Woke up to just enough snow to cast a glow of romantic winter across the landscape. The romance will last until a) the wind picks up, or b) I have to go to town. I'm thinking a walk with my favorite dog might be nice.
What made me happy today?
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I don't usually follow boxing, but I just saw a random clip on the internet of Andrew Tate getting his face smacked completely by another boxer. That stuff just makes you smirk and get happy feelings.
I was quite happy when Jake Paul got his face smashed by AJ too
Boxing is weird, but apparently boxing fans are weirder. 
That being said, I have occasionally wished to deliver just. one. good. roundhouse. to particular individuals.
That being said, I have occasionally wished to deliver just. one. good. roundhouse. to particular individuals.
I'm so out of the loop I had no idea that fight was even happening until after it was done, but yeah. Bit of a mismatch, there.
ETA: My bad, I somehow managed to not see that this was about Andrew Tate. Had no idea about that. Thought this was in reference to the Jake Paul thing. That'll teach me to skim stuff.
Jake getting smashed was glorious. You could see his fear at the last couple of blows. He curled up nice to receive them too.
I bet Tate's fanbase was very happy to see that. I heard he was all the rage with young boys a few years ago.
Made some absolutely fantastic ravioli for dinner. Didn't feel like bothering folks at the store after I left work, so I decided to make my own pasta dough and it was a resounding success. I made enough to try some, and then I'm testing to see if they freeze okay after being boiled.
I still have a ton of dough and filling, but I'm going out in a bit so I ran out of time. But I'm excited for next dinner.
I still have a ton of dough and filling, but I'm going out in a bit so I ran out of time. But I'm excited for next dinner.
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What did you put in it?
I used some Impossible burger and sausage, and I made a cashew ricotta. Added some mozzarella, too. I browned some butter to drizzle on top after toasting them in the pan. Simple things, but joyful things.
Merry Xmas!
First day of winter break. I don't have to be back to my full-time job until April. Still got a bunch of essays to grade, but on my schedule. No alarm clocks 
No alarm clocks
This may be the singlemost best thing about retirement from day jobs in favor of taking up the life of a writer. I am not a rise and shine sort of person, especially when rising involves alarms going off on the bedside table. I try not to schedule anything in life earlier than 10:00 a.m., and that's pushing it.
Some very good news arrived late on Christmas: PayPal closed the case I filed over the scam cover art in my favor and issued a full refund! Apparently the seller just…never answered them? So it was the private arbitration equivalent of a default judgement.
Finally... I finished with all the coursework for the semester. I was supposed to finish this Monday but things just didn't go as planned. Lots of issues and obstacles along the way.
Finalizing everything to have the winter break free was really, really hard. My university claims that the workload is doable in 12 weeks (so you can have three weeks free after Christmas) but this wasn't my experience. I've had to stay up really late every single day these past few weeks to achieve this. A big part of the dissertation to write (3k+ literature review), the dissertation project to define and outline, three large 2k word reports, a big React project, a genetic algorithm to write (along with a lot of math code and some supporting object code) and a couple of formative documents.
The Literature review was the worst. I just don't like academic articles. They are written by academics for academics, and an academic I will never, ever be. I am a practical person.
The React project was enjoyable enough because I do like React. It was huge though and we only started it at week 5, so things got overwhelming pretty much instantly.
Don't get me started on genetic algorithms. I really liked the concept but the assignment had a great deal of issues, which the MT thankfully acknowledged (but did nothing about). The issues wasted a significant chunk of my time.
Oh well. That's all in the past now. I'm going to use this break to reset, which I am very happy and thankful for! I didn't get this break last year at all for different reasons.
Finalizing everything to have the winter break free was really, really hard. My university claims that the workload is doable in 12 weeks (so you can have three weeks free after Christmas) but this wasn't my experience. I've had to stay up really late every single day these past few weeks to achieve this. A big part of the dissertation to write (3k+ literature review), the dissertation project to define and outline, three large 2k word reports, a big React project, a genetic algorithm to write (along with a lot of math code and some supporting object code) and a couple of formative documents.
The Literature review was the worst. I just don't like academic articles. They are written by academics for academics, and an academic I will never, ever be. I am a practical person.
The React project was enjoyable enough because I do like React. It was huge though and we only started it at week 5, so things got overwhelming pretty much instantly.
Don't get me started on genetic algorithms. I really liked the concept but the assignment had a great deal of issues, which the MT thankfully acknowledged (but did nothing about). The issues wasted a significant chunk of my time.
Oh well. That's all in the past now. I'm going to use this break to reset, which I am very happy and thankful for! I didn't get this break last year at all for different reasons.
Haha. Yeah. I discovered this as well when I explored history PhD programs back in another life. I was like, wait, you want me to do what for seven years? Hell to the no.
I wanted to go for a Masters in literature, but I have a similar problem in that I don't want to write for academia. I want to talk about the things I read, absolutely, but writing for the purpose of other academics to read it always left me feeling like the world was dry enough.
Congratulations on finishing your work, though! That has to be a big relief.
I wanted to pursue a Master's in history, but I was turned off my the politics of academia. You have to kiss asses and get recommendations and stuff to even get into the program. That, and I decided I already had enough student debt to work off.
What's made me happy of late is that I've sold 7 books this week, 5 of which went to complete strangers. Two of them were from the UK, the rest, Canada. Three came from clicking Amazon ads.
Are those rookie numbers? Absolutely. But - I am doing what most self-published authors don't manage to do - generate sales from the general public rather than purely from friends & family. And that kicks ass.
What's made me happy of late is that I've sold 7 books this week, 5 of which went to complete strangers. Two of them were from the UK, the rest, Canada. Three came from clicking Amazon ads.
Are those rookie numbers? Absolutely. But - I am doing what most self-published authors don't manage to do - generate sales from the general public rather than purely from friends & family. And that kicks ass.
One of the uk purchases was me btw
