Everything I'm Doing

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March 31, 2026

Yeah I feel off this again we're all SO SURPRISED.

Anyway.

Work. Many meetings. Went to lunch with my team and had a pizza, the leftovers of which I forgot in the work fridge, alas.

Went to World Market and got some foreign snacks, and then Price Chopper for regular groceries.

Installed a ceiling fan and wrote a review for it.

I've been playing with the stock market lately (got an app about it) and I sold a couple CHWY stocks I'd bought for $23.55 each for $27, and if they go back down I'll buy them back and basically have made $3.50 each for... holding on to them for like a week and then not holding on to them for a few days? Is this how rich people do things? Like I'm only gonna make a few bucks that way but if I'd had, ya know, 10k in there or something and this worked I'd make like $1400 for doing basically nothing?

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Books Read in 2025

[2017] [2018] [2019] [2020] [2021] [2022] [2023] [2024]

Books are listed in order of completion, and the month they are listed is the month in which the final page was read. Therefore a book listed as "April" may have been started in March or even earlier.

Color code: Borrowed from library Owned (received as gift) Owned (purchased) Borrowed (from a source other than the librar

January (9 books)

Maame by Jessica George (Fiction) The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Baker (Fiction) On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder (Non-Fiction, Reread) Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky (Fiction) Backpacking Through Bedlam by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev (Non-fiction) Pirate Women by Laura Sook Duncombe (Non-fiction) One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson (Non-fiction) I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (Fiction)

February (7 books)

Optic Nerve by Maria Gainza (Fiction) Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap (Non-fiction) The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt (Non-fiction) The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (Fiction) Atomic Habits by James Clear (Non-Fiction) A Cat from Our Word and the Forgotten Witch Vol 4 by Hiro Kashiwaba (Fiction) Not Lives Vol. 1 by Wataru Karasuma (Fiction)

March (8 books)

Magus of the Library Vol. 1 by Mitsu Izumi (Fiction) The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Non-Fiction) The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Non-Fiction) Warcross by Marie Lu (Fiction) Heartland by Sarah Smarsh (Non-Fiction) Witch Hat Atelier Vol 1 by Kamome Shirahama (Fiction) Sea Sirens by Amy Chu (Fiction) Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McQuire (Fiction) April (1 book)

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (Non-fiction)

May (3 books)

Snuff by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office by Lois Frankel (Non-fiction) Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine (Non-fiction)

June (1 book)

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (Fiction) July (1 book)

All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Fiction) August (2 books) The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Fiction) Skyhunter by Marie Lu (Fiction)

September (5 books)

The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power (Non-Fiction) Magus of the Library Vol. 2 by Mitsu Izumi (Fiction) Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (Fiction) Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 2 by Kamome Shirahama (Fiction) Magus of the Library Vol. 3 by Mitsu Izumi (Fiction)

October (8 books)

Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 3 by Kamome Shirahama (Fiction) The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (Fiction) The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak (Fiction) Nature's Best Hope by Douglas Tallamy (Non-fiction) The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss (Fiction) Magus of the Library Vol. 4 by Mitsu Izumi (Fiction) Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (Fiction) Magus of the Library Vol. 5 by Mitsu Izumi (Fiction)

November (6 books)

The Milk Tea Alliance by Jeffrey Wasserstrom (Non-fiction) Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 4 by Kamome Shirahama (Fiction) Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (Fiction) What the Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery (Non-fiction) Magus of the Library Vol. 6 by Mitsu Izumi (Fiction) Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 5 by Kamome Shirahama (Fiction)

December (7 books)

Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 6 by Kamome Shirahama (Fiction) Magus of the Library Vol. 7 by Mitsu Izumi (Fiction) It Gets Better... Except When It Gets Worse by Nicole Maines (Non-FIction) Forty Autumns by Nina Willner (Non-fiction) Magus of the Library Vol. 8 by Mitsu Izumi (Fiction) Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 7 by Kamome Shirahama (Fiction) Propaganda Girls by Lisa Rogak (Non-FIction)

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February 2, 2025

Read pages 147-158 of The Origins of Totalitarianism

Finished reading Optic Nerve

Started Reading Financial Feminist and got to page 43

Went for a walk and replaced the geocache at Noland Cemetery

Went to my parents' for dinner

Built part of the holiday post office Lego set while watching Star Trek Voyager

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January 20, 2025

Work. Meetings, mostly.

Read chapter 2 of One Person, No Vote.

Played D&D, managed to take out a cave full of Malarite wereboars and then SURPRISE it was Sharrans the whole time. Also killed the Sharrans. Nearly died but Selûne saved me.

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Books Read in 2024

[2017] [2018] [2019] [2020] [2021] [2022] [2023]

Books are listed in order of completion, and the month they are listed is the month in which the final page was read. Therefore a book listed as "April" may have been started in March or even earlier.

Color code: Borrowed from library Owned (received as gift) Owned (purchased) Borrowed (from a source other than the library

January (0 Books)

February (0 Books)

March (1 Book)

Axis by Robert Charles Wilson (Fiction)

April (0 Books)

May (1 Book)

Multipliers by Liz Wiseman (Non-fiction)

June (7 Books)

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) Miracle of Language by Richard Lederer (Non-fiction) King Nyx by Kirsten Bakis (Fiction) Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) A Molecule Away from Madness by Sara Manning Peskin (Non-Fiction) Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsén (Fiction) In the Hour of Crows by Dana Elmendorf (Fiction)

July (0 Books)

August (4 Books)

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (Fiction) Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki (Fiction) Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates (Non-fiction) Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire (Fiction)

September (2 books)

The Djinn Waits One Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan (Fiction) A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (Fiction)

October (1 book)

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas (Fiction)

November (16 books)

The Art of More by Michael Brooks (Non-fiction) The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister (Fiction) The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland (Fiction) The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas (Fiction) A Cat from Our World and the Forgotten Witch Vol. 1 by Hiro Kashiwaba (Fiction) Cat Massage Therapy Vol. 1. by Haru Hisakawa (Fiction) Aria of the Beech Forest Vol. 1 by Yugiri Aika (Fiction) Hirayasumi Vol. 1 by Keigo Shinzo (Fiction) My Cat Is Such A Weirdo Vol. 1 by Tamako Tamagoyama (Non-fiction) A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas (Fiction) A Cat from Our World and the Forgotten Witch Vol. 2 by Hiro Kashiwaba (Fiction) A Cat from Our World and the Forgotten Witch Vol. 3 by Hiro Kashiwaba (Fiction) Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 12 by Ryoko Kui (Fiction) Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 13 by Ryoko Kui (Fiction) Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 14 by Ryoko Kui (Fiction) Sorry for My Familiar Vol. 2 by Tekka Yaguraba (Fiction)

December (5 books)

A Witch's Printing Office Vol. 1 by Mochinchi (Fiction) A Witch's Printing Office Vol. 2 by Mochinchi (Fiction) I Shall Survive Using Potions! Vol. 1 by FUNA (Fiction) Replay by Saki Tsukahara (Fiction) Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel (Fiction)

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The Worst Attraction in Every State

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Oh Big Blue Bug that’s interesting I wonder what that looks like—

Jesus H. Christ

[humblegrub]

get in everyone we’re going on a roadtrip

[asexualbookbird]

his name is Nibbles Woodaway and he gets antlers a big red nose and lights in December

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November 26, 2024

Work. Did a whole bunch of admin and meetings and no actual code.

Had a baffling medical problem (got dizzy for no discernible reason) and had Bryan pick me up from work rather than risk driving.

Read pgs 127-241 of The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

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November 20, 2024

Hit up starbucks on my way to work. Trenta cold brew with 2% milk and sugar cookie syrup.

Work. Lots of meetings and worked on the Dragon and a little bit on the space museum.

Watched some random shit on youtube.

Started a 10th Kingdom rewatch while disassembling my Haunted House lego.

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November 13, 2024

Worked on a project for a space museum and went to a bunch of meetings.

Read pages 31-60 of The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister.

Watched an episode of Taskmaster Australia.

Watched 2 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager while disassembling my Great Pyramid of Giza lego.

Went to Target (bought nothing), Petsmart (bought cat food and treats), and HyVee.

[atlas9-official]

Kansas City natives and visitors, join us this Friday September 6th at 7pm at Mean Mule in the crossroads.

Weird stuff, cool stuff, free stuff.

[hot-mess-stress-express]

my international friend group can't agree, is it rude to be talking on the phone while on public transport?

yes

no

I actually have a third, secret answer

Voting ended onAug 27, 2024

[soberscientistlife]

This is a BIG deal. Re-elect Biden

[multishipperextraordinaire]

considering I haven't refilled an inhaler I need *to breathe* because it cost $379, HOLY SHIT. INCREDIBLE.

[mikkeneko]

Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders join forces to promote lower health care costs, including for inhalers

President Joe Biden has teamed up with Sen. Bernie Sanders to promote the administration’s efforts to lower the cost of inhalers and other h

Slightly puzzled why the first post claims that this announcement came "a day after" the Trump verdict, when this news was from two months ago, but still, pretty important

[prismatic-bell]

DO HEART MEDS NEXT!!!

This is amazing news. KEEP GOING BRANDON

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Books Read in 2023

[2017] [2018] [2019] [2020] [2021] [2022]

January (5 books)

Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Roses, In the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman (Fiction) Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle (Non-fiction) Dark Archives by Megan Rosenbloom (Non-fiction)

February (7 books)

Soil Science for Gardeners by Robert Pavlis (Non-fiction) Brilliance by Markus Sakey (Fiction) Dead Boy Detectives Vol. 2 by Mark Buckingham (Comic) Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt (Non-fiction) No More Police. by Mariame Kaba & Andrea Ritchie (Non-fiction) Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins (Non-fiction) Making Money by Terry Pratchett (Fiction)

March (2 books)

Calculated Risks by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (Fiction)

April (2 books)

Maggie Smith by Michael Coveney (Non-fiction) An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire (Fiction)

May (2 books)

Once Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire (Non-fiction) Dune by Frank Herbert (Fiction)

June (1 book)

The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh (Fiction)

July (1 book)

Go Big or Go Home by Tucker Trotter & Diana Kander (Non-fiction)

August (3 books)

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Fiction) Greywaren by Meggie Stiefvater (Fiction) Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire (Fiction)

September (3 books)

The Girl in the Green Silk Gown by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Daemons of the Shadow Realm Vol. 1 by Hiromu Arakawa (Manga) Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) October (5 books)

Dodger by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett (Fiction) Sorrowland by Rivers Soloman (Fiction) Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens (Fiction) Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang (Fiction)

November (1 book)

Congratulations, the Best is Over! by R. Eric Thomas (Non-fiction)

December (1 book)

How Can I Help You by Laura Sims (Fiction)

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Books Read in 2022

[2017] [2018] [2019] [2020] [2021]

January (3 books)

The Way of Fire and Ice by Ryan Smith (Non-fiction) The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (Fiction) Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire (Fiction)

February (3 books)

Still Life by Sarah Winman (Fiction) Night Watch by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) Middlegame by Seanan McGuire (Fiction)

March (3 books)

Don’t Panic by Neil Gaiman (Non-fiction) Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal (Fiction) On Basilisk Station by David Weber (Fiction)

April (5 books)

A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw (Fiction) The Maid by Nita Prose (Fiction) The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (Fiction) When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (Fiction) Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman (Comic)

May (9 books)

Deadpool Classic Vol. 12 by Victor Gischer (Comic) Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling (Non-fiction) Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Talking Dirt by Annie Spiegelman (Non-fiction) Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) This is Just My Face (Try Not to Stare) by Gabourey Sidibe (Non-fiction) The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward (Non-fiction) Half-Off Ragnarock by Seanan McGuire (Fiction)

June (23 books)

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Orleans by Sherri Smith (Fiction) The Power by Naomi Alderman (Fiction) Good to Great by Jim Collins (Non-fiction) I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell (Non-fiction) Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (Non-fiction) Delicious in Dungeon Vol 10 by Ryoko Kui (Manga) I Want to Be a Wall Vol 1 by Honami Shirono (Manga) Sorry for My Familiar Vol 3 by Tekka Yaguraba (Manga) Sorry for My Familiar Vol 4 by Tekka Yaguraba (Manga) Sorry for My Familiar Vol 5 by Tekka Yaguraba (Manga) The Daily Lives of High School Boys Vol 1 by Yasunobu Yamauchi (Manga) Penguin & House Vol 1 by Akiho Ieda (Manga) Dragon Goes House Hunting Vol 1 by Kawo Tanuki (Manga) Dirk Gently: The Interconnectedness of All Kings by Chris Ryall (Manga) Penguin & House Vol 2 by Akiho Ieda (Manga) Hina Matsuri Vol 4 by Masaaki Otake (Manga) Hina Matsuri Vol 5 by Masaaki Otake (Manga) Boys Run the Riot Vol 1 by Keito Gaku (Manga) Bad Blood by John Carreyrou (Non-fiction)

July (8 books)

Educated by Tara Westover (Non-fiction) Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler (Fiction) Bad Girls Throughout History by Ann Shen (Non-fiction) A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) How Not to Get Shot by D.L. Hughley The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders Broad Band by Claire Evans All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

August (9 books)

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Effin’ Birds by Aaron Reynolds (Fiction) Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis (Non-fiction) Boys Run the Riot Vol 2 by Keito Gaku (Manga) Murder Mysteries by Neil Gaiman (Comic) How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (Non-fiction) Chaos Choreography by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) To Boldly Grow by Tamar Haspel (Non-fiction) Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Fiction)

September (10 books)

Magic for Nothing by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Thud! by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman (Fiction) Where’s My Cow? by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) Resistance by Halik Kochanski (Non-fiction) Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett (Fiction) Boys Run the Riot Vol. 3 by Keito Gaku (Manga) The Girl with Seven Names by Lee Hyeon-seo (Non-fiction) Saving Vegetable Seeds by Fern Marshall Bradley (Non-fiction) Wild Swans by Jung Chang (Non-fiction)

October (6 books)

The Story of My Life by Helen Keller (Non-fiction) Wish You Were Here by Nick Webb (Non-fiction) Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) Blood at the Root by Patrick Phillips (Non-fiction) Lute by Jennifer Thorne (Fiction) Florida Woman by Deb Rogers (Fiction)

November (7 books)

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (Fiction) We Gon’ Be Alright by Jeff Chang (Non-fiction) That Ain’t Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire (Fiction) The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni (Non-fiction) How to Take Over the World by Ryan North (Non-fiction) Dead Boy Detectives Volume 1: Schoolboy Terrors by Toby Litt (Comic) Backyard Farming no author (Non-fiction)

December (13 books)

Captivated, By You by Yama Wayama (Manga) Delicious in Dungeon Vol. 11 by Ryoko Kui (Manga) Our Dreams at Dusk Vol. 1 by Yuhki Kamatani (Manga) Skip and Loafer Vol. 1 by Misaki Takamatsu (Manga) The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions Vol. 1 by Narise Konohara (Manga) The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions Vol. 2 by Narise Konohara (Manga) The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions Vol. 3 by Narise Konohara (Manga) The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions Vol. 4 by Narise Konohara (Manga) Ran and the Gray World Vol. 1 by Aki Irie (Manga) Dai Dark Vol.1 by Q Hayashida (Manga) Boys Run the Riot Vol. 4 by Keito Gaku (Manga) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Other Stories by Lewis Carroll (Fiction) Sisters in Law by Linda Hirshman (Non-fiction)

TOTALS:

Books: 99 Fiction: 39 Non-fiction: 29 Comics/manga: 31

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Worked on the same state college project as yesterday. For clarity’s sake let’s call this one the “southern state college” where the one mentioned in October was the “midwest state college”.

Read pages 139-167 of How to Take Over the World by Ryan North

Read pages 16-50 of Backyard Farming by Adams Media

Went to Culver’s for dinner

Played Valheim while drinking some cookie dough whiskey (would recommend)

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Monday, November 14, 2022

I sure am bad at this journal thing huh.

Worked on a project for a different state college than the one mentioned before. Making good progress and hoping to have a first draft done by end of the month, if not sooner.

Read pages 105-139 of How to Take Over the World by Ryan North

Read pages 1-16 of Backyard Farming by Adams Media (no author? weird)

Played way too much Valheim.

Helped Bryan make a pumpkin cheesecake mousse pudding dessert.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Work today on a project for a state college.

Went to Popeyes (drive-thru) for dinner.

Finished reading Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire

Watched an episode of Lower Decks