may 2025
I’ve decided that this newsletter will be entirely bullet points.
- i bought a new car
- i wrote about this last april
- specs
- make: honda - model: crv - year: 2016 - colour: silver grey
- feelings
- it’s nice to have reliable AC - i like the backup camera
- i wrote about this last april
- i sold my old car
- specs
- make: honda - model: civic - year: 2008 - colour: white
- feelings
- i will miss her
- specs
- i got promoted
- software developer -> senior software developer
- i’ve been working more lately
- related:
- software developer -> senior software developer
- reading
- i finished blood meridian
- thoughts
- liked it, but preferred lonesome dove
- blood meridian is the terrifying reality of what it was like to be a cowboy back then - lonesome dove is more romantic
- i need a new book now
- i finished blood meridian
- montreal vs victoria
- lately I’ve been thinking about how cities develop over time:
- your experience of a city is the direct result of people who’ve lived there before.
- i.e. the history of people’s behavior influence what type of food exists, how late venues stay open, etc.
- therefore, to change the culture, there needs to be a history of a lot of people doing something.
- E.g. i got to experience great music and going out in montreal because people have been doing that there for a long time - they affected my experience.
- i.e. the history of people’s behavior influence what type of food exists, how late venues stay open, etc.
- your experience of a city is the direct result of people who’ve lived there before.
- lately I’ve been thinking about how cities develop over time:
- i started playing in a band :)
- we’re playing a gig in July
- i bought this TRMNL device
- just a passive e-ink display
- it shows the weather and updates every hour
- this video inspired me to buy it
- just a passive e-ink display
- i’ve been writing a sentence everyday for about four months now
- here’s one word from each sentence this month:
- promoted - gig - Sandcut - yardwork - jam - band - gymnastics - Thunderbolts - karaoke - recovering - YouthNet - funk - newsletter - kickball - haircut - BACON - grey - beanbag - Butchart - Taiwanese - awkward - Bixi - Banquise - Kingston - Stuart - Papa - Phoenix - Tobi - Hacked - throat - Kiin
- here’s one word from each sentence this month:
- I’ll leave you with a good mantra me and Ashley have been using lately:
- let go or be dragged
See you next month!