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Category Archives: Personal
What I Want To Be When I Grow Up
A semi-serious list. Because it’s never too late to change careers, right? And I’ll be able to do 30 or whatever at once? In no particular order, we have: Full-time science fiction and fantasy writer Tabletop RPG writer Tabletop RPG … Continue reading
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Tagged game design, jobhunt, jobs, writing
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Home Improvement
I have built a swing for my enormous plush dinosaur, and this pleases me immensely. (It also gives me somewhere to put him that is out of the way but still very accessible/cute.)
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Week Wrap-up 14 May 2018 – 20 May 2018
Hoooof. Most of this week was taken up by me still recovering from that cold I mentioned last week. Thank you, lingering cough! If this cough could fuck off right now I’d be really grateful. But besides that… I misremembered … Continue reading
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Tagged books, decluttering, fallout4, jobhunt, linux, programming, technology, writing
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Week Wrap-up: April 30th 2018 – May 13th 2018
It’s been two weeks! Oh no! :O Things have been busy, brain has been stormy, but the world keeps chuggin’ along. And while that’s been happening: Passed the first technical interview as I chug along through Big Tech Company’s interview … Continue reading
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Tagged collaboration, drawing, fallout4, jobhunt, linux, mastodon, organization, sick, social media, twitter
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Week Wrap-up: 23 April 2018 – 29 April 2018
It’s been a week of bad sleep and general busy-ness. But other stuff happened, too. I finally started cleaning up my space in the apartment and it feels good. I now have a huge pile of papers I need to … Continue reading
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Tagged check in, depression, fallout4, gamedesign, games, gradschool, jobhunt, mental_health, modding, sleep, videogames, writing
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Week Wrap-up: 16 April 2018 – 22 April 2018
Posted a little late! This last week was pretty good! I mean, I didn’t sleep enough, at all, but other than that… Started volunteering at the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library and had a good time my first two … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, dating, fallout4, videogames, volunteering, weekwrapup, work, writing
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Working Out is Hard, Walking is Not
I started going for walks in the morning as part of working out. I lift weights, but I wanted something to do on my off days. I’m not feeling up for the running grind right now, and I kept ducking … Continue reading
First Day Volunteering at WTBBL
I started volunteering again for the first time in years and years today. I’ve picked up a couple of hours a week at the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library, which I figure is a good opportunity for me to … Continue reading
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Week Wrap-up: 02 April 2018 – 08 April 2018
A quick wrapup of what happened this week! I know you’re all very excited. Quivering with anticipation. In no particular order: Did a couple of interviews! One was an initial discussion with Google. I’m now at the point where I … Continue reading
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New Podcast!
Hey all! A quick plug for one of my other projects. My friend Katy and I started a new podcast called “Failed Taxonomy,” where we talk about media, our lives, and answer listener questions. Our first episode just went up … Continue reading