things have settled down considerably since last week; got to see the eclipse the other day which was cool
I don’t know where this should get posted but like passing thought. Where do people make Internet friends in 2023 / 2024 ?
Online Gaming, really.
Actually an interesting place where I’ve started to get to know people online (wouldn’t call them friends…yet) is on Mastodon. I joined a smaller instance kinda on a whim and it’s been nice. Think there are <300 users, and only maybe 50 are active commenters? It reminds me of the early days of Twitter when it was fun to talk with complete strangers. My instance is somewhat politics-based, but we all post and talk about our personal lives and interests, too. For example, we have some trans users who talk about their struggles. Others of us talk about gaming. Jobs, travel, and tech comes up too. It’s not just politics. But there is a lot of memeing and joking around. It really does feel like a little community.
Ahhh nice. I don’t really do the gaming much but that’s given me things to think about
I’m looking for an Android job and got an offer for a web + android job. It’d mostly be web probably and I’m not sure if I should go for it.
Mainly because I’ve got two other interviews coming up and also I don’t want to impact my career experience when I’m looking for my next job. What do you think?
Ooh jobs. I need one of those. Do you know where they’ve all gone to?
Have you looked down the back of the sofa?
No idea, there’s not that many here tbh which is part of the problem!
I also feel bad because the guy offering me the job specifically said I should stop interviewing for other places and they’re a pretty small company. All my friends that I’ve asked think I should take the offer and leave if/when I get a better one but I feel I should reject them for my mental health
This week is going pretty well! I don’t have anything big looming over me that I need to get done, and I’m seeing Peter Gabriel this weekend, so I’m super psyched about that.
Omg cool!!!
I grew up listening to him via my dad, who passed away a couple of years ago, so it’s extra special to me that I’m able to go.
I can see that it would be! Hope you have a wonderful time!
Draaaaaaaiiined the fuck out. Too much shit in one week. For most people, it wouldn’t be a lot, but I have significant fatigue issues and it’s just been too much.
Need to just have some calm and take this week to recover what little energy I can usually muster up. So a major break it is. Keep things light for a while.
Otherwise, generally fine… ish.
So tired
I got some really nice chai from the local Indian supermarket. I gave up coffee a few months ago- or Ozempic put me right off it- and I had a hole in my life where a hot drink belongs. I’m glad to have found something I like.
It’s looking like it’ll be a stormy autumn and winter and honestly I’m here for it, even though I know the reasons for it are ungood on a global scale. I love wind and rain to a ridiculous degree.
I think I’ve finally worked out all the CPAP bugs but I’m still waiting to feel better. I suspect that part of the problem is that the dose of my blood pressure medication needs to be lowered and that’s making me tired, but I won’t see my GP again until next month so I have to deal.
So far so good! I completed my training to be a poll worker for the election in November, which I’m excited about! Also going on a quick vacation this weekend, which should be fun!
thank you for your contribution to democracy!
Mental health is declining again lol
My body hurts
Currently drowning in school work but I’m about to graduate so I’m just pushing myself through.
Currently shopping for a new graphics card as a grad gift actually. I’m leaning toward something similar to the rx 7800xt which would be my first AMD card. It’s hard to argue with the numbers, especially since I don’t expect to be using ray tracing or DLSS for at least a couple years.
Overall, struggling to stay motivated and very sleep deprived. It’s my fault though, I need to return to meditation
you can do it! idk if you’re referring to HS or Uni, but i remember in Uni the senioritis hit me HARD in that last semester. I had just a few more essays than i had the motivation to finish. For at least one of them, I double-checked the syllabus and realized that the professor had not specified a font size or spacing, only a page count. You better BELIEVE I took my half-finished essay, drafted a conclusion, bumped up the font size to 14 double-spaced and turned it in.
Haha I haven’t ever gone that far, I wish I could do that. I’m at university but I can’t let too much slip since I’m trying to head for grad school. Just have to muster the effort to finish the next 6-7 weeks till finals are here. But thanks for the motivation!
Nice nice nice! I knew by that last semester that I did not want to go to grad school (at least not right away), so you’re definitely in a different headspace than i was. To be clear, I was usually an “A” student all the way through, but sometimes your motivation just leaves your body.
I’ve been back home for two days. I stayed near the hospital for a few but there’s really no comfort like home. 1 week post-op will be tomorrow. Now I get to work on my leave paperwork with this shitty 3rd party company we pay to manage work leave, hooray.
My neck and shoulders have been really hurting me lately. I got a prescription for massages from my dr but I suck at making appointments so I might just be in pain for a while. Going to Chicago solo next weekend and that’s a little scary. I need a life coach but just for like little stuff haha
*Edit- just remembered I have a high deductible plan so I won’t be getting any massages.
Going to Chicago solo next weekend and that’s a little scary
Chicago is tons of fun if you’ve never been. Even solo. I went solo for a few days last year, before a work trip started. I spent half a day at the Museum of Science and Industry and then a full day at the Field Museum of Natural History. Admittedly, I lived there for a bit in college, so I know my way around well enough.
Get yourself a 3-day pass for the CTA. Even just riding the "L’ subway/elevated for a few hours can be an adventure and an interesting way to see the city.
Thank you, I’ll do that!
Ahhh sorry about your neck! Are you me? Take a long hot shower lol
I have a migraine 😞 cut down from 3-5 cokes every day to 1. I just had today’s one to hopefully that helps the migraine.
Congrats on getting healthy! I hope the migraine goes away soon.
I’d love a coke lol
Update. I had a coke 😂
My daughter is 6 weeks old today so I’m a happy papa.
PiHole and new NAS are all set up. I had a disk corruption while moving data over (thanks btrfs). Nothing super important was on there, but now I’m going to get to spend my evening sifting through photorec output. After that it’ll be on to getting everything integrated with Nextcloud, and then world domination?
I’ve been using Kiss My Face olive oil bar soap for showers for like…a decade, but switched to Dr. Bronners bar soap this week cause Kiss My Face was out of stock. My partner’s been using Dr. Bronners liquid soap for years, but I never got on board just cause I prefer bar soap.
Long story short, I think the change will be permanent. The bar soap on its own somehow smells like a grandparent’s basement, but it seems suspiciously effective.
I have nothing to back me up except my experience, but I’ve been using Dr. Bronner for the past 2-3 months and I’m going to switch to something else once I finish this bottle.
I liked it, but it cleans a little too well if that makes sense. I felt like my skin wasn’t left with any oils and it would dry my skin out too much. I currently have to use a bunch of lotion for my skin to not be dry, and I already used to moisturize a lot before the soap.
I don’t even use it on my face unless I have been really sweaty. There is a woman near me that makes charcoal bars of soap and that’s what I plan on using afterwards.
Oh weird, I’ll have to look out for that coming from an olive oil soap. So far so good though.
