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This is my furry social media profile.

40-something, Canadian, IT student, single.

Loves hockey, rugby, board games, RPGs, and video games.

Age44
GenderMale(ish)
LocationOttawa, ON, Canada
SpeciesBighorn Sheep
Finally got my offer letter from Monash. It's "real" now. June 1st I start my new life in Melbourne.
The imposter syndrome demons are hitting very hard today. Seems the bigger the high, the stronger they get. It's so hard not to listen to them. I should be celebrating but I'm this close to crying.
@thumper I still remember the first time I heard it on the radio when I was a kid.

My memory is a weird beast that I'm slowly struggling to understand. It's quasi-eidetic but tied to emotions, which is hilarious for someone with problems regulating emotions. If I have a memory of you, I "feel" that memory like it was yesterday. It doesn't fade away. I could forget other details slowly, but that feeling stays strong. It's made grief and letting go hard.

It's also strangely tied to locations. If I had gone somewhere with you in the past, like a restaurant or a movie theatre, that place would still strongly trigger that memory and emotion. When I see those places get torn down or even renovated to the point where I don't recognize them, it causes a strange bit of trauma.

This song explains that feeling quite well. I'm not a fan of Death Cab, but this one really hit me.

https://youtu.be/XTPZWG5eLf8?si=Q8P6FtOUbgNxFVhU

Death Cab for Cutie - "Gold Rush" (Official Video)

YouTube
@thumper Wow. I still think I have mine too!
I deleted our chats this morning. I left your Discord server. I removed your contact info. Stuff still reminds me of you but I have to move on when it comes to the digital. Grieving in this age is really weird.
@KovuCougar As long as you clarify that the boy band twink from 25 years ago is now a stocky bear, it's all good! 🤣
@thumper I get too distracting building and fixing stuff and Ive been playing for 5 years!!
Off to Trier, Germany (via Toronto, Zurich, and Luxembourg) to attend ACM SUI and VRST, and present my first published research at the former!