Tried to help someone who has a stalker and no tech literacy and everything (email, photos, documents, everything) in a Google account that the stalker can access. Got nowhere because Google doesn’t let her control her own account, she sees spies everywhere by now (bad translation of an “open source licenses” menu sounded like “connected third parties” and she screenshotted page upon page of mysterious names) and can’t live her life, and there is no new phone to start fresh on or other options to get this cleaned up without nuking the remaining data further. Felt defeated, but maybe there’s another chance next week (the computer help sessions are weekly, people often don’t come back if we didn’t immediately find a solution). I’m going to be prepared for the next time someone has an issue like this 💪

It was Monday. Meh.

relapsed into an age old addiction I’ve been fighting for years and now will be going to therapy with my wife bc it’s scaring her and she doesn’t know how to handle it (valid).

so I’ve had better days :(

No.

I was at a conference for librarians and I had a great time. Venders loaded me down with swag (books, totes, stickers, pens, chopsticks) and I attended several eye-opening sessions. We might implement a Library of Things at my library, I’m looking into a vender that simplifies statistics-gathering and -presentation, and I’m generally happy seeing all my fellow library folks.

Had an actual employer level interview and it feels like its been awhile. Went pretty well but honestly many others did without it going anywhere but still better than 100% going no where.

Hiked up to an ancient castle in the Peloponnese, Greece. It seems like every hilltop has an old castle here.

Bit late so my yesterday was Tuesday.

I dropped the kids off at healthcare, then went to collect a cat bed from some guy, then made two trips to Ikea with the cargo bike I had rented to get some kitchen cupboards I needed (I recently moved), then picked up the kids, then went with them to the public swimming pool where we had lots of fine for three hours and the kids practiced diving, then went out for burgerd, then went home, but two very exhausted kids to bed, then spent two hours searching personal documents and filling out forms for (today’s) signing of the contract for the new job I’m starting next week.

It was a long day, but good.

Job interview in a state department. I never had a more structured and robotic in person interview it is crazy

Thanks so much for asking! I’m prepping for my cousin’s wedding and I had to get a new suit because I’ve successfully lost some weight. I’m terribly excited. How was your day?

Made a cheesecake for spa day at massage therapy school, then got a terrible massage from a fellow student, but also about ten minutes of “four hands” massage, so that part was pretty cool.

Got to spend most of the day hanging with my best friend and business partner currently visiting me for my wedding. We live in different countries now so I rarely get to see him in person, just digitally in Valheim or whatever. Parents arrived as well and we all had lunch together, which was really nice. My friend and I lived with my parents back in 2018-2019 while we were building a small run of arcade cabinets for our little indie fighting game, so he’s like family to them now. So yeah, pretty solid day! Thanks for asking!

Took a stroll in the city center and bought some clothes. I go to the city center a lot less after moving to the new apartment so it was a nice change

Oh and got chewed out by bossman again but that’s not a problem

I went in for early voting. There were a lot of Libertarian candidates on the ballot, so I’m hoping a lot on conservatives end up voting for them and splitting the ticket, given the GOP’s unpopularity right now. Maybe my state won’t be completely cobtrolled by Republicans for the first time in 30 years.

Other than that, I did some sewing and replaying through Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. The sewing I’ll need to redo, since I was using 2-ply thread for a blanket stitch to protect the edges of a wool garment, but it’s not quite thick enough. I need to order thicker 4-ply thread to do it properly

I stopped playing the Banjo-Kazooie recomp a while ago, so I decided ti boot it up. My mistake! I am unable to play the Clanker’s Cavern level with music on because I HATE the deep water mixed with Clanker and his bloodshot eyes! I never played BK growing up, so as an adult, Clanker scares the shit outta me my first time playing, so that’s probably why I stopped playing until yesterday.

That level gives me a run for my money on most hated level in a 3D platformer collectathon, being probably just as hated for me as Gloomy Galleon from DK64. That level genuinely terrified kid me ( moreso than even evil jack in the box ever could ) and still makes me extremely unsettled to this day. I especially hate the little cut scene for the boss fight. Never thought I would ever find a level worse or on equal footing as that!

Otherwise, it was perfectly fine.