From e0692cdd00ca5ac8da09b3c9aeb2e1039d8a7877 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cassie Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:43:07 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2025-08-21 00:43:06 --- content/week-notes/029.md | 10 +++++- public/index.html | 2 +- public/index.xml | 4 +-- public/sitemap.xml | 6 ++-- public/tags/week-notes/index.html | 2 +- public/tags/week-notes/index.xml | 4 +-- public/week-notes/016/index.html | 59 +++++++++++++------------------ public/week-notes/029/index.html | 14 +++++--- public/week-notes/index.xml | 4 +-- 9 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/week-notes/029.md b/content/week-notes/029.md index 86d35b9..665d702 100644 --- a/content/week-notes/029.md +++ b/content/week-notes/029.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -title: You wouldn't let it eat you whole (WN29) +title: thinkin' about a little something something in my septum and a couple tattoos (WN29) date: 2025-08-19 tags: - week-notes @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ url: week-notes/029 --- ## Doing I'm backporting a bunch of content from my old blogs so I can finally stop maintaining WordPress blogs. Here are the posts that I've moved over: + * [Revolutions](https://cassie.ink/revolutions) (2015-03-12) * [Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis](https://cassie.ink/life-is-strange-episode-1-chrysalis) (2015-02-05) * [House of Leaves: Appendix II-E, The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute Letters (May 8th, 1987)](https://cassie.ink/house-of-leaves-appendix-ii-e-the-three-attic-whalestoe-institute-letters-may-8th-1987/) (2015-01-01) @@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ I'm backporting a bunch of content from my old blogs so I can finally stop maint Sorry for unintentional pings on my rss feed; also, be aware that a lot of these are vey old (like, ten years) and don't necessarily reflect who I am as a person today! I'm trying to be better about preserving and sharing my writing, so I suppose that means I must submit to [the mortifying ordeal of being known](https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/). Some of these pieces, while flawed, I am still fond of — particularly the *Life is Strange* one. +I've continued my desk journey from last week, by which I mean I abandoned the Ergotron arm and ordered a Pixio PS1D instead. The Pixio arm feels cheaper in places, but the clamp is of reasonable size, and on the whole, it was *leagues* easier to set up than the Ergotron arm. The Ergotron comes pre-assembled, it's heavy, and you have to affix the monitors to the arms. The Pixio went together in pieces (with decent directions), which made it entirely feasible to do on one's own. You don't have to climb under your desk to clamp it down! There are detachable VESA plates so you can just slide your monitors right on! The clamp is a reasonable size! I'm still figuring out final positioning for the monitors themselves, but I'm really happy with how much it's cleaned up my desk setup. + +![Image showing a desk with monitors on an arm. It is very clean and cute.](https://cdn.cassie.ink/images/2025/08/desk.jpg) + +This whole process was stressful, but the Pixio enabled me to use the steel plates I'd ordered, so I no longer have fears of my monitors crashing down on me one day. All's well that ends & all.[^2] ## Reading ## Watching @@ -37,3 +43,5 @@ I picked up my *All We Know is Falling* listen from last week, too. I went back to *fishmonger* by underscores. I really love this album (still). I love just about every song on it, but "Del mar county fair (2008)" is hitting for me in particular lately. [^1]: *Mistria* gives you this option; *Stardew* does not... but I've never had a mid-day crash in *Stardew.* + +[^2]: I still have the Ergotron arm. I'm hoping to sell it locally on Facebook Marketplace to get some of my money back, so things aren't over just yet. diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html index 24f7cc0..5edf037 100644 --- a/public/index.html +++ b/public/index.html @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ -

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diff --git a/public/index.xml b/public/index.xml index 1366256..a82e1bc 100644 --- a/public/index.xml +++ b/public/index.xml @@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 - You wouldn't let it eat you whole (WN29) + thinkin' about a little something something in my septum and a couple tattoos (WN29) http://localhost:1313/week-notes/029/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:1313/week-notes/029/ - <h2 id="doing">Doing</h2> <p>I&rsquo;m backporting a bunch of content from my old blogs so I can finally stop maintaining WordPress blogs. Here are the posts that I&rsquo;ve moved over:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/revolutions">Revolutions</a> (2015-03-12)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/life-is-strange-episode-1-chrysalis">Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis</a> (2015-02-05)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/house-of-leaves-appendix-ii-e-the-three-attic-whalestoe-institute-letters-may-8th-1987/">House of Leaves: Appendix II-E, The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute Letters (May 8th, 1987)</a> (2015-01-01)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/canopies-and-drapes/">Canopies and Drapes: Emmy the Great’s Twist on the Classic Breakup Song</a> (2014-11-09)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/princess-bubblegum-marceline-still-just-almost-girlfriends/">Princess Bubblegum &amp; Marceline: Still Just Almost Girlfriends</a> (2014-08-14)</li> </ul> <p>Sorry for unintentional pings on my rss feed; also, be aware that a lot of these are vey old (like, ten years) and don&rsquo;t necessarily reflect who I am as a person today! I&rsquo;m trying to be better about preserving and sharing my writing, so I suppose that means I must submit to <a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/">the mortifying ordeal of being known</a>. Some of these pieces, while flawed, I am still fond of — particularly the <em>Life is Strange</em> one.</p> <h2 id="reading">Reading</h2> <h2 id="watching">Watching</h2> <h2 id="playing">Playing</h2> <p>I&rsquo;m still playing <em>Fields of Mistria</em>, although I have had a few mid-day game crashes this week. The game is in early access, so I can&rsquo;t complain too much, but it&rsquo;s the first time it&rsquo;s happened to me. It&rsquo;s frustrating to lose progress, but I suppose I should get into the habit of saving a few times throughout the day.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p> <h2 id="listening">Listening</h2> <p>I listened to <a href="hutchharris.bandcamp.com/album/suck-up-all-the-oxygen"><em>SUCK UP ALL THE OXYGEN</em> by Hutch Harris</a> because I saw the cover on Bandcamp and thought it was funny. The album was fine but not for me. There was a time in my life when I probably would have been really into this, but it&rsquo;s not now.</p> <p>I picked up my <em>All We Know is Falling</em> listen from last week, too. 6. Never Let This Go - a nice build and pleasant to listen to, but it blends in with a lot of the rest of the album (yet fails to stand out). 7. Whoa - I always loved this one; great energy that lets me overlook the silly lyrics. 8. Conspiracy - forgettable 9. Franklin - I was so surprised by how fond of this song I still am. It&rsquo;s sweet; the backing vocals are a bit distracting — I&rsquo;d rather they were just Hayley, but I understand that they were going for a duet. 10. My Heart - I was listening to a decent rip of this album but this song still somehow sounds like a super compressed 96kbps MP3. The screaming in this song is also so atonal — it feels like a studio note given what was &ldquo;in&rdquo; at the time. 11. Oh Star - another forgettable one for me; I don&rsquo;t really like slow songs in general I think and especially not when Paramore does them.</p> <p>I went back to <em>fishmonger</em> by underscores. I really love this album (still). I love just about every song on it, but &ldquo;Del mar county fair (2008)&rdquo; is hitting for me in particular lately.</p> <div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes"> <hr> <ol> <li id="fn:1"> <p><em>Mistria</em> gives you this option; <em>Stardew</em> does not&hellip; but I&rsquo;ve never had a mid-day crash in <em>Stardew.</em>&#160;<a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p> </li> </ol> </div> + <h2 id="doing">Doing</h2> <p>I&rsquo;m backporting a bunch of content from my old blogs so I can finally stop maintaining WordPress blogs. Here are the posts that I&rsquo;ve moved over:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/revolutions">Revolutions</a> (2015-03-12)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/life-is-strange-episode-1-chrysalis">Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis</a> (2015-02-05)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/house-of-leaves-appendix-ii-e-the-three-attic-whalestoe-institute-letters-may-8th-1987/">House of Leaves: Appendix II-E, The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute Letters (May 8th, 1987)</a> (2015-01-01)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/canopies-and-drapes/">Canopies and Drapes: Emmy the Great’s Twist on the Classic Breakup Song</a> (2014-11-09)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/princess-bubblegum-marceline-still-just-almost-girlfriends/">Princess Bubblegum &amp; Marceline: Still Just Almost Girlfriends</a> (2014-08-14)</li> </ul> <p>Sorry for unintentional pings on my rss feed; also, be aware that a lot of these are vey old (like, ten years) and don&rsquo;t necessarily reflect who I am as a person today! I&rsquo;m trying to be better about preserving and sharing my writing, so I suppose that means I must submit to <a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/">the mortifying ordeal of being known</a>. Some of these pieces, while flawed, I am still fond of — particularly the <em>Life is Strange</em> one.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve continued my desk journey from last week, by which I mean I abandoned the Ergotron arm and ordered a Pixio PS1D instead. The Pixio arm feels cheaper in places, but the clamp is of reasonable size, and on the whole, it was <em>leagues</em> easier to set up than the Ergotron arm. The Ergotron comes pre-assembled, it&rsquo;s heavy, and you have to affix the monitors to the arms. The Pixio went together in pieces (with decent directions), which made it entirely feasible to do on one&rsquo;s own. You don&rsquo;t have to climb under your desk to clamp it down! There are detachable VESA plates so you can just slide your monitors right on! The clamp is a reasonable size! I&rsquo;m still figuring out final positioning for the monitors themselves, but I&rsquo;m really happy with how much it&rsquo;s cleaned up my desk setup.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.cassie.ink/images/2025/08/desk.jpg" alt="Image showing a desk with monitors on an arm. It is very clean and cute."></p> <p>This whole process was stressful, but the Pixio enabled me to use the steel plates I&rsquo;d ordered, so I no longer have fears of my monitors crashing down on me one day. All&rsquo;s well that ends &amp; all.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p> <h2 id="reading">Reading</h2> <h2 id="watching">Watching</h2> <h2 id="playing">Playing</h2> <p>I&rsquo;m still playing <em>Fields of Mistria</em>, although I have had a few mid-day game crashes this week. The game is in early access, so I can&rsquo;t complain too much, but it&rsquo;s the first time it&rsquo;s happened to me. It&rsquo;s frustrating to lose progress, but I suppose I should get into the habit of saving a few times throughout the day.<sup id="fnref:2"><a href="#fn:2" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">2</a></sup></p> <h2 id="listening">Listening</h2> <p>I listened to <a href="hutchharris.bandcamp.com/album/suck-up-all-the-oxygen"><em>SUCK UP ALL THE OXYGEN</em> by Hutch Harris</a> because I saw the cover on Bandcamp and thought it was funny. The album was fine but not for me. There was a time in my life when I probably would have been really into this, but it&rsquo;s not now.</p> <p>I picked up my <em>All We Know is Falling</em> listen from last week, too. 6. Never Let This Go - a nice build and pleasant to listen to, but it blends in with a lot of the rest of the album (yet fails to stand out). 7. Whoa - I always loved this one; great energy that lets me overlook the silly lyrics. 8. Conspiracy - forgettable 9. Franklin - I was so surprised by how fond of this song I still am. It&rsquo;s sweet; the backing vocals are a bit distracting — I&rsquo;d rather they were just Hayley, but I understand that they were going for a duet. 10. My Heart - I was listening to a decent rip of this album but this song still somehow sounds like a super compressed 96kbps MP3. The screaming in this song is also so atonal — it feels like a studio note given what was &ldquo;in&rdquo; at the time. 11. Oh Star - another forgettable one for me; I don&rsquo;t really like slow songs in general I think and especially not when Paramore does them.</p> <p>I went back to <em>fishmonger</em> by underscores. I really love this album (still). I love just about every song on it, but &ldquo;Del mar county fair (2008)&rdquo; is hitting for me in particular lately.</p> <div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes"> <hr> <ol> <li id="fn:1"> <p>I still have the Ergotron arm. I&rsquo;m hoping to sell it locally on Facebook Marketplace to get some of my money back, so things aren&rsquo;t over just yet.&#160;<a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p> </li> <li id="fn:2"> <p><em>Mistria</em> gives you this option; <em>Stardew</em> does not&hellip; but I&rsquo;ve never had a mid-day crash in <em>Stardew.</em>&#160;<a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-backref" role="doc-backlink">&#x21a9;&#xfe0e;</a></p> </li> </ol> </div> Reduced to tongue eardrum thumb pencil and price (WN28) diff --git a/public/sitemap.xml b/public/sitemap.xml index 2ac13b1..2407bcc 100644 --- a/public/sitemap.xml +++ b/public/sitemap.xml @@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ http://localhost:1313/tags/ 2025-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 + + http://localhost:1313/week-notes/029/ + 2025-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 http://localhost:1313/tags/week-notes/ 2025-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 http://localhost:1313/week-notes/ 2025-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 - - http://localhost:1313/week-notes/029/ - 2025-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 http://localhost:1313/week-notes/028/ 2025-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 diff --git a/public/tags/week-notes/index.html b/public/tags/week-notes/index.html index fbabab5..f73643f 100644 --- a/public/tags/week-notes/index.html +++ b/public/tags/week-notes/index.html @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
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diff --git a/public/tags/week-notes/index.xml b/public/tags/week-notes/index.xml index 8a3a12f..be205c5 100644 --- a/public/tags/week-notes/index.xml +++ b/public/tags/week-notes/index.xml @@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 - You wouldn't let it eat you whole (WN29) + thinkin' about a little something something in my septum and a couple tattoos (WN29) http://localhost:1313/week-notes/029/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:1313/week-notes/029/ - <h2 id="doing">Doing</h2> <p>I&rsquo;m backporting a bunch of content from my old blogs so I can finally stop maintaining WordPress blogs. Here are the posts that I&rsquo;ve moved over:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/revolutions">Revolutions</a> (2015-03-12)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/life-is-strange-episode-1-chrysalis">Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis</a> (2015-02-05)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/house-of-leaves-appendix-ii-e-the-three-attic-whalestoe-institute-letters-may-8th-1987/">House of Leaves: Appendix II-E, The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute Letters (May 8th, 1987)</a> (2015-01-01)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/canopies-and-drapes/">Canopies and Drapes: Emmy the Great’s Twist on the Classic Breakup Song</a> (2014-11-09)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/princess-bubblegum-marceline-still-just-almost-girlfriends/">Princess Bubblegum &amp; Marceline: Still Just Almost Girlfriends</a> (2014-08-14) Sorry for unintentional pings on RSS aggregators; also, be aware that a lot of these are vey old (like, ten years) and don&rsquo;t necessarily reflect who I am as a person today! I&rsquo;m trying to be better about preserving and sharing my writing, so I suppose that means I must submit to <a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/">the mortifying ordeal of being known</a>.</li> </ul> <h2 id="reading">Reading</h2> <h2 id="watching">Watching</h2> <h2 id="playing">Playing</h2> <p>I&rsquo;m still playing <em>Fields of Mistria</em>, although I have had a few mid-day game crashes this week. The game is in early access, so I can&rsquo;t complain too much, but it&rsquo;s the first time it&rsquo;s happened to me. It&rsquo;s frustrating to lose progress, but I suppose I should get into the habit of saving a few times throughout the day.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p> + <h2 id="doing">Doing</h2> <p>I&rsquo;m backporting a bunch of content from my old blogs so I can finally stop maintaining WordPress blogs. Here are the posts that I&rsquo;ve moved over:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/revolutions">Revolutions</a> (2015-03-12)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/life-is-strange-episode-1-chrysalis">Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis</a> (2015-02-05)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/house-of-leaves-appendix-ii-e-the-three-attic-whalestoe-institute-letters-may-8th-1987/">House of Leaves: Appendix II-E, The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute Letters (May 8th, 1987)</a> (2015-01-01)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/canopies-and-drapes/">Canopies and Drapes: Emmy the Great’s Twist on the Classic Breakup Song</a> (2014-11-09)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/princess-bubblegum-marceline-still-just-almost-girlfriends/">Princess Bubblegum &amp; Marceline: Still Just Almost Girlfriends</a> (2014-08-14)</li> </ul> <p>Sorry for unintentional pings on my rss feed; also, be aware that a lot of these are vey old (like, ten years) and don&rsquo;t necessarily reflect who I am as a person today! I&rsquo;m trying to be better about preserving and sharing my writing, so I suppose that means I must submit to <a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/">the mortifying ordeal of being known</a>. Some of these pieces, while flawed, I am still fond of — particularly the <em>Life is Strange</em> one.</p> Reduced to tongue eardrum thumb pencil and price (WN28) diff --git a/public/week-notes/016/index.html b/public/week-notes/016/index.html index 687324b..4178b49 100644 --- a/public/week-notes/016/index.html +++ b/public/week-notes/016/index.html @@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ - -Thinking about a little something something in my septum & a couple tattoos (WN29) | cassie.ink +to find part of you still works is like a tiny victory (week notes 16) | cassie.ink @@ -50,9 +49,9 @@ Revolutions (2015-03-12) Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis (2015-02-05) House
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to find part of you still works is like a tiny victory (week notes 16)

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I’m still playing Fields of Mistria, although I have had a few mid-day game crashes this week. The game is in early access, so I can’t complain too much, but it’s the first time it’s happened to me. It’s frustrating to lose progress, but I suppose I should get into the habit of saving a few times throughout the day.1

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I listened to SUCK UP ALL THE OXYGEN by Hutch Harris because I saw the cover on Bandcamp and thought it was funny. The album was fine but not for me. There was a time in my life when I probably would have been really into this, but it’s not now.

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I picked up my All We Know is Falling listen from last week, too. -6. Never Let This Go - a nice build and pleasant to listen to, but it blends in with a lot of the rest of the album (yet fails to stand out). -7. Whoa - I always loved this one; great energy that lets me overlook the silly lyrics. -8. Conspiracy - forgettable -9. Franklin - I was so surprised by how fond of this song I still am. It’s sweet; the backing vocals are a bit distracting — I’d rather they were just Hayley, but I understand that they were going for a duet. -10. My Heart - I was listening to a decent rip of this album but this song still somehow sounds like a super compressed 96kbps MP3. The screaming in this song is also so atonal — it feels like a studio note given what was “in” at the time. -11. Oh Star - another forgettable one for me; I don’t really like slow songs in general I think and especially not when Paramore does them.

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I went back to fishmonger by underscores. I really love this album (still). I love just about every song on it, but “Del mar county fair (2008)” is hitting for me in particular lately.

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  • Hometown Visit. I love reading folks who blog about their loves. It’s probably voyeuristic — I don’t know that it reflects well on me — but it makes me wish I had the courage to do the same.
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  • Sandra Cisneros, Woman Hollering Creek. I’m waiting for Villette to come in, so I wanted something that would be easy to jump in and out of. This fits the bill; I love Mango Street dearly and this simply feels like more of it (albeit not following one character, but then, Cisneros’s stories all seem to co-exist).
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  • 25 Wirecutter Journalists Can’t Be Wrong: How Owala Became an Official Water Bottle Pick. What a ridiculously self-important, self-absorbed article. I generally like and use Wirecutter; some of their recommendations are ridiculously decadent and detached from reality, but they are one of the few reliable online sources for product reviews and recommendations. I am all for an ode to something you love and that makes your life better, but this read not as “we tested and compared a lot of products” but more “we all have good taste and have this water bottle so it must be good, right?”
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  • Pride & Prejudice The Board Game. My brother gifted this to me years ago and I’ve never found an opportunity to play it. A student of mine is listening to the audiobook of P&P on my recommendation and I told her about the board game; I thought I should play it first myself, so I convinced Joe to play with me.
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  • Fabledom. This has been in my Steam wishlist for ages, and I wanted a cozy game to try to quell my Saturday mood. It’s OK. I enjoyed the time I put into it, but I don’t think I will go back to it. City builders tend to entertain me for a few hours, but then I reach the later points of the game (or it becomes a chore to manage everything) and get bored.
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I’ve had three songs in rotation this week: “Clown Blood/Orpheus’ Bobbing Head” by Los Campesinos!, “up” by Pigthe, and “You Good? (In Medias Res)” by Proper.

diff --git a/public/week-notes/029/index.html b/public/week-notes/029/index.html index b667b74..c37031f 100644 --- a/public/week-notes/029/index.html +++ b/public/week-notes/029/index.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Revolutions (2015-03-12) Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis (2015-02-05) House "> -You wouldn't let it eat you whole (WN29) | cassie.ink +thinkin' about a little something something in my septum and a couple tattoos (WN29) | cassie.ink @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Revolutions (2015-03-12) Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis (2015-02-05) House -

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thinkin' about a little something something in my septum and a couple tattoos (WN29)

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  • Princess Bubblegum & Marceline: Still Just Almost Girlfriends (2014-08-14)

    • Sorry for unintentional pings on my rss feed; also, be aware that a lot of these are vey old (like, ten years) and don’t necessarily reflect who I am as a person today! I’m trying to be better about preserving and sharing my writing, so I suppose that means I must submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known. Some of these pieces, while flawed, I am still fond of — particularly the Life is Strange one.

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    I’ve continued my desk journey from last week, by which I mean I abandoned the Ergotron arm and ordered a Pixio PS1D instead. The Pixio arm feels cheaper in places, but the clamp is of reasonable size, and on the whole, it was leagues easier to set up than the Ergotron arm. The Ergotron comes pre-assembled, it’s heavy, and you have to affix the monitors to the arms. The Pixio went together in pieces (with decent directions), which made it entirely feasible to do on one’s own. You don’t have to climb under your desk to clamp it down! There are detachable VESA plates so you can just slide your monitors right on! The clamp is a reasonable size! I’m still figuring out final positioning for the monitors themselves, but I’m really happy with how much it’s cleaned up my desk setup.

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    Image showing a desk with monitors on an arm. It is very clean and cute.

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    This whole process was stressful, but the Pixio enabled me to use the steel plates I’d ordered, so I no longer have fears of my monitors crashing down on me one day. All’s well that ends & all.1

    Reading

    Watching

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    I’m still playing Fields of Mistria, although I have had a few mid-day game crashes this week. The game is in early access, so I can’t complain too much, but it’s the first time it’s happened to me. It’s frustrating to lose progress, but I suppose I should get into the habit of saving a few times throughout the day.1

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    I’m still playing Fields of Mistria, although I have had a few mid-day game crashes this week. The game is in early access, so I can’t complain too much, but it’s the first time it’s happened to me. It’s frustrating to lose progress, but I suppose I should get into the habit of saving a few times throughout the day.2

    Listening

    I listened to SUCK UP ALL THE OXYGEN by Hutch Harris because I saw the cover on Bandcamp and thought it was funny. The album was fine but not for me. There was a time in my life when I probably would have been really into this, but it’s not now.

    I picked up my All We Know is Falling listen from last week, too. @@ -88,7 +91,10 @@ Revolutions (2015-03-12) Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis (2015-02-05) House

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      Mistria gives you this option; Stardew does not… but I’ve never had a mid-day crash in Stardew. ↩︎

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      I still have the Ergotron arm. I’m hoping to sell it locally on Facebook Marketplace to get some of my money back, so things aren’t over just yet. ↩︎

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      Mistria gives you this option; Stardew does not… but I’ve never had a mid-day crash in Stardew. ↩︎

    diff --git a/public/week-notes/index.xml b/public/week-notes/index.xml index 70715b7..8444e6c 100644 --- a/public/week-notes/index.xml +++ b/public/week-notes/index.xml @@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 - You wouldn't let it eat you whole (WN29) + thinkin' about a little something something in my septum and a couple tattoos (WN29) http://localhost:1313/week-notes/029/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost:1313/week-notes/029/ - <h2 id="doing">Doing</h2> <p>I&rsquo;m backporting a bunch of content from my old blogs so I can finally stop maintaining WordPress blogs. Here are the posts that I&rsquo;ve moved over:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/revolutions">Revolutions</a> (2015-03-12)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/life-is-strange-episode-1-chrysalis">Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis</a> (2015-02-05)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/house-of-leaves-appendix-ii-e-the-three-attic-whalestoe-institute-letters-may-8th-1987/">House of Leaves: Appendix II-E, The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute Letters (May 8th, 1987)</a> (2015-01-01)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/canopies-and-drapes/">Canopies and Drapes: Emmy the Great’s Twist on the Classic Breakup Song</a> (2014-11-09)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/princess-bubblegum-marceline-still-just-almost-girlfriends/">Princess Bubblegum &amp; Marceline: Still Just Almost Girlfriends</a> (2014-08-14) Sorry for unintentional pings on RSS aggregators; also, be aware that a lot of these are vey old (like, ten years) and don&rsquo;t necessarily reflect who I am as a person today! I&rsquo;m trying to be better about preserving and sharing my writing, so I suppose that means I must submit to <a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/">the mortifying ordeal of being known</a>.</li> </ul> <h2 id="reading">Reading</h2> <h2 id="watching">Watching</h2> <h2 id="playing">Playing</h2> <p>I&rsquo;m still playing <em>Fields of Mistria</em>, although I have had a few mid-day game crashes this week. The game is in early access, so I can&rsquo;t complain too much, but it&rsquo;s the first time it&rsquo;s happened to me. It&rsquo;s frustrating to lose progress, but I suppose I should get into the habit of saving a few times throughout the day.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p> + <h2 id="doing">Doing</h2> <p>I&rsquo;m backporting a bunch of content from my old blogs so I can finally stop maintaining WordPress blogs. Here are the posts that I&rsquo;ve moved over:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/revolutions">Revolutions</a> (2015-03-12)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/life-is-strange-episode-1-chrysalis">Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis</a> (2015-02-05)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/house-of-leaves-appendix-ii-e-the-three-attic-whalestoe-institute-letters-may-8th-1987/">House of Leaves: Appendix II-E, The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute Letters (May 8th, 1987)</a> (2015-01-01)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/canopies-and-drapes/">Canopies and Drapes: Emmy the Great’s Twist on the Classic Breakup Song</a> (2014-11-09)</li> <li><a href="https://cassie.ink/princess-bubblegum-marceline-still-just-almost-girlfriends/">Princess Bubblegum &amp; Marceline: Still Just Almost Girlfriends</a> (2014-08-14)</li> </ul> <p>Sorry for unintentional pings on my rss feed; also, be aware that a lot of these are vey old (like, ten years) and don&rsquo;t necessarily reflect who I am as a person today! I&rsquo;m trying to be better about preserving and sharing my writing, so I suppose that means I must submit to <a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/">the mortifying ordeal of being known</a>. Some of these pieces, while flawed, I am still fond of — particularly the <em>Life is Strange</em> one.</p> Reduced to tongue eardrum thumb pencil and price (WN28)