I have been a mother for exactly half of my life as of today.
As you’d expect, this is easily the most impactful event shaping who I am and how I perceive the world. I am so grateful that I get to watch my children continue growing as lovely, considerate, amazing humans alongside the lovely, considerate, amazing human that made me a mother to begin with.
Watched: The Newsroom 🍿
We watched this series again recently, it’s just so good. Turns out people behaving with integrity is quite compelling.
We’re at the airport heading back to Oregon. Saying “I don’t want my vacation to end” doesn’t quite capture the emotion. This has been a good reminder of both who I am and how I’d like to be spending more of my time.
Getting away from home sometimes is good for you, apparently. Ha!
These ships really are something. Seeing them together seems like a trip back in time.
We had dinner with Ally and her shipmates this evening. Nice to get to know everyone just a little bit.
Well, this was incredible. Seeing Ally’s ship come into view was the most excited I’ve been in a long while. Look how beautiful she is!
The two closest pizza places close at 5 am and 6 am respectively. Hello Brooklyn.
Another sign I’m not at home: there are police everywhere.
“Welcome, but be good!”
Are you kidding me? We’re issuing passports with the phrase “Welcome, but be good”? To US citizens that use the document to leave the country?
This is all the stupid I can take.
Watched: Master of the Universe 🍿
I knew I wanted to see this the first time I saw the trailer. I spent a lot of time as a kid watching He-Man with my brother.
It was better than I expected, I appreciated that it laughed at itself.
Watched: Toy Story 5 🍿
I liked it.
I keep composing posts in my head but I can’t seem to sit in front of the computer any longer than necessary lately.
Life is generally pretty good though, gratefully.
Being at PyConUS makes me think I need to find more local tech meetups to attend. Talking with humans in real life about tech is rather fun.
I’m down in Long Beach this week for PyCon. It’s beautiful here. Walking around near the shore reminds me of living in San Diego but that feels like it happened about a million years ago.
I’m looking forward to the conference though. (Not being in my house is good too.)
I took my first backyard nap of the year today. Life has been fairly somber the last week so a nap among the trees was welcome.
The temperature in Portland got up to 90 (it was 60 yesterday) but my backyard has enough trees and bamboo and such that it’s always a fair bit cooler.
Having acclimated to the new medicine, my sleep schedule has gone back to normal. Today though, is rough.
This weekend was gloriously bright and beautiful but it’s so dark today. The temptation to crawl into bed until the sun comes back is strong.
Am I a bad person for turning on most of the lights?
At a worship service at the Pentagon on March 25, Hegseth asked God for “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.”
Wait, are they calling for violence against the Iranian citizens that were being gunned down for protesting for their own freedom? The ones Trump said he’d save? Or against the still in charge Islamic Regime that Trump is negotiating with?
I have an opinion of my own about who deserves no mercy.
The doctor recommended I start taking some medication to help me feel better (less pain/anxiety). If sleeping all the time counts as feeling better, I guess it works.
I’m crossing my fingers that this gets better, but I’m struggling to keep my eyes open just writing this sentence.
While celebrating my neighbor’s 7th birthday this weekend, with dog treats for the birthday girl and all the good boys and girls walking by and cake and rosé for the adults, this beautiful creature made an appearance.
I’m not sure our tech future is working out as well as it could have.
One of the designers my software team works with opened his first PR on Friday. (AI was involved.)
Anyone want to guess what every single meeting I’ve had since has been about?
The U.S. is going to run Venezuela now?
I’m angry. I’m particularly angry that I expect everyone to grumble a little bit and then go back to pretending we’ll be able to vote these traitors out in the next election with no other action necessary.
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It finally happened.
I’m not really one to post or talk about celebrities, but Rob Reiner’s death hits hard. I woke up still with a pit in my stomach. Seeing the nonsense the piece of shit in office wrote turns that grief into anger.
Watched: Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair 🍿
This is being shown in 70mm at the Hollywood theater in Portland, Oregon right now. This was a real treat, even with sitting in a theater seat for four and a half hours.
Watched: The Family McMullen 🍿
We watched this movie and the prequel today. They were both rather fun.