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Stardate: 20191114.1531
Location: SBUX
Input Device: Gemini PDA
Audio: SBUX muzak
Visual: Baristas, Xmas Decor
Energy: 40% +10 coffee
Mental: 55%
Emotional: Tired
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I am finally done with my 2 week on call shift for work! I had
scheduled for today and tomorrow off since I knew I would be super
exhausted and unable to continue doing any useful work. +5 for
planning and +5 for self-care. I still had to work for about 15
minutes to turn off an alert script. -5 for reinforcing healthy
boundaries. Oh well.
So I took a hike through the mountains earlier and listened to the
ham radio channel on the network radio (zello). Listened to a
cranky guy complaining about how it is not like it was. Then again,
when is it ever? We don't live in a vacuum.
I guess that I do that a bit myself on occassion, especially in
regards to the state of things with personal computing or the
Internet. I wonder if that is an old guy thing. Like once you
start complaining about stuff now compared to, "how things used to
be," maybe that is a sign of old man syndrome. I don't think of
myself as old, but that's just me. My thinking and attitude
in some respects is a lot more mature than it used to be,
but there can also be times where I can be downright
immature. Not that it is of any real importance or anything.
Maybe since I have a history with personal computing and the
Internet, I have a point of reference to make a statement
like, "it is not like it used to be."
One of the things I did on my hike was watch part of a
mountain be excavated by the big machines. They had a whole
excavation outfit up there with an excavator, a big dirt/rock
separation contraption, a fleet of dump trucks. and a bunch
of other equipment. As you can tell. I don't really know the
technical names of these big machines. Good thing I brought
my spotting scope so I had a good time watching the
happenings sitting in the grass on my day off. It would have
been nicer if I could hear their radios.
Watching all of these big machines moving around and all the
work being done with the earth still facinates me. This took
me back to when I was a child and I used to ride my bike over
to watch construction. I would watch houses being built
since the neighborhood we lived in was fairly new and there
were still a lot of empty lots and houses being built.
Sometimes I would even talk to the construction workers. One
time my mom, my sister, and I drove by one of these sites and
the workers said hi to me and remembered my name. My mom and
my sister were impressed. I miss those days when things
seem to be so simple.
I also spent some time playing some Minecraft on the SDF
server and I was able to meet fellow gopher logger, tfurrows
on the server. It was pretty cool. I haven't seen him on
the server since I usually connect in the evenings, but since
I was not working today, I connected. He mentioned some
places I should visit and I took note to explore those places
once I have set up my residence. I joined the server a few
weeks ago and I'm still getting situated. The little I have
explored makes me want to explore more! There is much
creativity going on and it is really nice to see all of the
beautiful structures. Last time I played was quite some time
ago and I keep coming across features that I need to learn
about.
Hopefully, the server doesn't get reset often and I can build
without people messing up my stuff. Maybe I will also meet some of
you on the server as well.
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