Thursday, September 17, 2015

Blogging Through Google Voice

I am the Ghost in the Machine


Thursday September 17th, 2015

I no longer have time to write, any spare moment is spent sleeping or eating. I barely have time for laundry (I should do that now) or grocery shopping. Not having a car makes things much more difficult because I have to take the bus (unless the bus leaves me stranded as if often does), to do my chores.

Not having time means I have no time to write. Trying to jot down notes while the bus is shaking itself through potholes, dodging pedestrians and tour buses, is not a good way to write. 

Therefore, I have gone to a new low: Google Voice.

No, it is not terribly accurate but it's scarily close enough to pass as my words. So, in the best interest of getting my words out to the world (what other proof do I have that I exist?), I will post this way.

Here goes...

Nighttime
4 messages


Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 10:18 PM

To: E


Some people search for God I searched instead for demon.
The demon inside a demon within.
For what [will] I find lurking around the corner would I see myself?


M Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 11:06 PM

To: E


After the sweltering heat the chill returned to San Francisco burying the buildings in mist.


MFri, Sep 11, 2015 at 11:26 PM

To: E


A man walked over to the corner where the homeless man slept on the ground he placed the rum and coke [down] then walked back to his girlfriend and made a reply some sort of excuse I didn't hear walking down Folsom Street on a Friday night.


Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 5:25 PM

To: E


The miserable day today in San Francisco and actually rain today I was at work when I saw it on the [pier] very visible the sky is gray and the water is gray. 

Relying on Google to transcribe my words because I don't have time to write them down as I walk along the sidewalk here very very busy no time for anything else.

I don't read the news or the newspaper so I have no idea what's going on in the world I'm very much secluded here by myself [and] lonely I [wish I] had more time to write but what would I write about I have no idea. 

[It's] enough for me just to get through the day without collapsing or having a panic attack or just suffering from severe depression is all I can do [ ] and try to survive. 

I work haphazardly on a musical that I wish I had more time for all I can do is scribble a few notes down and hope I can get it together later. 

This is the first winter alone by myself especially in San Francisco I'm not sure how I'm going to cope with the miserable weather on my own suffice it to say will be very depressing. 

I am filled with melancholy thoughts as I try to get this down rushing by people people people people peace and quiet is a luxury in the city for poor people it's non existent. 

I must have some sort of proof that I exist or I will go insane. I must put my words down somehow anyway I can if only through email. 

M Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 11:36 AM

To: E


7 GGG 111
A car that almost ran me over while I was crossing the street in the designated crosswalk on the green light.
I am not in the mood to get run over by a car today everyone is setting me up and trying to ruin my life but I'm not going to let them. 


Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 1:48 PM

To: E


It seems that I have given up the luxury of writing and must now transcribe my words on to Google Voice and the phone in an attempt to try to get my writing down via voice. 

Surprisingly this method is quite accurate and it scares me how much Google knows my own voice to form the words as quickly as I can speak them. 

This manner of narration is quite intrusive but I don't really care seeing as how my thoughts need to be expressed whether they have an audience or not.

Of course at any moment googlemail fucks up my words and completely ruins my whole entire paragraph [thus] leaving me completely helpless resorting to the old fashioned method of paper and pen. 

However in the city finding time for the luxury of writing seems to be sparse as well as finding a place to sit without being harassed by anyone or finding any personal space in particular for that matter. 

I am aware of the danger of posting my voice to Google and [having] Google control my voice as well as claiming it as its own property including the text and messages [ ] for its own [use and] copyright [thus] rendering my words completely useless to me. 

Alas this is the future of technology and nothing you say or do is safe and these times God help us all.