1/11/2024

1/11/2024

So my work computer was down these past few days, so I had to use another work station surrounded by people, so that's why I've been MIA. Some new developements:

work seems to be going alright, although one of my coworkers has an obvious crush on me (yikes)

I'm going to see my family next weekend! Very excited for that

my partner is excelling in their field!

I'm now addicted to MonopolyGo

I got so much laundry done yesterday

Aside from that, not much. I think my time priority (for my personal time) needs to be about hitting the gym, aka only sing the treadmill while I watch YouTube.

I need to prepare for this winter freeze this weekend. I need to wash all our blankets, get a full tank of gas, some flash lights, and some water.

I don't know if I'll post anything until maybe Wednesday due to weather possibly keeping me away from work. Maybe a reblog here and there, but I hate the mobile version and my peronal laptop sucks so we'll see.

Aurelio Tolosa

You’re never too old to learn something new. Never stop studying. 

Book Review of Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

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3.5⭐

"I love all but one of the "how's" of Cloud Cuckoo Land. I love how interconnected the characters are. I love how all of these stories are driven by the original CCL. I love the point made that the same story can be learned from and appreciated over millenia, but it is so hard to love..."

Hi readers! I finally got around to reviewing Cloud Cuckoo Land! I spent a few hours trying my best to put all my thoughts down on this review and I hope you might be able to makes sense of it.

1/9/2024

The days are getting colder in the American south. Never in my life did I think I would ever have to buy mittens, but here we are. This weekend we are supposed to have a major freeze so I will need to prepare for that.

Sleep has been difficult to come by these past few days. Sunday night I was "half asleep" the whole time and couldn't relax for some reason, and last night my partner had an emergency call and needed to go take care of the situation. Hopefully tonight I can get a good nights rest.

Yesterday I made some turkey fried rice for todays lunch so hopefully it tastes as great as it did when I sampled it!

Big news: I got an offer for (volunteer) writing for a new paper that's opening up near me. Since this new paper is very new, they don't have a budget at the moment, but later on hopefully so.

I finally finished reading Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr! t's probably taken me over a year to finally get through it but I did! My next book is Babel by RF Kuang, which I'm seeing some mixed reviews on but hopefully it's a much smoother read than CCL. Don't' get me wrong, I enjoyed the story and themes, however that book was very longwinded and could have definitely cut down 100-200 pages worth of writing and still accomplish the same goal.

I think that's all I have to talk about today. I will try to post more poems/quotes and reblog what I find interesting. Until next time!

1/19/24

It's been about a week since the last time I wrote an entry. I made it through snowmageddon! Thankfully the weekend itself was not too bad but Monday and Tuesday were snow and icy! I didn't have to go into work those days which is a blessing since I have never driven in snow before and doubt I would make it out alive if I did. And since I had two days off this week, the remaining three days were not super busy. Especially today, I did a whole lot of nothing work related. Instead I wrote my book review on Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (which you should totally read by the way).

After work I have to stop by home, pack up for the weekend, then go see my family for the first time since Thanksgiving! I'm very excited go back to my hometown and take a break from my current life. It'll also give my partner uninterrupted time to play video games LOL!

I came up with another idea for a mystery/romance/supernatural book. This one requires a lot less world building some hopefully I don't get too lost in it like the last one and actually produce! Even so, it's nice to know that now I've got two in the chamber and can work on them when I'd like - whether that's now or ten years from now.

Not much else to say really. I'm looking for a decent bookshelf to buy that's not overpriced or cheaply made. Seems like that's a deal breaker for most furniture manufacturers these days.

Anyway, I'll probably come back Monday and update y'all about my weekend. I know no one probably ever reads my posts, but acting like they do helps motivate myself for my personal writing projects.