slowdown

 i struggled to get out of bed yesterday. and today, i guess. i think i'm making up for lost time this past week, but i'm also experiencing a general sense of calm that i'm not used to. long may it last 🙏

a week after i made first contact, someone finally got back to me from the university's summer day-camp and we began the registration process. what a relief!

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i also went through sailors draft game design that he asked me to review a few days ago, and an aspect of it reminded me of another case solved. it's such a cleverly put-together game and it still makes me sad that it was taken off the app stores... but omg! i just learned it's available from the microsoft store!

[loses some time to playing a bit, and then trying to reset it so that mr smear can begin at the beginning: it took a while to figure out that the way to do that is windows settings -> add or remove programs -> reset]

it really is an inspiration for putting game elements together in a fun and addictive way.

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theoretically, i had one job to do yesterday, but the little time i got to put into it was primarily spent babysitting an AI refactor and so far the results seem less than spectactular. otherwise, the day was all over the place, with two highlights (three if you count great vegan sushi for happy hour):

1. scr has applied to join us! i've invited him for a visit next week ^_^

2. we had a out first game hacking session yesterday, and it was fun and interesting! when i'm down getting all this down i'm going to play a bit and see how much i really absorbed :)

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the toenail i smashed a while back is beginning to lift, and it's making me nervous...

i was really tired last night, i ended up doing nothing but watching youtube videos and playing minesweeper until i crashed much earlier than usual. but not after seeing the beginning of the trump / musk fighting :(

anyway, one fuck-up at a time. for now, it's a beautiful day and mr smear and i are going swimming after his computer classes.