tribute – The Diary of The Deranged Writer

10-Minute Warning CLXX

All right. What can I tell here in under 10 minutes?

I did not do anything at my main job today, so I had time to adjust and train myself for my potential second job (I can’t tell what it is for now)… and I was so stressed. I’m still a beginner and what I have been working on so far is just a trial, but the stress was off the charts. I hope to get through the stress and learn faster so I can finally work and earn a bit more money.

What else? I’m supposed to make a lengthy, celebratory post today because it is the birthday of my favorite professional wrestler, but a slice of my favorite baked cheesecake from Satchmi will do for now. Happiest birthday to the Deadman, The Undertaker! I wish you nothing the best in life, sir!

And speaking of The Undertaker, I’m ending this post with my favorite Undertaker tribute video from WWE. Please click here to view it.

Have a great week, everyone!

Published on March 24, 2025 at 11:05pm. Minor edits were made on March 27, 2025 at 8:51 pm because the embedded video at the end of the post was not working. I replaced it with a link instead.

10-Minute Warning CIV

All right. What can I write here under 10 minutes?

Today I don’t feel like writing about how my day went. But what I can share are my plans for The Diary in the next few weeks.

On January 31, 2024, Wednesday, I will be publishing my post-birthday letter to my ultimate hero, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters. Right now I’m still working on it, and I hope I don’t fuck it up whether my idol reads it or not.

On February 6, 2024, Tuesday, The Diary turns 1 year old! And in celebration of that, I will post the lessons I learned after I blogged regularly for a full year.

And oh! As for the lack of header images on my posts lately, that’s because my software subscription has expired and I honestly cannot afford it for now. I hope to turn things around soon. In the meantime, no header images.

Wish me luck!

Song of the Moment VII: Foo Fighters’ “Everlong (Acoustic)”

Yesterday, January 14, 2024, was the 55th birthday of my number 1 hero, Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters. I wanted to pay tribute to my idol with a long post, but until now I’m still not done with it. I don’t want to rush it; I want my tribute post to be perfect, and I hope to finish it by this month.

In the meantime, let me share a video of Dave Grohl performing the acoustic version of arguably his magnum opus, “Everlong”. The video was originally aired on March 20, 2021, as part of Oates Song Fest 7908. It has 2 parts: (1) the songwriting process and (2) the performance itself. Skip to 6:56 if you want to check out the performance right away. It’s so breathtaking. I love the acoustic version as much as I love the original one.

Dave Grohl explains the songwriting process of Foo Fighters’ “Everlong” and then performs the acoustic version.

Happiest birthday, Dave Grohl! Thank you for cheering me up and saving me through your music. You will always be my ultimate hero!