - Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden (1986)
#ernesthemingway #hemingwayquote #novelquotes
#ernesthemingway #hemingwayquote #novelquotes
What if we lived in a culture that actually wanted us to be happy instead of one that constantly wants to sell us stuff we don't need, and thus, by necessity, must convince us we're not, no matter what we already have?
#happiness #modernamerica #contentment
#happiness #modernamerica #contentment
August 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
What if we lived in a culture that actually wanted us to be happy instead of one that constantly wants to sell us stuff we don't need, and thus, by necessity, must convince us we're not, no matter what we already have?
#happiness #modernamerica #contentment
#happiness #modernamerica #contentment
Creativity and the culture of distraction
The other night at work a tween literally called me old to my face. And, okay, in her simple concept of the world I am old. In the grand scheme of things, of course, my age is less than a blink, just like all of us. The point being, I'm fine with my age…
The other night at work a tween literally called me old to my face. And, okay, in her simple concept of the world I am old. In the grand scheme of things, of course, my age is less than a blink, just like all of us. The point being, I'm fine with my age…
Creativity and the culture of distraction
The other night at work a tween literally called me old to my face. And, okay, in her simple concept of the world I am old. In the grand scheme of things, of course, my age is less than a blink, just like all of us. The point being, I'm fine with my age for the simple fact that it's my age – why pretend, why fight?
gregorytjanetka.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Creativity and the culture of distraction
The other night at work a tween literally called me old to my face. And, okay, in her simple concept of the world I am old. In the grand scheme of things, of course, my age is less than a blink, just like all of us. The point being, I'm fine with my age…
The other night at work a tween literally called me old to my face. And, okay, in her simple concept of the world I am old. In the grand scheme of things, of course, my age is less than a blink, just like all of us. The point being, I'm fine with my age…
"In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia." -George Orwell, Politics and the English Language (1946)
#politics #georgeorwell #madness
#politics #georgeorwell #madness
August 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia." -George Orwell, Politics and the English Language (1946)
#politics #georgeorwell #madness
#politics #georgeorwell #madness
Book Quotes – George Orwell: A Collection of Essays
When I was in high school I started to collect quotes whenever I read a good book, it's a habit I picked up from my U.S. History teacher, Mr. Graham. Every day he would go through his collection of quotes and write a meaningful one on the…
When I was in high school I started to collect quotes whenever I read a good book, it's a habit I picked up from my U.S. History teacher, Mr. Graham. Every day he would go through his collection of quotes and write a meaningful one on the…
Book Quotes – George Orwell: A Collection of Essays
When I was in high school I started to collect quotes whenever I read a good book, it's a habit I picked up from my U.S. History teacher, Mr. Graham. Every day he would go through his collection of quotes and write a meaningful one on the blackboard. The internet was in its infancy then and there was so Googling to find quotes.
gregorytjanetka.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Book Quotes – George Orwell: A Collection of Essays
When I was in high school I started to collect quotes whenever I read a good book, it's a habit I picked up from my U.S. History teacher, Mr. Graham. Every day he would go through his collection of quotes and write a meaningful one on the…
When I was in high school I started to collect quotes whenever I read a good book, it's a habit I picked up from my U.S. History teacher, Mr. Graham. Every day he would go through his collection of quotes and write a meaningful one on the…
“Real freedom will manifest itself, not based on politics and revolutions, which never gave it anyhow, because it's not a gift but a possession of the man who is not bored.” - Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March (1953)
#freedom #saulbellow #novelquote
#freedom #saulbellow #novelquote
August 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“Real freedom will manifest itself, not based on politics and revolutions, which never gave it anyhow, because it's not a gift but a possession of the man who is not bored.” - Saul Bellow, The Adventures of Augie March (1953)
#freedom #saulbellow #novelquote
#freedom #saulbellow #novelquote
I think the only way I'll survive the rest of the 2nd term is by completely disassociating from reality from time to time. As of right now I exist in a world where facts and meaning and actions have consequences. Ahh...yeah, that's nice.
August 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I think the only way I'll survive the rest of the 2nd term is by completely disassociating from reality from time to time. As of right now I exist in a world where facts and meaning and actions have consequences. Ahh...yeah, that's nice.
For my fellow 40-somethings still trying to break into the fiction world -
publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2017/11/15-f...
#amwriting #writinglife #writers
publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2017/11/15-f...
#amwriting #writinglife #writers
15 Famous Authors Who Were Published After 40
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mark Twain, JRR Tolkein, and George Eliot The drive to be successful while still in the first blush of youth may...
publishedtodeath.blogspot.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
For my fellow 40-somethings still trying to break into the fiction world -
publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2017/11/15-f...
#amwriting #writinglife #writers
publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2017/11/15-f...
#amwriting #writinglife #writers
“Often I think writing is a sheer pairing away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meager.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald
#fscottfitzgerald #writing #writingquote
#fscottfitzgerald #writing #writingquote
August 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“Often I think writing is a sheer pairing away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meager.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald
#fscottfitzgerald #writing #writingquote
#fscottfitzgerald #writing #writingquote
Poetry: 40 soldiers bottled up tight
40 soldiers bottled up tight The leaves cupped the rainwaterlike shards of glass - When I say go,go,before time admits it's a liarand we tear our own eyes out. -(7/29/25) More Poetry
40 soldiers bottled up tight The leaves cupped the rainwaterlike shards of glass - When I say go,go,before time admits it's a liarand we tear our own eyes out. -(7/29/25) More Poetry
Poetry: 40 soldiers bottled up tight
40 soldiers bottled up tight The leaves cupped the rainwaterlike shards of glass - When I say go,go,before time admits it's a liarand we tear our own eyes out. -(7/29/25) More Poetry
gregorytjanetka.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Poetry: 40 soldiers bottled up tight
40 soldiers bottled up tight The leaves cupped the rainwaterlike shards of glass - When I say go,go,before time admits it's a liarand we tear our own eyes out. -(7/29/25) More Poetry
40 soldiers bottled up tight The leaves cupped the rainwaterlike shards of glass - When I say go,go,before time admits it's a liarand we tear our own eyes out. -(7/29/25) More Poetry
Poetry: Choking you, glowing youth
Choking you, glowing youth Around these ragged shores lay the corpsesof 1000 unlived lives,burned under the weight of 2 tons of regret,fear,and worry.Happy endings-to-be,celebrations-to-be,connections is strengthened, all lost to the depths.Cry out for release,…
Choking you, glowing youth Around these ragged shores lay the corpsesof 1000 unlived lives,burned under the weight of 2 tons of regret,fear,and worry.Happy endings-to-be,celebrations-to-be,connections is strengthened, all lost to the depths.Cry out for release,…
Poetry: Choking you, glowing youth
Choking you, glowing youth Around these ragged shores lay the corpsesof 1000 unlived lives,burned under the weight of 2 tons of regret,fear,and worry.Happy endings-to-be,celebrations-to-be,connections is strengthened, all lost to the depths.Cry out for release, for liberationfrom invisible chains and choking chain-mail.Open and engage,expand to daydreams under cloudless skies.And finally,
gregorytjanetka.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Poetry: Choking you, glowing youth
Choking you, glowing youth Around these ragged shores lay the corpsesof 1000 unlived lives,burned under the weight of 2 tons of regret,fear,and worry.Happy endings-to-be,celebrations-to-be,connections is strengthened, all lost to the depths.Cry out for release,…
Choking you, glowing youth Around these ragged shores lay the corpsesof 1000 unlived lives,burned under the weight of 2 tons of regret,fear,and worry.Happy endings-to-be,celebrations-to-be,connections is strengthened, all lost to the depths.Cry out for release,…
“Now is the thinnest veil between madness and sanity. Now is everything so simple that it mocks one.” - Henry Miller
#madness #henrymiller #writerquote
#madness #henrymiller #writerquote
July 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“Now is the thinnest veil between madness and sanity. Now is everything so simple that it mocks one.” - Henry Miller
#madness #henrymiller #writerquote
#madness #henrymiller #writerquote
“I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.” - John Steinbeck
#johnsteinbeck #writerquote #lost
#johnsteinbeck #writerquote #lost
July 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.” - John Steinbeck
#johnsteinbeck #writerquote #lost
#johnsteinbeck #writerquote #lost
There was a time when something I said may have meant something. Those days are gone with the threat of "possibilities" and "potential." Yet somehow we're still HERE.
#notdeadyet
#notdeadyet
July 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There was a time when something I said may have meant something. Those days are gone with the threat of "possibilities" and "potential." Yet somehow we're still HERE.
#notdeadyet
#notdeadyet
“It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.” - Margaret Anderson
#margaretanderson #amwriting #writingquote #lostgeneration
#margaretanderson #amwriting #writingquote #lostgeneration
July 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.” - Margaret Anderson
#margaretanderson #amwriting #writingquote #lostgeneration
#margaretanderson #amwriting #writingquote #lostgeneration
July 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I often find very little in current lit mags that actually hold my attention. “Pigboy and His Artificial Jesus” by Patrick J. Zhou in the latest edition of The Cincinnati Review is an exception to this. Great storytelling. Check it out -->
www.cincinnatireview.com/samples/pigb...
#shortstory #read
www.cincinnatireview.com/samples/pigb...
#shortstory #read
"Pigboy and His Artificial Jesus" by Patrick J. Zhou
Winner of the 2024 Robert and Adele Schiff Award in fiction
At night I kept my Jesus folded small in the corner of my closet, arms under tucked knees, dark mangled locks beneath the cotton dangle o...
www.cincinnatireview.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I often find very little in current lit mags that actually hold my attention. “Pigboy and His Artificial Jesus” by Patrick J. Zhou in the latest edition of The Cincinnati Review is an exception to this. Great storytelling. Check it out -->
www.cincinnatireview.com/samples/pigb...
#shortstory #read
www.cincinnatireview.com/samples/pigb...
#shortstory #read
Workers fought for years to get legally mandated breaks in order to have a physical and mental rest. Now everyone rushes to grab their phone and goes back to work more overstimulated and distracted than before. Sigh.
#takeabreak #yourphoneiskillingyou #rest #overstimulated
#takeabreak #yourphoneiskillingyou #rest #overstimulated
July 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Workers fought for years to get legally mandated breaks in order to have a physical and mental rest. Now everyone rushes to grab their phone and goes back to work more overstimulated and distracted than before. Sigh.
#takeabreak #yourphoneiskillingyou #rest #overstimulated
#takeabreak #yourphoneiskillingyou #rest #overstimulated