I am (and have been) taking a break from computers in general over the last few months. I am alive and well, dear friends.

The bulk of the "irl bullshit" has passed.

Over the last few months, I have been practicing shooting, lifting, and focusing on optimizing my sleep. I have also been fixing more cars and diesel engines lately which, as of late, has been more rewarding than computers. I am still running 100% open source software despite the dissatisfaction I experience while being at computers.

0x19 will likely remain partially abandoned until I find inspiration again. I feel like I have done everything that is possible already and computers have stopped bringing me any joy.

The only remotely computer related project I am interested in is figuring out how to create a text based (or vn) game using my {vivid,haunting,dread inducing,bizarre,immersive} dreams (that I am still too lazy to record) as an inspiration for the story. This, however, is largely a pipe dream. I am neither creative nor artistic which adequately explains the dream scrying in an attempt to levy the ineffable.

My philosophy as of late is simple: "do better every day", "let people fail", "it's not your job to fix the world, it's your job to defend yourself", "maintain your paradigm", "maintain your morals", "don't get stuck", "don't be a crab in a bucket", and "just because you feel constant lethargy, malaise, and anhedonia doesn't mean that you can submit to letting yourself rot."

We are so fucking back, it's not even funny.