Caffeine & Computers

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Okay, so I feel like Reagan Ridley right about now, seeing as how I’m already on my umpteenth cup of coffee (I’d go for the energy drinks if I could bring some into this house without starting WWIII), but I feel like I’m making progress. I’m still going over the markdown document for The Golden Record (the vast majority of my writing has generally been for my eyes only, so I forget that other people don’t have access to my thoughts and memories of other writing projects), but, you should be expecting a new character: Link Riviera. The reasoning for his creation is that, originally, Aleksey was my fursona, but (and I’m genuinely not sure if I’ve stated this here before) he’s more of a sociopathic, fictional character now, rather than a portrayal of myself. Granted, I like the feeling of the character not being myself, but I literally started writing characters based on either myself (I never made a whole batch of them, I didn’t inherit any narcissism gene, thankfully… I hope) or people I knew decently well. Some, however, were based on other fictional characters, which I do hope to bring back for the rest of the world to see. Anyway, my computer courses are going well and I’m thinking of building a NAS, just for the hell of it. I have loads of anime, comics, pictures, everything, and I’d like a way where I could store them to play on my TV or devices whenever. Somehow, the thought of building a NAS from scratch seems easier than using one of the junk store computers I have lying around. Anyway, we’ll just have to see what the future holds!

Next Few Weeks

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Not much to say this week, but I’ve decided to start pursuing certificates for some of my skills with a computer. My plan is to block off a couple or three hours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and leave writing for my downtime (usually Friday and part of Saturday and Sunday) for the near future. So far, I have to say that Codecademy is actually working out better than the college courses did, not to mention that it’s leagues cheaper and easier than sitting in a classroom with a teacher who may or may not be an objectively-bad match for me (I’ve had some that were just flat out terrible teachers and some that, while they were excellent at their jobs, they just weren’t right for me). Anyway, that said, I went ahead and sprung for the annual billing of the Pro tier so I could get my certificates (and give myself a good refresher course, too) and have something I can go back on, should writing not work out like I’m hoping… plus, it would be a good middle-finger to some people who are still going on about my failure with college back in 2018/2019. Anyway, put simply, my writing is going to be pushed to the back (this should help with writer’s block as well) for a block of time while I focus on something else.

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I’m Still Here.

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Yeah, pretty much what the title says: I’m still around. With Typhoon Helene and the still-deteriorating condition of my grandfather, my thoughts these past few weeks have just been massively screwed. Sadly, I can’t code a firmware patch for my body/brain to just make it go away (or at least go back to the level of functional I’m used to), so that’s unfortunate, but I guess it’s a good-enough wakeup call for me to come to terms with some things that I’ve just been ignoring over the past several years, as well as some financial issues. Right now, about all I’m really good for (these past few days, at least) has been doing a “B47_L1NK Restoration” on an old laptop that was given to me a few months back.

Anyway, I’m not going to force anything because, the last time I tried that, I just ended up worse. I can’t give an ETA right now about when everything is going to be back to normal with me, but hopefully it’ll be back soon.