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Belthagor
Writer, Musician, and Animator of simple-drawn things.

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Posted by Belthagor - November 13th, 2024


That: There are people from various countries and each of us are different. No two people are alike. I think it shows during one thing: Hot and cold weather.


I'm from Bulgaria and for many years global warming did not affect climate during summer. Our city despite being a city is very rural and had tall trees next to the sidewalk the whole path for miles.


I went during summer and it felt colder than the US so I've developed some cold resistance in winter.


As I've learned in Medical School: The body tries to stay the same which is called homeostasis. If you have both hot and cold climate moments this weakens the body towards the next season yet I never had that except in summer years later in both Bulgaria and the US.


I was sitting on my balcony and I saw a bunch of people pass by. Some had coats. Some men just wore thick sweatpants, a sweatshirt, and a hat with hands in the pockets.


Many men like cold weather and many don't. Many women like warm weather and some don't.


I personally could trot through the snow with proper attire for hours and never slip on ice. I sweat so much during summer that it reaches my mouth sometimes.


A person who walked out of our building; a close friend. I told them the short version of this yet he's from Spain which is warmer so I'm thinking when he comes back from work if I see him I should explain it in the comfort of our lobby. (Or in my apartment over some hot coffee.)


I only have one last thing to say: Do you think all the people from different origins could learn from each-other during the different extreme seasons? E.G. How to never slip on ice and for me how to handle the heat in the summer?


It's actually kind of embarrassing if I met a woman that I could have just for me the way she would look at me during the summer if we went to eat somewhere or did something together. A bit of a personal detail for me but anyway. I used to have to wipe sweat off my nose so it doesn't go in when I breathe which is mildly annoying yet does not reach the lungs. I've learned a bit how to solve that.


Post Scriptum: The thing I like about it is that I don't sweat. My hair stays dry and doesn't look like it's glued to my head.


Post Post Scriptum: I think there's one thing everyone can agree on. That whether you like cold or hot weather when it's cold everyone likes to turn the heat on and drink something hot in their apartment with family after a long time walking somewhere.


P.P.P.S. I guess I could write it here. When there's ice the easiest thing to do is adjust the way a person walks into a more downward motion than forwards; like stomping forward. This almost completely makes ice lose its ability to make you slip on it because no one can slip from a downward movement.


Posted by Belthagor - November 10th, 2024


When I was young and living in the US I asked my father something. If he could take me to some place with a very tall ceiling.


We went outside and got on the train and he took me to a museum and looked around including upwards.


After about 20 minutes I told him "It's not bad but I can think of something better." As we had smartphones which I think are a major improvement I looked up the location of the nearest Church and surprisingly there was one nearby.


We went inside and stood near the middle.


I told him I want him to do something. "Look up at the large tall half-sphere dome." He looked up and then looked at me and smiled.


For some reason I think when we are in a place with a very tall ceiling it has an effect when you look up that boosts your confidence. You see a large space between you and the ceiling and feel like everyone can hear you. We lit candles and sat and left shortly after.


The last thing I told him is that even though it has this effect we should remember to look down most of the time.


Posted by Belthagor - November 9th, 2024


I've written lots of memories here. Sometimes I get discouraged so I delete some of them.


Posted by Belthagor - October 31st, 2024


When I was young before arriving in the US I had asked my father what the most important thing in life is. He replied in Bulgarian language "To have a plan."


I overheard my parents speaking about my discussion with him. My mother replied "Some people don't have a plan even in their 30s."


Posted by Belthagor - October 31st, 2024


I remember when my father and I decided to purchase groceries. I noticed a new product called ranch dressing. I asked my father why you would put this in a salad... it's like a sauce.. who would actually buy this?


He said that the reason people buy it is because when you apply dressing to a salad with many different veggies in it -the Ranch Dressing makes your digestive system take in more vitamins and nutrients from the food that you eat (It only works with vegetables.)


His favorite was hidden valley ranch crispy by the way. I wanted to write this memory from my youth in memory of him.


Posted by Belthagor - October 31st, 2024


When I was young my father and I spoke. He only said one thing. "If you don't use your talent you lose your talent."


It made sense to me.


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Posted by Belthagor - October 25th, 2024


When I was young I was walking outside nearby by myself and I noticed a [vending] machine the made coffee on the street. I asked a person if the cups should be larger while not containing too much caffiene. He asked me why. "Toplina" [Warmth.] (This was during winter in Bulgaria.)


The next thing I asked him is: How much energy does it take to boil a bit more water anyway?


And I was right. Until adding a certain amount of water to a pan for example which me and my mother tried by boiling water and timing it afterward there is a peak and then a fall (meaning that the time gets exponentially longer to boil the water.)


So you see. Aside from all the business reasons. Winter and I were a small part of the reason for this. [In Bulgaria]


Post Scriptum:


The last thing I told my mother is: Sugar is small. Ground instant coffee is small. The vending machine doesn't have water in it: It comes through a pipe in the ground. The only thing we would have to change is replace milk with something that takes up less space.. Cream.


Post Post Scriptum: The last and final thing I asked her is if the larger portion would prevent the ingredients from spoiling. She replied "Coffee and sugar can't spoil."


Posted by Belthagor - October 25th, 2024


When I was in Bulgaria my father and I spoke a year before I had my concept. I had asked how a pen is used to write.


He told me that it moves. The next thing I asked him was how a train carries people.. he said the same thing.


I thought to myself for a moment that we're all intelligent. Yet the things we create are simple. It's when we apply our education towards making a physical product that our minds show.


It was a very loose example. To connect movement of one thing to another. That everything is theorized from principles [or connecting topics] and the people who make it into something we can see or hold are the ones that are most intelligent. [Meaning Educated.]


So you see. My apologies to bring this up again. "Technology which you can use to look at a woman's body by moving your eyes skipping in between to remove lust." Think of this conversation based on the verbs or since I'm really not in that age group anymore whatever it's called.


Someone could even make little scraps of paper and put them in hats. Then combine things from them and create new stuff.


Maybe we could even make a computer program to list it for us though I'd imagine the person reading the single sentences would go through a lot of annoyance sorting them out.


This was just my childhood thought. I was hopeful. He told me "the world doesn't work this way" but hey you never know.


I think we all have some grey matter. There is no person whom is more or less intelligent than another.


I thought I would write this memory into a motivating speech for you.


Post Scriptum:


One of the most expensive cars there are. Two engines.


Post Post Scriptum: In reality: This car was ingenious though the same thing could be made by combining a topic with a number.


Yet there is only one way that the car could be made into a product. Extremely intelligent car engineers that would do the math needed for two engines to work together. How far could it go? Three engines? Four engines? Five engines? Alternatively: Multiple small lightweight engines that each work less so the car lasts longer before they expire. It seems ridiculous but I can't think of another example at the moment.


Coincidentally: Because an idea can't be copyrighted. The same people who thought up that a car could have two engines logically were the same people that physically designed those engines.


P.P.P.S. The only way I could imagine this though I can't actually design a car that way. Lightweight engines.. lightweight car. You see? It works. Repetition is a part of it.


Posted by Belthagor - October 20th, 2024


We saved the general discussion forums! (Cross your fingers everyone.)


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Posted by Belthagor - October 9th, 2024


When I was in High School and I walked through the street I noticed something wonderful about the way our bodies are made.


I would breathe in through my nose and breathe out which is mundane yet it's the way I did it that calmed me.


Some people have written about breathing in different ways as a form of meditation yet even regular breathing can be turned into that. When we breathe we do it subconsciously. Even so it's possible for a person to be conscious about their breath if they don't have a lot on their mind and it removes your thoughts about problems. While you breathe in you think to yourself "I'm breathing in. [Physically[" While you breathe out you think "I'm breathing out. [Physically]" I had to write it specifically this way because if you were to write the thought with words "I'm taking a breathe in and out" that you start thinking about numbers and math. It should be done as a thought that every breathe is the same during regular breathing that you breathe in and out. I don't really know how to explain it but it helped me deal with problems caused by other people that I'm not responsible for. It even helped me lower physical pain after it passed in the body and went in the brain as a form of healing the brain meaning preventing it from becoming weaker. It doesn't remove a problem and regardless of that you think less about the problem for a while and that helps you solve the problem later. Sometimes people feel that way when they're upset. They focus on their breath. This is entirely different. During the cold seasons and winter it helped me greatly. Not so much during summer.


Post Scriptum: After a sip of coffee the best way I can explain it is: "I'm breathing in [physically] and then "I'm breathing out [physically] and each time after.. the same words and the word "Again" "I'm breathing in [physically] again." "I'm breathing out [physically] again." And you keep doing that. Then I opened the door to my apartment and met my parents. Laid down for a bit and did homework and listened to music.


Post Post Scriptum: Sometimes while I did this I added another thought. That I'm doing it while [physically] walking as the steps pass on the sidewalk. It's very difficult to explain. It may be very easy to explain. I'm not really sure which.


Post Post Post Scriptum: There was an ultimate purpose behind this which I felt as I did it every day during the walk to school and back and all the other places that I've walked to that will bring joy to everyone. "I'm happy that I'm alive and I want to live long."