💤 We do not eat our allies
And an attack on Kimiko
…well unless they move mad…
“We do not eat our allies” was what Tairn said to Andarna when she (Andarna) was going to protect her human rider by feasting on a fellow dragon.
Yes, Tairn & Andarna are dragons & this scene is from a book; Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros.
Anyhoo, I stand with Tairn on the quote ‘cos it denotes loyalty & mutual respect for the other person.
It’s not even about liking or being a fan of everyone ‘cos that’s impossible anyway. It’s more about giving respect even in situations when you’re not a fan of the other. As long as they’ve done nothing wrong yet.
Differences like sexual preferences, RELIGION, taste in books or movies, etc. are not reason enough to “eat one’s ally”. Boundaries are okay but an outright attack on the other?
I wish the world would listen to Tairn & be more empathetic towards one another.
However sha, if the other person moves mad, they will be eaten. Much as I’m with Tairn, I cannot stand bullies & I will always listen to poet Olamide's wise words in Rock: fight for your life.
“Ma lo fe broke nigga fight for your life” - Olamide the poet
If anyone asks my mantra for 2024, that’s it; Fight for your life ‘cos no one will fight for you.
❓Anonymous question of the month
“would you rather never use perfume for the rest of your life or never use lipgloss?”
Scrim.
This looks tough to answer at a glance but it’s actually not when I think about it.
The first. I’d choose to never use perfume for the rest of my life than never use lipgloss.
It’s a good thing the question said perfume, not fragrance in general :)
PS: I’m accepting interesting anonymous questions in the form below. I answer 1 question every letter ⬇
▶ January the Jenesis
Before I gist you about how Kimiko got attacked by it supposed ALLY, first gather around if you’re a Jon Bellion fan.
I just might know why he’s been MIA in the music space these past few years.
It’s because he’s now into another career path; phone repairs.
I’m not making this up, it was revealed to me in my dream earlier this month. In the dream, my phone screen broke, I handed it to Jon Bellion & he fixed it clean. Apparently, he’s highly skilled with that & so it has taken his time away from music.
But I wonder, does he not know about the concept of multitasking? Music by day, phone repairs by night, or vice versa.
The order doesn’t matter as long as you don’t leave your audience hanging fgs your last album was in 2018 that’s 6 years ago?!! Haba Jon B.
🐈 On Kimiko
If this is your first time reading a letter from ZigZag Zee, let me introduce you to Kimiko, the 10-month-old beloved cat. In this letter is his origin story, take a look if you feel like it.
Okay so if you remember in December’s letter I picked a bone at the guy saying:
Well, this late-night out backfired earlier this month when its fellow cat from God-knows-where attacked it in the middle of the night. When the house woke up in the morning we found the poor guy badly bruised, fighting for it’s life & losing the battle. It was stinking & injured with bite marks on every part of its body I felt so sorry for it.
Thankfully road to recovery only took about 3 days before it started running around again looking for what is not lost.
I wish I could say nothing has happened since then.
But then lightning struck again just the day before yesterday (Friday). This time it was early in the morning when I heard the scream & ran out. The cat from nowhere didn’t stay up to 5 mins but it had inflicted maximum damage on poor Kimiko.
Anyway, that oppressor-cat is on borrowed time & it better never show its face here again cos if caught…
Agent K is doing better now anyway, scared of the night but recovering well 👍
🎯 On setting goals
I dread setting long-term goals & I got called out for it in a book I’m currently reading by Joe Pulizzi. He said:
…I believe that is why so many people don’t set goals - they don’t want to set themselves up for any failure in life.
He’s not wrong. And this year I decided to give it a go notwithstanding the fear of failure. Setting goals for every 90 days in the year.
One of my goals for the 1st quarter of 2024 is to increase the number of ZigZag Zee subscribers investors by 75. Ambitious stuff tbh but then it’s not impossible. Instead of just going with the flow, let’s see how much I can intentionally gather by the end of March shall we?
A good segue to please…
Photoshop isn’t left out either. By the end of March, I want to have painted 3-4 portraits. The entry for January is ready :)
💤 Drawing the curtain
Remember in December letter when I said I traveled to another country, Benin Republic for the holidays, I wrote about the experience here on Medium if that interests you ⬇
Otherwise, how’s January the Jenesis coming along dear investor? Are you team goal setting or team wing it till you make it?
I can’t even judge ‘cos I’ve been both but whatever team it is, please fight for your life.
See you in the middle of February investorrrrrr
With love & everything nice 💜💤
Feel free to email back, if I don’t reply, fine me
You should sign Kimimiko up for Jiu Jitsu or Cat Fu classes