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Stardate: 20210502.1806 | |
Location: SBUX | |
Input Device: Gemini PDA | |
Audio: Muffled SBUX Muzak | |
Visual: City intersection, pedestrians | |
Emotional State: Grounded +5 Coffee Booster | |
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I was thinking m0ar about the xiled rumination concentrator (xrc) and | |
what it is. The reason I am writing about it is because cat had | |
tooted on mastodon about thinking of acquiring some kind of | |
shipping crate and putting in some sound proofing.[1] I saw this | |
and had to post a link to the xrc project page [2] that I had been | |
working on but had not phosted yet under my projects. I'm pretty | |
slow with the "documentation." It is mostly just a collection of | |
ramblings about the damn thing that I have phosted about in the past, | |
kinda like my other project "documentation." | |
I keep working on the thing with no real goal in mind. It just keeps | |
evolving. Last week, I "unlocked" another function. SDF Open Mic | |
karaoke booth. This past week, I participated in Open Mic, played | |
some guitar and sang, and hooked up my karaoke machine to the mixer. | |
I'm not sure how the quality was or how my levels were, but it | |
seemed to work out pretty good. Sorry if anybody that was tuned in | |
was offended by my gawd-awful karaoke skills. I know that the | |
machine didn't think highly of it, with scores in the 30's. I'll | |
just have to keep practicing ;) | |
What I have been thinkin is that the xrc is basically my attempts | |
to satiate my inner child and maybe further attempts at not taking | |
myself so seriously...or even much of life. This past year+ of COVID | |
living, furloughs, layoffs, all of the half-truths, the coercion, | |
the political agendas, the constructed narratives, the Karening, the | |
TP hording, the mean people, all of it, is just total bananas! | |
Maybe the child in me is smarter than my adult-self and distracted | |
me enough to help him build a bunker of sanctuary to protect us | |
from becoming the fodder that fuels the dumpster fire. | |
Well, whatever it is, it is good to keep close to your inner child. | |
If you have lost touch, try to reconnect and stay connected. If you | |
have children, go play LEGOs with them or take them to the park | |
and play. If you don't have kids, gift yourself with some LEGOs | |
or build something in Minecraft or even draw a silly picture in | |
ASCII characters. I highly recommend that everybody do something | |
to reconnect with your inner child and play. I know that those | |
activities with mine are really beneficial to my well-being. | |
Another thought...maybe I am also going through this because my kids | |
are teenagers and my inner child does not get to play with them as | |
much anym0ar. My children have outgrown my inner child. *sad face* | |
So he gets to be stuck with me! And how! :D Look, shiny object! | |
[1] cat's toot | |
[2] xrc project page | |
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