Age is just a number, they say. Mine just autoincremented. Now it’s bigger. And that makes me sad for some reason. Project Left the Fuck Alone is currently under way. “No expectations” is the best gift I can get. No making a big deal. No ruined surprises. No special treatment. And that’s how I like …
Author Archives: Shawn
Slow
Yesterday around 5pm I had a big bowl of ramen at the restaurant. Tonight at 1:30am I’m still belching ramen, which really tells me everything I should be learning about how slowly my body digests food. The hard part of weight management is discerning when I should and should not be eating. Not by looking …
SXSW Day Zero
So SXSW starts today. I am at once nervous and excited and tired already. I don’t know what to expect this year, but that’s the point, right? I paid $200 walk-up for my Music wristband, so at least I can bounce out of venues if the band doesn’t grab me. But my trepidation is that …
Encrypted Tunnel Railroad
I’m super glad that I set up an OpenVPN server in my apartment, especially this weekend. Do you know what national hotel chain offers free WiFi, but that it’s: It’s Comfort Inn. That’s who. And they’re not the only one. First, I hate this. Give me a password with my room key, change it daily, …
Ich werde mich jetzt selbst hassen. OK!
Haha, hahaha haha, hah. I did it. I registered for Deutsch IV, the final semester. I’m stupid and inconsistent and make bad choices. Ja. Apparently, I actually do need exogenous reasons to hate myself. It counterbalances and silences all my endogenous reasons to hate myself. Ein mal mehr!