23 January 2019 Wednesday

My Dear, you were

So many all the things

SO MANY ALL the things. Podcasts, library books, books on my shelves, streaming audio, friends’ content, news programs, stories, educational programs, ETC.

Too many all the things. I cannot all the things.

14 January 2019 Monday

Playlist 09/2018 - 01/2019

Tyler Lyle – Lost & Found
D’Mentes feat. Lai Si – Todo Tu Amor
DJ Khalil – Elevate (Elephant!)
Lori McKenna – Mamas Cooking
Ben Rector – Brand New
dodie – Human, Arms Unfolding
Orla Gartland – Overthinking
Lauren Aquilina – King
Great Lake Swimmers – Various Stages
Dodie Clark, Orla Gartland, Tessa Violet, Lauren Aquilina – Crazy Human Psycho Crush mashup

Whatever it turns out you are

One of my favorite lines from The Magicians is “I’m the official sidekick to whatever it turns out you are.“ I like it for several reasons, and I like that the show is such a ridiculous and realistic and absurd mash of relationships and people and friendships and sexual experiences and even the ones that despise each other still come through and protect one another and it’s real friendship and love, never mind where they are in which official whatever relationships.

iPad offered me news. It started by telling me about a gun going through an airport undetected by TSA and the nonsense surrounding that; then told me that video games are more available by indie developers now due to accessible game engines; then told me about a gas station police standoff involving gasoline, threat of fire, and a drone delivering a vape pen. What the heck, News! What the heck!

31 December 2018 Monday

Thank you 2018

Some things I learned/realized/further clarified in 2018:

• I’m way better at washing dishes when wearing noise-cancelling headphones, listening to danceable music.
• My feelings are my own, and require no answer/reciprocation/feedback from others to sustain.
• I love a lot of people.
• Caring does not dictate responsibility nor require action.
• Friendstacking ftw. This dates back to middle school, though crystallized beautifully in Tallinn.
• There is a rhythm in everything to be attained, obtained, if patiently allowed to develop; patterns require data, requires multiple points and sets.
• I have super cute nieces.
• Non-fabric soles are necessary for my indoor slippers; I am reckless with my limbs at home around corners and furniture.
• I really love the people I love.
• People are amazing.
• I accept that there are different kinds of love, though my experience maintains: if it is real it does not end; relationships change, as do intentions, interpretations, and needs; actions, wants, and feelings have no mandatory correlations.
• Mortality matters.
• Health is Everything. r.i.p.
• Some favorite/controversial words: Gala, Trebuchet, Decal
• Judgement serves effectively only as a very temporary state to inform action; it sours and decays quickly and mixes very poorly with just about every other color.
• Places are secondary to people and purpose.
• Chocolate chip cookies are the best.

30 December 2018 Sunday

5:56am on the last Sunday in 2018

Perhaps half the thing is that the not-sleeping times are some of my favorite. That’s all kinds of things, I’m sure.

16 October 2018 Tuesday

Better on the outside

I don’t like the new interior of the entrance. Now instead of “bigger on the inside”, it’s “extra-dimensional addition that couldn’t be seen/accessed from the outside”.

And why are the words repeated inside and wrong way right readable? In case someone inside forgets what the outside looks like?

Maybe they’ll explain some brilliant reasoning for all this. Until then, I don’t like it.

09 October 2018 Tuesday

Side-by-side Comparison: Google Pixel 2 XL (2017) vs. Pixel 3 XL (2018)

Spreadsheet to Compare Pixel 2 XL and Pixel 3 XL phones by Google.

128gb storage capacity is perfectly respectable as an option, however as a maximum option for storage capacity it is simply pathetic in 2018. It was woeful in 2017. I also wonder what it will take for them to up the ram; it’s not like their efficiency with 4gb has been impressive.
Otherwise, (and totally ignoring the notch, which would not have been my route) it’s still the best available phone.

01 October 2018 Monday

My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro. Is the hype justified? I’ll finally be able to answer this in a few hours.
P.S. I like that my keyboard apparently already knows how to spell Totoro.