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Lovely rainy day. Got a bike yo.
Didnt cause an incident today so that was cool. The leaves
of the oak trees have all turned a lovely hue of orange.
Around 7pm I took the Blazer out to pick up a bookshelf.
When I turned it on the gas gauge was on empty. Luckily
it wasn't totally empty but I stopped for gas anyway. The
pump at the station was incredibly slow so I started
talking to the group of high schoolers on the other side of
the pump. They'd just gotten their shitty used car and had
the opposite problem-- the gauge said full when it was
actually empty. The DJ at KDVS was playing some jazz but
sliced in a couple breakbeat-type tunes. I called in on my
way home and said hey to the DJ. Now that I have their
number I'll probably call in more if just to thank them for
playing something interesting on the FM band.
This morning marked the end of a 4-day long incident that I
caused but was pretty unsurprising given the history of the
system. I did my best to lead the remediation of a system
that I had zero familiarity with and fought through 16 hour
days to the point that I was forcibly asked to sign off.
But this morning, the db rebuild was complete and I was
able to go on a guided hike of Hirschman Pond in Nevada
City. Y and I had been there before in 2020 but it was a
bone dry summer that year and not nearly so full of life as
it was today. It was a large group that gathered to listen
to what the former-schoolteacher-cum-BYLT-volunteer had to
say about the area's wildlife and history. I didn't learn
a ton, but I enjoyed a couple conversations with others--
a 50-something year old former carpenter with a missing
ring finger who was finding a new start in the mechatronics
program at Sierra college-- and an older couple who just
moved to Nevada City from San Jose to be closer to their
adult children in Sacramento but not too close. I hit up
Tiger Alley for records and then a couple of thrift stores
in search of a footspa that could be used to develop film.
Eventually I found a kind of sous vide/water cooker thing
with variable temperature control. I'll find out tomorrow
if that will work. Spent a bit of time working on the rock
wall and a lot of time reading Sucker's Progress and
sleeeping.
Still waking up bright and early to make sure there was
no remaining work to deal with, I got started on the 35mm
processing, mixed the Cinefilm chemicals and loaded the
patterson containers. I put a bucket in my sink, heated
water in the sous vide, got the chemical jars to the
right temperature (guided by a shitty aquarium thermometer)
and basically this was way better than trying to get
everything right in a bathtub in my Oakland apartment.
Y and I went to downtown GV to get a copy of the board game
Wingspan as well as some groceries. I'm just blown away by
how these photos came out. Note to self: 1000ml makes
batches of 4 pretty solid, evaporate the mixed chemicals,
dispose of once condensed.
Finally finished scanning, cropping and organizing the film
from last weekend. Reinvigorating my love of photography.
Yesterday evening Y and I made chocolate chip cookies. We
are quite amateur bakers but they turned out well. Having
made significantly more cookies than we are capable of
eating in a day or two, we gave some away to the neighbors
today. Enjoyed the cool air and sunshine at a masonic
cemetery and Empire Mine State Park's picnic tables.
Some extra days off feels nice. Cool weather made the tiny
bike ride this morning explode my lungs. Spent some time
cropping photos, working on the rock walls and generally
doing not work. Moving the rock wall around has been fun. I
was able to meet a local salamander and some worms I've
never seen before. Might make some bread or more cookies
this evening.