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Year 50 Day 362

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Me in our living room with my laptop on my lap and using wired earbuds with my DJ software visible on the screen.

Day 362: A nice slow day of shopping, laundry, reading, and spending some time working with my music library. In the hopes of being invited back to DJ for Norwescon again next year, over the coming year I’m going to slowly go through my music library, removing the stuff I know I won’t play when DJing elsewhere and making sure that the tracks that stay on my laptop are processed and prepped. A recent update to djay Pro added variable beat grids (so that tracks where the BPM shifts during the song can still have accurate beat matching), and while most tracks are spot-on in the automatic analysis, a little time spent fine-tuning the outliers will make things much easier down the road.

Year 50 Day 361

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Me in a library in front of a number of tables piled with books as people browse through them.

Day 361: This morning we stopped by the local library’s book sale, and both picked up a good sized stack. Less than $20 for a shopping bag of books is a pretty good deal!

Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold

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30/2024 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Collects three in-universe novellas with a bit of a framing story. Of the three, the third was the best, then the first, and the last was the weakest. Admittedly, that analysis is definitely affected by modern biases; the middle story’s approach to going beyond the gender binary, while likely progressive at the time, is very dated by today’s standards, and there’s a consensual intimate relationship that involves a somewhat eyebrow-raising age issue. That said, all three are still enjoyable additions to the Vorkosigan saga.

Me holding Borders of Infinity

Year 50 Day 359

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Me with a sad expression, holding a mug of Mint Medley tea.

Day 359: Somehow got confused when making our nightly mugs of tea, and made myself a mug of my wife’s Mint Medley. Unfortunately, I don’t like mint. Not sure how I managed this, but I won’t make this mistake again.

Year 50 Day 358

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Me in the seats of a small theater, in front of a circular stage with flower petals scattered around its outer edge.

Day 358: Highline’s Q Center (part of the college’s LGBTQIA+ community) had their spring fashion event today, so I went down to enjoy the show. The students did a great job! This was also my first time seeing Highline’s theater; it’s tiny, but a very cute little space.

Year 50 Day 357

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Me in the college parking lot by my car, standing in the sun, wearing a shirt with very cute cartoon skulls.

Day 357: It was gorgeous, sunny, and 71º F as we were leaving work today. Unfortunately, the rest of the week is going to be grey, drizzly, and mid-50s, but I sure enjoyed this.