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It's a chill Saturday morning here aboard the KVOTHE-ONE, I've got a fresh cup of coffee, my laptop, a comfy couch, and a kitty snuggled up between my legs so now it's time to do some gemlogging! Today's entry will be a mish-mash sort of interlude, regarding polyamory, projects, and whatever else comes to mind. <3
Last Saturday, C. and I had a couples' therapy session and it went really well! Her therapist has been with us through the whole polyamory enchilada starting a few years ago, so she's familiar with all the ups, downs, and bumps along the way. It comes as a bit of a surprise, at least from the acceptance front, that she wholeheartedly supports us giving ethical nonmonogamy another go. That's... really refreshing and I appreciate it so much.
C. and I have been talking a LOT and I feel like we're really on the same page about this. It's nice, because a lot of our fuck-ups in the past have been because we weren't communicating well and thus shame and guilt rode shotgun in our minds.
We have another session next Tuesday, and I think after we check in there we're gonna start putting together OKCupid profiles. It's strange! I've never dated online before. I'm anxious and excited all at the same time. C. and I have been married for over a decade and dated prior to the advent of online dating. Well, she has, but my relationships were with friends-turned-lovers.
I think my mood tilts in the favor of anticipatory excitement, though! It's gonna be fun and I feel like I'm gonna meet some really cool people. For lack of a better word, things feel really "holistic" right now. Her therapist being supportive, having a tribe of like-minded poly folks who understand, and just knowing that C. and I are both on the same page with no reservations... it just feels like my identity is accreting into one whole, authentic self.
It's really nice. :)
Other than relationship stuff, I've been having a really good time programming on Plan 9 lately. I've been working on my Another World VM in Plan 9-flavored C. I'm not dragging along all of the POSIX stuff; this is an exercise in getting familiar with the peculiarities of Plan 9.
And Plan 9 IS peculiar, but honestly in all the right ways. Learning my way around the `acme` editor is a great example of this. Coming from being a die-hard `vim` user, `acme` feels *really* different. In `acme`, you use your mouse. A LOT. Being able to select a string of text, then middle click it to execute it as a shell command is a game changer. You can edit the menu bar to put `mk all && 6.out` as a new action, then just middle click it when you're ready to build a project and execute it. I find that my mind has started wrapping itself around this way of working, then when I go back to `vim` I have to switch the way my brain thinks about my programming environment.
More than anything, the barrenness of Plan 9 is like a blank canvas. After a week or so of using it regularly, I've passed the point of becoming acclimated to the environment, and now it just... gets out of the way. It's hard to describe, but I can just *program* and hit that flow state. I like it!
Thursday, I shared a watercolor painting of a cute little Amstrad PPC640 I made back in May on Mastodon:
As of the time of writing, my painting has been boosted 46 times and favorited 95 times! I was *not* expecting so much love for my painting! solderpunk suggested I do a series of retro computers and have them made as stickers and I like that idea a lot. Watercolor painting is fun as a solo activity, but moreso knowing that folks really dig blending retro tech and art.
I think of programming and art as basically the same thing, to be honest. Sure, there's a science and an engineering discipline to it, but at the end of the day it's creating something from the ether of your mind, and that's one of my favorite parts of it.
Anyhoo, the sun is getting high in the sky and I'd like to go for a run before it gets too hot, so that's quite enough waxing poetic for a Saturday morning.
Until next time, be well!
kvothe.
