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Author Archives: Ian
The Blog Equivalent of a Post-It Note
Shit’s weird, y’all. Frustrating, tiring. I’m in a real time of flux. Looking at moving pretty quick here, likely just into another part of the city. Been on new meds that have been working out nicely. Want to shake up … Continue reading
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Social Distancing and Me
So, this is fun. And by fun I mean pretty shitty. “This” is, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes known as coronavirus. Which is admittedly a much catchier name, if less accurate. And, what luck, I get to live in … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, gardening, mutual aid, school, social distancing, tabletoprpgs, woodworking
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The Weekly Recap Re-Emerges From the Mist
Feeling moody, because I’m a trash goblin and more importantly it’s Sunday and I overslept/generally stayed in bed too long. Which is like every Sunday, and a problem because if I’m not up and at ’em with my first alarm … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Hey Ian Watcha Into, Learning, Personal, Pets, Technology, Video Games, Writing
Tagged Death Stranding, exercise, failure, goals, jabberwocky, learning, pets, scottish gaelic, video games, weekly recap
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The Future (2020, at least)
Ed note: It took a little longer than I expected to get to it, but here’s the post about looking towards the future, also known as 2020. Which is 1/12th done now, but hey, another month of existential dread wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Infosec, Learning, Personal, Video Games, Writing
Tagged accountability, community, depression, exercise, gender, ianlearnsinfosec, jobs, learning, making games, mental health, python, queer, relationships, scottish gaelic, self care, self improvement, support network, video games
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The Last Decade (2010-2019)
*loud sobbing noises* Okay, enough of that. Sort of. But that, in and of itself, is not a post. Fun fact: 2010 – 2019 encompasses my age being 20-30, give or take. (I was 20 at the start of 2010 … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pets, Writing
Tagged bonnie, game design, gradschool, infosec, jabberwocky, jerry, jobs, melville, mental health, pets, programming, reptiles, rigatoni, school, screaming internally, shivering deeps, video games, writing
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Looking Back on 2019
Hey, it’s the new year! Goodie gee. I didn’t have work off between Christmas and New Year’s this year, which is a shame because that’s usually my self-reflection time and I like it. Or I get all weird during it. … Continue reading
Brian Eno, Smart Person
I just wanted to post this quote that I saw over on Mastodon, because holy shit is it on point and it’s an interesting way to think about a lot of contemporary art. (Transcript below the image.)
Posted in Art, Sharing Stuff
Tagged art, brian eno, film, music, probably writing somehow, quotes, sharing stuff, video, video games, writing
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November Start!
Hey everyone. It’s November! We’ve made it past Halloween, a very fun holiday that I do enjoy, but that seems to creep out further and further every year, like Christmas. Except unlike Christmas, it doesn’t have any major holidays to … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Personal, Writing
Tagged animal crossing, animal crossing new leaf, best laid plans of wolves and men, dark rituals, halloween, holidays, nanoplotmo, nanowrimo, riverdale, shivering deeps, thanksgiving, video games, writing
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Observations From the Field: Online Dating
I’ve been diving back into online dating a little more recently, and boy howdy there are some patterns. (Or I’m like John Forbes Nash Jr. or Charlie on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and seeing patterns where there are none. … Continue reading
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Tagged dating, grindr, observations from the field, okcupid, online dating, scruff, tinder
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Climate Strike (Anticapitalist Remix) Days 2345678 and Denouement
So! Last time I posted, I was talking about the Climate Strike I was engaging in, with the anti-capitalist twist that I tried to spend as little money as possible during the strike, to protest capitalism itself as well. How’d … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-capitalism, capitalism, climate change, climate strike, dating, environment, food, medical, medicine, money, politics, third places, urban planning, video games
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