# Girlfriend!

Oh, yeah, Gemini. I kiiiiinda totally lost interest in the protocol, after being
so enthused by it that I went and developed an entire client too! If there's one
thing you ought to know about me, it's that I do that. A lot.

Recently, I just did that with a Macintosh emulator I was working on. Earlier
this summer I wrote a scathing code review of Mini vMac, the Mac emulator, which
led me to fork that, refactor the entire thing, add a few new features, etc. I
was making very good progress until I got to the not-superficial changes to the
emulation code and then I totally lost interest. Writing an emulator is hard. I
don't know how people do it. It's like solving a puzzle, yes, it's got that bit
of mental itch scratchiness, but it's also very frustrating when you're stuck
and you don't have the tools to figure out why. I honestly wish I could have
kept going with that but I just didn't. I have no interest in it right now.

And besides, school just started up again, so I really should focus on that.
And also work at the same time. I'm not sure if I ever mentioned what my job is,
so basically I started quarantine working on finishing up the firmware for a
CubeSat. That's the project I've been working on for the past year or so. It's
rewarding but also gosh I had words to say to the hardware architect of that
thing. Seriously, four MSP430s? And not even on the same communication bus...
But eventually, amazingly, I finished that. It's sittng on a shelf now until
world politics manages to make launching the thing actually possible. I really
did expect the virus to be over by now, but I hadn't banked on how absolutely
incompetent / outright malicious the Trump administration would be. But now I'm
working on a separate project entirely, still space related, where I'm basically
automating a physics experiment via LabVIEW, my good old freinemy. It pays well,
it's an interesting job, so I ain't complaining. And schoolwork is schoolwork.
Still getting used to the online classes, but it's not THAT different really.

But let's stop beating around the bush. Around a month ago (July 29, to be
exact) I starting dating Roxie. (http://roxie.nyc) And that's been super nice.
She just gets me, ya know? And I get her. It's super fun and natural for me to
just chill and talk with her for a bit, about serious stuff and about chill
things. And she's cute. And she's cool. Aaaaaand I do find her very attractive.
She's so happy around me, and I just want to hug her, protect her, be with her.

It's also very interesting to note that I'm also fairly certain I'm on the
aromantic spectrum? Like, I'm reading some old diary stuff, and I was definitely
feeling romantic things for the first week or so of our relationship, but less
so now. But I still love her. I might not be a giggly heart-pounding mess, but
I still love her and care about her deeply. She makes me proud to be a lesbian.

That's all I have to say for now. Just a quick update because, oh yes, Gemini
is a protocol, and I need to use that more. I just wish it had pictures...