Finished reading: On Drugs by Justin Smith-Ruiu 📚
This was an interesting read. Not sure how well I am designed for philosophy books, but I took one for a spin. Worth a read if you’re curious about psychedelics.
I have spent the last few nights doing that whole revenge sleep procrastination thing. Work has been a little too much the last few days and certainly last week.
Just picked up MusicBox for my Mac devices. I think this will be an interesting way to track my music listening habits as I try to migrate away from the Google Sheet I have been keeping for the longest time.
Finished reading: Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss 📚
This was an interesting read as I start more of a meaningful spiritual… journey? Look around? Exploration? Whatever I’m doing.
I Heard It's A Mess There Too
I wrote earlier this year about how Aesop Rock had surprised me with an album so soon after his last.
Well, here we are in the same year, not five months later, and we have another new album from him. I won’t probably do a write up on it (at least not yet), so I think it should speak for itself. Check it out here: aesoprock.bandcamp.com/album/i-h…
The title seems all too fitting: I Heard It’s A Mess There Too. It is. It is everywhere.
I am probably five or six full listens in and would be hard-pressed to pick a favourite song or two. The album plays well front to back. It stands in pretty rich relief against Black Hole Superette in terms of production, but it is no less impressive.
If you enjoyed his last album, throw this on. Let it stand in contrast.
I find it personally interesting when someone you think of one way reveals something about themselves totally counter to your mental image of them. People are complex and can’t be summed up so easily. I think that extends to most, if not all, people.
Pretty rough day at work today. Ending the evening with a very late visit to the dog park. Bree was so patient as I toiled away today at the computer.
Just watched Good Fortune with the better half. Good movie with a great message. Lots of fun, laughs, and heart. 🎞️
Finished reading: Searches by Vauhini Vara 📚
This was a random pickup from TPL. Amazing read. After a few chapters, I realized I heard an interview sometime ago with the author on NPR. Happy intersect running into it again.
Today in my continued adventures of God, I Hate Excel: Why don’t sheets connected to forms just update? Such drama. The sheet threw seemingly random errors yesterday. Today? Had to force a refresh. Acted like data it said was received wasn’t there.
God, I hate Excel.
Probably no shock to anyone, but I feel happy outside of work. Work just feels like stress most of the time. There are things I do there that make me feel proud. Usually though? Just stressed.
The new macOS has all these little changes that I think are really great. I know a lot of people have been less than enthusiastic about the release, but as a day-to-day user who doesn’t rely on it for business or delivery (at least not on my home Mac) it’s been a nice little quality of life change.
Working for the weekend?
I am doing the responsible thing this weekend and cranking out a ton of work. Days like this make me wish I had hourly pay. At least for anything on top of what I am required to do during the week.
In the first few hours working today, I feel like I’ve accomplished at least a day of work that I would get done in the office. The back-to-office thing seems very disruptive for some personality types.
All I get in office is loud chatter (open concept!), disruptive noise (yay renovations to encourage us to return!), and constant excuses to leave my desk (oooh, have you been up to get a coffee in the last 10 minutes?). Getting actual work done? Jokes.
Went the whole weekend without working. Will I regret it this week? Probably. Do I regret it now? Not in the least.