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Weeknotes 46
- Last week I failed my 3-times-a-week gym goal, but this week, I succeeded. To the doubters, the haters, and the so-called “friends” who doubted me: eat it.
- For no particular reason, I watched Civil War. Nothing like relaxing with a fun, lighthearted dystopia about America tearing itself apart.
- Finished reading Project Hail Mary. It’s like The Martian, but with aliens. Andy Weir knows how to write a fun book. I think think one will translate to film a lot better.
- After manually pulling espresso shots on my Flair espresso machine(s) about every day for about the last 5 years, I’ve decided to become slightly lazier, and acquired a Gaggia Classic Pro. Going to sell all my Flair-related gadgets, and think it’ll be about a wash, financially speaking. But ridding myself of the early morning stress of managing a potential pressure cooker bomb that is my milk steamer feels like a very zen decision.
- Didn’t renew Claude Code. According to
ccusage, I burned through $1,041 worth of tokens, paid $100. Pretty sure Anthropic is subsidizing my lattes at this point. - Volunteered at the food pantry again. It’s a mostly Taiwanese group that runs this thing, so it’s a nice chance to practice my Mandarin. By “practice” I mean “butcher their language while they politely smile.”
- Our pumpkin patch is going bananas. There are vines creeping in every direction, and a billion flowers blooming and subsequently falling off. After conducting some research trying to understand what’s happening, I learned that they’re apparently all male flowers. So right now I’ve got the pumpkin equivalent of a men’s rights rally hosted in my backyard.