Clayton Hauck Clayton Hauck

2024 09 17

Well, shucks. My streak of posting every day ended at just over two-hundred and fifty consecutive days. While this bums me out, I also picked up a wife in my absence so I am calling it a win! The week of chaos leading up to our wedding on Saturday proved too much to overcome and I decided that some things are more important than posting silly pictures to the internet.

Annoyingly, Squarespace only allows up to 250 images in the image gallery, which we have now surpassed, and I’m not sure my best solution moving forward. This further demoralized me and caused me to consider something new moving forward. No decisions have been made thus far, so I will attempt to get back into the swing of a daily post and see where life takes me as I attempt to get back into the normal routines of not being the center of attention and having a million tasks being asked of you each and every day.

Also, I’m married!!

-Clayton

Haley and Allison prior to enjoying some Gene & Jude's hot dogs. River Grove, Illinois. July, 2024. © Clayton Hauck

Well, shucks. My streak of posting every day ended at just over two-hundred and fifty consecutive days. While this bums me out, I also picked up a wife in my absence so I am calling it a win! The week of chaos leading up to our wedding on Saturday proved too much to overcome and I decided that some things are more important than posting silly pictures to the internet.

Annoyingly, Squarespace only allows up to 250 images in the image gallery, which we have now surpassed, and I’m not sure my best solution moving forward. This further demoralized me and caused me to consider something new moving forward. No decisions have been made thus far, so I will attempt to get back into the swing of a daily post and see where life takes me as I attempt to get back into the normal routines of not being the center of attention and having a million tasks being asked of you each and every day.

Also, I’m married!!

-Clayton

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Clayton Hauck Clayton Hauck

2024 02 21

The ongoing Palestine-Israel war has me thinking of this skit quite a lot lately, for reasons we won’t get much into on this blog.

Look, it’s a complicated, tragic topic and one we could go on about for hours, but I’m doing my best not to turn this space into a geopolitics blog despite my constant temptation to do so.

One thing I do want to briefly discuss is this feeling I have about the war. I think the US and Israel were largely caught off-guard by the massive amount of pushback they have gotten by their own citizens, furious by what we are doing in their names. It’s almost like they dusted off the 9/11 Playbook and used the same script but then were shocked that the multiple years of leeway American’s gave the Bush Administration before turning their backs on the project were depleted within a few days this time around. Obviously, the situation is not the same, however, I get the sense that this time is different largely for symbolic reasons. Many young Americans relate with the Palestinians in a metaphirc sense. It’s a population being suppressed and dominated by an older, more powerful male-dominated state which they mostly don’t relate with. They have no real opportunity in life, no prospects, unless they go somewhere else and not be a nuisance. Justified or not, I think a lot of young Americans probably look at the Palestinians and relate with them a whole lot more than they do with Israel. Even if siding with Hamas is rooting against your own side, in a sense, it’s still rooting for the suppressed underdog you know.

Let’s not be the baddies, is all I want to say beyond this.

-Clayton

PS- if you do want to start a Geopolitics Club, hit me up! Been threatening this for a while now, might actually be time to make it happen.

Gene & Judes, a Chicago hot dog institution. River Grove, Illinois. January, 2024.

The ongoing Palestine-Israel war has me thinking of this skit quite a lot lately, for reasons we won’t get much into on this blog.

Look, it’s a complicated, tragic topic and one we could go on about for hours, but I’m doing my best not to turn this space into a geopolitics blog despite my constant temptation to do so.

One thing I do want to briefly discuss is this feeling I have about the war. I think the US and Israel were largely caught off-guard by the massive amount of pushback they have gotten by their own citizens. It’s almost like they dusted off the 9/11 Playbook and used the same script but then were surprised that the multiple years of leeway Americans gave the Bush Administration before turning their backs on the invasion were depleted within a few days this time around. Obviously, the situation is not the same, however, I get the sense that this time is different largely for symbolic reasons. Many young Americans relate with the Palestinians in a metaphirc sense. It’s a population being suppressed and dominated by an older, more powerful male-dominated state which they don’t relate with. Palestinians largely have no real opportunity in life, no prospects, unless they go somewhere else and not be a nuisance. Justified or not, I think a lot of young Americans probably look at the Palestinians and relate with them a whole lot more than they do with Israel. If siding with Hamas is rooting against your own team, in a sense, it’s still rooting for the suppressed underdog you know.

Anyway. Let’s not be the baddies. Back to photography tomorrow?

-Clayton

PS- if you do want to start a Geopolitics Club, hit me up! Been threatening this for a while now, might actually be time to make it happen.

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