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  • The Only Requirement

    I’m struggling with the sense, as I often do, that I’m not getting enough done. I haven’t put enough things away in the closet. I haven’t organized enough. I haven’t “produced content.” I haven’t, I haven’t, I haven’t justified my continued existence.

    Intellectually I know better, but brains are assholes (as we often say in this house) so I’m just going to place the following two statements here, in public, as a reminder to myself and to anyone else who need them:

    The only absolute requirement is that you get through to tomorrow.
    The only goal that matters is to not make things any worse for anyone (including yourself) in the meantime if you can prevent doing so.

    Everything else is gravy. Any progress is a bonus, not a minimum requirement.

  • The House In The Heat

    Now that we’ve had our first taste of summer (in [cuss]ing early May, mind you) I can report back that the new house should work out okay for the hot weather. We got into the vicinity of 90F according to the outside sensor and the HVAC was able to keep even the west-facing upstairs office space with the powerful heater (aka “my computer”) quite bearable.

    Given that this was one of my biggest worries moving into this place, I am quite relieved. Of course all bets are off once we clear 100F, which is nigh-inevitable in this new modern era, but we’ll fight that battle when we come to it.

  • General Catch-Up: Early May 2024

    As we’re still in recovery from the move (which isn’t truly over since there’s still boxes and piles of stuff in various parts of the house), here’s a few bullet points of “how I’m doing at this point of my life”:

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  • That Which Was VAST

    I’m on record, no pun intended, as stating that VAST’s debut release, Visual Audio Sensory Theater, is one of my favorites of all time. It was the right album at the right time with the right density & mixture of sounds, and I still love it.

    My relationship with everything that’s come afterward is weirder.

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  • All Out, Finally

    It’s the end of an era: We handed in the keys to the apartment after several hours spent taking care of the final round of sweeping and scrubbing and what-have-you. Heck, we even replaced the drip trays on the electric stove.

    Technically, the move is over. Of course, in practical terms, it just means we can really hunker down on the unboxing. On the upside this should mean that I can start doing stuff that isn’t Work, Eat, Sleep, Deal With Moving Tasks, Play Game To Unwind. We’ll see?

  • Almost Outta March

    Quick status update:

    • We’re not completely out of the apartment. We have a couple weeks yet on the lease so it’s not a panic situation, and we only have some stuff in the kitchen and the master bedroom’s closet & bathroom to get done, plus moving the last of the potted plants off the deck.
    • The house is great. Some of the appliances in it, not so much. The dishwasher shrieks. The washing machine wobbles. The dryer… is fine, I guess, though it has a really weird lint trap.
    • I haven’t made all that much Satisfactory progress, and it’s been a month since the kids & I last had a co-op session. I’ll get back to it.
    • Having an office, a space to do my work, entirely separate from where I sleep? Priceless.
    • Once we get a bit more unpacked and the chaos slightly more under control, I’ve got some projects to spin up.

    Until next time, friends.

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