been working on this for awhile, rly happy with it. had to fight myself not to sound defensive.
about my fave movie her, gender, agency, & gendered labour transferring onto virtual assistants
fall = hci reading group...!!!! trying to design a loose curriculum, would love suggestions on novice-friendly must reads (papers, essays, excerpts, etc.)!!!
latest side quest - CAFE AT HOME!! indulge me in my barista dreams, choose treehouse cafe for your saturday morning coffee/tea/matcha/sweet treat
saturday, sept 21 9am-12 drop by whenever 💞
was reminiscing about club penguin & other virtual worlds and realized i miss sitting at the Computer and logging onto a Space w/ friends who took time to do the same
trying to find the balance of working in the open & sharing progress, while giving myself time to get lost in the sauce without preemptively worrying about validation
less talking about doing the things and just doing the things (starting now)
gastown is on the bleeding edge of beverage science
experience state of the art drinks tomorrow at milano
1) iced flat white
+ dollop of cold foam
2) iced strawberry rose matcha latte
+ touch of ice cream
idk if im explaining myself well. just notice a lot of solutions trying to connect us back to "real life" (good, obv). but this feels like a response not to what the internet is inherently, but what it's become - a constant presence telling us it's basically the real thing
latest side quest - CAFE AT HOME!! indulge me in my barista dreams, choose treehouse cafe for your saturday morning coffee/tea/matcha/sweet treat
saturday, sept 21 9am-12 drop by whenever 💞
the virtual world doesn't have to be lonely, we don't have to abandon it! the internet can be a beautiful, tangible thing w emergent properties entirely different from real life interactions, while still honoring them. anyways. i want more intentional spaces bound to 1 place
"organizing" is sort of my biggest fear bc i tend to feel responsible for peoples time & heavily blame myself if someone doesn't have the best time ever. learning to let go & trust others to care for each other + collectively take the reins
left the function thinking i said too much when i couldve been mysterious then realized the function actually encouraged over-enthusiasm and revealing the self 😳
regular brain is like how do i defy & push past my bodys fatigue and discomfort because that is true perseverance but galaxy brain is i surrender to my body and trust that it knows whats best for me and listening to her is the bravest thing i could do .
had an epiphany today that i need to get back to playful media consumption rather than trying to find the perfect book/movie/etc & ending up not experiencing anything at all ... cannot remember the last time i hated a book !!!
@_kelindi
i think the anxiety comes from the step before that of just thinking about putting an idea out for other people to see & know what i'm doing! wanna focus on more indulgent projects in my own corner + finding likeminded folks as an emergent property of the work
I will continue to say this. Be grateful for your friends who like to host and plan events for the group. It’s really a lost art. We have lost a lot of communal aspects that we were raised on & I don’t like it one bit
@liminalsunset_
so true! at the end of the day, it's hard for companies that don't want you to use their product all day, to compete with ones that demand your attention all the time. it sucks, but i'm hoping there will be a resurgence after this current wave of Go Touch Grass apps
im scared but trying to be more visible by shouting into the void... some pessimistic writing about feeling existential at the dermatologist that will ruin ur day:
@thesephist
luv this very much, & appreciated the self awareness about your positionality in a very specific tech industry - one that strives to make the world better yet often feels very apolitical. thanks for putting it into words!
@raynefq
not hard to buy secondhand - a lot of people sell barely used ones! will prob still be sorta expensive, but relatively cheaper. maybe just be wary of the models (anything 2020- is reliable). m1 processors are reliable + significantly cheaper