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So today the capsule officially begins its movement into Gemini space. Not sure what to expect from this point forward. This note is probably only ever going to be rea by me. And even if someone else reads it, not like they could respond. Clearly I still have more learning to do. Hopefully soon I can get something more involved up and running. Until then.
And so the long weekend begins. I have a ton of school work to complete and a ton of household chores to complete. I can remember being younger swearing I would never stress myself out of household chores once the house was mine. And here I am, stressing, all of the time, over everything. Adulting sucks. I want my money back! Anyhow, back to work. See ya.
Today is just another in a never ending chain of weekends where I lose my free time to mindless research and paper writing. I am not doing anything with this practice except adding to the vast collection of writings college's have collected from undergrads the world over. Hopefully I am at least getting better at drafting and building this pains. Oh how I loath the process that is writing about something that does not fascinate me. Oh well unlikely reader, until next time.
Well since the last update there's not been much else going on. School, work, dad life, and more of the same as time goes by. I have completed a lot of work towards my second degree, and renewed a few commercial certificates. I missed my goal of 5 courses and only managed to get 4 complete. Paperwork, time and laziness all added up here in the last few weeks. I have really been feeling tired lately. I think maybe I am at my limit.
Today was sad news, a close friend and mentor let out that he'll be losing his son. Only 24 years old, this one hits so close to home. I have known this man for years. Have personally benefitted from his supervision and mentorship. I have no words to say how I feel or how I wish I could help. But what really can I do other than sit there and listen.
Oh well, for now that is the update. I will build out more when there is more to say. Just did not want this page to fall into the bin with all of my other half baked hobbies.
This is my first official entry into this log as this capsules Captain. I am planning on using this as a place to keep my thoughts and a very vague illustration of my life. I only plan to go just beneath the surface with details about who I really am, or what I am talking about in some cases.
My time in professional realms and in real life travels have taught me that now is not the time to express that you disagree with anyone. Lost is the art of candid discourse. We’re no longer allowed to think, feel, or even speak outside of what is fashionably cool or acceptable. This to me is absurd on its face, and shouldn’t be allowed to serve as the standard in a society that prides itself on their freedoms and democracy.
I am hoping that in this new space, one can engage in expression and contemplation without fear. Having said exactly that I have to declare that I am not so out of touch with what is going on around me. I am probably not as wildly off the mark as those who stumble upon my scribbles. I am just not bought and sold on the idea that to be acceptable I have to be, think, and do as everyone else. Not only is that concept contrived and impossible, it really just sounds boring to me.
This notion is not as alien as one might assume. Snow flakes have a tendency to be dismissed because all the flakes combined are one giant mass of snow. But no two flakes are identical and this difference does not stop the combined power of snow from doing the beautiful or devastating things a large bank of snow is renowned for around the world. Even the driest of climates know of the beauty a snow capped mountain can produce. Or the absolute destruction an avalanche can leave.
I’ve gone on long enough about absolutely nothing. I will endeavor to make a daily log entry, but must remind that I am of course human. My time is not always my own and I am subject to the demands of second and third orders effects just like all other people. If I miss periods of time I will give larger recaps to hopefully fill the voids.
It's been two days since my last update. Not much to report. I've spent less time exploring than I would have liked. Seems life has had me in its sights and no shortage of obstacles to throw in my path. I would bore you with the details but I've elected to maintain a level of separation from real life and my capsule. I will find more material to fill in this place as I go along. Ultimately I am thinking this will wind up being a place for me to put my writings or discuss books I've read. If you're lucky I might even include my chili recipe.
I am still learning how to build my capsule and some interactivity for any would be readers. There really isn't a great deal of quick solutions to this medium available for those in my position. I am not without my tech knowledge, but I am without a large amount of free time so just coasting through the usual easy to learn spots will not help me here. I am going to have to take the long way with this one. So in the mean time you will just have to wait for basic intelligence to smile upon me so that I can set something up that allows you to speak.
Well for now I am going back to the real world, so many chores. So many chores are waiting for me.
So much has happened since my last update. Of course the amount of things going on in the world has maintained its hellish pace. But that will always be the case. I am merely remarking about the number of things I've had happen in, near, or around me since my last log. Because of my decided separation from this place and my real life content I will be brief.
A lot has happened....
Moving along. I have recently gotten into the Doom EMACS and SpaceVIM elements of text editors. I have been enjoying those the most as of late. I am really sad that I am discovering all of these joys and Gemini late in the game. That has really been the pace of my life. Showing up to the party just as it is ending. I truly hope that Gemini is not ending, but for the most part the amount of people I see 'posting' about Gemini is significantly lower than the winter of 21. For obvious reasons people are not so tied up in their homes. And I am grateful that they're out and about with family. I am just sad that I was slow on the uptake and not in the running of the herd when this beast started to lift off.
For now I am using SpaceVIM and Doom EMACS as my IDE. I was using ones my course professors mentioned or the JetBrains PyCharm.
I have to point out here that I am not endorsing any one or the other of the software I am naming here. I am only mentioning the ones I have experience with, but I am not implying their superiority or abilities over any alternatives you might have.
I am only overly happy to switch my IDE needs from PyCharm to SpaceVIM or Doom EMACS because the overhead on install is greatly reduced. PyCharm was always asking me to confirm my educational email and SpaceVIM is just a simply GIT command after installing either VIM or NEOVIM. Super easy, great documentation and even better active community resolving issues users submit. Doom EMACS is equally impressive, but I am not seeing how that will work with some of my VIM needs. More specifically over SSH. I could pull the file down and make my edits and then upload it again and use Doom EMACS the whole time. But so far SpaceVIM has been successful at installing on my machines that already have VIM installed.
Maybe next week I'll go a bit more into detail about some more of the VIM aspects I am learning. Then again I would imagine the average audience of this platform are more than capable at using VIM, more than me I am sure. That's all for now, take care.
Still alive, and still working like there is no tomorrow. Learned some new things, and grew in my working knowledge in the IT realm. So I am hoping to make some large updates to this log as soon as I can find some time to apply my new abilities.
I hope all is well on your end and that my absence hasn't been causing you to lose to much sleep. I assure you I will be back to more regular postings as soon as I am able. Until then take care.
So I am hoping that no one has been to concerned about why I dropped off and got so quiet. I am still alive and well. I have been really busy with school, work, family, and life in general. Seems like every time I had a handle on things something else would break and or need attention. This is the normal pace to things so I am sure I am not the exception.
Since the last time we've spoken I have learned some more coding, not much just started Java coding. I am not sure that will be what pays the bills in the future, but it is something else to add to the old tool belt. I also started playing more Space Engineers and rejoining some of the MUDs I use to play back in the day. One in particular was really bothering me this week. This one is slightly more heavy on the RP side of the house and requires that you submit write concepts that need to be approved. Then you can submit the actual background and progress to the rest of the game.
I am fine with having a bit of a challenge to a game, but his feels so gate kept. The only profession all players can play as has to be justified, but you can't be trope-ish. Which seems fine on its face if it weren't for two other really big elephants in the room. One being the fact that gamer engagement is dwindling into the single digits for this style of game play. The second being that there is no other profession for players to chose so having them think up ways to specifically stand out in a sea of all other players is really a bit of a nag.
Plus, the added bonus of almost zero wizard involvement, mixed with a very niche population who all already know each other well makes joining as a prospective new player near impossible without being invited by one of the good ol'boys.
I know this is probably just me whining because my submissions have been kicked back three times. But then again when joining you are assigned a "mentor" who is supposed to help you get started. You are also required to read all the cannon and decide how your player will have developed while all of this was going on. The fact that I was pointing inconsistencies in my mentors memory while they were trying to help me prepare for my concept submission should tell you about the status of the 'wizards' of the game.
I am still burned and have decided that it is best to just disappear. Though, truth be told, I am really struggling with the urge to go and leave them a bit of a nasty review on the main directory listing of the game. I know it is petty, but so is asking for operational donations and being so strict with your character generation that it is near impossible to get going with a concept. I think some people spend to much time in their own worlds (literally) that they forget people play games in their spare time for what is supposed to be fun.
Oh well, rant over. I am alive and well and I am hoping to make this a bit of a more consistant update metric. I'd say hit like and share, or leave a comment but I am still behind on building that interface. More to follow.