Hi! I do be bidding you a “Hi” on this fine Sunday, where here it is raining on top of snow. The other day I drove in the snow to get more Sun Chips and realized I just NEEDED to talk to you.
Ted Update
I finally got a freakin full-time jorb !! It has been so great to not have the anxiety and dread that comes with being on the job search for forever. I read somewhere that having a job sucks and not having a job also sucks, and we know this is true, but after so long of one thing, it feels nice to have the other. I am a UI/UX Designer which is the position I was going for and I am super happy about that because I was considering other roles that would not have fully leveraged my skillz from the career-switching bootcamp course I completed. I’m contributing to design decisions at work and am being told my work is great, which feels so great after ~90 rejected applications.
Now I want to go out and do stuff in my free time, in Portland and beyond, which I was not doing much of before. Invite me to stuff ? 👉👈🥺
Also my cool old dæmon car was not running for a couple months, but I got it running again! I recharged the battery and finally figured out how to start it correctly — it is a combination of putting the key in the ignition for a few seconds, removing it and repeating (I think this part makes sure the shitty old fuel pump gets some gas to the engine), then lightly feathering the gas pedal once or twice, then attempting to start it. It takes a couple tries but then it works. What I was doing before was flooring the gas pedal before starting which most likely flooded the engine with gas. Now I am smart. Toight!
When Did Human Society Peak?
Here is something I want your thoughts on. After one of these, everything started going downhill. Vote below!
The FDA No Longer Requires Animal Testing Before Human Drug Trials
I love animals and I believe that animal testing is a vestige of our shallow understanding of science from like a hundred years ago, so this news is a big deal. I’m not an expert on the subject but I know that testing drugs on non-human animals is not necessarily an accurate representation of how the drug will work on humans, and is dangerous for that reason. Here is an article with many references proving this. Also it is obviously just a horrible thing to do to animals who are just trying to frolic and eat strawberries. I only saw this in the headlines for like one day a few weeks ago so just wanted to make sure you saw it okay!
Creative Stuff ??
I have not really been interested in creating art/music in the past couple months. But that is okay. It is one of those things that morphs over time and it will come back. In the past couple weeks I have been mostly getting used to my new jorb so that makes sense. I will be releasing my debut solo EP in the next couple weeks though! I will send it out in the next Hogbae Holler and on Insta.
The Seaweed Salad
Do you like seaweed salad? The blob of seaweed at the sushi restaurant that is annoyingly small for more than one person but you always get it with more than one person? I saw it at Costco so I got it. I finally have more than just a small blob, and it was like $10 for 1.75 lbs which is great compared to restaurant prices.
It tastes good, like what you’d get at a restaurant, but it is too much. I should have foreseen this. Eating a small blob with chopsticks is delicious and great, but eating 1.75 lbs with a fork before it goes bad is another thing. I ate too much last night and did not feel good. But I don’t want to waste food. I am the victim in this situation and am not sure what to do. If you are in the Pacific Northwest and want some seaweed salad please help me.
The Playlist
Here it is! A couple repeated artists from past playlists, but this is because it is an accurate reflection of what I’m currently loving.
Cleo’s Corner
Cleo is pissed that I got a jorb because I keep the office door closed during work hours. I do this because she is so loud and would definitely jump in front of the camera during like every meeting. But the door is glass so she will sometimes just sit on the other side and stare at me and yell. She has been more cuddly than ever when I get off work though which is fun!
Alas, it is time for me to depart. Honestly I am dreading eating more of that seaweed salad. I think I will play some guitar today and be like “uhh” ya know? 😚