So I've been busy... 14-10-12019 HE
It’s been a little over a year since I really touched this site. It’s been quite a busy year.
It’s been a busy time in Seattle for me. Not really surprising that a 23 year old engineer might not have much time outside of work for hobby website making, but I’ve seen motivated people do it before. I will say it hasn’t been for lack of trying. But I did enjoy the events that happened in the meantime.
I’ve seen countless sunrises over Lake Union on my bike-ride to work. I grew a little garden, made a lot of good food, and made great new friends while playing some silly board games. Saw a few concerts, including my favorite band, The Mountain Goats, twice. Tried very hard to not make life too much more complicated even though that seems to by my special skill. I traveled more than I thought I ever would. I ran a half-marathon and decided that I should wisely sign up for another, coming up here in Nov., and then a full marathon next year. I biked over 180 miles to Vancouver BC in two days. But most of all, I got married!
What’s next?
I’ve been pretty ineffective at actually using this website for it’s original purpose. I hope to get back to just posting interesting stuff when I have time to put it together, but I always get about 50% of the way to done and decide not to post. So I think I’ll just do my best to live with it and be happy. I can’t say there is anything I’d change about doing this site, but what I definitely hope to do is just grow. To keep myself entertained, I spent a long time reading good nerdy books on my flights back from my honeymoon, and I really enjoyed a certain Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson. So I’ll leave you with with this quote, maybe it’ll inspire me to work on one of the four coding projects I’ve half started, make some tasty food, or even get around to making my costume for Halloween.
Sazed shook his head, walking over to stand beside her.
“Belief isn’t simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief—what is faith—if you don’t continue in it after failure?”
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“Anyone can believe in someone, or something, that always succeeds, Mistress. But failure…ah, now that is hard to believe in, certainly and truly. Difficult enough to have value, I think.”