Anyways, watch Bubble (2022).
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Friday, February 1, 2019
The Eleph and the Ant
I do not, strictly speaking, have time to write this. And yet, here I am. Nothing for it, really. Now, then. Let's chat.
I have several things that I wish to write about, and not much time to write them in, so I've decided to eschew transitions in favor of a more aetherial (sic) sort of new-age "experience." We'll see what happens.
I'd been feeling real sad yesterday, in that way that is specifically not depression because problems don't really exist until you acknowledge them, and I tried to stop myself from crying in front of everyone by playing music. Who's to say how successful that was, but it did result in me re-listening to my Proximity playlist. I'd forgotten how great my music had been back then.
I started on New York City, because that song never fails to wrench an emotional reaction out of me (except that it did fail this time, but again it's fine as long as we don't acknowledge that). By the time I got to My Sunshine, it was late enough that I thought I'd better get to bed. Started back up on Blackout, right when I started this post.
I only have four chapters left in the last book of the Broken Earth trilogy, which is stupidly called The Stone Sky. Honestly, I still think they just switched the last two titles by accident. Regardless, I'm due for one more chapter with each character, followed by an epilogue of sorts. I look forward to it.
I really need to get around to writing another book review. I've made a deal with myself to withhold certain amenities from myself until I write a certain number of reviews, and it's been tough. There's a lot that I want to do but can't.
I looked through some of Ben Orlin's list of books he loved in 2018, and realized that my life was woefully lacking in both books and lists. That's not about to change any time soon, but it might change later. I will, as always, do the best I can.
I read two short stories, Sally by Isaac Asimov and The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges. Neither left that much of an impression on me, but they were both great stories. I'd recommend Sally more, as The Aleph is a bit opaque, which might have something to do with the translation.
When searching for Borges' story on Google, I typed in a=l, attempting for "aeleph (sic)," and a frankly ridiculous number of equations popped up in the autocomplete, but before I could process them I had deleted my search. It did not work a second time.
I tried to find The Morae River again, but it had disappeared. It seems the artist is doing well, however, so I'm happy for him. You can still find some of his drawings in some places. I'm sad that it's gone, though. If only there were like archives of the internet or something.
I have a new computer now. It's strange and all, but it does well. The battery definitely lasts much longer than my old one, probably.
I just finished the song You. I think I'll stop here.
I have several things that I wish to write about, and not much time to write them in, so I've decided to eschew transitions in favor of a more aetherial (sic) sort of new-age "experience." We'll see what happens.
I'd been feeling real sad yesterday, in that way that is specifically not depression because problems don't really exist until you acknowledge them, and I tried to stop myself from crying in front of everyone by playing music. Who's to say how successful that was, but it did result in me re-listening to my Proximity playlist. I'd forgotten how great my music had been back then.
I started on New York City, because that song never fails to wrench an emotional reaction out of me (except that it did fail this time, but again it's fine as long as we don't acknowledge that). By the time I got to My Sunshine, it was late enough that I thought I'd better get to bed. Started back up on Blackout, right when I started this post.
I only have four chapters left in the last book of the Broken Earth trilogy, which is stupidly called The Stone Sky. Honestly, I still think they just switched the last two titles by accident. Regardless, I'm due for one more chapter with each character, followed by an epilogue of sorts. I look forward to it.
I really need to get around to writing another book review. I've made a deal with myself to withhold certain amenities from myself until I write a certain number of reviews, and it's been tough. There's a lot that I want to do but can't.
I looked through some of Ben Orlin's list of books he loved in 2018, and realized that my life was woefully lacking in both books and lists. That's not about to change any time soon, but it might change later. I will, as always, do the best I can.
I read two short stories, Sally by Isaac Asimov and The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges. Neither left that much of an impression on me, but they were both great stories. I'd recommend Sally more, as The Aleph is a bit opaque, which might have something to do with the translation.
When searching for Borges' story on Google, I typed in a=l, attempting for "aeleph (sic)," and a frankly ridiculous number of equations popped up in the autocomplete, but before I could process them I had deleted my search. It did not work a second time.
I tried to find The Morae River again, but it had disappeared. It seems the artist is doing well, however, so I'm happy for him. You can still find some of his drawings in some places. I'm sad that it's gone, though. If only there were like archives of the internet or something.
I have a new computer now. It's strange and all, but it does well. The battery definitely lasts much longer than my old one, probably.
I just finished the song You. I think I'll stop here.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Here I Stand in the Light of Day
Mere moments ago, I finished reading Project Palisade. It was pretty good, although I do have one major complaint about the pacing. But hey, overall the story was great, so I can't wait to read the rest of the contest entries. That's not why I decided to write this post, though. Right now I kinda-need to kinda-vent.
So. Right now I'm in the process of choosing classes for the semester. And, you see, I'm having some trouble. The well-behaved part of my schedule are the classes Physics and Galois Theory, which alternate Monday through Thursday in the same time-slot, leafing together nice and neatly. Those together are two credits, and I want a kinda chill semester so I need two more. That's where the trouble is.
I need to take a Spanish class this semester; otherwise I won't move on to be a Junior next year (which probably doesn't have lasting repercussions, but everyone acts like it does). There's two sections that I'm willing to take, one at 9:25 and one at 10:30. At first I thought I liked the 9:25 professor better, but now I'm not sure. I'm going to gather more data.
Then there's the last slot, in which I want to do some math thing, which is either XXXtR3MaL CoMb1nAtOrIX (Extremal Combinatorics) with Pat who is great, or Real Analysis with someone else who is not as great. Combinatorics conflicts with the 9:25 Spanish section though, which was a problem.
So, I've gotta let something go. Ultimately what I've decided to do is to not take Combinatorics. This is the real reason I wanted to make this post; it's a kind of goodbye to the idea of taking Combinatorics. See, I really like Pat as a professor, and he's really passionate about combinatorics in particular, so the class is bound to be a riot. Also, Pat might be leaving after this semester, which means this could be my last chance to take a class with him.
All that said, though, I've made up my mind. I don't think I could stand a second tough problem-set based math course (the first being Galois), and as fun as it would be to take a graduate course as a sophomore, Real Analysis just seems eminently more doable.Also it meets at 9:00 AM like who does that For that reason alone, I've decided to take Real Analysis this semester. As for Extremal Combinatorics, I'm going to have to... let it go. (TITLE CARD!)
So that takes care of the initial reason I wanted to write, but there's also more things I'd like to talk about. Mostly other things I'm having to do without. Like food, for example. (I had no time for dinner today. It was sad.) But there's also silly little goals that I'd had. One example is the "take a grad course as a sophomore" thing. No grad courses on my schedule, unfortunately.
Another was the idea of completing all of my distributional requirements as a sophomore, which I could have done had I taken level 4 Spanish (I'm currently in level 3, but I could go higher if I wanted to work more, which I don't) and a Writing credit. Didn't end up happening. Although I'm honestly okay with that. It would've been rad, but not that rad.
I coulda sworn I'd had more things than that. That's only like three things. Four if you count food. But yeah, I'm letting them all go. Letting go of the graduate class, the finished requirements, the Pat. Don't need them in my life. Whoosh, they vanish.
Okay, to end on a lighter note, I've got a little story. Earlier today at the copy shop where I was getting my Spanish book, for the first time ever, someone mistook me for a woman and didn't then correct to male. I was in a corner of the shop, looking at my phone to figure out what exactly I needed, when she called out to me from behind the counter, "Ma'am, do you need anything?"
When I turned to look at her, rather than responding the way I'm used to ("Oh, sorry, sir, do you need any help?"), she stopped and said, "Oh, uh, I mean–." I didn't react, and not a half-second later she'd composed herself. Then, for the rest of the conversation (in which I did in fact purchase the book), she avoided referring to me by any gender. This small interaction filled me with so much joy that I even forgot for a few minutes the fact that I'd just paid $260 on a single class, which is borderline robbery.
Wait that's not a high note. Uh. Focus on the joy bit. Bye.
So. Right now I'm in the process of choosing classes for the semester. And, you see, I'm having some trouble. The well-behaved part of my schedule are the classes Physics and Galois Theory, which alternate Monday through Thursday in the same time-slot, leafing together nice and neatly. Those together are two credits, and I want a kinda chill semester so I need two more. That's where the trouble is.
I need to take a Spanish class this semester; otherwise I won't move on to be a Junior next year (which probably doesn't have lasting repercussions, but everyone acts like it does). There's two sections that I'm willing to take, one at 9:25 and one at 10:30. At first I thought I liked the 9:25 professor better, but now I'm not sure. I'm going to gather more data.
Then there's the last slot, in which I want to do some math thing, which is either XXXtR3MaL CoMb1nAtOrIX (Extremal Combinatorics) with Pat who is great, or Real Analysis with someone else who is not as great. Combinatorics conflicts with the 9:25 Spanish section though, which was a problem.
So, I've gotta let something go. Ultimately what I've decided to do is to not take Combinatorics. This is the real reason I wanted to make this post; it's a kind of goodbye to the idea of taking Combinatorics. See, I really like Pat as a professor, and he's really passionate about combinatorics in particular, so the class is bound to be a riot. Also, Pat might be leaving after this semester, which means this could be my last chance to take a class with him.
All that said, though, I've made up my mind. I don't think I could stand a second tough problem-set based math course (the first being Galois), and as fun as it would be to take a graduate course as a sophomore, Real Analysis just seems eminently more doable.
So that takes care of the initial reason I wanted to write, but there's also more things I'd like to talk about. Mostly other things I'm having to do without. Like food, for example. (I had no time for dinner today. It was sad.) But there's also silly little goals that I'd had. One example is the "take a grad course as a sophomore" thing. No grad courses on my schedule, unfortunately.
Another was the idea of completing all of my distributional requirements as a sophomore, which I could have done had I taken level 4 Spanish (I'm currently in level 3, but I could go higher if I wanted to work more, which I don't) and a Writing credit. Didn't end up happening. Although I'm honestly okay with that. It would've been rad, but not that rad.
I coulda sworn I'd had more things than that. That's only like three things. Four if you count food. But yeah, I'm letting them all go. Letting go of the graduate class, the finished requirements, the Pat. Don't need them in my life. Whoosh, they vanish.
Okay, to end on a lighter note, I've got a little story. Earlier today at the copy shop where I was getting my Spanish book, for the first time ever, someone mistook me for a woman and didn't then correct to male. I was in a corner of the shop, looking at my phone to figure out what exactly I needed, when she called out to me from behind the counter, "Ma'am, do you need anything?"
When I turned to look at her, rather than responding the way I'm used to ("Oh, sorry, sir, do you need any help?"), she stopped and said, "Oh, uh, I mean–." I didn't react, and not a half-second later she'd composed herself. Then, for the rest of the conversation (in which I did in fact purchase the book), she avoided referring to me by any gender. This small interaction filled me with so much joy that I even forgot for a few minutes the fact that I'd just paid $260 on a single class, which is borderline robbery.
Wait that's not a high note. Uh. Focus on the joy bit. Bye.
Saturday, December 15, 2018
So how've I been doing?
Pretty good, thanks! I did two midterms, and one of them I even maybe did well on! Also, school's almost out for the winter, so that's nice! The terrible things that happen mostly happen far from me. And also I've done lots of cool things! I made a video, which will maaaaaaybe be published at some point? Probably not? Definitely not until January. I'll try writing some emails. We'll see.
While working on the video, I listened to all of The Fifth Season and the first half of The Obelisk Gate because dang that video took a lot of time. It's a real good series m'dudes. I'ma finish the series and then write a review of the first book, because hotttt diggity these are some goodly-written bois. Also it's like got one neat true-neutral woman protagonist so that's some nice alignment and gender representation right there.
While NOT working on that video (which happened only on the Thursday before the Thursday it was due, that's right, I worked for a full week and I hope it never happens again), I completed the Stupid Challenge for SuperHotline Miami. This is, of course, the challenge in which you can only shoot each gun once. Once you shoot a gun, it's dead to you. The challenge involves a lot of throwing guns and punching stunned assailants, and it's very fun!
Just to cover all my bases, today I completed the Anti-Stupid Challenge for SuperHotline Miami, in which when you grab a gun you must keep firing it until it is out of ammo. This is much easier than the Stupid Challenge, mostly because it is less stupid. The game's a fun time. Gives me the feel of Quicksilver-type speedster scenes. It's also pretty short. Play it if you wish.
Speaking of me accomplishing challenges that were constructed entirely by myself, yesterday I finished reading through the SCP-4000 contest! It's pretty rad, but I wouldn't recommend reading all of them. My favorites are SCP-4006 "#MassaTruthetts", SCP-4041 "Teach The Controversy", and SCP-4066 "The Byzantine Empire Was Secretly Aliens". I think the best to go with if you only have time for one is SCP-4041. Note that these are chosen both for quality and for hilarity.
Other things I've been doing include watching season 4 of Tabletop (Will Wheaton is growing on me, but Felicia Day is still grating) and watching Tom and Simon play through Until Dawn. And other things that takes up less time. Now then, I do have to work eventually. Or I could start reading through the entire Doomsday contest, but we all know that's actually a very bad idea. I'ma post this before it gets too late. Click on some links!
While working on the video, I listened to all of The Fifth Season and the first half of The Obelisk Gate because dang that video took a lot of time. It's a real good series m'dudes. I'ma finish the series and then write a review of the first book, because hotttt diggity these are some goodly-written bois. Also it's like got one neat true-neutral woman protagonist so that's some nice alignment and gender representation right there.
While NOT working on that video (which happened only on the Thursday before the Thursday it was due, that's right, I worked for a full week and I hope it never happens again), I completed the Stupid Challenge for SuperHotline Miami. This is, of course, the challenge in which you can only shoot each gun once. Once you shoot a gun, it's dead to you. The challenge involves a lot of throwing guns and punching stunned assailants, and it's very fun!
Just to cover all my bases, today I completed the Anti-Stupid Challenge for SuperHotline Miami, in which when you grab a gun you must keep firing it until it is out of ammo. This is much easier than the Stupid Challenge, mostly because it is less stupid. The game's a fun time. Gives me the feel of Quicksilver-type speedster scenes. It's also pretty short. Play it if you wish.
Speaking of me accomplishing challenges that were constructed entirely by myself, yesterday I finished reading through the SCP-4000 contest! It's pretty rad, but I wouldn't recommend reading all of them. My favorites are SCP-4006 "#MassaTruthetts", SCP-4041 "Teach The Controversy", and SCP-4066 "The Byzantine Empire Was Secretly Aliens". I think the best to go with if you only have time for one is SCP-4041. Note that these are chosen both for quality and for hilarity.
Other things I've been doing include watching season 4 of Tabletop (Will Wheaton is growing on me, but Felicia Day is still grating) and watching Tom and Simon play through Until Dawn. And other things that takes up less time. Now then, I do have to work eventually. Or I could start reading through the entire Doomsday contest, but we all know that's actually a very bad idea. I'ma post this before it gets too late. Click on some links!
Friday, November 16, 2018
A Whole Lodda Things
School is out and I'm feelin' fine. Except I have classes and a concert tomorrow, but hey, at least I don't gotta do no homeworks. Now that I'm feeling up for it, here are a whole lodda things.
Things From My Computer
This is just some more stuff that I've done recently that I couldn't get out last time.
- VelocityRaptor! It's a nice little ordinary top-down room-traversing game, except the speed of light is three miles per hour. It gets crazy, yo. I kinda wanna create a more involved simulation with this concept, but unfortunately I have no idea how to code.
- So I just spent literally two hours playing SUPERHOTline Miami, which is a fast top-down shooter like Hotline Miami but time only moves when you move, like in SUPERHOT.
- See, I got into a kinda Hotline Miami mood after watching Tom's video in which he played Hong Kong Massacre, and I remembered that SUPERHOTline Miami looked cool.
- But, when I first started playing, I didn't realize that it took time to reload (reloading is instantaneous in SUPERHOT), so I thought that I could only shoot each gun once. I completed the first two levels like this, only figuring out that guns could shoot again after accidentally completing the second mission with the second blast of my shotgun.
- Then, I figured that probably the rest of the missions weren't possible without reloading, so I completed them normally. Then, a couple hours ago, I thought I might as well try, and I completed the third and fourth missions no-reload. I'm pretty sure the fifth mission is technically possible, too. I call it "the Stupid Challenge," because it stems from me being dumb.
- So that's where my last two hours went.
- Oh also I started CandyBox but it's kinda lame so I won't even link to it.
- It's 12:23 so I'd better start the next part or else I'll never go to sleep.
Things From My Phone
These are all the tabs that I have open on my phone. I'm putting them here so I can finally close them.- You know what? Let's just not put descriptions on these. It's faster that way, and also more funny.
- The SCP-001 entry that is like a planet or something.
- John Cena's Sexy High School Adventure!!!
- SCP-712.
- The Google image result for "draw your ocs connect 4."
- Simple Wikipedia's list of colors.
- The Wikipedia entry for Edaphosaurus.
- The Wikipedia entry for Skvader.
- The Google result for "meu abrigo."
- The Google result for "homesick lyrics radical face."
- The Wikipedia entry for Guards! Guards!
- The Google result for "nate reuss aha lyrics (sic)."
- The text of Uncleftish Beholding. (If you want to click on any of these, click on this one first.)
- Neil Gaiman on imposter syndrome.
- The Wikipedia entry for Lancelet.
- The Wikipedia entry for Evolution of the eye.
- SCPs 3000 through 3999.
- The lyrics to Grave Digger by Blues Saraceno.
- The Wikipedia entry for Malacostraca. (I don't actually remember looking this one up. Spooky!)
- The Google video result for "yale halloween show 2017."
- The Google result for "great thinks like a mind."
- The proof that every natural number is the sum of three palindromes for bases 5 and up.
- The Wikipedia entry for Quaternion group.
- The lyrics to High Hopes by Panic! at the Disco.
- The Wolfram redirection page for Group-Like Objects.
- The page for code-golfing a number bigger than TREE(3).
Wow. That was much longer than I expected. I'ma kill some of these. There, I deleted 21 pages. Only four remain. I should never have let this happen in the first place. Woe upon me.
Also I've gotten to the 28th entry of the SCP thing. And it's 1:02, so I need to sleep for my concert tomorrow and my flight home on the next day. Say Onara!
Monday, November 12, 2018
Catch up
So, I wanted to post this sometime last week, on... wow, I guess it was the day before Halloween. I never got around to it, and then kinda forgot what I'd wanted to blog about, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I think the original plan was to post a bunch of stuff I'd done along with the dates that I'd done them on, but I've lost all the relevant dates and they're not super important, to be honest. So, now all I want to do is record some number of things that I've done over the past couple weeks. What format would be best to do this, I wonder.
A List Of Things
Monday, August 20, 2018
Just for the record
I finished the first season of The Good Place, caught myself up on My Hero Academia, and completed reading the rules of Den Of Thieves yesterday. So that's fun. I've also only got one episode left on the first little arc of The Adventure Zone: Amnesty. Soon I might even do something useful.
That's not nearly everything that's happened, but it's all I want to say. Dasvidanya.
That's not nearly everything that's happened, but it's all I want to say. Dasvidanya.
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