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Off Reg (Sometimes things don't line up right)
@off-reg.bsky.social
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I'm just lost in thought, in a world that seems to have lost it's way. This may change, but who's to say.
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High Rise, High Cost.

Buildings made of
glass and steal
reflecting sky
now looks un-real.

Valleys hidden
from the sun
yet when it rains
the people run.

Noises, voices
scream and shout
it's what the city's
all about.

Replace the forests
nature's there.
With glass and steal
who said life's fair...
June 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
off-reg.bsky.social
(...something I wrote a long time ago...)

Lost In The Light.

The brightness shines through me,
the shadows all have gone,
and I alone drift silently,
feint whispers of a song.

Memories of yesterday,
the pictures fade away,
I leave behind my written word,
that I may live again.
June 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
off-reg.bsky.social
Soo,
after finishing
the first writing
experiment
I decided to try
another one, and
now THAT one
has been going
for 33 days in
a row, and counting...
Not sure where
it's going as
it's based on a short
dreams I had, but...
...it's been 33 days now
soo...here's hoping it
goes somewhere...lol.
TTFN ;)
June 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
off-reg.bsky.social
I don't know
what to do.

I've been doing
this writing exp
for 20 days now.
It's almost over.
I don't know
what to do
going forward.
I'll explain more,
in the "alt text"
attached to the
picture I'll post.
I'll also describe
the picture too,
just saying there
will be more than
the pic described. ;)
This is an A.I image I prompted. It's of a modern apartment, looking out at the City Center off in the distance at night. Now, I needed an idea, and the one that came to me, was to take a random picture, like this one, and write about what's going on in, and around it. It started as this guy, just about to have a glass of wine, it's Friday Night, of a four day weekend. He hears a knock at the door, and it's a work friend, and she's looking like she has a problem. The writing experiment was supposed to be about what happens in the "Four day long weekend" BUT.... Soo, I'm writing it in sections, each section has a picture to "ground" the section. Four Days, didn't seem like a long time, but I've been writing a section a day, for 20 days now...A lot cam happen in a day apparently. BUT, I'm finally at Sunday Night, and the story is only going to do to "Monday Night" if I stick to the original idea, soo..... What do I do after "Monday Night"? New idea, continue this one, or do I "redux" the original, make it better?..... I wish I could have put this in the post, and not behind a picture....I still have characters, but I've basically run out of things to say. That's the sitch, thanks for reading, and good night. ;)
April 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Why 300?
Is this Sparta?
I know you can
say a lot in just
300 characters,
but...why limit
yourself?
If I add a picture,
I can use up to
2000 characters.
Soo why the limit.
I've been doing
a writing exp.
It's on it's 12th day.
I'd share here, but
it's a story.
Breaking it down into
small chunks? NO.
A wood floored room, with wood walls, and a coffered ceiling. The rich brown tones, subdued lighting, leather chair, and the bookcase built into two of the walls show this is a room for study, reading, or quiet contemplation. Outside the window, a view of the buildings, and their reflection in the water. The lights on the thoroughfare lighting up the lower floors of the buildings as the night cast their higher floors into darkness. Yet, even at night, the city is alive, and filled with people. And all of that is visible from the quiet room, in a home, across the water.... Now If I can write all that about a picture, why can't I use the same number of characters to just write what I want? Yes, I CAN go to another site....and I do. Aside from twits site, I can't think of another one that places limits on how much you can say.... Later, and take care....
April 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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What's Up?

What isn't?

What's left?
What's ahead?
What's behind?

The questions
never stop, but
the answers
trickle, and
disappear...

Once more,
I look around,
see no answers.
Only the questions,
scattered on the
ground, like the
hopes, and ideas
of people who
dropped them,
and never looked
back.
Another A.I picture I prompted. The old man, grey hair matching his beard, looks around the city he remembers looking differently than it does now. The bustling sidewalks, filled with people going about their lives, while he watches, and wonders about the people he used to know, but no longer sees when he goes out. On the streets, buses line up to pick people up, and there never seems to be a lack of people to pick up. The old see all this, and still remembers when the city wasn't soo big, the buildings not soo tall, and the streets not soo busy. But time marches on.....and all he can do now, is watch. Watch from the side of the street.
March 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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I'm Not Where I Thought I'd Be.

Soo, tempus fugit, and
all that goodness.

Asking myself the hard
questions lately, and
not really coming up
with good answers.....

I'm sure I'm not alone
in this, it's just that, the
knowledge I'm "not alone"
isn't exactly helping me to
answer the questions I have.
It's late, but the Metropolis never gets truly dark...unless there's a power outage, and those don't happen anymore. High above the streets, and the hustle, and bustle of the cars, and people, more people go about their business. Just as the city never truly sleeps, it residents keep all sorts of different hours to match the various jobs that constantly need doing. On a balcony, high above the sounds of the traffic, a young woman passes here gaze over the city that truly never sleeps, and for a moment, she forgets her rush... She pauses in her tracks, to lean on a railing for a moment, and try to make sense of everything before her; the lights, the scale of it, just how long she's been there now. As she does this, the heart of the city continues to beat. As others walk past her, and say nothing. They too, have been in her place. Soon enough, the moment will pass, and she'll blend back into the crowd, and disappear. Soo many people, and soo many stories that nobody will ever hear about.
February 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
off-reg.bsky.social
Trying To Adapt To Here...

The character count
really limits, but at the
same time....it suggests.

Anyway, still not much
going on to write about
anyway, soo...no harm.

Still playing with the
A.I Image generator.

Here's another one.
I hope I'm doing the
Alt text for the pics
in a good way.

l8r
A young woman walks down an old side street. It's coble stones damp after the rains, but even so, the people are already returning, to the shops as the street lamps automatically turn themselves on for another evening. The shops are small, Mom, and Pop type places, more concerned with that they sell, than how the store looks. The windows above the stores, low rent havens, with air conditioning units hanging out of almost all of them. It's just another non descript ally, in another non descript neighbourhood in the Big City. Looking at the paper in her hand, she thinks she's getting closer, and she wishes she was warm at home. As she walks along, another story in the city unfolds.
February 24, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Sometimes It's Quiet At Night....(Sometimes, It's TOO Quiet.)

Here we are, and
things continue to
spiral out....

I try not to think too
much about it, but when
it's constantly thrown in
your face, eventually you
have to wipe it off....

Soo, I went back to the
A.I, and tried prompting
it again....
The park at night is dark, but the white snow makes it seem bright. The few lights along the paths do little more than show people the paths they can't see under the snow. Starting at the edge of the park, the city streets stretch towards the heart of the city, like rivers of multcolour lights that merge at the horizon, and seemingly turn into towers of light that point themselves up into the dark sky, and the stars that twinkle above them. But they are not towers of light, but the towers of concrete, and steel... From the park, nothing of the city can be heard. In the park, all is quiet, save for the sound of a rare hiker, getting away from the noise of the city, and the wind.
February 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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And The People Wanted Snow.....

And LOW, there was snow....
..and HIGH....and everywhere
in between.

Yup.....as I type this, the Winter
winds be blowing, and howling
outside my bedroom window...

Welcome to Winter Country....
A man looks on as other people walk through a city park in Winter. Despite being nighttime, it's fairly bright, as the light from the Moon reflects off the snow, and high lights the people, and trees. In the distance the city skyline is a mix of apartment, and office buildings. Even at this time, there are lights on in each. The city never truly sleeps, and neither does the man watching it.
February 16, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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As quiet as it gets,
I know it's busy
somewhere out there.....

Here's another A.I pic.
I know it's not photo
realistic, but I like the
oil painting style more.
An A.I picture based on a prompt to create a night time picture of a street in Tokyo. A two lane road with normal houses on the left, and also on the right, but with a store also on the right, and it's sign. The buildings in the back ground rise up high, with most of their lights on.
January 29, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Just realized,
I never got around
to getting those
new books
I was thinking of
getting.....

When you're used
to NOT spending
money, it can be
hard to do it again.

Not everything is
like riding a bike
it seems.
January 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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I was SOO confused for a minute...

So, it's been a
little while since
I was last here...

I forgot how to
look around the
place, let alone
actually do any
thing.....

Any hue, here's an
A.I generated pic
I prompted the A.I
to make.

It's nothing deep,
but I like it...lol.

Later, Bacon is good....
January 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
off-reg.bsky.social
It's strange...
Out of nowhere,
my gaming urge....
....went away.

Just......went away.
Because of issues,
I lost the level
I was working on,
but I've since made
a bigger, better one.

But, somewhere
along the line while
I was learning to use
Unreal Engine...
my urge to game...
got lost?

How very
August 19, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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Moving forward,
started a new section.

Found myself thinking
the game was tricky.

I quickly remembered
I wasn't playing a game,
I'm trying to make one.

I'm going to take that
as a good sign....and
move along.

Take care
out there......
August 1, 2024 at 3:55 PM
off-reg.bsky.social
Finally finished
the "first game"
in the course...
It's not much,
but...
A journey of a thousand
kilometers, begins with
a single step.
If only C++ didn't hurt
my head with every...
.....single....
.........step.
July 26, 2024 at 8:29 PM
off-reg.bsky.social
C++ makes me say naughty words out loud.
July 19, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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Today's Words of Wisdom...

"If someone asks you if you want to learn C++ just...
...punch them in the face.
They should understand your reaction, and leave
you alone after that."

Said by; Me. I said that.
June 28, 2024 at 6:57 PM
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Learning about Unreal Engine.
The Devil's in the details, never
underestimate the importance of
a + or - symbol.....lol.
June 7, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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...and here I am, and not.
I hesitate to go out.
The cage I bound myself in
invisible to others, but
there non the less.
There I stay, slowly
suffocating in my solitary
sense of artificial comfort.
Denial my friend, and
eternal enemy....
Nothing scares me more
than the future, so I live
in the past.
March 28, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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Randomly found
myself
thinking of Rome...
Hard jet lag,
I slept the first day
away.
From the hotel window,
every......night
I'd hear
Volare
on accordion.
...
Now I can hear it again.
It's been over a decade,
when will the music stop?
Oddly enough,
I miss hearing the clock
marking the time all night.
March 1, 2024 at 2:29 AM
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I don't do social media well...
....I also tend to play MMORPGs
solo...

I wonder if this isn't some sort of
"pre web" state of mind?

That, or maybe I just like being
the Fly on the wall....
February 16, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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Trying to learn more
about video games, and
the Unreal Engine.
Interesting stuff, but it
also feels like I'm looking
behind "The Curtain"...
Oh well, in for a penny, in
for a pound eh?
February 13, 2024 at 12:04 AM
off-reg.bsky.social
I am consistently,
inconsistently,
consistent.
February 5, 2024 at 10:25 PM
off-reg.bsky.social
The world is divided, and
nobody seems to want to
admit it when they're wrong.
Yet despite the trend of everyone
being right based on their point
of view, one fact remains.
There will always be winners, and
losers, and there will always be
a high cost in finding out which
one you are. Choose wisely.
January 22, 2024 at 8:09 PM