This is intended as a kind of snapshot in time of who I am or where I am right now, what I do and what I look forward to. Yes, the rest of the blog posts fulfill that somewhat as well, but Iāll often change any āaboutā sections, /now page and all that to reflect who I am at the moment and old versions will be lost. Itās also simply not as straightforward or detailed. So why not take time to summarize?
Since a few years now, I am living in my own apartment with a bedroom, a kitchen, a living room, two tiny bathrooms and a balcony. I have six monstera plants that I propagated out of one plant by myself. Two are now exiled to the balcony and will likely die due to thrips, sadly. I still wish for a variegated monstera one day, but I donāt have one yet.
My apartment walls and most of the furniture are white. On some walls, you can see my creations, like several painted canvases, a flower wreath and embroidery in its hoops. You can also see some toybrick creations around, especially my big castle, and my plushie boar Benji, as well as a Blahaj thatās owned by my fiancĆ©e. She doesnāt live too far from here but spends most of her time at my apartment. On a small wall shelf, I display crystals I think look pretty, especially labradorites and moonstones, my favorites.
My neighbors upstairs have a cat that sometimes comes to visit me inside to nap, play and be pet. I named her Braincell, because sheās an orange cat, in spirit of r/oneorangebraincell.
I usually like to get up between 5-6am, sometimes 7am if it got really late or I couldnāt sleep. I start working early so I can leave earlier, too. On the weekends, I enjoy the solitude and quiet I get from getting up early, because my fiancĆ©e loves to sleep in. When the weather is acceptable, I go for a walk in that time, otherwise I sit on Kind Words 2 answering strangersā requests. For both, I make myself a matcha oat latte to sip. Iām still very passionate about matcha and trying out all sorts of brands and kinds.
Iām currently very into miso soup, firm silk tofu and selfmade vegan crunchwrap supremes, as well as easy onepot meals, especially from this one cookbook I love1. Iām currently getting to know my new dietary limits after treatment started working. Iām grateful for how well I feel right now, and how much better my skin got, too. I still donāt drink alcohol anymore for years now, and I donāt smoke or vape. I donāt have socials aside from Discord, which I see more like a messenger with friends since I am not on any big servers aside from a university one.
Iām still pursuing my bachelor degree in law, will probably finish it in 2028 the earliest, but well. Time will pass anyway. In April, my 1,5 year certificate course for data protection law is starting. At work, I am also involved in our environment working group, and I am one of the founders of the Queer Club at work.
Iām very much in creation mode when I donāt have to work or study - Iām getting back into gouache painting, I make pixel art, I write, I have a sewing machine and embroidery hoop I wanna use more often, I build the toybrick sets and I made an itch.io account to share stuff on in the future. Iām working on projects made with Decker. Iām also very into modding devices, still.
My evening routine right now involves solving the daily crossword on Merriam-Webster with my fiancĆ©e, and falling asleep as she plays Magic the Gathering Arena on her tablet. I own over 800 cards and Iām still in the midst of organizing some decks. I love the Corpseberry Cultivator! Iām still more of a Standard player than Commander.
On Sundays, I make it to the gym and listen to music or podcasts on the treadmill, usually āsoju with sarahā2. Sometimes I manage multiple times a week, but I donāt want to push too hard and end up very fatigued or with overly painful joints again. At home, I have my indoor cycle and my mat, where I usually do yoga every day and am restarting getting into Pilates again. I also just ordered a foldable treadmill/walkingpad mix.
Iām very into big fluffy hoodies and big, experimental, weird looking shoes. I like getting my nails done, though I also occasionally use fancy press-ons. I want to sew techwear stuff and attach some chains and weird selfmade jewelry or the guts of some tech I no longer need. I often smell of rosemary because the hair/scalp oil I use has it. I always loved rosemary scents, so thatās great. If itās not rosemary, vanilla or orange, I prefer scentfree products, and especially products that arenāt too strong because my nose is very sensitive.
For my aching bones and joints, I love to take a bath with a bathbomb, use a scrub, put a face mask on (the cream stuff) and use my skylight projector to project a nebula-like moving image on the ceiling. Then I either sit in silence, type a blog post on the phone, or watch video essays on YouTube (usually by Mina Le or Madisyn Brown). Other entertainment I enjoy on there and watch at other times are things by Drew Gooden, Kurtis Conner, Jarvis Johnson, BeardMeatsFood, penguinz0 or Danny Gonzalez. I also like YTPās by DaThings, cs188 and Sostrator. For music, Iām currently into uplifting and confident pop, rap, and EDM/hyperpop.
I prefer walking everywhere because buses cannot be trusted and the time I spend waiting at the stop could be spent walking to my destination. Next up is the bike, I really enjoy that. For other things (like work), I take the tram or, if itās super far away or there are cancellations, we take the old car of my fiancĆ©eās grandmother. I myself donāt own a car or even a drivers license and I refuse to get one. I also donāt fly (but have three times in the past, if you count back and forth as one event; once to Indiana (US), once to Ireland, and once to Mallorca).
I go to the office a maximum of 1-2 days a week. When I go in, I usually reward myself with buying my favorite tofu at the Asia market or getting a hot beverage in the city before I head back home. When I go out, I usually have a thermos with me, my phone, a snack, my Airpods, keys and painkillers.
I donāt like the city I work at and being there in public is always scary. While I appreciate my work and what my employer offers me, I plan on moving 450km away some time to be closer to friends and fiancĆ©eās family. Over there, our friends have a weekly boardgame group that so far we were only able to participate in when we visited. Where I live, we neither have family or friends aside from one person.
I donāt know how I will manage the job switch and move yet. I hope Iāll find a job as a data protection officer somewhere in the city I wanna move to that is supportive of my needs, especially only going into the office once or twice a week. I would also love if I could access it by foot or bike, the current 45 minute tram commute I have can be annoying and Iād love the extra movement. I have no concrete other future plans at the moment; I aim to remain childless.
Cannot think of anything else for now.
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Published 29 Jan, 2025