It's Friday.

Reviews came down today at work. I learned I need to have my head on a swivel.

I feel like dogshit today. Nose running, back aching, leg aching, stomach ache.

I hope y'all are doing better than I am at the moment.

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@XenoPhage @rallias yeah, trying to do anything while you're sick other than recovering from being sick pretty much sucks. Makes dealing with non-physical things like job anxiety that much harder. Hope you're feeling better soon.

For my part, trying to get all my ducks in a row for RSA and client work next week. Doing a few interviews about emerging tech security that I'm excited about too.

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It's... well 10 minutes into Friday.

I've officially gotten pissed off at these patches. I have an appointment in the morning to try to get them to switch me to pills.

I don't know if it's placebo or just life's shitting bricks or if it is an actual effect from the patches, but I have noticed myself more emotional lately.

Also, my notifications this last week have been blasted... I made ONE joke about email regex...

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Yep. And GovCIO (contractor for VA) fired 30% 2 days ago. And somehow, I kept my job through this round.

I'm still looking though. I need out of the federal ecosystem.

By the time they're done with all the cuts, there won't be a department to work in left. And we'll be destroyed anyways since 'we cant do our jobs'.

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It's friday y'all.

That's all I really have. I don't have any words of great wisdom, this is not such a place. I do not have any great quips, my fucks have gone out to pasture. I'm just sat here, hoping to find a new job, hoping to find something fun to do, just something.

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@rallias taking today off (mostly, no meetings but a little email catch-up) after exhausting my social and mental capacity last week (RSAC) and this week (all the follow-up work I generated for myself at RSAC). Blue skies, warm weather, getting some replacement patio cushions for the ones that have been threadbare a few years now ... there will probably be grilling happening later on <3

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It's Friday y'all.

Google Photos decided to remind me of a phtoograph I took of myself 7 years ago yesterday. It was some headshot, probably for finding a job or sommat. But, like, I saw that, and it's soured my mood, because if I hadn't had my head so far up my own fucking ass back then, I could have started this journey then, not now.

Past me was an utter jackass.

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@rallias happy Friday! Sounds like Google was a jerk. Give yourself some grace - hindsight is always 20/20!

This weekend is a strawberry festival and I’m excited. I also should be at hacker summer camp so super excited! @darkuncle @crankylinuxuser @ajn142 @XenoPhage @nuintari @mav @sciaticnerd @dntlookbehindu @pivot @jwgoerlich @Aneilan @dustinfinn @jerry @thegibson @firefly @lintile @JaysonEStreet @circuitswan @montar @cillic @D4rkm4tter @threadzilla @gillis @brianrphillips @lil_lost @zenrandom @failOpen @BabblingGeek @rand0h @Ajediday @JNitterauer @rayredacted

@crankylinuxuser on the other hand: my absolute favorite phone widget is the thing that shows me photos from my album like 10-15 years ago, when my kids were all cute and small. 🥰 Remembering those good times from the past is a good mental health practice for today.

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You know what? Fuck it, I'm going by "it's friday somewhere" rules.

I finally created an avatar for my alt, and Dynadot is giving me reminders I need to renew my offensive "you insisted on a valid email address" domain.

In some sort of cruel joke, I've been handed the task of getting the iOS build of my employers app going. I am legit tempted to reverse-engineer all this bullshit to make the pipeline work on Linux, it's pissed me off this bad.

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@rallias yay on the avatar!! Work sounds painful though.

Yet another week of imposter syndrome acting up, not sure why this week 🤷‍♀️ thought I had a handle on it. Next week mom arrives, and I’m off to vacation in 8 days - I honestly can’t wait.

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I’ll be spending all spare time I can muster over the weekend wrenching on my mom’s car.

  • Pull the full interior
  • Clean interior components outside the car
  • Scrub the inside of the tub.
  • Drain and flush the radiator
  • Install new water pump and thermostat (opposite sides of the engine)
  • Replace all 4 motor mounts (top left, top right, bottom 2-part mount)
  • Near future all 4 brakes
  • Near future all 4 tires
  • Near future fixing rock chips before they rust in my much more humid environment

Trying not to give in to the siren song of fiscally irresponsible tool and part shopping for the ADHDopamine.

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It is an absolute life skill to be able to safely work on your own vehicles though. A lot of folks i think believe they cannot work on a car because they can't possibly be trusted to make their vehicle safe to drive. This is generally a lie. General maintenance is actually not all that hard and can be done safely with just a little diligence.

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how’d you know it was a Jeep? 😉

And yes, at some point I plan to unnecessarily mount a trailer hitch, and while I had the carpet out I considered unnecessarily installing sound-deadening. Still on the fence about a dashcam, I think I might drive better if I was always performing for a recording.

It’s amazing what becomes feasible when you aren’t made of mechanic money.

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Grandad had an old Sahara, dad had a Scrambler. Don’t remember the years or specific models, just the branding, but probably 80s or earlier on both. My first car was a Liberty that I totaled about a decade in. Brother had a Cherokee, and dad bought a Comanche that never ran in our time owning it.

@ajn142 @rallias @nuintari @threadzilla @sciaticnerd @TheDrPinky @darkuncle @crankylinuxuser @XenoPhage @mav @dntlookbehindu @pivot @jwgoerlich @Aneilan @dustinfinn @jerry @thegibson @firefly @lintile @JaysonEStreet @circuitswan @montar @cillic @D4rkm4tter @gillis @brianrphillips @lil_lost @zenrandom @failOpen @BabblingGeek @rand0h @Ajediday @JNitterauer @rayredacted Yea some people go overboard. but again. i'm not judging. my wife has a 4 door wrangler and gets really excited when someone leaves her a duck. i've met kids on trail rides that their faces light up when you accept their duck or give them one in return. i get it. i just don't go out of my way for it. there are some old school jeepers that get downright angry about it, that i do not understand.

I'm the first in my family to be the jeep guy. but my dad, my grandfather, and probably further back, were all diy guys and at some point car guys. so i guess the spirit is there ;). Maybe my daughters will pick it up from me.

I've probably owned a dozen jeeps since i got my license.

"It's a jeep thing."

I'm not a jeep person for the simple fact that I'm not a car person. My Honda is nearly 14 years old, just rolled 93,000 miles, and is only the forth car I have ever owned in the 30 years I have been driving.

But I do find the duck thing amusing.

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I woke up with Dax puppies' chin resting on my left shoulder. She has decided she likes to be under the blankets with us, but she doesn't really understand how to get under them herself. What she has discovered is that if she digs around at them long enough, I'll wake up and throw a blanket over her. She settles right down once I do that. But then she starts pressing into me. King sized bed, and I have woken up on the very edge of the mattress for the last five days straight.

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