Who Am I?
Hi! My name is Marwan. Yeah, it’s a weird name. Yeah, I have heard all of the jokes, and probably many that you haven’t even thought of yet. I am a middle-aged guy in a Blue state. I have a wife, a few kids, some dogs, and a pretty good life. Sounds good, right? Well… I also have thoughts. A lot of them.
What Is This?
Due to, well, everything, I have been feeling a lot of anxiety, depression, stress, etc. (See below for why). I quit drinking 9 years ago, and quit smoking about a year ago, so I don’t have those physical crutches to try to mask/deal with these feelings. So I created this place. This is a place where I can get my thoughts out while I am having them, with a hope that by putting them here, they will spend less time flying around in my head. Very loudly. While I will make my writings public, I am not doing this for publicity, more to just have an outlet. If folks choose to follow, then cool. I guess I look at is as a place where I can share my thoughts, fears, rants, whatever… and if people want to join, then they are opting in. Better, I suppose, than for all my close friends and family who have up to this point had to deal with me dumping all this on them IRL.
I will have comments turned on, so if anyone actually reads any of this and wants to participate, I would love that. Initially I am only going to share this with friends and family, so it’s a place where we can have those political talks (and even arguments, if need be) while leaving other areas free of all that mess.
One other thing… I will probably post pics of my dogs. A lot of them.
Why Is This?
So, why did I decide to become yet another person with a Substack? Pretty simple. The 2024 election. I mean, there’s a lot more to it, but yeah, the events leading up to, and more importantly after that dark day in November are what got me here.
What This Isn’t
While the focus here, at least in the beginning, will be the political situation we are facing in the USA, don’t expect expert political commentary. I am not a poli-sci guy, have never worked in any sort of government, and have no formal writing experience or training. I don’t have an editor. This is just… me. There will be emotional posts, rants, probably some contradictions.
I also don’t intend to be any sort of news aggregator, sharing a daily digest of links to all the crazy shit that is coming. There are other sites that do that already and do it far better than I would be able to.
I also don’t think I will be sharing a lot of low-effort memes, although I am certainly not above enjoying them.
Still Here?
Cool. Welcome. Grab some dip. Let’s “chop it up” a bit.
(Did I mention that I can be pretty cringe? No? Well, yeah. That’s a thing. That I do.)
