Austin Ross

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2 hours ago

y’all know we’re gonna win right?

2 days ago

Oh yeah. That’s definitely juuuust the autism. Nothing else going on here. I’m not plotting to take over the world or anything. No, these are merely quirky behaviors, as you’ve keenly observed. Yes. Astute. This is my normal quirky self while I’m occupied with this conversation and absolutely no other thoughts whatsoever. Indeed. You understand.

2 days ago

STOP. Don’t do anything.

3 days ago

I just realized LLMs are “Let Me Google That For You” with extra steps

3 days ago

Smoke a doobie and kiss your sweetheart for me today.

3 days ago

This too is a test. ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭17‬:‭3

4 days ago

This is a test.

4 days ago

IT’S NEVER ABOUT THE MONEY

6 days ago

Guess what? I believe in you.

6 days ago

I am masquerading as a human being.

6 days ago

Realizing the prophecy was a lie is part of the prophecy!

1 week ago

I dual cast Conscious Breathing and Conscious Blinking.

1 week ago

Isn’t it funny?

1 week ago

We can’t replace God with machines.

Music is like its own ecosystem. It has to be cultivated; it must come from somewhere. It has to resonate with someone.

Using machines to make music isn’t wrong, but outsourcing the music-making endeavor (so to speak) to the machines is how we kill ourselves.

Your body is a pressure chamber. Play it like a pipe organ. Sing. Hum. Tap your toes. Take a deep breath and listen. Be aware of sound as a presence, like light. Don’t forget what you are.

Don’t give up the only good thing in life that comes entirely free, with holistic benefits, and no strings attached—no pun intended.

1 week ago

Make a little birdhouse in your soul.

1 week ago

You are my friends and allies. You are my angels in the shadows. You are my brethren.

1 week ago

The 3 Most Powerful Forces In the Known Universe:

• Love
• Music
• Forgiveness

1 week ago

I’m looking out for you today.

1 week ago

REMANUFACTURE THE IMAGES

REMAKE THE MEMES

TAKE BACK WHAT WAS STOLEN

LOOK AND LISTEN

1 week ago

We’re going to make it.

You have untold reserves of strength.

Be still and listen.

1 week ago

Life isn’t easy but it’s good.

2 weeks ago

Attention to the Resistance!

There have been murmurs of complaints. I know what you’ve been saying; “The Machine keeps eating our language of resistance and forcing us to invent new terms as we watch the old become zombified, codified compliance slop.”

Okay.

So, did you sign up to own the trademark on some words, or what’s the deal there?

Hey, don’t you worry. We’ve always been able to get the word out without words. Trust me.

Anyway, that’s not the PSA, this is the PSA: I love you! Oh, and by the way, help is here, and it’s coming now.

2 weeks ago

Don’t forget to use your eyes and ears!

2 weeks ago

Don’t forget to breathe!

2 weeks ago

Are you getting it yet? Do you see? Have you experienced the truth for yourself?

2 weeks ago

I cannot confirm or deny the allegations that an ebike was recently purchased in my name, and I decline to comment at this time. Thank you.

2 weeks ago

God is with me now and every moment.

2 weeks ago

My pet peeve is when people say “early” or “late 2000s,” so I’m making this PSA:

It is still the “early 2000s” as we speak. Right now, this is the “early 2000s,” and it won’t be the “late 2000s” for another 800 years or so, at which point we’ll all be dead.

Please, stop calling 2009 the “late 2000s” unless you want to make people think you’re a time traveler who failed history class.

2 weeks ago

Watching my friend DokSok’s and enjoying the vibes. Keep an eye on this one. He’s got some great ideas planned!

2 weeks ago

… this close to impulse buying an ebike

2 weeks ago

I love you.

3 weeks ago

Psalm 77

3 weeks ago

not drinking is great because I’m a cheap date when there’s beer

3 weeks ago

your ribs ever fall asleep before?

4 weeks ago

Sweeping the floors

4 weeks ago

Everything will work out perfectly fine in the end... but first it’s gonna get really weird

4 weeks ago

Pulling myself together

4 weeks ago

Chess is hard

1 month ago

Nothing

1 month ago

the XR glasses are crazy

1 month ago

I haven’t forgotten... but I was trying to.

1 month ago

Just bought some XR glasses… either the dumbest or best purchase I make this year

1 month ago

Nothing is real, and it matters.

1 month ago

EXPERIENCE REBIRTH

1 month ago

My GF and I are still rocking our iphone 11 pro & 12 pro respectively... Trying to decide if the 17 pro or iphone Air would be worthwhile. The battery life would be a major improvement, and so would the screen size.

1 month ago

Still alive. Still moving. Still grateful.

1 month ago

You ever tried having no thoughts?

1 month ago

Finally moved into my new place.

1 month ago

The past only exists in your mind, which means you can erase it.

Let go of control. Stop holding on to everything. Believe in you.

1 month ago

Be emptied.

1 month ago

Do nothing today.

1 month ago

I’m moving in 3 days. I’m going to miss this apartment.

1 month ago

Too cool not to share.

2 months ago

WE’RE GOING BACK TO SPACE!!!

2 months ago

I pick the one box every time.

3 months ago

Nobody will ever believe me, but I just killed two flies in one stroke of the flyswatter. Achievement Get!

3 months ago

Discourse Passes Four Tests: Discursivity, Predication, Fallibility, and Tractability.

If it doesn’t, it’s not discourse.

3 months ago

Before you can save the world you have to save yourself.

3 months ago

Been cooking up a little since last May. Managed to get it under 750 words.

3 months ago

Diaphragm breaths are saving my life right now. Highly highly highly recommend.

3 months ago

slowly realizing that I am not okay at all...

I was in a bad car wreck last year. Totaled. I’m glad I work from home, because I still don’t have a car.

To this day, my neck pain only gets worse. My neck is constantly stiff, and sore. I am afraid, terrified of having spinal fusion or cranio cervical instability.

The bone in my arm has regrown with the help of a plate, but the arm is still partially numb and sometimes it hurts or even itches. Also, my wrist has reduced range of motion.

Everything takes concentration to do, down to walking and breathing and even sitting still. And I can’t ever seem to take a good deep breath.

My ribs are stiff, and sometimes pinch in back. My shoulders are misaligned and crooked, and so are my hips. It seems like my entire skeleton is out of whack. Sore, tense, chronically exhausted, and now afraid to even turn my head.

But hey, at least I have an autism diagnosis. So I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.

3 months ago

I made my mom cry this morning, so that’s my day ruined.

3 months ago

Is it possible to be burned out of burnout? That’s where it feels like I’m at. Total exhaustion.

3 months ago

Nothing ever happens.

4 months ago

Just switched to colemak.

4 months ago

Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein destroyed me

4 months ago

I officially received my autism diagnosis today. What a relief!

4 months ago

Unsubscribe from the government.

4 months ago

They’re arresting journalists, murdering civilians in cold blood, and covering up an international conspiracy to do unspeakable crimes. Can we say Nazis yet?

4 months ago

Liquid Glass would be so much better if they never got rid of 3D touch

5 months ago

How do you cultivate safety in sensitive discussions with the people you care about?

Have you changed anyone’s mind about anything, ever?

How do you speak with a loved one who holds mistaken/harmful beliefs in such a way that you avoid activating their fight/flight response?

Modern life is fraught with discussions about sensitive subjects. Nobody likes being insulted or frustrated by an argument.

However, cutting contact feels like abandoning the premise of society itself.

Saying “we won’t discuss this” is the mark of dogma. It’s a religious kind of certainty about things that are not in fact certain.

How do you satisfy a skeptic of your beliefs without lying to them or yourself, without hurting anyone’s feelings? How do you challenge someone else’s beliefs with the same care?

Is such a thing even possible, or is humanity doomed?

5 months ago

I am forced to conclude murder is an American custom.

5 months ago

θ: You’re not saying nothing. φ: You’re saying not something. ψ: You’re not saying something for nothing.

5 months ago

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everybody. We’re going to be all right. Peace and love to you all.

6 months ago

Today I resolve to be more explicit about the things I don’t know.

However, just in case, please assume I don’t know anything when speaking to me.

6 months ago

The fedi timeline has never been better. Love y’all.

6 months ago

Dear Life,

I’m tired of trying to be top of the class. I don’t care anymore. Please give me my passing grade.

6 months ago

Time is an illusion.

6 months ago

On my deathbed, please don’t let me say I didn’t love enough.

6 months ago

Is it just me, or is there a growing sense of impending doom?

6 months ago

Dusting off the home lab project and setting things up. NextCloud, Syncthing, Tailscale, NPM, and Jellyfin are all operational. I love FOSS!

6 months ago

Why is there never a Black Friday discount on my damn bills?

6 months ago

I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.

7 months ago

Time to record some tunes…

7 months ago

Is this the land of free people?

7 months ago

When other helpers fail and comforts flee, help of the helpless, O abide with me.

7 months ago

Happy Armistice Day to all who celebrate.

7 months ago

Good morning!

7 months ago

Humans shouldn’t be allowed to live in leisure and comfort! That’s not why we built civilization! We built civilization so humans can make ME rich, so I can live in leisurely comfort AND watch the poor suffer for entertainment!

7 months ago

Why make another remake of Halo just for PS5? Why not port MCC?

Why do I still hold hope that Microsoft will make a single good decision about Halo after everything?

7 months ago

Words are like ammunition: cheap and deadly.

7 months ago

Don’t make me say it because I can’t lie. If I must betray it, then I have to die. The vow that I took did not come from a book. Still you’re deaf to it. I dare you to try.

7 months ago

Oh yeah.

7 months ago

It’s my birthday.

7 months ago

The universe is just as much in you as it is “out there.”

7 months ago

Always nice to come home to my cozy pc

7 months ago

It’s ironic when tech bros try to pass off using AI as a skill when the entire selling point of AI is that it requires no skill whatsoever.

7 months ago

New blog post:

7 months ago

Do not give up hope.

8 months ago

There once was a prophet from Tarsus who peddled bad faith with his farces. The thorn in his side exposed how he lied. The letters we read are his arse’s.

8 months ago

A rat in a maze surrounded by grays feels no rage. Only gratitude for his cheese and his cage.

8 months ago

What do I keep in my pockets?

A flashlight for illumination, pen and page for rumination, earbuds for when I require peace. A lighter, knife, & gaming station, plus an angel for salvation: totems which facilitate release. I don’t remember how or where I began this love affair with objects that will never be my friends. Still, every day I fill with care my pockets with these little prayers, for I’m a child—I still need to pretend.

8 months ago

Rest in peace Anthony Jackson.

8 months ago

You are my beloved son. With you I am well pleased. Who is my own mother? My brothers, grant me peace. How can I from David descend when he does stand before me in Heaven at my Father’s right hand?

8 months ago

Sounding out words in Greek. Reading Mark aloud one syllable at a time.

8 months ago

You control space and time.

8 months ago

Grateful.

I’ve been practicing handwriting with my left hand to train my nervous system and stay busy with my broken arm.

I previously took it upon myself to learn biblical Greek, so I’ve been writing the alphabet. Such a beautiful language.

This practice engages my whole body and mind. It keeps me grounded and regulates me.

What a privilege to be able to read and write. I marvel at the abundance of pens and paper available to me.

8 months ago

These pins in my finger are a little like a medieval torture device.

8 months ago

Are there any keyboard/mouse solutions for one hand? I want to get back into programming.

8 months ago

Does anyone on here write poetry? I want to have a virtual poetry jam on discord or something.

8 months ago

Sending love and peace to status.log and social.lol. If you’re reading this, I consider you my friend. Remember, everything will work out for good. Be at peace.

8 months ago

Do you think we’ll ever learn to stop punishing each other for our mistakes?

Perfectionism is a symptom of a systemic issue. It’s not a personality trait.

8 months ago

First full day without painkillers. ΣΘ

8 months ago

Pardon my French, but exactly when and why the fuck did Siri start putting comma splices all over dictation?

8 months ago

One foot in front of the other. Over and over again. Forever.

8 months ago

Choose to break the cycle today.

8 months ago

They tell me surgery was a success. Been relaxing at home. Can’t feel my arm due to nerve blockers. Surreal experience all around.

8 months ago

Surgery tomorrow morning.

9 months ago

I just hang on/Suffer well/Sometimes it’s hard/So hard to tell

• Depeche Mode

9 months ago

when my dog is licking my nose, he’s really saying to me, “good health.”

9 months ago

made it through another day.

9 months ago

I don’t know where I’d be without my woman to take care of me.

9 months ago

🫢🤐

9 months ago

Skeletrix and his bone brigade have enslaved the human race!

9 months ago

Got into a car wreck today. broke my right arm and middle finger. I don’t believe anyone else was injured. what a crazy world.

9 months ago

Lay down your weapons.

9 months ago

Getting coffee with my sweetheart

9 months ago

2 Thoughts:

• Sentiments of “violence is unacceptable” from anyone who spends a career subversively promoting violence are hollow and meaningless
• All political rhetoric subversively promotes violence

9 months ago

I don’t exist.

9 months ago

lower your frequency.

9 months ago

🧠

9 months ago

The Abyss.

10 months ago

Yeehaw!

10 months ago

Jammin’

10 months ago

built my first working app prototype. I feel incredible.

10 months ago

Silence is the ground condition for signal.

10 months ago

Θ

10 months ago

My fresh install of Zorin OS is under way!

I’ve set up a logical volume containing my internal NVME drive and 2 external samsung hard drives for a combined total of 2.5 TB of storage.

And my files and OS install are on separate partitions, meaning if I need to reinstall the OS, I won’t be overwriting my files! Is this real life?

10 months ago

Time to set up my personal cloud.

10 months ago

Teatime with my pastor is always nice.

10 months ago

Just ordered an 8TB hard drive. Soon I’ll migrate off iCloud and use it for compressed backups only.

NextCloud, Jellyfin, SyncThing, here I come!

10 months ago

I’ve come up with a little journaling schedule that I think will assist me with clarity and focus.

The plan is to check in four times daily:

1. During my morning routine.
2. Before my midday nap.
3. After I clock out of work.
4. At/before bedtime.

This way, I’m free to take things as I go, with little checkpoints throughout the day to process my experiences. I also have ideas to automate this with Day One, Things 3, and Shortcuts.

We’ll see how this goes.

10 months ago

I’ve built something pretty close to my ideal workstation. All of my peripherals connect to a dock, and the dock connects with a single USB-C cable. My iPad, Macbook, and mini PC all work flawlessly. My girlfriend can also just as easily sit down and connect her iPad.

Call it the hot desk!

10 months ago

Picked up a nerf blaster from walmart yesterday on impulse. 0 regrets. Plink plink!

10 months ago

Take a breather. You earned it.

10 months ago

Why do we click “like” on things? Sometimes I see negative or downright depressing subject material with a high number of likes. Do we mean what we say?

10 months ago

Oh yes. It’s Prolog time again.

10 months ago

Minds are world simulators. Never confuse the map for the territory. If your map breaks, figure it out.

10 months ago

Top secret anti bullshit operations

10 months ago

My unhinged auDHD life hack: Chaos Pomodoro. Screw ‘intention setting.’ You’re already thinking about what you want to do. Just set a timer and do random tasks until it runs out. Touch the world first, process later.

10 months ago

Finally teaching myself programming. I plan to add 3 languages to my stack:

• Prolog with SWI Prolog
• Lilypond
• Lua with Pico-8

Cracked open for the first time last night. It feels like this language shouldn’t exist. It’s too cool!

10 months ago

EPIGNOSIS: Every Person In General Needs Operable Synthetic Information Safeguards

10 months ago

Day 1 of leaving my phone in my backpack. It is liberating seeing something, wondering about it, and then not feeling compelled to look it up.

I’m inundated with too much information these days, so I’m taking back control of my data flow. We’re running on nervous system time from now on.

10 months ago

10 months ago

i’ve been thinking a lot about the social aspect of pain this week.

at least here in America, the expectation seems to be that you need to shut up, suck it up, and ‘go along to get along.’

I think that’s backwards. sure, listening to somebody else complain may not be the most fun activity. but the overwhelming success of things like talk therapy proves that people need to talk about their feelings and experiences in order to process them in a healthy way.

that’s why the question “how are you?” evokes so much disillusionment: We know you don’t really care.

it’s almost like you’re taunting us to think about our pain and forcing us to deny it to your face with an “I’m fine, thank you.”

we’re all conditioning each other into deeper and deeper pits of self denial. it has to fucking stop.

10 months ago

This week has really taken it out of me.

10 months ago

When you poop, you’re essentially 3D-printing a mold of your colon. Something to think about.

10 months ago

There is no shame in suffering, struggle, or pain.

Living things struggle to move. That is the sign of life. If you aren’t struggling, that means you’re dead already.

The things you care about are worth the pain. No cost-benefit analysis should place the risk of life above the risk of death. Choose self compassion over self loathing. Choose yourself!

10 months ago

Thinking about thinking

11 months ago

Hoc tantum scias: cogitas.

11 months ago

If a claim contradicts itself, evades its own implications, or yields no discovery, it’s bullshit.

11 months ago

I’ve invented a bullshit detector. It holds across all knowledge claims. Just pick your candidate claim and apply the framework. Enjoy! (And if you can break it... Tell me!)

11 months ago

11 months ago

Drove past a Cyber Truck™ with a “Vintage Tesla: Pre-Madness” sticker.

Sorry, I think you got duped... That one is definitely post-madness

11 months ago

This is the weekend I finally get around to recording those demos. I won’t let you down!

1 year ago

more posture tips

• shoulders behind hips • stand wide: wide, relaxed shoulders, feet hip width • use your ASIS (anterior superior iliac spine) and your shoulders to drive your movement • raise your eyebrows and rest, your tongue against the roof of your mouth on your hard palate

1 year ago

“Scaling” is a myth born of greed. The world has always been a global economy.

1 year ago

Hello. “Near miss” is not an oxymoron.

If two objects achieve close vicinity to each other at high velocity without touching, the objects are near each other, and they missed each other. Thus, ‘near miss.’

“Nearly missed” could be more oxymoronic, but a literal interpretation clears up confusion. “nearly missed” doesn’t mean “almost missed,” it means “missed very close to target.”

There, now you’ve nearly missed some grammatical misinformation.

1 year ago

It’s been proven that you actually don’t catch more flies with honey.

What’s the lesson? You don’t catch flies with honey. You catch bees with honey. You catch flies with vinegar or rotting meat. The point is know your audience.

1 year ago

starting to realize wearing a backpack in front might be the most ergonomically correct

1 year ago

Just got back from a nice midweek road trip to Waco. Got to visit with both my sisters and their husbands.

1 year ago

There are only two skills in Tetris: Pressing the right button at the right time, and counting to 4

1 year ago

Free posture tips:

1. Relax the back of your head.
2. Breathe through your nose.
3. Stand with your feet about hip width apart.
4. Relax your jaw. Rest your tongue against the roof of your mouth.
5. Take a deep breath, let all of the tension out of your body. Then breathe in again and find a nice comfy middle ground.
6. Look up Kegels. Use that muscle just 👌 this much for everything you do. Don’t overdo it. In Yoga they call this “Mula Bandha.” It’s considered the most important muscle in the body, and it supports all of your internal organs.
7. It’s not about standing “straight.” It’s about supporting yourself through your core, and finding a relaxed way to be all the time.
8. Move with your bones, not your muscles.

1 year ago

Enjoying some delicious coffee.

1 year ago

Hypermobility is weird. Sometimes, it’s a struggle all day to stand straight and stay balanced as I walk, but then I get restless at night. Am I too tired to move, or aren’t I? 🙃

1 year ago

what tv shows should I have my future kids watch?

1 year ago

Drinking bone broth from a clay coffee mug I bought from the Great Sand Dunes. That’s a lot of minerals!

1 year ago

Today turned out to be a migraine day! My brother came to the rescue with electrolytes and Tylenol. I’m very lucky.

1 year ago

“They have one good joke in 7 Star Wars movies: When Jar-Jar Binks says, ‘Exqueeze me.’” - Jerry Seinfeld

1 year ago

Slack mobile ought to support landscape orientation. Mobile phones once advertised landscape as a selling point. You could take advantage of the screen better. Nowadays it’s just for watching videos, and people buy phones that fold in half.

1 year ago

Games are the best. Nothing better than sitting on the couch with my friends and cutting up over some friendly competition.

1 year ago

The cool pale glow of the moon So slowly fades Almost forgot you’re leaving soon

The music that your heart makes I need more time Before you have to go away

Please stay

The pieces all disappear My dearest love I’m never lonely with you near

The sun is starting to rise Don’t wake me up Please never ever leave my side

My dear

I miss you. Please come back soon Til then, I’ll wait For us to sit beneath the moon

Again

1 year ago

Within the home of a ghost

Upon a desk full of boasts

Sits a piece of paper

That an old child wrote

Little more than shavings

Through the smudges, a scribbled word

Stained with tears

“Dad”

1 year ago

Couldn’t get much in the way of work done this week, but oh, man! Have I written one hell of a song!

1 year ago

Recording demos

1 year ago

AAAAAAAAAAAA

1 year ago

how do I tell my dog I would much rather stay home with him than go out somewhere?

1 year ago

I wrote lyrics to the Tetris “Korobeiniki” music. Might try to arrange it into a real song.

1 year ago

If you said “you don’t know anything,” I’d agree with you.

1 year ago

I’ve been drinking the same cup of coffee for 6 hours.

1 year ago

Every day is a new opportunity to learn.

1 year ago

What is bullshit? How do you determine the truth?

1 year ago

Playing Tetris Effect: Connected

1 year ago

The bare minimum is more than enough. Slow is the fastest you can go. Repetition builds strength.

1 year ago

Claim territory; Stay alive.

1 year ago

There’s always a correct move.

1 year ago

Tetris always gives you the exact right block.

1 year ago

Why don’t developers test their apps in Zoomed Mode? Are people with poor eyesight just expected to guess what text is between the ellipses that peppers the screen?

1 year ago

Getting my car serviced. Soon, I will go home for a nap.

1 year ago

Groggy this morning

1 year ago

Schemin’

1 year ago

Loving the sunshine and these leftovers from my beloved girlfriend’s cooking yesterday.

1 year ago

Had a nice evening with my friend Mike.

1 year ago

“It wasn’t warfare. It was murder.” - Shutter Island

I can’t escape from politics online. Since the inauguration, I’ve seen some chatter about revolution.

I resonate with the instinct to usurp corrupt institutions, but I have to ask you: Do you want to hurt other people?

Are you willing to commit violence?

In the critical moment, will you draw blood from your fellow man?

Will you be able to live with that?... Or do you expect other people to do it for you?

1 year ago

I love sugar!

1 year ago

Really enjoying my Brilliant.org sub my parents gifted me for Christmas.

I’m on a 23 day streak! (I’ve gotten boosts which allowed me to skip a day or two... Sue me!)

I’m doing courses on Math, Logic, & Scientific Thinking. Having a blast and I’ve almost completely replaced my social media scrolling habit. Last I checked, my Facebook/Instagram usage is down to 90 minutes a week. A week!

1 year ago

Spring can’t come too soon!

1 year ago

If guys have a reputation for leaving the toilet seat up... Why is the rumor that girls don’t poop? The evidence suggests the opposite.

1 year ago

Grateful for my partner, my family, music, & games today.

1 year ago

Went for a long walk in the cold. Feeling a little better.

1 year ago

very angry

1 year ago

Good morning today and every day.

1 year ago

Stress is high. Thank you DFW traffic!

I’m really craving a joint. However, life goes on. Dry January continues.

I’ve never felt better in many ways.

1 year ago

Here, have a long blog post about my trauma healing journey:

It's a doozy!

1 year ago

It’s nice to have a staycation. Thanks to my parents. Tomorrow we have a full day of planning for the upcoming year. Exciting stuff!

1 year ago

I’m a Mac guy all the way, but I am very broke. I had a 2013 Macbook Air which died in 2020.

I had to use a tiny $200 Asus laptop (Intel Celeron, 4Gb of memory) for several years until I could save up enough for another Macbook.

I thought it was an unusable piece of junk because everything was so slow on Windows 10. Out of desperation, I flashed it with ZorinOS and it immediately functioned like a normal computer.

Instant responsiveness, no extensive load times, no freezing. Blew my ****ing mind.

Linux is the best thing ever. Everyone deserves a computer that lasts, and poor software optimization deceives us into wasting perfectly good hardware.

Long live Linux!

1 year ago

Big freeze today and tomorrow. Lots of snow! Staying at my parents’ place. The Christmas tree is still up, and the fireplace is going. The party continues!

1 year ago

themonkeybody.com has changed my life!

If you struggle with back pain, or have a hypermobility spectrum diagnosis, or just want to learn how to move with minimal wear & tear on the body, I recommend it wholeheartedly. Drew Ricciardi is a genius.

1 year ago

Cheesin’ today. What a wonderful day to be alive!

1 year ago

I have so many handhelds!

• Anbernic RG Nano
• Anbernic RG35XXSP
• Nintendo DS Lite
• Nintendo DSi XL
• Original Nintendo 3DS
• Original Nintendo Switch

Not to mention my iPhone and iPad...

Handhelds have always been special to me. Home consoles are great, but mobile gaming has always been where it’s at.

To another great year of virtual adventures on the go.

1 year ago

Woke up a bundle of nerves and rescheduled the labs for 2 weeks from now. I’ll keep trying.

1 year ago

Annual labs tomorrow morning. Looking forward to getting it over with; I’m a little scared of needles. Wish me luck!

1 year ago

Every day is a wonderful gift.

I notice myself pointing out what I like more often than what I dislike. What a drastic change from 2 months ago!

Life is a joy. My heart is full. Grateful for sunlight and good company today.

1 year ago

Happy 2025 from Dallas. Nothing like having a new body to enter the New Year.

1 year ago

Tetris DX for GBC >>>

1 year ago

Planning a blog post about my healing journey. This has been a helluva ride so far and I’d estimate I’m only about 3% of the way there.

1 year ago

Had an absolutely magical Christmas week with my family. My sister planned a whole agenda for us based on everyone’s favorite traditions, and we all stayed in my parents’ house.

I couldn’t have had better timing to go on this journey because I’m discovering so many little joys. Life is a wonderful thing. My heart is open and full.

1 year ago

My heart is full to bursting this morning. Enjoyed a wonderful big breakfast with my family at home. Early Happy Christmas to everyone. My heart is finally open after 26 years and I will never close it again.

1 year ago

Have a lot of material planned for production in 2025. I had the idea to do a big massive album. 25 tracks. Who knows if it can be done? We’ll have to find out.

1 year ago

Back on solid ground!

1 year ago

Woke up a little dysregulated this morning. Bloating disconnects my pelvis and shoulders, which allows the shoulders to start to hunch up into my neck and pinch my nerves. Staying calm and being grateful for the freedom I can find today.

1 year ago

The layers of freedom continue to reveal themselves and I am ever grateful!

1 year ago

More growing pains today. My sinuses are opening up on the left side of my head. Neck and shoulders are still stiff as hell but opening up more. Ulnar nerves tender on both sides of head (especially left side) but head continues to automagically right itself atop my spinal column. Practicing gratitude and reminding myself that frustration is repatterning in the brain. Kindness as discipline.

1 year ago

I feel on top of the world today! My body is righting all of its imbalances bit by bit.

1 year ago

kindness as discipline to yourself, first and foremost.

1 year ago

neck and shoulders are loosening up. So is my jaw.

1 year ago

I can’t move my neck and it’s driving me crazy

1 year ago

Healing myself with music

1 year ago

I haven’t left the ground for a few minutes in over 36 hours.

1 year ago

Finding the limits of my safety. Realizing I’ve spent my entire life in fight-or-flight mode. Reality crashing around me.

1 year ago

Contact with the ground feels so amazing!!!

1 year ago

Major major major health breakthrough this week. I keep pinching myself to wake up because I still can’t believe it’s real.

1 year ago

I’m still alive! Just finished a short-term deployment for a data QC team. With the proceeds I’m hoping to catch up on bills and have a nice Christmas with my family.

1 year ago

“The world is ours to save or destroy. Our inaction may lead to its destruction.” - Golden Sun for GBA

1 year ago

Interview went well. Now we wait! (And fill out more apps.)

1 year ago

Video interview for a new technical writer position today! Really excited to see where this path leads.

1 year ago

Showtime at 11! Super excited.

1 year ago

Why does the music in my head stop the moment I sit down to play?

1 year ago

My Mom just got me a new car! I’m blown away, and so grateful. How nice to drive again after so long without a car of my own, traffic notwithstanding. 😁

1 year ago

This could be the longest Friday in history.

1 year ago

Still reeling from karaoke for my GF’s birthday the other night.

1 year ago

just discovered my new favorite stretch

1 year ago

Half-price Books shopping spree with my honey. Here’s what we grabbed:

• Splinter Cell for Xbox
• L.A. Noire for X360
• Cabela’s Big Game Hunter for 360
• Punderdome
• Van Gogh Masterworks coffee table book
• Moomin sketchbook
• The Graphic Design Exercise Book by Knight & Glaser
• Ugly’s Electrical Reference Guide
• 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Baker

1 year ago

Done with another day of hard work, and not a minute too soon!

1 year ago

LLMs are BS machines. However, they’re being used in corporate communication, and to write legal briefs.

If a LLM (read: BS machine) can do the job indistinguishably from a real professional in the field, doesn’t that make the whole job BS in the first place?

If a LLM is threatening your job, doesn’t that make your job BS anyway?

1 year ago

First time leaving work more energized than I left... Perhaps because I put off drinking my energy drink until the second half. It’s a nice change of pace, anyway.

1 year ago

It’s morning. Waiting for it to be good.

1 year ago

I just had the idea to “gamify” my life with a points system:

A perfect day is 100 points.

Clock in early: 15 points Eat breakfast: 10 points Walk/feed Ollie in the morning: 10 points Pack a lunch: 20 points Practice piano 30 minutes: 30 points Spend less than $20: 15 points Work out: 15 points Sleep before 10 pm: 10 points Sleep before 9 pm: 20 points

Idk what the points will amount to, but I do know the brain responds better to positive reinforcement. Perhaps after I reach an arbitrary number of earned points, I’ll buy myself something cool.

1 year ago

True crime with my lady

1 year ago

Slept in all Sunday with my dog. Now I’m off to visit my family and play video games.

1 year ago

I was put in charge of the material yard for the last 3 workdays while my supervisor took time off. Boy, am I glad that’s over!

1 year ago

1 year ago

Good morning, internet! Today’s forecast is a high of awesome, with a low of 0 fucks given. Get out there today and kick some ass!

1 year ago

To whom it may concern: You put your turn signal on BEFORE you change lanes. Once you’re already in the turn-only lane, nobody is wondering about your next move.

1 year ago

I’m still sick.

1 year ago

I’d love to be a ghost hunter. Has to be the best job ever.

• Play with cool flashlights & camera gear
• Spelunking abandoned places
• Travel the country visiting historical sites

1 year ago

Good morning!

1 year ago

Playing Skyrim

1 year ago

Yup... Still sick.

1 year ago

Aches and sore throat. What a way to burn a weekend.

1 year ago

Sore throat. No overtime for me today. Running the humidifier on high and drinking water. About to go back to bed.

1 year ago

Working an overtime shift tomorrow in hopes of getting enough money to replace my lost stuff +.

1 year ago

Good morning.

1 year ago

Who needs an easy life when you can just be tougher?

1 year ago

Forklift certified!

1 year ago

I’m off on a fool’s errand.

1 year ago

Off work for 14 hours. Subtract 5 hours for sleep.

1 year ago

It’s the little things in life, like using the portapotty first after it’s been freshly cleaned.

1 year ago

It’s a good day. The clouds & rain are keeping the jobsite cool. I’m feeling energized despite my late start. I intend to work overtime today & make extra moolah. 🐄🗣️🎵

1 year ago

Good morning to everyone except towing companies & tow truck drivers.

1 year ago

Red Bull time!

1 year ago

Good morning! Keep that positive attitude and push through. Things are getting better all the time.

1 year ago

I feel like I’m wading through concrete. Would love to catch a break.

1 year ago

Car got towed last night. That’ll set me back.

1 year ago

I received a small boon today. My 3DS battery has been stalling at 75% charged. It died in my bag yesterday, so I left it at home to charge. When I powered it on, I found it was fully charged! This baby’s got some life yet!

1 year ago

I love having a set of fully-charged devices. All the potential energy to use however I see fit inspires me.

Do you ever notice your phone battery reflecting your own energy level, or is that just me? 😄

1 year ago

Inbox empty! Now to tackle my Things to-dos.

1 year ago

Someday, I’ll be as organized and prolific as some of the other wonderful bloggers in my cyberspace. Y’all’s blogs inspire me!

1 year ago

I wanted to come in for overtime today, but I woke up 20 minutes late for the shift. Got to pay down some of my sleep debt though!

1 year ago

Dust all up in my airways, despite the N95. God I hope I don’t get silica disease. I’ve already got asthma.

1 year ago

It’s morning once again. I’m grateful to be awake, despite the sleep debt. 😄

1 year ago

I’ve been awake for 21 hours!

1 year ago

Home for a couple hours and then rehearsal (for which I have not prepared...)

1 year ago

Still workin’.

1 year ago

Mornin’!

1 year ago

Good morning, beautiful people. Take care of yourself today!

1 year ago

Days for dollars, yada yada yada.

1 year ago

Go ahead! Chew out the new guy for doing what he was told. He won’t remember, or care!

1 year ago

Trying not to fall asleep on the job. I got 7 hours of sleep last night, & 2 energy drinks this morning. Maybe I haven’t eaten enough.

1 year ago

Good morning.

1 year ago

Schlepping heavy objects around a construction site.

1 year ago

Good morning!

1 year ago

Having a lazy Sunday afternoon.

1 year ago

Enjoying a peaceful evening, and wishing the same to you.

1 year ago

Lounging by the pool with my parents.

1 year ago

Chess anyone?

1 year ago

I am content to enjoy the weekend and count my blessings. Grateful for every opportunity to keep moving forward.

1 year ago

Finally home! It’s only been one week, and I’m almost ready to quit and look elsewhere. Maybe I’m just weak-willed.

I’ve given myself until the end of the month to decide if I’ve just got a bad attitude, or I really do hate this job. Trade school doesn’t even start until September, so I’ve got 2 months of grunt work to look forward to, but hey! Suffering builds character, right? That’s why I’m such a fuckin’ stud. 😎

1 year ago

Right thoughts, right words, right actions.

1 year ago

Finally home. Can you believe they want me to work overtime?

1 year ago

Day 4 of being an apprentice electrician AKA fucking grunt work.

Took inventory of every tool on the entire site by myself. Running around the jobsite with an iPhone tracking down equipment that I am forced to assume exists.

Why doesn’t every foreman on the site just inventory their own stuff? They’re the ones keeping their work site organized in the first place. Why delegate that task to materials hands alone? How much other stuff are we doing that’s a massive waste of time?

1 year ago

New day. Another opportunity to get 1% better.

1 year ago

How do you let go of the past when its consequences still linger?

1 year ago

It’s too damn early!

1 year ago

Early workdays are AWESOME! I get off in the afternoon, which gives me so the rest of the day to focus on the things I care about, like...

• Sleeping off all the hard work I just did with a well-deserved nap
• Chores and errands to keep my place nice & clean
• Wait, it’s 9:00 already? I have to be up in 7 hours!
• WaitwaitwaitwaitWAITWAITW

1 year ago

I feel a heat migraine coming on!

1 year ago

Suited up!

1 year ago

Who could say no to free Taco Bell? 😋

1 year ago

Why do I feel more tired after a nap?

1 year ago

The lowly peanut, mighty in protein despite its size. And delicious.

1 year ago

Getting rained on! 👷‍♂️

1 year ago

Who wakes up this early???

1 year ago

Too many dreams, too few hours.

1 year ago

Home, sweet home. Now to use the last of my weekend to catch up on all my music projects.

1 year ago

Just emailed the ★NINTYPE★ dev to open-source his damn app! Long live abandonware!

1 year ago

Relaxing at the end of a lazy Saturday.

1 year ago

Enjoying the cool 89° breeze.

1 year ago

New journaling technique: Save a photo as an entry and caption it.

1 year ago

Email made easy:

1. Archive everything in your inbox right now. Don’t use any other folders, keyword search is your friend.
2. Unsubscribe from all newsletters as they come in.
3. Act on & archive emails as soon as you touch them. Touch it once mentality.
4. ???
5. Profit. (Enjoy your empty inbox!)

1 year ago

I think a major part of that “new phone feeling” is the anti-glare coating on the display. Your fingers really glide across the screen, and the picture is clearer. You won’t notice it wear off, but you will notice the difference when you get a new phone. 😄

1 year ago

Cleaning the apartment and enjoying some tunes. 🎶

1 year ago

Happy Independence Day!

1 year ago

My third coffee for the day!

1 year ago

OSHA training is actually scary as hell. I don’t know if the risk of being maimed or killed is worth the reward of a good paycheck. Maybe I’m just being paranoid.

1 year ago

Walking the pooch and enjoying the breeze.

1 year ago

Dare I believe I’m gaining momentum in my life again?

1 year ago

Downloading the OSHA training videos for when I can’t sleep later 😂

1 year ago

Electrician apprenticeship: Day 1.

1 year ago

Dada melted my face off last night. I start work at my new apprenticeship today. I ate well, and now I’m enjoying my woman’s company. I’m enjoying life.

1 year ago

About to go see my live for the second time. Last time I saw them, I was a junior in high school, and it was likely I’d never see them again. Really stoked.

1 year ago

It’s a new day!

1 year ago

The bedroom band is a go!

1 year ago

I like to park my extremely beat-up car next to a mildly shitty car.

That way, when the owner sees the state of my car, they feel better about the state of their car.

1 year ago

Mmmmmm. Coffee.

1 year ago

I installed way too many games, and the only way to uninstall them is one at a time, by 3 taps. There's over 1000 games on here.

1 year ago

Bracing myself for the impending tidal wave of election talk.

1 year ago

File management!

1 year ago

Been a while since my last afternoon nap.

1 year ago

Forward momentum.

• Just got word: I am officially approved to start my electrician apprenticeship on Monday.
• My new business cards are arriving early!
• I’ve just given my website a new, cow-themed design, and I’m irrationally happy with it.

1 year ago

I've finally settled on a template for my . Added a "Gratitude List" section, & Last.FM scrobbling with my thanks (or... gratitude 😄) to .

1 year ago

My brother killed it at his concert tonight!!!

1 year ago

Kombucha = 😄

1 year ago

Installing retro games on my 3DS!

1 year ago

Toxic positivity is the opposite of gratitude. Don’t get it twisted.

It’s unhealthy to pretend a bad situation is just fine.

Gratitude is the acknowledgement of pain and suffering. It is the very appreciation of the fact that life is so hard.

Gratitude acknowledges the joy & light you fought tooth and nail to claim. It is not some misguided suppression of sadness.

Being happy is your obligation to your past selves for all their struggles. You worked to be where you are today; You ought to enjoy it.

2 years ago

What is the functional difference between technology and magic? If there is one, it is exceedingly slight.

2 years ago

I've spent so much time lately being ungrateful. I wish I could take it all back.

2 years ago

Chores are a gift. If I didn’t want to do chores, I could just get rid of all of my nice things. Then I wouldn’t have to take care of any of it. 😄

2 years ago

I have resolved to check myself when I notice I’m giving in to negative thoughts.

Life is too short, & too hard to always kill the mood for myself and everyone around me. I love myself. I love being alive. I love everyone around me.

2 years ago

My business cards just shipped! Should be here in a little over 2 weeks. 😁

2 years ago

I’m happy to be alive.

2 years ago

Still waiting to find out if I got the apprenticeship.

2 years ago

Yee-haw! Today is a great day!

2 years ago

Playing chess to take my mind off the nerve pain.

2 years ago

I just realized I get too easily annoyed at pet-related chores, despite all the pain I suffered when my first dog died.

Choosing to be grateful for those chores from now on.

2 years ago

I have a very optimistic view of people, in general.

2 years ago

Rangers won! 🤩

2 years ago

At the Rangers/Royals game with my dad! 😁😁😁

2 years ago

2 years ago

It’s the compressor! Well, at least now I know. Unfortunately, it’s still summer in Texas. lol!

2 years ago

Business cards are printing!

2 years ago

Negative thought life > getting swole pipeline

2 years ago

Time for my semi-annual haircut!

2 years ago

Driving to fill out my apprenticeship paperwork. Not my first choice, but very few people have their preferred job. Keeping my chin up.

2 years ago

Nobody ever said being happy was easy. But it’s much better than the alternative. That’s something I need to remind myself today, and every day.

2 years ago

If one more corporation tells me which “era” I’m about to have, I’m going to lose it.

2 years ago

Listening to some otherworldly electronic jazz music.

2 years ago

One of my simple pleasures is putting my keyboard in my lap. I love to sit in front of my big desk, in my cozy office chair, clickety-clacking away at my ideas and projects.

2 years ago

Life is good, always. It’s just me that gets upset. It’s not easy, never easy. It’s good.

2 years ago

Tough loss tonight, but Dallas has had a great sports year. I’m satisfied.

2 years ago

is KILLING me right now. #MFFL

2 years ago

#GoMavs #MFFL

2 years ago

Perfection doesn’t exist. There are no perfect objects. There is no perfect product, no perfect work.

There is only objects, products, and work. When you set up a perfect ideal in your mind, you set yourself up for failure. Have the idea, and give yourself permission to fall short. You can always make corrections later.

The most beautiful phrase in the English language is “that’s done now.”

2 years ago

What will happen to all of the corporate management positions when they make an HR buzzword AI chatbot?

2 years ago

“I need to start smiling—I forget how that feels. Driving towards somewhere, instead of spinning my wheels.”

2 years ago

“Lost, freaked out, and sorry. You know, I’m miserable too. My violets are blood-red, and my roses are blue.” - dada

2 years ago

Hey! Website developers! Landscape orientation exists!

2 years ago

Just remember: Life is hard!

2 years ago

🐎🔥🔥🔥 #nbafinals

2 years ago

Go Mavs! 🏀

2 years ago

Nope. Still down. I'll figure it out later. Sorry.

2 years ago

I think we're back.

2 years ago

Website is down officially. Sorry!

2 years ago

Just deleted a page that broke my site for reasons yet unknown to me.

2 years ago

And for some levity...

2 years ago

Just published a I've been, well, thinking about for some time. Some light reading on the nature of money.

2 years ago

Drafting a looooong blog post.

2 years ago

Nighttime is my favorite.

2 years ago

The blogroll is coming along nicely!

2 years ago

Watching a Jim Henson documentary with my beloved.

2 years ago

Just got some fantastic news.

2 years ago

Upgrading my Dell Inspiron Core i3 to Zorin OS 17.1 Pro Lite.

2 years ago

Feeling grateful.

2 years ago

About to visit a friend at the mental health unit.

2 years ago

Composing on McDonald's WiFi.

2 years ago

It just occurred to me that my dog tries to follow me in to the bathroom because I also watch him do his business.

2 years ago

This gig pays out in nine days! 😀

2 years ago

2 years ago

Life is about doing things. Looking at a screen tricks my brain into thinking “I’m doing activities right now.”

Consumption ≠ Activity

2 years ago

2 years ago

It’s always steak & potatoes, or chicken & rice. What about chicken & potatoes, huh? D’you ever think of that?

2 years ago

just shot to the top of my wishlist.

2 years ago

I resent that I love sleep so much

2 years ago

Pretending I don’t exist for a minute.

2 years ago

Exhausted. Ready for food and sleep.

2 years ago

Breathing and paying attention.

2 years ago

Leftovers make the world go ’round.

2 years ago

It really pays to have true friends.

2 years ago

I love computers!

2 years ago

Action > ideation. I'm done being stuck! If I get a few bumps and bruises along the way, so what? Life is about living!

2 years ago

Spending quality time with my friend.

2 years ago

Café Brazil time!

2 years ago

Migraine time!

2 years ago

At a jam.

2 years ago

Good morning!

2 years ago

Poké time!

2 years ago

Facebook’s mobile comment UX on web is worse than pulling shards of glass out of your eye.

2 years ago

Good ol’ Hawaiian Bros. 😋

2 years ago

Finally home and ready to pass out. Too bad I have a giant to-do list.

2 years ago

Stuck in a Starbucks devoid of WiFi until traffic dies down.

2 years ago

Bro… Come get your things!

2 years ago

Life is crazy

2 years ago

🕴️ 🕴️ 🕴️

Me and the boys otw to get Whataburger at an ungodly hour of the morning

2 years ago

“It’s my life … and I ain’t gonna live forever!” - Bon Jovi

2 years ago

“Calvin, go do something you hate! It builds character.”

2 years ago

Not enough output.

2 years ago

Happiness is my choice.

2 years ago

Yeah.

2 years ago

This is a test.

2 years ago

Now my resume is a web page.

2 years ago

I would like to exchange these hopes & dreams for one (1) benefits package & a 401k, please.

2 years ago

Time to stay inside with a hot cup of coffee, and a Bill Evans record.

2 years ago

My inbox: 📈 My to-do list: 📉

2 years ago

Gravity crushes you if you let it.

2 years ago

Intense cheese cravings.

2 years ago

Watching Cowboy Bebop.

2 years ago

Housekeeping.

2 years ago

Tinkering

2 years ago

It's cozy again, and all feels right.

2 years ago

Dizzy from all the driving. I see accidents all the time these days. These roads are not the best that humankind can offer.

2 years ago

Coffee ought to stay hot.

2 years ago

Hello, moon.

2 years ago

Perpetual forgetter of important plans

2 years ago

Someone help me. I can’t stop creating email addresses.

2 years ago

Computers are the best. It’s so cool to have your own virtual space, tuned to your preferences, where everything is at your fingertips. I feel like an alchemist with his philosopher’s stone.

2 years ago

Feeling productive.

2 years ago

Chugging along at 2 am!

2 years ago

Virtual displays are my favorite thing.

2 years ago

I love working at night. It’s more peaceful. Get cozy at my desk, with a cup of coffee or tea…

2 years ago

“Pain. Will you return it?” - Martin Gore

2 years ago

Turns out, I’ve been sitting, standing, walking, chewing, and breathing incorrectly for almost my entire life. Whoops!

2 years ago

“Think of all the extensions that the gods gave you, and you failed to use them.” - Marcus Aurelius

2 years ago

Back pain!

2 years ago

More coffee? More coffee.

2 years ago

Another successful open mic.

2 years ago

Dinner is served!

2 years ago

☑️Take out the trash

2 years ago

☑️Do the dishes ☑️Clean the fridge

2 years ago

Officially started

2 years ago

Starbucks & job hunting on Indeed. Classic combo.

2 years ago

I discovered a blog post about Nerf in my drafts from a year ago! If you’re interested in 3d printing, or modding things, or marksmanship, check it out.

2 years ago

Back on the job hunt! My talent profile still isn’t the thing I wish it was, but I’ve got most of the links working again. And now I have a /hire-me page.

I’d be good for lots of different kinds of work, so I’m gunning for something I can do remotely. Copywriting, help desk, data entry, etc.

Of course, I’m still making music! There’s a jam later today in Arlington. Will get to see my friends again and play some tunes.

2 years ago

Just sang in front of a huge crowd for the first time. I can't remember the last time I was so exhilarated.

2 years ago

Leftovers make life so much more enjoyable

2 years ago

Just secured a new domain: austinross.xyz. And I set up a page for my music! austinross.xyz/music. Building a website is so much fun!

2 years ago

It feels impossible to generate momentum these days. Yet, life goes on. I must find a way.

2 years ago