{"id":77399,"date":"2026-05-08T21:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=77399"},"modified":"2026-05-08T21:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:23:35","slug":"chocolate-fest-in-paradise-may-9th-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=77399","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Fest in Paradise &#8211; May 9th 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Fest-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Fest-Poster-658x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Fest-Poster-658x1024.jpg 658w, https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Fest-Poster-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Fest-Poster-768x1194.jpg 768w, https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Fest-Poster.jpg 868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I should have posted this about a week ago, but things have been pretty intense and busy for a little while now, and I haven&#8217;t been up to posting anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing is slow.  Work is a nightmare.  I <em>might<\/em> get fired?  There&#8217;s a lot going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking about doing all of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start a podcast\/video blog called &#8220;Write Something Good&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start a Patreon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go back into the Query Trenches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set up a regular Twitch streaming schedule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Why haven&#8217;t I done these things already, or why haven&#8217;t I been doing these things?  Mostly exhaustion and fear.  But things are tense and desperate, and I respond to those conditions with frenzied, non-sustainable action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really need therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow should be great, though!  If you&#8217;re anywhere near Paradise, CA (not far from Chico) you should come to this event, say hi, have some chocolate, listen to music, and visit me at booth #92.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I should have posted this about a week ago, but things have been pretty intense and busy for a little while now, and I haven&#8217;t been up to posting anything. Writing is slow. Work is a nightmare. I might get fired? There&#8217;s a lot going on. I&#8217;m thinking about doing all of the following: Why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77401,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77399\/revisions\/77401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}