Ravings of an Undead Cheese Minion

Some of us will never be enough for our parents.  Waking up at 5 AM is too early.  Going to bed at 9 PM is too early.  But I need to stop being late everywhere. Just wake up at the same time as everyone else, skip your workout but still be in great shape, and magically be faster?  I am too fat, but I used to be too skinny. I'm never just right.  Running 12-13 miles on Saturdays is "too much". I should sacrifice everything for my grades, including sleep and exercise. I should just eat less in order to avoid being fat.  I shouldn't lift weights because bodybuilders are gross.  I'm a bad Mormon who has done "a complete 180" in righteousness and "fallen so far since my mission" because I sometimes clean my apartment on Sundays, and because I'm unmarried at 29, and because I'm uncertain about having children, and because I only pay tithing a few times a year (despite paying it in full), and because I'm late to church sometimes, and I sup...

Apple needs to make that “close all tabs” button about 900 times harder to click on. I just lost 500 tabs because I clicked on it accidentally while trying to move my Wordle tab to the front, and trying to reopen them one by one was such an excruciating process that I gave up after about 10. There’s no way to restore them all at once, for some reason. Hope I didn’t need any of those.  I am wondering now if I could make an app that saves your safari data and can restore all lost tabs. 

"Once again, the daylight fades And I'm swallowed by the moon."  ~ November's Doom 

It's a Saturday in early June, I'm ahead on all my personal projects, and I wake up before the sun rises. But it's already getting light outside.  The entire summer lies in front of me, with months of fun promised.  I think about how much fun I had the previous night after work, with a gaming and internet session as the sun went down just as I was getting to sleep at 9:30 PM. I get ready, and pull my running water bottle out of the fridge. I drive up to Riverwoods and start running up Provo Canyon.  Usually, I am with my cousin, and we will keep each other running at a decent pace. When it's this early, it's still cool outside, but I know that the temperature will rise quickly. The summertime crowds haven't arrived yet. I run past Bridal Veil Falls, through a tunnel of green trees that rustle in a slight breeze. Birds are chirping. The early morning sunlight creates subsurface scattering, lighting up the edges of the leaves above us.  As I finish my 13.1 mile ru...

I've always loved the idea of having a mini adventure each time you take a lunch break. With a car, this is doable. An hour is usually enough time to explore places that are 5-15 minutes away from you. You can go to a zoo if you're close, or a fair, or a park. I haven't figured out yet how to fit swimming into a lunch break as you have to shower afterwards (or just sit in a puddle of chlorine until dinnertime, I guess). I've even gone to places 20-25 minutes away but this is generally not advisable because you can only be there for an extremely short amount of time before you have to leave.  Some ideas: Prep lunch in advance, so you don't have to spend time making one or buying one. Then, you can eat it on the go.  Don't take long trips to the restroom during lunch break. When I have to 💩 I try to do it during a break later in the afternoon -- usually 1:50 PM with my modified Pomodoro (50 minutes on, 10 minutes off).  Budget time for prep. Is parking going to b...

got to watch it early  the little dragon is ADORABLE my heart has permanently melted  I would highly recommend watching it when it comes out

220 days until the best day of the year -- the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend, aka May 26, 2023! I sure hope we'll have good weather this May. As long as it's not freezing cold like this year's was, so the water parks can open on time.  Regardless, this will be the REAL "First Day of June" that I'm working towards. A lot can happen in 220 days. So I'm going to get to it.  Ideas.  Finishing MS.  Getting my art (2D and 3D) to a commission-worthy level, with a portfolio and demo reel. Then, start working on my own larger projects.  Finish my main coding schedule so I can start working on more of my own projects.  Moving up to intermediate level in clarinet and piano. Reviewing all of my math and physics.  Getting my PLC I certificate, and possibly PLC II.  Finally getting my Google IT certification, and possibly some of the CompTIA stuff.  Something with fitness (probably trying to get to 8-10% body fat) Something with writing -- not sure wh...