Done Since 2019-09-22
2019-09-29 03:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdlbearNot too bad, I guess. There weren't any disasters this week apart from a few major cleanups. (The cats may disagree on the matter of running out of kibble, but it's here now.) I wrote a thing. I've done some thinking about procrastination, things I avoid, and things that make me anxious. I have gotten a few Things done.
I'm pleased about doing a couple of things on my desk. I managed to clear off half of the desk-side table, and put down a nice soft towel for the cats. It's the one I used to use at Rainbow's End for that purpose; both cats seem to like it. And I re-arranged Sable's display configuration so that the primary monitor is the big one, if it's attached, and so that the laptop's display is underneath it. In other words, when I move the cursor off the bottom of the big monitor, it goes to the top edge of the laptop screen. I'm pretty sure I tried to do that once a few years ago and failed; it's really the only arrangement that makes sense.
I also wrote a small program that does searches (like grep) in to.do files formatted like the notes under the cut. It produces output like:
./search liquids 2013/02.done:137: 0212: list of allowable "clear liquids" 2013/04.done:340: 0428: & Clear liquids :P Colonoscopy prep. 2017/08.done:57: 0803: # Kitten is a mass noun, like other liquids
The filepath and line number look just like the ones produced by
grep, the C compiler, and so on, so text editors understand
them. The next field is the month and day. This is incredibly useful,
given how much I record in my to.do file.
0922Su litter boxen
* Up 6:43; S=7:14;
* express scripts refills for me; checked C but nothing needs ordering now
% looking at the list of things I avoid, there are a couple of broad categories:
, physical/sensory discomfort - scented rooms, roller coasters, noise
, emotional discomfort - embarrassment, violence in stories, ...
note that adrenaline causes physical discomfort; don't know whether that's all
are there empathic and direct sub-categories?
, mental discomfort - uncertainty -> possibly because of the anxiety
, dislike, including things I'm not good at.
some things are in more than one category. Not clear how to identify triggers
* SL: cat litter; eggs, fresh garlic, fresh ginger, zucchini, cauliflower, green beans,
chicken thighs, shallots, coffee, summer sausage, + bacon, mushrooms, juice, bread
: Molly's battery gauge read an amazing 265mi -- it was 268 in Freeland
& wikipedia dive starting from glass harmonica, visiting lyre, kantele, and the Kalavala
@ V1 Engineering | DIY Micro Manufacturing Machines and Supplies
@ Bash scripting quirks & safety tips - Julia Evans
% still not clear why I'm doing better this week, but it could have something to do with
working on understanding my avoidance and related things.
* check litter box in bedroom
0923Mo autumnal equinox
* up 5:45; S=7:07;
@ Why Your Brain Loves Procrastination
" psychologists see procrastination as a misplaced coping mechanism, as an
emotion-focused coping strategy. [People who procrastinate are] using avoidance to
cope with emotions, and many of them are unconscious emotions. So we see it as
giving in to feel good. And it’s related to a lack of self-regulation skills. "
* 15min: mail-sorting.
@ Stealing UR Feelings interactive video
" is an exploration of the possibilities and concerns around consumer tech companies
quantifying people’s emotions – potentially without our knowledge at all. ...
petition campaign at Mozilla.org demanding transparency from Snap
@ Songs for a New World - Wikipedia
Jason Robert Brown - Stars And The Moon Chords | Ver. 1 Ver. 2 (2 too complex)
STARS AND THE MOON CHORDS by Jason Robert Brown works in G or D (original)
Stars and the Moon (Jason Robert Brown cover) - Amy Leerae on YouTube
@ What Is Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria? | Psychology Today (via this comment by @kyleri
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: 9 Signs You Have RSD | Thrive Talk
This doesn't appear to be my problem, but it's interesting.
% 8pm severely congested. Neti only helped for a few minutes. Ick.
% second nose-watering helped. Took one diphenhydramine caplet
& tried positioning the laptop display _under_ the big monitor. Worked. Vertical
movement to switch displays is much faster and totally intuitive.
0924Tu
& awake once when C got up for a bathroom break, ~1:30 I think
* up 8:48; W=197.6, S=9:37;
% looks like both antihistamine side-effects worked.
* mondly - caught up on daily lessons and weekly quizes except for the ones I missed at
the very beginning in July btw. when I signed up and when I started working on daily
lessons; started on those. Still need to do more categories; I'm hopelessly behind on
those.
& worked most of the afternoon on working out what my triggers are. Probably spent more
time than necessary going through grep output.
0925We
* Up 4:20; S=5:36;
* worked on triggers document. It's more about classifying reactions than causes.
: determined that it takes about 1cm of padding to level Sable's lid to compensate for
the base. Best if it's something that can be put on each side; maybe an eraser.
Something removable to put under the lid rather than attach to the base.
* re-wrapped the upper tube on the square cat tree with sissal rope.
* 15min: mondly
* make target to use ./search so that emacs can parse the like it does for grep-find.
* started reading The Girls of Atomic City - hardcopy, in the bedroom
I am trying to find alternatives to refreshing browser pages; e.g. 7c or slack
& put the cats' towel on my desk (on top of some of the mail -- I'll deal with that
later). It is currently occupied by Desti. It had been in the box on my desk at
Rainbow's End.
0926Th
* up 6:30; W=197.8, S=6:46; cleanup, shower
@ Charity Engine
BOINC
" About 30 science projects use BOINC; examples include Einstein@Home, IBM World
Community Grid, and SETI@home. These projects investigate diseases, study global
warming, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research. "
Sum of three cubes for 42 finally solved—using real life planetary computer
Mathematicians find a completely new way to write the number 3 | New Scientist
* 9am call from (financial advisor)Jerad
-> selling equities for next year's distributions, which will reduce our exposure in
that direction in case of a downturn.
-> zeroed out withholding (should have done that earlier)
* call Surety Pest Control (360)321-6677 -> email received; they're just running behind
# c.f. island time
: Sable's power button, configured to sleep, works correctly (incl. from the base).
~ 1pm C Whidbey Vision Care -> totally spaced it -> 1010Th 1pm DAMNDAMNDAMN
% feeling stupid, and upset. Does nothing for my self-esteem.
% feeling tight across the upper abdomen. depression?
% discovery: My HS reunion was September of 2015. July 2015 is when we lost Curio.
Oddly, that makes me feel a little better, because I missed it for Reason.
@ Body Tremors, Trembling, Shaking Anxiety Symptoms – anxietycentre.com
@ Uncontrollable Shivering: Common Causes and Natural Treatments
" Uncontrollable shivering and body tremors with no fever could be a sign of an
anxiety or panic attack. Panic attacks can come on suddenly, without any immediately
identifiable trigger. "
: call from Surety Pest Control - scheduled for next Thursday (1003) morning
* call and email Bayview Pet Resort about boarding the cats.
-> it's a go -- mailed in a scan of Ticia's vax record
-> in the process of looking for the above (it was actually in the file cabinet) I
cleared off half of the shelf-top for the cat pad.
* email L'
: Ticia made use of the towel for a while.
* SL: flush-free niacin; chicken, ground beef, pork, ?fish, mushrooms, Swedish
meatballs, + chocolate almond bark, frozen pizza, anchovies
* mondly: daily, one older daily and weekly.
: 10:15 Ticia has been curled up on the towel for quite a while.
0927Fr
* up 7am; S=6:57;
* 1:30 call from j re: 8th grade math
@ Math | Khan Academy
& made curry for dinner -- L had bought a jar of simmer sauce, and there was chicken
thawing in the fridge. Took the skins off, rendered the fat for frying the other
ingredients in, and split the crispy skins with C.
. started: article: sable and Honu (Of Weasels and Turtles)
* Mondly - 3 daily lessons: today's and two from July
/ C's pressure ulcer has gotten worse. Advised calling home health tomorrow
0928Sa litter boxen
* Up 4:17; ;
/ C woke up about the same time.
& read in the bedroom for a couple of hours; % back pain -> naproxen, heat
/ C claims that her sore isn't bleeding, and is hurting less. Hopefully it can wait
until Monday.
: Ticia occupying the cat pad. Or was.
: the small rubber cable-keepers are almost exactly the right size to level Sable. It's
too high for comfortable typing, but okay for eating.
* posted mdlbear | Sable and the turtles: laptop configuration made easy
... which is both a curmudgeon post, and sort of a songs for saturday post.
exported the curmudgeon part to c-c.com, ssavitzky.github.io (hopefully)
% evening - still congested despite neti
* started article: Secrets of SSH
no subject
Date: 2019-09-29 11:33 pm (UTC)I've just successfully deployed grep for the first time, and seeing my final output just as I want it was so thrilling. So, you can also capture this behavior as "savoring mastery."
no subject
Date: 2019-09-30 01:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-30 08:59 pm (UTC)