July 2026
August 1, 2026
Oh boy, was it a month. I started a reflective blog post which I never finished. I also have some big ideas for the website that I haven't started. What have I been doing, you may wonder?
I spent two weeks at my mom's house because she's not doing well. During those two weeks I scanned every photograph my mom has ever taken. I've been home for roughly two weeks and am still working on getting them all cropped and uploaded to Immich. Please enjoy this photo of four-ish year old me at a Touch a Truck event with McGruff The Crime Dog.
Blog posts/website things I either started for real or in my head this month:
But none of that exists. I've been in photo hell and stress cleaning instead. Which is fine. I'm so inspired to make web things when I have the time again.
Stats
★ I went to the gym 6 times. I also did 5 workouts with recalled adjustable dumbbells that I have at my mom's house to try to keep up The Gains. I used the Hevy app for that and really liked it.
★ I read 4 books.
- Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow - A little long, but definitely got me fired up to fight the trend
- Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker - DNFed
- Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy - I found the tone insufferable and had to DNF. Would really like to read a history of this time period without the author being condescending to the audience and acting like these people had abnormal brains.
- Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon - Slaps. I think this is the third time I've read this one. I stole it from my mom's house probably a decade ago and did a reread to see if I still wanted it to take up space on my shelf. I do.
Do the DNFs count? I say they do.
★ I watched 3 movies.
- Smiley Face - Anna Faris' best work, no question.
- Zoolander - It is definitely a movie that exists. I once had a dream that I was dating Ben Stiller and told him "I love you (because we were dating), but I don't think you're funny." I stand by that. Probably would not date him, even.
- Scott Pilgrim - Somehow aged even worse than I thought it did. But we were seeing Metric, so I needed to make sure my husband had the full Black Sheep context.
I also half watched Widow's Bay while I was playing my Steam Deck. I found the ending a little lacking but the general atmosphere good.
My husband watched the first season of The Bear. It seems very yell-y. I asked him to explain it to me at the end and I could finish his sentences so I'm going to say that I watched The Bear. It wasn't very complicated.
★ I finished 0 crafts or personal projects.
I haven't even finished cropping the photos, man. I haven't had time to be creative.
★ I finished 2 video games.
- Spyro
- Adventure Capitalist (Do not recommend! I had just downloaded it a while ago and am compelled to 100% stuff.)
DNFs: Mass Effect: Andromeda.
Started playing Vampyr. It's a reasonable play for the sale price.
★ I saw 1 concert.
We saw Metric at MGM with Stars and Broken Social Scene for openers. I did not have a blog post in me for it.
It was enjoyable. I don't know that I would go out of my way to see them again because I've heard Help I'm Alive and Black Sheep now.
I do really like MGM as a venue. Sound was great. Visibility was good even though we got there late (totally missed Stars). Someone puked near us and staff came and cleaned the floor. The bar is in hell but they are at least clearing it. And they have free water at the bars that you don't have to ask for.
Misc
★ I got my chargeback for the damn Olivia Rodrigo vinyl and was still so mad about the whole situation that I sold my concert tickets. I don't know if it's just because I sold them so early or what, but there wasn't even an option to try to sell them for face value. Ticketmaster is making bank off of her tour. They shouldn't be allowed to. The profit did soothe my soul a little bit, though.