24 november 2025
I'm going to use voice to type to try and dictate the events of my day. This is in an effort to lower the barrier of entry towards journaling and also to promote more " flow of thought" writing.
Friday was quite nice. Work had picked up in the morning and unfortunately I had a bit of issues with my friend seemingly flaking on me again because it was her mother's birthday dinner. My brain attempted to immediately kick into gear and say that she was flaking on me to go and hang out with her other friends who are obviously cooler and better than I am. No; she actually had to go to her mother's birthday dinner. As a matter of fact, as soon as that was done we ended up hanging out. It was nice to see her after 2 weeks and the acts of affection were definitely very appreciated. We didn't actually even end up going anywhere; I got in her car, and then we ended up hanging out in the car in front of my house for 4 and 1/2 hours. Wild.
Then I woke up on Saturday and we were supposed to hang out again, but she ended up doing chores for too long and we did not end up hanging out. However, I made significant progress on my firmware development for the quansheng uv-k1. Namely, I made significant efforts in reverse engineering, the bootloader and how it would allow the loading of new firmware. It is an exciting endeavor and I hope to get back into it with the fervor for which I am known. So, Saturday was a day spent mostly to myself. However, in the evening I ended up playing some Portal 2 co-op with my friend Maya.
On Sunday, I had plans to hang out with a friend who I'd never met before in person, only over Discord. She lived a 30-minute drive away which means that I had to take an Uber to get there. Interestingly enough, she lives in the same city as Maya does, so I texted Maya and let her know that I would be in her area in case she wants to hang out. Maya said that she had to run some errands but would be happy to hang out afterwards. My other friend and I met up, got really tasty sushi from the place that I used to go to when I worked at the University of Michigan, then visited a couple of bookstores and had a very good conversation about many many topics. It was at one of these bookstores that we ran into Maya, who had actually decided to come pick me up first and then we would do the errands together. So I was very happy that I got to hang out with two friends during one visit. Maya was also really really nice and gave me a ride back home, which is an act that I really appreciate.
Next Friday I'm going to be going to a show with Maddie, who is my friend that I spent 4 and 1/2 hours in a car with on Friday. I am glad with what my life has become, and if only I can silence my brain's incessant efforts to put me down when I know better, I will be absolutely golden. I will also make a much more concerted effort to write about positive things that happened throughout the day in my feels.
I also played VR mini golf tonight with nebula, which was also a very fun use of my time and I'm very grateful to him for playing VR mini golf with me. He has been there for me and my darkest times in VR mini golf has practically been therapy. I'm grateful to have him as my friend :) That being said, I'm about to tuck in and start next week fresh, or so I hope.
--- November 24th, 2025 ---
Work today was busier than usual. So many people were trying to update their business hours for Thanksgiving at the last second, and/or suddenly discovering that their phone system has a support desk. Sheesh!
Overall, it wasn't bad - the work made the day pass by quicker. I'm quite tired, so I'm having a liedown. I'll continue reading The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin now.