After a very tedious week of bad hot takes about the American election, the most obnoxious of which centered around a narrative that a majority of American voters support Trump and that's why trans people should be thrown under the bus, today California's count finally inched up to the point that it put Trump under 50% nationally. Which, if you ( Read more... )

It seems i recovered from my depressive episode, got sick, recovered from being sick, and then got burnt out ( Read more... )

I would like to write about the party i went to this weekend. I have a bunch of notes in my phone and maybe a couple photos to share too, but today i was home and had the day off to decompress. I idly enjoyed catching up on some TV and now i want to write about something different ( Read more... )

Dune appears to be a book tailor-made for teenage boys. The main character is a lonely prince who discovers he has superhuman abilities. His parents move him to a far-off land for their own political reasons, while he mopes about, dreaming of an exotic girl who is fascinated by him. "Tell me of your homeworld, Usul..." Soon enough the political ( Read more... )

I wrote something in my 2023 year end meme about how disappointing the internet is, in particular if you try to read anything about a piece of entertainment you liked ( Read more... )

I can't remember exactly when it was, or what prompted it, but earlier this year i went back to watch the most-maligned (and my most fondly-remembered) Star Trek - Voyager. I loved it, and i especially loved how strongly it stood in contrast to the newer Star Trek shows of the past 5 years or so. 26 episode seasons. Lots of standalone episodes. ( Read more... )

I really hate the idea that such a thing as "an addictive personality" exists, and even more the idea that i have one. But i do often find myself getting sucked quite deeply into a particular thing for longish periods ( Read more... )

I was hoping to make another food post today, but things didn't turn out that way ( Read more... )

It's been a tiring week and i'm not sure why. Yeah, it's end of the quarter. Yeah, we had a product release and even working as an internal-focused team there are some trickle-down effects on our stuff. But... i dunno, it's something else. Maybe i'm just on one of my bipolar down-swings? I felt exhausted and run down for most of the week ( Read more... )

I have been on holiday all week. This week was a twofer of Children's Day and 清明節 Tomb Sweeping Day, so i took a couple days annual leave and made it a full week off. My plan was to do some traveling, although i was discouraged a bit when colleagues told me it'd be even harder to find a hotel over 清明 than it was over the 228 holiday. Well, i would ( Read more... )