Tag: musings
Today I convinced a room of people to illegally copy their DVDs and Blu-Rays
I'm pretty passionate about data preservation. Now, I wanna be clear. I'm NOT a pirate. I never download anything from illegal torrent sites. I like to make sure I have backups of my DVDs and Blu-Rays, mostly because I've been affected by disc rot before. It's becoming increasingly relevant though. With the Sony thing a...
Is it me Tim Curry? am I the jolly good fellow?
Y'know, I've done this 30 times now, had a birthday that is. And for the first time today I actually woke up feeling different. I feel almost serene? They say the brain is done cooking at 26, but I think it probably takes a while to learn to live with the weird pink goo we...
The new desk get’s here today
I'm excited :) I haven't had a real desk in a long time. I used to have an ok-ish secretary's desk that never quite fit the needs I wanted it to. I think this adjustable height desk will suit my needs far better. I need to get an undermount cage for my PC, but I...
On Word Counts, or How Tigers Can't Count
It has been 11 years since I published my first short story. I remember clearly the euphoria I had while drafting, and even more so the sense of cringe I felt when I read it a couple days later to start editing. But that’s a story for another day. It was a measly 900~ words, not so dissimilar to the first story I posted under this account (1.5k). Sure, I did have some experience in the sense that I had read tons of furry fics (and mainstream novels) beforehand, but oh boy, did I struggle when it...
The Jack of All Trades and the CCNP
I remember when I was younger, I was really good at a few things that could become good career paths. A lady told me that being a jack of all trades is good but it doesn't lead to greatness. I used to think she was wrong. It's wild to me in hindsight how right she was. My journey in IT is proof. From tester to field engineer to more advanced titles and back to field engineer. I've been good. But I have not been great. I got into IT pretty early in my 20s, but I didn't really dig deep until much...
On an earworm (or the quiet flicker of memory)
I closed my laptop, walked a dozen steps, and plopped myself on the bed, when the words _“I'm a big, big girl in a small, small world”_ appeared in my head, complete with a piano soundtrack. I didn’t know the artist, but a quick search led me to the song (earworm::[Big Big World by Emilia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Big_World_(song)?useskin=vector))...
To be happy or not?
A silver hair drifts to the floor, a loss is loss, whether of color or of presence.
The First Spell
A couple of days back, I found myself thinking about names in fiction—how much weight they carry, how much they whisper before a character ever acts.