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2 weeks ago#22463
April 9th, 2025: Busy day today, I woke up at 7:30am and texted the Catholic Center priest to ask if there was going to be breakfast today and he said that there probably wasn't going to be anybody there because he didn't send out the message yesterday. So I started working on my homework that was due today at 1:00pm. I managed to make a lot of progress and nearly completed the homework just short of taking some screenshots. I then went to the other breakfast event that was held nearby and had some egg burritos. There were 5 other people there and I remember that they had this really good meat stuff which I would describe as a cross between prosciutto and jerky. I put it on my egg burrito and I really loved it so I asked the pastor:
"What is this meat stuff called?"
But she told me:
"Brushcetta!"
I wasn't even sure that it was that because Bruschetta is a type of toast with stuff on it, I think I was just mishearing Bresaola. I ate my breakfast and didn't see Punk sadly but I then went home and finished my assignment and turned it in. I then went to my first class and sat through it before going to my second class and talking with Padma a bit about the assignment. I then walked back home after that class and had some ramen with an egg and two slices of ham for dinner. I then walked to my art class and finished up my homework that due by the start of class (color wheel exercise) I then started on the project where we cut images out of a magazine and then arranged them into a 5 x 5 grid which we would then paint to recreate. I sat near Ginger girl and I started working on mine, I overheard her saying that she needed blue for hers so I grabbed a People magazine and said to her:
"Don't feel bad about cutting it up, it's a People magazine!"
I ended up finding out from her that she was also in Model UN and went to the same conference as me which was hosted in Chicago, although I went in 2019 and I told her about how I was there when Juice WRLD died and I found it funny, a bit later her friend then says:
"I was watching that interview with Chappell Roan and she just kinda came off as insufferable!"
So I replied:
"This is why I think Chappell Roan is a CIA agent!"
Ginger girl and her friend were kinda weirded out with what I said, but I luckily saved myself in that conversation:
"Think about it, doesn't she seem very 'divisive' with the way she acts."
They started agreeing with me and I had saved myself from looking like a weirdo to them. We did some more research and found out that Chappell Roan's real name was Kayleigh Rose Amstutz and her maternal uncle was Missouri State Representative Darin Chappell. I then joked that she was a Republican plant. Her friend then talked about Jesus style peeps and I told them about this Presbyterian YouTuber by the name of Redeemed Zoomer and how he hates all depictions of Jesus in art. After that, Ginger girl started talking about pens and how she was obsessed with them. I remembered I had this pen in my backpack that I thought wrote pretty smoothly so I looked around and gave it to her to sample out. She really liked it and wrote down the brand name in her notebook. Later on I helped them learn how to watch Severance without needing to pay for Apple TV. I then went home, took a shower, and went to bed.
Song of the Day: Munich Girls - Falco (1985)
"What is this meat stuff called?"
But she told me:
"Brushcetta!"
I wasn't even sure that it was that because Bruschetta is a type of toast with stuff on it, I think I was just mishearing Bresaola. I ate my breakfast and didn't see Punk sadly but I then went home and finished my assignment and turned it in. I then went to my first class and sat through it before going to my second class and talking with Padma a bit about the assignment. I then walked back home after that class and had some ramen with an egg and two slices of ham for dinner. I then walked to my art class and finished up my homework that due by the start of class (color wheel exercise) I then started on the project where we cut images out of a magazine and then arranged them into a 5 x 5 grid which we would then paint to recreate. I sat near Ginger girl and I started working on mine, I overheard her saying that she needed blue for hers so I grabbed a People magazine and said to her:
"Don't feel bad about cutting it up, it's a People magazine!"
I ended up finding out from her that she was also in Model UN and went to the same conference as me which was hosted in Chicago, although I went in 2019 and I told her about how I was there when Juice WRLD died and I found it funny, a bit later her friend then says:
"I was watching that interview with Chappell Roan and she just kinda came off as insufferable!"
So I replied:
"This is why I think Chappell Roan is a CIA agent!"
Ginger girl and her friend were kinda weirded out with what I said, but I luckily saved myself in that conversation:
"Think about it, doesn't she seem very 'divisive' with the way she acts."
They started agreeing with me and I had saved myself from looking like a weirdo to them. We did some more research and found out that Chappell Roan's real name was Kayleigh Rose Amstutz and her maternal uncle was Missouri State Representative Darin Chappell. I then joked that she was a Republican plant. Her friend then talked about Jesus style peeps and I told them about this Presbyterian YouTuber by the name of Redeemed Zoomer and how he hates all depictions of Jesus in art. After that, Ginger girl started talking about pens and how she was obsessed with them. I remembered I had this pen in my backpack that I thought wrote pretty smoothly so I looked around and gave it to her to sample out. She really liked it and wrote down the brand name in her notebook. Later on I helped them learn how to watch Severance without needing to pay for Apple TV. I then went home, took a shower, and went to bed.
Song of the Day: Munich Girls - Falco (1985)
2 weeks ago#22466
April 10th, 2025: Not a pretty good day today. I woke up early and had some cereal for breakfast before I started finishing up my German homework for the day. Although the whole thing was that I didn't even have my German class going on today because the teacher said he would be out of town, I just went to the coffee place that I liked at 10:55am. I ended up seeing Kaitlin there for her Bible study group and then realized that I forgot to bring my Bible, so I asked her to watch over my backpack and I ran back home to grab it and then ran back. When I got there another girl had joined them so I bought my coffee and then waited for a bit until it started. There was 4 other people there and I just didn't feel welcome there at all. At one point I noticed that all of them had their legs crossed away from me, I just felt like a pariah, that's a 1/16 chance. So I just got up and left, Kaitlin said bye to me so I just waved at her. I got some lunch for free and then decided to tour this mini art gallery that they had and I ended up seeing the art of some people I knew, I hung around on campus more until it was time for me to go to my lab which went longer than last time but I got done at 3:35pm. I was supposed to go on a date after my lab but the girl had canceled it because she thought I wasn't being responsive. Another bullet dodged! I went home and then fell asleep for a nap until it was time for the meeting for tonight. I walked there and along the way I saw Cara but she didn't say anything to me, but I didn't say anything to her because if she said nothing then I would have looked like an absolute weirdo. I got to the meeting and there were more people than last time. Just before the meeting I sent Vannie a snap saying:
>I think I saw your gf
In the meeting we discussed all the students that were deported by the Trump administration and I saw Geno playing with their hair yet again. We got done 5 minutes early so I went back home. I continued texting Vannie about her girlfriend (mostly just the direction she was walking) and I said:
>She didn't even acknowledge me…
<?did you go up to her
>No she was just looking down.
<ok
>I didn't even say hi to her though.
<yeah thats why I think it's funny
<like of course she didn't acknowledge you
I then took a shower, after that I went through my previous texts when I found out that Lizzo had viewed the text I sent her on April 2nd and never said anything. I then watched this documentary called Block Party about a series of 4 free concerts done by this German musician known as Peter Fox. I kind of liked it. This is what I wrote for my assignment:
>The option I chose was BLOCK PARTY and I watched it on April 10th, 2025
>The 32 minute documentary covers a series of free concerts that was performed by musician Peter Fox in Bezirken (neighborhoods) deemed as having problems, including Neukölln, Kreuzberg, Marzahn and Schöneberg. Peter enlists the help of other musicians for the free concert, which include Kevin, Cerin, and Nik amongst others. He details the logistics behind the planning of it, the preparation by the artists, how the people react to the concerts themselves.
>One interesting point of comparison between the film Lola Rennt and BLOCK PARTY is the fact that both are set in Berlin, Germany and focus on those who are not as well off financially and the process of trying to improve their circumstances in life. Where Lola Rennt focuses on two individuals trying to get the money that they need to save themselves in such a short amount of time otherwise they face death, BLOCK PARTY deals with a much longer amount of time and focuses on Peter Fox’s efforts to help entire neighborhoods of people and improve the image of the place that they live by giving access to concerts in said neighborhoods for free. Another key point is the focus on the negative effects of crime on people, with Lola Rennt focusing on criminal culture and death while BLOCK PARTY focuses on the relationship of crime and the quality of neighborhoods.
>One notable relationship is that of the one between Peter Fox and 31 year old Kevin, who goes by the name “44 Grad”. Kevin is first introduced around the 8:30 mark and is an educator in Neukölln working with younger children at a daycare. Kevin in the documentary describes losing his will to record new music for over 2 years until Peter Fox recruits him for his project. On his recruitment, he is shown getting back into the rap game by creating new lyrics for a song that he runs by Fox’s friend Dami, which Dami then turns into a rap song at the studio. A notable difference between the relationship between Peter Fox and Kevin is much more friend focused than the relationship between Lola and Manni from Lola Rennt, being more like that of a benefactor and trainee than that of lovers.
>One thing that I learned about the German language is how it is oftentimes not as different from English aside from pronunciation, but at other times there are obvious differences between the English language and the German one. Most importantly the crazy lengths of words that are shown. Another interesting point of note is how similar the words are for English and for German for musical terms, like Keyboard being similar in both languages, Rap being the exact same in both spelling and pronunciation, Music being Musik in German (Wow), and other similar terms like DJ. Although one thing noticeable throughout the documentary is the frequent music of English by the artists, from the giant neon sign saying Love Songs instead of Liebeslieder, the rapper Cerin making an entire verse of her song in English, and one guy using the word Dad instead of Vater when talking about his “Dad” getting chased by Neo Nazis. The prevalence of English in some parts of the documentary.
>One thing that I noticed throughout the film that I had touched on in one of my earlier responses is the cultural influence that the United States of America has throughout the film. The rap genre came from the United States and frequent usage of English phrases and words can be seen throughout the documentary, including “Love Songs”, “Oh My God”, “Dad”, and others along with Cerin’s introductory song. Another point of note is while recording with Kevin, Dami can be seen wearing a New York Yankees hat and plenty of articles of clothing with English text can be seen, like “Bless my demons” which further demonstrates America’s cultural dominance.
>When I first started watching this film, I expected that it was mostly going to be about the logistics of planning the event followed by the 4 festivals at the end. When I actually watched the film I was surprised how most of the “logistics” was mostly just Peter Fox meeting up with the performers he had recruited and them talking about their lives. Footage of the festivals was actually interspersed throughout the whole documentary.
The five words I chose were Bezirke (district), Genehmigungrechtlich (legal, authorized), Beispiel (example), Jugendzentren (youth center), and natürlich (Obviously.) The last thing I did for the night was post on my Instagram story about me being an acolyte at mass tomorrow and telling everybody to come.
Song of the Day: Schwarz zu blau - Peter Fox (2009)
>I think I saw your gf
In the meeting we discussed all the students that were deported by the Trump administration and I saw Geno playing with their hair yet again. We got done 5 minutes early so I went back home. I continued texting Vannie about her girlfriend (mostly just the direction she was walking) and I said:
>She didn't even acknowledge me…
<?did you go up to her
>No she was just looking down.
<ok
>I didn't even say hi to her though.
<yeah thats why I think it's funny
<like of course she didn't acknowledge you
I then took a shower, after that I went through my previous texts when I found out that Lizzo had viewed the text I sent her on April 2nd and never said anything. I then watched this documentary called Block Party about a series of 4 free concerts done by this German musician known as Peter Fox. I kind of liked it. This is what I wrote for my assignment:
>The option I chose was BLOCK PARTY and I watched it on April 10th, 2025
>The 32 minute documentary covers a series of free concerts that was performed by musician Peter Fox in Bezirken (neighborhoods) deemed as having problems, including Neukölln, Kreuzberg, Marzahn and Schöneberg. Peter enlists the help of other musicians for the free concert, which include Kevin, Cerin, and Nik amongst others. He details the logistics behind the planning of it, the preparation by the artists, how the people react to the concerts themselves.
>One interesting point of comparison between the film Lola Rennt and BLOCK PARTY is the fact that both are set in Berlin, Germany and focus on those who are not as well off financially and the process of trying to improve their circumstances in life. Where Lola Rennt focuses on two individuals trying to get the money that they need to save themselves in such a short amount of time otherwise they face death, BLOCK PARTY deals with a much longer amount of time and focuses on Peter Fox’s efforts to help entire neighborhoods of people and improve the image of the place that they live by giving access to concerts in said neighborhoods for free. Another key point is the focus on the negative effects of crime on people, with Lola Rennt focusing on criminal culture and death while BLOCK PARTY focuses on the relationship of crime and the quality of neighborhoods.
>One notable relationship is that of the one between Peter Fox and 31 year old Kevin, who goes by the name “44 Grad”. Kevin is first introduced around the 8:30 mark and is an educator in Neukölln working with younger children at a daycare. Kevin in the documentary describes losing his will to record new music for over 2 years until Peter Fox recruits him for his project. On his recruitment, he is shown getting back into the rap game by creating new lyrics for a song that he runs by Fox’s friend Dami, which Dami then turns into a rap song at the studio. A notable difference between the relationship between Peter Fox and Kevin is much more friend focused than the relationship between Lola and Manni from Lola Rennt, being more like that of a benefactor and trainee than that of lovers.
>One thing that I learned about the German language is how it is oftentimes not as different from English aside from pronunciation, but at other times there are obvious differences between the English language and the German one. Most importantly the crazy lengths of words that are shown. Another interesting point of note is how similar the words are for English and for German for musical terms, like Keyboard being similar in both languages, Rap being the exact same in both spelling and pronunciation, Music being Musik in German (Wow), and other similar terms like DJ. Although one thing noticeable throughout the documentary is the frequent music of English by the artists, from the giant neon sign saying Love Songs instead of Liebeslieder, the rapper Cerin making an entire verse of her song in English, and one guy using the word Dad instead of Vater when talking about his “Dad” getting chased by Neo Nazis. The prevalence of English in some parts of the documentary.
>One thing that I noticed throughout the film that I had touched on in one of my earlier responses is the cultural influence that the United States of America has throughout the film. The rap genre came from the United States and frequent usage of English phrases and words can be seen throughout the documentary, including “Love Songs”, “Oh My God”, “Dad”, and others along with Cerin’s introductory song. Another point of note is while recording with Kevin, Dami can be seen wearing a New York Yankees hat and plenty of articles of clothing with English text can be seen, like “Bless my demons” which further demonstrates America’s cultural dominance.
>When I first started watching this film, I expected that it was mostly going to be about the logistics of planning the event followed by the 4 festivals at the end. When I actually watched the film I was surprised how most of the “logistics” was mostly just Peter Fox meeting up with the performers he had recruited and them talking about their lives. Footage of the festivals was actually interspersed throughout the whole documentary.
The five words I chose were Bezirke (district), Genehmigungrechtlich (legal, authorized), Beispiel (example), Jugendzentren (youth center), and natürlich (Obviously.) The last thing I did for the night was post on my Instagram story about me being an acolyte at mass tomorrow and telling everybody to come.
Song of the Day: Schwarz zu blau - Peter Fox (2009)
2 weeks ago#23475
April 11th, 2025: Friday today! I woke up at 6:00am and was actually kind of productive today. I had some coffee and cereal for breakfast and then posted my biblejak for the day and then I headed to campus for my first interview with my college professor from my previous semester. I printed out the paper at 8:10am and entered his office at 8:15am, we did our interview and he talked about his concerns with the possibility of him teaching students stuff that would be used in warfare, which then got off topic to talking about his friend who worked in the Swiss alps as a forester who died because of heart disease in 2012 at the age of 45 during a soccer game. Here’s the whole transcript:
“OK, could you please tell me first what is your name?” - Me
“[professor name]!” - professor Tang
“Ok and what languages do you know for programming?”
“Oh um… I use Java, I use Scala, um I dabble in Python. I used Javascript and Typescript in the past, I've used Pascal, C++, um Lisp uh I, you know, teach ML you know about that, and Prolog and things like that, so yeah.” - professor
“Which one would you say is your favorite to use, and which one do you most frequently use?” - me
“Last time I had a choice to do something I used Scala. So I think Scala might be my favorite language.” - professor
“Okay.” - me
“I use Java more because I'm teaching with it, so I yes. Okay.” - professor
“How long have you been a programmer for?” - me
“I tried doing programming while I was in junior high school, but basically nothing till uh high school.” - professor
“Okay. Have you served in the military in any capacity?” - me
“No.” - professor
“Oh. What are your general thoughts on AI?” - me
“I think AI can allow people to be more productive. at, uh, I think there is a lot of hype about it. um uh I don't believe AI is intelligent and real true sense yet. Um, I believe that the current kind of eye is education.” - professor
“Yeah, and what are your general plots on AI in warfare?” - me
“Oh, okay. um it's happening. um uh so we have problems and they want drones to be able to still work even when they lose contact with their um and um uh even with someone what manned drones, mistakes were made, and mistakes would be made even more when they're fully autonomous. So I think it's probably a dangerous idea, but I'm not sure how we're gonna stop it.” - professor
“Yeah. The most prevalent use of AI and warfare is for identifying targets like this being mostly used by Israel, like in the current war. Do you feel comfortable teaching students knowing that they could use the knowledge acquired for AI and warfare?” - me
“That's actually been an issue all along in my field of programming languages because in the 1980s, they programmed language people were asked by the Department of Defense to come up with a program language, and so they came up with Ada who. And so we had friends who were so back in the 80s, who were designing Ada, even though they were pacifists, and I'm not a full pacifist, um, not in the normal sense. but uh I think that um teaching people generally, so skills is is fine and um we should also teach them people to be moral. um but uh I'm not sure I would be comfortable with explicitly teaching uh weapons direction and things like that, but I think that teaching mathematics or programming the things like that use them for many things, you do what we just say.” - professor
“Um do you have any experience using AI in general and like for mapping and I'm gonna assume no, on the mapping part” - me
“Mapping” - professor
“I guess in we're mainly focusing on like AI and like mapping targets out.” - me
“So uh there's all sorts of I have not used it, but um um AI used in trying to figure out what terrains mean and things like that, and it's used by archaeology, and it's used by forestry and things like that. So I, my roommate in reg school, was a forester who was using remote sensing and things that might now be called AI, but we're just statistical things. Um, but a lot of machinery now is just statistics analysis anyway, so rebranded. So, uh, for detecting you know, which parts of the forest are in trouble and things like that. So against tool use, um, so uh no, I don't have any experience in doing that. It hasn't worked in that area.” - professor
“Does your forester friend still use AI now?” - me
“He actually died 10 years ago, but um the uh I think they were using cong continuities that sort of thing, he was in the um uh um the Swiss um, uh forest in the snow service and they were, you know, maintaining the health of Swiss forests and then like that, so I in Switzerland, so I assume that um he was continued to use some of those sensing type of things.” - Boyland
“Yeah cause like he would have died in 2015, so, like before ChatGPT came out.” - me
“Yeah, yeah. ChatGPT should be a very different kind of AI. Yeah. He died in 2012. I mean, that's so very surprising, he's the same age as me, um uh, he just was his family had left to go, he's going on in sabbatical to the United States. um, his family had already left, and he went back to and to see his work colleagues and they went out to play a little pickup soccer game and he keeled over and fell down dead at the soccer game. at the age of 40. And so's or, you know, I guess 40, 45 so. So it's very surprising. Did they not run an autopsy? I mean, it’s Switzerland so, but once he had heart trouble, so. These things can happen sort of suddenly. off the topic, but yes, it's okay. “ - professor
“Anyways, that's all I want from you. Thank you for your time.” - me
“Okay. You're welcome.” - professor
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“OK, could you please tell me first what is your name?” - Me
“[professor name]!” - professor Tang
“Ok and what languages do you know for programming?”
“Oh um… I use Java, I use Scala, um I dabble in Python. I used Javascript and Typescript in the past, I've used Pascal, C++, um Lisp uh I, you know, teach ML you know about that, and Prolog and things like that, so yeah.” - professor
“Which one would you say is your favorite to use, and which one do you most frequently use?” - me
“Last time I had a choice to do something I used Scala. So I think Scala might be my favorite language.” - professor
“Okay.” - me
“I use Java more because I'm teaching with it, so I yes. Okay.” - professor
“How long have you been a programmer for?” - me
“I tried doing programming while I was in junior high school, but basically nothing till uh high school.” - professor
“Okay. Have you served in the military in any capacity?” - me
“No.” - professor
“Oh. What are your general thoughts on AI?” - me
“I think AI can allow people to be more productive. at, uh, I think there is a lot of hype about it. um uh I don't believe AI is intelligent and real true sense yet. Um, I believe that the current kind of eye is education.” - professor
“Yeah, and what are your general plots on AI in warfare?” - me
“Oh, okay. um it's happening. um uh so we have problems and they want drones to be able to still work even when they lose contact with their um and um uh even with someone what manned drones, mistakes were made, and mistakes would be made even more when they're fully autonomous. So I think it's probably a dangerous idea, but I'm not sure how we're gonna stop it.” - professor
“Yeah. The most prevalent use of AI and warfare is for identifying targets like this being mostly used by Israel, like in the current war. Do you feel comfortable teaching students knowing that they could use the knowledge acquired for AI and warfare?” - me
“That's actually been an issue all along in my field of programming languages because in the 1980s, they programmed language people were asked by the Department of Defense to come up with a program language, and so they came up with Ada who. And so we had friends who were so back in the 80s, who were designing Ada, even though they were pacifists, and I'm not a full pacifist, um, not in the normal sense. but uh I think that um teaching people generally, so skills is is fine and um we should also teach them people to be moral. um but uh I'm not sure I would be comfortable with explicitly teaching uh weapons direction and things like that, but I think that teaching mathematics or programming the things like that use them for many things, you do what we just say.” - professor
“Um do you have any experience using AI in general and like for mapping and I'm gonna assume no, on the mapping part” - me
“Mapping” - professor
“I guess in we're mainly focusing on like AI and like mapping targets out.” - me
“So uh there's all sorts of I have not used it, but um um AI used in trying to figure out what terrains mean and things like that, and it's used by archaeology, and it's used by forestry and things like that. So I, my roommate in reg school, was a forester who was using remote sensing and things that might now be called AI, but we're just statistical things. Um, but a lot of machinery now is just statistics analysis anyway, so rebranded. So, uh, for detecting you know, which parts of the forest are in trouble and things like that. So against tool use, um, so uh no, I don't have any experience in doing that. It hasn't worked in that area.” - professor
“Does your forester friend still use AI now?” - me
“He actually died 10 years ago, but um the uh I think they were using cong continuities that sort of thing, he was in the um uh um the Swiss um, uh forest in the snow service and they were, you know, maintaining the health of Swiss forests and then like that, so I in Switzerland, so I assume that um he was continued to use some of those sensing type of things.” - Boyland
“Yeah cause like he would have died in 2015, so, like before ChatGPT came out.” - me
“Yeah, yeah. ChatGPT should be a very different kind of AI. Yeah. He died in 2012. I mean, that's so very surprising, he's the same age as me, um uh, he just was his family had left to go, he's going on in sabbatical to the United States. um, his family had already left, and he went back to and to see his work colleagues and they went out to play a little pickup soccer game and he keeled over and fell down dead at the soccer game. at the age of 40. And so's or, you know, I guess 40, 45 so. So it's very surprising. Did they not run an autopsy? I mean, it’s Switzerland so, but once he had heart trouble, so. These things can happen sort of suddenly. off the topic, but yes, it's okay. “ - professor
“Anyways, that's all I want from you. Thank you for your time.” - me
“Okay. You're welcome.” - professor
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2 weeks ago#23477
April 11th, 2025 (Continued):
He also recommended that I talk to James the Greater because he was in ROTC and was also a CompSci major. I then went back home. I then spent some time at home until I walked over to the Catholic Center for the mass I would me serving at, I got there but I didn't feel that good in my stomach, almost as if I was going to vomit, so I then told this girl:
"Hey, does this place have any ginger ale that I could drink?"
She then looked around for me but instead found some sprite which helped me anyways, I then went down and got dressed for the mass and then got all the stuff prepared like lighting the candles. We then did the procession in and I got most of the stuff right except for after the thing ended I was told that I accidentally poured from the same water pitcher for the cleaning of the fingers (I don't know the actual term, it is supposed to be washing of hands but it just involves the moving of the thumbs and pointer fingers on the priests part) as the one for the cleaning of the cup. As for attendance, there were only 6 people that bothered to show up, one more person as compared to yesterday and I didn't know them so my advertisement was a failure. I then went back home afterwards and played a bunch of Terraria until 3:05pm when I called my apartment company about the window crack that they never addressed, a guy managed to pick up and it turns out he just never got an email, but on the bright side, he would be showing up on Tuesday, April 15th at 2:00pm to fix it. I then got picked up at 5:00pm by my sponsor Joseph to go have dinner. During the dinner he commented on me not getting something with meat in it so I told him I was participating in Lent, he said that he was old enough to skip out on the lent feast and that he never gave up anything for Lent, I get chocolate ice cream with whipped cream for dessert and then we walk over to his apartment for the college project interview. Along the way there this guy is standing outside in front of his house and says to us:
"Father and son looking nice! I love the jacket!"
We found it interesting that we would be mistaken for father and son rather than grandfather and grandson. But we got into his building and when we got into his room, he talked about how targeting worked while in Vietnam and his time stationed in the Mekong Delta. I mentioned Israel's usage of AI for targeting systems and he mentioned Hamas's usage of civilians as meat shields.
Here’s the interview transcript:
“First off, what is your name?” - me
“You know my name.” - Joseph
“It’s for the record.” - me
“Oh, [real name].” - Joseph
“Okay. And you served in Vietnam, right?” - me
“Yes!” - Joseph
“Okay. What is your experience with warfare?” - me
“It sucks!” - Joseph
“Ooh.” - me
“I mean, I don't know what to do. It wasn't something that I was expecting, you know, um what I saw, you know, um. Yeah, I don't know if you would call that warfare, um I think there was the difference between the last one and probably Korea, World War II, but uh warfare, like I say. It's just terrible. You know, but I mean, I just don't know what else to say. It's just a bad thing.” - Joseph
“Yeah. What is your experience with artificial intelligence? Like ChatGPT, Claude?” - me
“What?” - Joseph
“Like, what is your experience with artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT, Claude, and DeepSeek?” - me
“Well, I don't know what that is.” - Joseph
“Uh, genitive AI, like you haven't heard about ChatGPT in the news?” - me
“No.” - Joseph
“Oh.” - me
“No I didn’t. I haven't, no, I just I'm not into that, you know, it's all you younger people. I just know AI, you know, artificial intelligence, you know, but all that other stuff. you're probably gonna have to ask some of the younger ones, you know, cause that was way before my time.”- Joseph
“Okay. Well, you served in the military. What was your experience like with mapping enemy locations?” - me
“Well, we had uh I don't have-, our maps, we actually had maps, and we had uh know how to read one. We had to know grids coordinates, um and it had to you know, you just you had to actually talk to somebody on a field phone, say: ‘I need a um a fire barrage at this location’ and I would give the location on the map, you know, um and it'd better be right on. You know, if you're off, you know, by even a smither, it could have bad implications, you know. So we had to do it with actually had to read a map…” - Joseph
[Joseph’s phone starts ringing]
“...I’m gonna turn this off…” - Joseph
[Call from something Joseph shuts off]
“...Jesus. Uh, yeah, grids, coordinates on the map. Uhm That's how we had to do it. We had to actually give a grid a coordination where exactly where it is as compared to now, you know, with all this modern stuff, I don't know if you have to read a map anymore.” - Joseph
“How would you identify targets and where they would be located? Well, targets would be the enemy. uh, if they were located on a hill, you know, um or in the valley or in a village, um or if we were going after certain weapons, you know, they were in a bunker, if they were on a hill, we had to know exactly where the hill was, what side they were on um but you would call all that in on your feel phone, you know, off off the map um so we would call that stuff in on a village. The enemy was probably 25 clicks from us, you know. over to the right at your Bravo or your Alpha coordinates on the map we would use Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, you know, to your six or whatever, but yeah, that's how we did it back then.” - Joseph
“How often was you use aerial surveillance like um helicopters and planes flying over to discover targets?” - me
“That I couldn't tell you that. um how many times we use helicopters was when they dropped us off in a zone or when they came and picked us up, you know, uh flights for targets and that was done. Unless we were sent out specifically to pinpoint the target, then we would, but flights and that and for the targets, you know, that was none of ours. We had nothing to do with it.” - Joseph
“Okay. Currently the Israeli military is using AI in mapping to help discover targets and determine them from like a large map of like or of where, like the enemy could be in, they used AI to, like, detect images that might be enemy. What are your thoughts on that?” - me
“Well, I mean, uh I have no problem with that, but then again, you know, how do you know if the enemy or not? I mean, you know they could be held up there, you know, and yeah, all that stuff they have nowadays. That's great. But, you know, you got to be careful, make sure they are, but I have no problem if it's to take out the enemy, you know. I got no problem with that, but, you know, and if there's civilians that get caught in it, you know, that's I'm sorry, but, you know, they use them for human shields, but again, I have no problem with the AI, even if the other side wants to use it, too, you know, if we're using it and the Israeli government is using it, well, you know, I can't, they use it, you know, but if that if it helps, if it saves lives, you know, I got no problem. Yeah.” - Joseph
“Yeah, so you do not have an issue like enemy countries use it, cause like it would reduce civilian deaths?” - me
“Well, no, I don't think the enemy cares about who gets it, you know. I mean, yeah, but if they want to use it, I I'm sure they do now anyways, you know. So I have I do I wish they would not use it? Yeah, but if they wanted to use it, they could. I mean, I can't stop them, you know, but yeah, it's um they want to use it, let them. But see, we care about it. We try to care about fatalities, make sure it's not, you know, civilians, but in war, you don't know who is civilian is and who isn't, you know, so that's the bad part, but on the other side, you know, who you're dealing with, they don't care one way or the other. But, yeah, I have no problem with the enemy using it, you know, if that's what they gotta use. I mean, who am I to say you can't use it? You know, so yeah, I wish they wouldn't, but, you know, there's nothing I can do about it. They want to use it, they're gonna use it.” - Joseph
One thing I have to ask, forgot to ask before, about where you were deployed in Vietnam?” - me
“I was mostly out in the fields, in the Boonies.” - Joseph
“Like, what part of Vietnam” - me
“The southern part, the Mekong delta region, okay?” - Joseph
“Thank you very much.” - me
“Oh, you're welcome!” - Joseph
After the interview was done he showed me some more of his war stuff and also his mom's confirmation paper dated to May 29th, 1935. He then drove me home and I then finalized my tax stuff. I then took a shower and went to sleep.
Song of the Day: Bye Bye Bye - NSYNC (2000)
2 weeks ago#23480
April 12th, 2025: Back to work today, I woke up at 7:00am and had some off-brand fruit loops and coffee for breakfast while I worked on my Biblejak for the day. I got that done and then played more modded Terraria until 8:45am when I got all dressed and then caught the bus at 8:58am, the bus ended up taking this weird ass detour that I never expected it to take but I got to work at 9:20pm. I clocked in first and then worked on the beverage aisle. Once I got that done I then took my first break an hour early because I had to power wash outside next. I then went outside and Jesse allowed me to have this expired cheese as a snack.
I started off by power-washing under the dumpsters and then I saw that one dumpster was empty except for some gunk at the bottom so I grabbed some bleach and poured it in there. I got to the dumpster a bit later and then I decided to text fAsherah with a video of me power-washing with the caption:
>Missing out on FUN!
She replied:
<NOOO
<That is fun!
<Alas i am confined to Register
I felt sad for her but I was happy I got the place cleaned up even if it still looked like it hadn’t been power-washed somehow. After that I then got lunch which consisted of a prosciutto sandwich, some cheese and horseradish flavored chips, and water. I ate it outside and at one point I decided to give the cashiers a chip, the Noahmusic guy and fAsherah both took one and they said they liked it. While I was in the cafeteria, I saw Old Ozzy Osborne browsing Reddit on his phone. Ignacio took my trash for me which was nice. I then went back to mostly cleaning tasks and also the sad freezer aisle stocking, but for that I just brought two boxes in and stocked them. I then went on my second break where I talked with fAsherah, she compared me to a hamster because I asked for a single leaf of lettuce and she talked about her fiancée getting shit on by a bird yesterday and also this 19 year old cashier up front that was asking all the other cashiers to buy alcohol for her. I then remembered that she was the girl that Mr. Blundstone talked to a few weeks back. I then said:
“I wonder how many SSRI’s she’s on?”
And fAsherah laughed so hard. I then finished up some more tasks before I then got some Cherry Limeade Sprite as a drink and then fAsherah came up again and I decided to be nice and offer her a cap of the Sprite and she liked it. While I was scrubbing the floor with soapy water, Folsade walked across the puddle with a tray of arancini and she nearly slipped and said:
“Jesus Gemerson, it’s like you’re trying to kill me!”
I found it funny and also Gavin did too. I then picked up my extra W-2s and the wine holders that Jesse gifted me before I realized that I had lost the envelope with them and I had to go back to find them. I then realized that I also had my walkie-talkie with me so I went up to put it back, Tony then told me to take some stuff upstairs and I did. I got back to the bus in time but didn’t find the envelope. I took the bus home and then started to finalize my taxes. While I was at home I saw that @princessparkles had posted on her Instagram story complaining about women in hijabs being sexualized so I replied to her:
>>We are not meant for my former gender’s gaze or however the burger is fried.
She then responds:
<i thought as a Christian youd know the importance of modesty
<And at least sympathise when your own nuns are being sexualised…
<But ok
>Why do you hate your former gender so much
<Former?
<nigga i am no troon
>That’s why God nuked Japan. [replying to the sexualised message]
<Its ur own people
>[confusion emoji]
I remembered that Dungeons and Dragons was tonight but as I was walking there, I got a message on Discord saying that it was canceled tonight and then indefinitely because the DM was having some troubles. I suggested starting up a 3.5th edition campaign while I was walking to campus. The printers that I usually used to print stuff out were broken so I checked the printer map and found something near Asherah’s workplace. I went over there and had them printed out and then I decided to stop by Asherah’s workplace. It was closed by 7:00pm but I saw some posters on the walls and tried to sign up for something there because I realized I could actually do them. There would be another food thing soon but I was just worried about Asherah finding me creepy for going to a second one and actually staying for the thing instead of just getting food and leaving. Also my mom said that I need to spend some time at home from the start of Friday, April 25 to Sunday, April 27th. I then took a shower and at 10:00pm, I was sent a Instagram reel by @Xiuhcoyotl of a pagan guy WHO LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE DOLL and I replied:
>"Hey there little buddy, hop on Pagancord!"
Xiuhcoyotl replied:
<christcord woke up
I then went to sleep.
Song of the Day: Nakombe Nga - Les Choc Stars Du Zaïre (1989)
I started off by power-washing under the dumpsters and then I saw that one dumpster was empty except for some gunk at the bottom so I grabbed some bleach and poured it in there. I got to the dumpster a bit later and then I decided to text fAsherah with a video of me power-washing with the caption:
>Missing out on FUN!
She replied:
<NOOO
<That is fun!
<Alas i am confined to Register
I felt sad for her but I was happy I got the place cleaned up even if it still looked like it hadn’t been power-washed somehow. After that I then got lunch which consisted of a prosciutto sandwich, some cheese and horseradish flavored chips, and water. I ate it outside and at one point I decided to give the cashiers a chip, the Noahmusic guy and fAsherah both took one and they said they liked it. While I was in the cafeteria, I saw Old Ozzy Osborne browsing Reddit on his phone. Ignacio took my trash for me which was nice. I then went back to mostly cleaning tasks and also the sad freezer aisle stocking, but for that I just brought two boxes in and stocked them. I then went on my second break where I talked with fAsherah, she compared me to a hamster because I asked for a single leaf of lettuce and she talked about her fiancée getting shit on by a bird yesterday and also this 19 year old cashier up front that was asking all the other cashiers to buy alcohol for her. I then remembered that she was the girl that Mr. Blundstone talked to a few weeks back. I then said:
“I wonder how many SSRI’s she’s on?”
And fAsherah laughed so hard. I then finished up some more tasks before I then got some Cherry Limeade Sprite as a drink and then fAsherah came up again and I decided to be nice and offer her a cap of the Sprite and she liked it. While I was scrubbing the floor with soapy water, Folsade walked across the puddle with a tray of arancini and she nearly slipped and said:
“Jesus Gemerson, it’s like you’re trying to kill me!”
I found it funny and also Gavin did too. I then picked up my extra W-2s and the wine holders that Jesse gifted me before I realized that I had lost the envelope with them and I had to go back to find them. I then realized that I also had my walkie-talkie with me so I went up to put it back, Tony then told me to take some stuff upstairs and I did. I got back to the bus in time but didn’t find the envelope. I took the bus home and then started to finalize my taxes. While I was at home I saw that @princessparkles had posted on her Instagram story complaining about women in hijabs being sexualized so I replied to her:
>>We are not meant for my former gender’s gaze or however the burger is fried.
She then responds:
<i thought as a Christian youd know the importance of modesty
<And at least sympathise when your own nuns are being sexualised…
<But ok
>Why do you hate your former gender so much
<Former?
<nigga i am no troon
>That’s why God nuked Japan. [replying to the sexualised message]
<Its ur own people
>[confusion emoji]
I remembered that Dungeons and Dragons was tonight but as I was walking there, I got a message on Discord saying that it was canceled tonight and then indefinitely because the DM was having some troubles. I suggested starting up a 3.5th edition campaign while I was walking to campus. The printers that I usually used to print stuff out were broken so I checked the printer map and found something near Asherah’s workplace. I went over there and had them printed out and then I decided to stop by Asherah’s workplace. It was closed by 7:00pm but I saw some posters on the walls and tried to sign up for something there because I realized I could actually do them. There would be another food thing soon but I was just worried about Asherah finding me creepy for going to a second one and actually staying for the thing instead of just getting food and leaving. Also my mom said that I need to spend some time at home from the start of Friday, April 25 to Sunday, April 27th. I then took a shower and at 10:00pm, I was sent a Instagram reel by @Xiuhcoyotl of a pagan guy WHO LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE DOLL and I replied:
>"Hey there little buddy, hop on Pagancord!"
Xiuhcoyotl replied:
<christcord woke up
I then went to sleep.
Song of the Day: Nakombe Nga - Les Choc Stars Du Zaïre (1989)
2 weeks ago#23488
April 13th, 2025: Palm Sunday, I woke up a bit later than usual and had the last of my cereal for breakfast. I got to work and then started on my tasks for a bit until later on I overheard Jesse and this office lady talking about this one customer that frequently comes in who is always dressed up real fancy, from what they said, he was super mean to the bakery staff to the point he got kicked out for a few years, but now he’s back because he’s friends with the original owner. I accidentally called Jesse by his pseudonym instead of his real name a bit later. But I eventually went on my lunch break and had a prosciutto sandwich. While I was waiting for the cashier I talked to Lebanon about my prosciutto sandwich.
“Well I’ve never had one before.”
He said.
“You need to try one, it’s really good!”
I told him.
“Well I had a breakfast sandwich earlier this morning so I might get one later.”
He replied.
I then got it clocked my lunch break, and then browsed Instagram when I saw this story post by this Tunisian girl which said:
<Male attention does nothing for me, I post for the bad bitches
I gave the best reply:
>No wonder your marriage only lasted 5 weeks
And she got so upset:
<HAHAHAHA Funny how you’re still obsessed over my marriage while I’m almost a year deep with the most amazing Slavic man who treats me like a queen and even more, it turned out the problem wasn’t me i was just dating someone from the land of narcissists and daddy issues, stay mad.
<And next time remind me imma hand you an oscar for the being the funniest unfunny person alive.
I also posted about me potentially starting a 3.5th edition Dungeons and Dragons group in the Discord groupchat and I got two people to join. I continued working and even saw Mr. Medici at one point (even though the original owner wasn't there) until it got to my second break. While I was scrolling through Snapchat, I saw this story by this guy who I will be calling Rama of him with some Creeper milk. We then had this conversation:
>Oh my
<Don't try the creeper milk
>What does it taste like?
<A shamrock shake on first sip
<A potion of dispair and spoiled taste on the second
<It's just bad
<I got some on my face and it actually burned me
<Left a red mark
>BURNED?
I then went and gave some of my Jordan Almonds to the cashiers including fAsherah and the Noahmusic guy and they all liked it. Near the end of the shift, Jesse was talking about scheduling people so I asked him if he could please hire more people to work Sunday. He said that he just hasn't been getting any people for that, although I had my doubts. when I got off of work I finished off my cheese from yesterday and then took the bus to the church that has the 5:30pm masses. In the place we start off at, we all picked up a palm leaf with Kaitlin, Rose, and their boyfriends being there. When the mass started, the priest asked for volunteers to do the reading for the Passion narrative and I was the first and only one to volunteer initially to do the readings, but another guy then stepped up, he decided to read the narrator parts so I got the role of the second voice. We then proceeded into the church and got to the Gospel part where I went up to where the choir singer would usually go and I read my parts, I went through being Peter, Pontius Pilate, Herod Antipas, and then the Centurion at the crucifixion. Mass went through as normal and the guy who was the narrator sat in front of me with his wife and two rowdy kids, both doing their best to keep them in control. I then got out of the mass and walked to this nearby grocery store to get some milk, cereal, and peeps because why not. I waited a long ass time for the bus to arrive and then took it back home. Once I got back I took a shower and then went to sleep.
Song of the Day: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA (1979)
“Well I’ve never had one before.”
He said.
“You need to try one, it’s really good!”
I told him.
“Well I had a breakfast sandwich earlier this morning so I might get one later.”
He replied.
I then got it clocked my lunch break, and then browsed Instagram when I saw this story post by this Tunisian girl which said:
<Male attention does nothing for me, I post for the bad bitches
I gave the best reply:
>No wonder your marriage only lasted 5 weeks
And she got so upset:
<HAHAHAHA Funny how you’re still obsessed over my marriage while I’m almost a year deep with the most amazing Slavic man who treats me like a queen and even more, it turned out the problem wasn’t me i was just dating someone from the land of narcissists and daddy issues, stay mad.
<And next time remind me imma hand you an oscar for the being the funniest unfunny person alive.
I also posted about me potentially starting a 3.5th edition Dungeons and Dragons group in the Discord groupchat and I got two people to join. I continued working and even saw Mr. Medici at one point (even though the original owner wasn't there) until it got to my second break. While I was scrolling through Snapchat, I saw this story by this guy who I will be calling Rama of him with some Creeper milk. We then had this conversation:
>Oh my
<Don't try the creeper milk
>What does it taste like?
<A shamrock shake on first sip
<A potion of dispair and spoiled taste on the second
<It's just bad
<I got some on my face and it actually burned me
<Left a red mark
>BURNED?
I then went and gave some of my Jordan Almonds to the cashiers including fAsherah and the Noahmusic guy and they all liked it. Near the end of the shift, Jesse was talking about scheduling people so I asked him if he could please hire more people to work Sunday. He said that he just hasn't been getting any people for that, although I had my doubts. when I got off of work I finished off my cheese from yesterday and then took the bus to the church that has the 5:30pm masses. In the place we start off at, we all picked up a palm leaf with Kaitlin, Rose, and their boyfriends being there. When the mass started, the priest asked for volunteers to do the reading for the Passion narrative and I was the first and only one to volunteer initially to do the readings, but another guy then stepped up, he decided to read the narrator parts so I got the role of the second voice. We then proceeded into the church and got to the Gospel part where I went up to where the choir singer would usually go and I read my parts, I went through being Peter, Pontius Pilate, Herod Antipas, and then the Centurion at the crucifixion. Mass went through as normal and the guy who was the narrator sat in front of me with his wife and two rowdy kids, both doing their best to keep them in control. I then got out of the mass and walked to this nearby grocery store to get some milk, cereal, and peeps because why not. I waited a long ass time for the bus to arrive and then took it back home. Once I got back I took a shower and then went to sleep.
Song of the Day: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA (1979)
2 weeks ago#23491
April 14th, 2025: Pretty meh day today, I woke up and had some cereal and coffee for breakfast while I worked on a bit of homework. The next thing which occupied a good portion of my day was just playing modded Terraria until 1:00pm, while I was playing Terraria I got a message from Rama continuing our conversation from yesterday:
<Burned.
<Like a red burn
>Let me see!
He then sends me an image of his lower face with the caption:
<it lowkey went away but
<kids be buying this stuff
I cleaned up my room a bit before heading out with my pseudoleather jacket, I got to class a bit early and then I browsed Instagram and found out that there was this huge event that I had missed out on earlier today because I was inside playing video games, I felt like shit. But I went through my first class and I am pretty sure I did well on the test that they had and then I went over to my second class. I saw Padma and we talked a bit before class and then we both sat through class but didn't talk much. I got out and went home to make ramen for dinner. I noticed that it was the South Korean’s birthday today on Snapchat so I sent him a happy birthday message. I then got packed up for my art class. In my art class I sat with Pinky and Ginger girl and I got started on painting my project. I nearly fell off my seat and Pinky asked me if I was ok but I said I was fine. Keleche was being kind of annoying again but he wasn't talking about his OCs today. I then got home and saw that 4chan got hacked and /qa/ was back up so I just started celebrating. Enosh was kind of annoying but I just took a shower and then went to bed.
Song of the Day: Turn It on Again - Genesis (1980)
<Burned.
<Like a red burn
>Let me see!
He then sends me an image of his lower face with the caption:
<it lowkey went away but
<kids be buying this stuff
I cleaned up my room a bit before heading out with my pseudoleather jacket, I got to class a bit early and then I browsed Instagram and found out that there was this huge event that I had missed out on earlier today because I was inside playing video games, I felt like shit. But I went through my first class and I am pretty sure I did well on the test that they had and then I went over to my second class. I saw Padma and we talked a bit before class and then we both sat through class but didn't talk much. I got out and went home to make ramen for dinner. I noticed that it was the South Korean’s birthday today on Snapchat so I sent him a happy birthday message. I then got packed up for my art class. In my art class I sat with Pinky and Ginger girl and I got started on painting my project. I nearly fell off my seat and Pinky asked me if I was ok but I said I was fine. Keleche was being kind of annoying again but he wasn't talking about his OCs today. I then got home and saw that 4chan got hacked and /qa/ was back up so I just started celebrating. Enosh was kind of annoying but I just took a shower and then went to bed.
Song of the Day: Turn It on Again - Genesis (1980)
Nabbv
Incels... le scary? 🇬🇧
2 weeks ago#23497
April 15th, 2025: Another day of classes. I woke up and had some cereal for breakfast and played some more modded Terraria. I completed some more of my German class assignments due before class before getting all packed up for going to the coffee shop I frequent. I then got there and started finishing up my assignments while overhearing the crowd at the bar. There was this one girl that had to be no taller than 5'2" (She's East Asian) that was complaining about her getting hit on only by short guys, I got my coffee from this long-haired guy that seemed pretty chill but the funniest thing that I overheard was from the fat lesbian (who was actually bisexual) talking about one time she was having sex with a guy on top of him and she cut off circulation to his penis (it might have been just face riding but I'm not sure what part of him had circulation cut off,) she also mentioned being on 3 medications which cause weight gain along with the satanic drug known as Ozempic. I then went outside to finish up one more homework assignment of mine because it was so dim in the coffee shop. I saw this event being set up outside while I completed the last of my assignments for German class. I then decided to attend the event and was one of the first people in line for hot dogs. I browsed the tables a bit until I ended up encountering the engaged girl so I asked her:
“Is this a table for anything?”
She replied:
“Oh no there’s nothing going on here.”
So I just accepted what she said because it looked like she was correct and not lying to me. I got this t-shirt from the event and then went to my German class for the day. In German class we did more stuff about the nominative and accusative cases and also worked on some strong verbs like trifft, läuft, and liest. I didn’t get partnered up with Quentin this time but instead with this girl that usually sits next to him. At 12:40pm I got out of class early and walked to my second class. Just before class started I mentioned that it was the South Korean’s birthday yesterday and Chapell and the other girl found it interesting. The teacher presented this slideshow about AI potentially talking over our jobs and then had us work on this handout to describe a job that didn’t exist 50 years ago and a job that does not exist currently. We chose a website designer and spaceship pilot respectively. We got checked off at around 1:45pm and I went home and started to clean because the window repair guys were going to be here at 2:00pm. I did all the dishes and sweeped everything up, but the people didn’t come. I had to go to therapy earlier than usual so I told Enosh to let them in if they showed up. I took the bus there and then entered the building, because I was so early I decided to explore the place more. The men’s bathroom was locked so I desperately tried to find a second men’s bathroom on the floor or even some stairs (I always took the elevator) and I ended up finding them and going up a floor. The change was so weird, the floor smelt different and had different colored walls, but it was still as labyrinthine as the floor below it. I found the bathroom and it had this weird elevation to it like a single step, this building was clearly built before the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. I used the bathroom and then went down to the floor for therapy. I told her about a bunch of things like my incident with the pancake gift for Asherah, my whole fight with Lizzo, my dislike of my roommate Enosh, my inability to set up a time to hang out with James the Greater, she thought that my pancake gift was actually really nice. I then told her about me starting a Dungeons and Dragons game and she then asked her friend about how one would organize a DnD game. After that I left and walked over to the Catholic Center for mass. I texted James the Greater about the DnD session:
>Would you like to join a DnD game I am running?
<Yes
<What are the details?
>It starts at 6:00pm on Saturdays at [library] and we are running 3.5th edition Dungeons and Dragons.
<Oof, I usually go home for weekends
>Aww
<Is the time set in stone
>Not really.
<If that's the case, I can do Thursday or Friday nights, but if you've already got something going I wouldn't want to disrupt it
>Friday nights can work for me but there is one guy interested that can only do weekends which is why I chose saturdays.
<Ah ok, like I said I wouldn't want to make things difficult
<If you were willing, it could be a situation where every other session was Friday or Saturday, but that might be too difficult
I didn’t think I would get there in time for mass so when the priest texted asking for acolytes for mass I said I couldn’t. But I ended up getting there early and decided to read this book on the Popes, I talked to Markus for a bit but he kinda got mad at me for getting his name wrong and then I talked to Mercurius with this East Asian girl he brought that had a lot of rings, it turns out that they were just friends but I could sense some chemistry and I hope they end up dating, I asked Mercurius if he was serving today and he said no. We went into the mass and I sat in the same row as Mercurius, this girl who looked very similar to Sydney Sweeney sat in my row with just an empty chair in between me and her and her body language was showing interest in me. There were no acolytes for mass sadly and Reuben ended up coming in a bit late. Rose was also at mass. The homily was kind of special for me because it was the first homily I have ever sat through that you could tell it was about you, more specifically Mercurius and I. The homily was about how despite Saint Peter being doubtful in his faith, Jesus needed him the most while Saint John was also someone that Jesus needed a lot for His plan. The thing I was thinking about most was if I was Saint John or Saint Peter. I tried to talk to the girl next to me after mass but she left afterwards without us talking. I apologized to the priest for not being able to acolyte. After that we went for food and I ate with Henry, his girlfriend, Markus, and some others. Henry’s girlfriend made a joke that she and Markus were sharing Henry because Henry’s so popular. I then went home after that and then had some ice popsicles for dessert and then took a shower and went to sleep.
Song of the Day: Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd (1970)
“Is this a table for anything?”
She replied:
“Oh no there’s nothing going on here.”
So I just accepted what she said because it looked like she was correct and not lying to me. I got this t-shirt from the event and then went to my German class for the day. In German class we did more stuff about the nominative and accusative cases and also worked on some strong verbs like trifft, läuft, and liest. I didn’t get partnered up with Quentin this time but instead with this girl that usually sits next to him. At 12:40pm I got out of class early and walked to my second class. Just before class started I mentioned that it was the South Korean’s birthday yesterday and Chapell and the other girl found it interesting. The teacher presented this slideshow about AI potentially talking over our jobs and then had us work on this handout to describe a job that didn’t exist 50 years ago and a job that does not exist currently. We chose a website designer and spaceship pilot respectively. We got checked off at around 1:45pm and I went home and started to clean because the window repair guys were going to be here at 2:00pm. I did all the dishes and sweeped everything up, but the people didn’t come. I had to go to therapy earlier than usual so I told Enosh to let them in if they showed up. I took the bus there and then entered the building, because I was so early I decided to explore the place more. The men’s bathroom was locked so I desperately tried to find a second men’s bathroom on the floor or even some stairs (I always took the elevator) and I ended up finding them and going up a floor. The change was so weird, the floor smelt different and had different colored walls, but it was still as labyrinthine as the floor below it. I found the bathroom and it had this weird elevation to it like a single step, this building was clearly built before the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. I used the bathroom and then went down to the floor for therapy. I told her about a bunch of things like my incident with the pancake gift for Asherah, my whole fight with Lizzo, my dislike of my roommate Enosh, my inability to set up a time to hang out with James the Greater, she thought that my pancake gift was actually really nice. I then told her about me starting a Dungeons and Dragons game and she then asked her friend about how one would organize a DnD game. After that I left and walked over to the Catholic Center for mass. I texted James the Greater about the DnD session:
>Would you like to join a DnD game I am running?
<Yes
<What are the details?
>It starts at 6:00pm on Saturdays at [library] and we are running 3.5th edition Dungeons and Dragons.
<Oof, I usually go home for weekends
>Aww
<Is the time set in stone
>Not really.
<If that's the case, I can do Thursday or Friday nights, but if you've already got something going I wouldn't want to disrupt it
>Friday nights can work for me but there is one guy interested that can only do weekends which is why I chose saturdays.
<Ah ok, like I said I wouldn't want to make things difficult
<If you were willing, it could be a situation where every other session was Friday or Saturday, but that might be too difficult
I didn’t think I would get there in time for mass so when the priest texted asking for acolytes for mass I said I couldn’t. But I ended up getting there early and decided to read this book on the Popes, I talked to Markus for a bit but he kinda got mad at me for getting his name wrong and then I talked to Mercurius with this East Asian girl he brought that had a lot of rings, it turns out that they were just friends but I could sense some chemistry and I hope they end up dating, I asked Mercurius if he was serving today and he said no. We went into the mass and I sat in the same row as Mercurius, this girl who looked very similar to Sydney Sweeney sat in my row with just an empty chair in between me and her and her body language was showing interest in me. There were no acolytes for mass sadly and Reuben ended up coming in a bit late. Rose was also at mass. The homily was kind of special for me because it was the first homily I have ever sat through that you could tell it was about you, more specifically Mercurius and I. The homily was about how despite Saint Peter being doubtful in his faith, Jesus needed him the most while Saint John was also someone that Jesus needed a lot for His plan. The thing I was thinking about most was if I was Saint John or Saint Peter. I tried to talk to the girl next to me after mass but she left afterwards without us talking. I apologized to the priest for not being able to acolyte. After that we went for food and I ate with Henry, his girlfriend, Markus, and some others. Henry’s girlfriend made a joke that she and Markus were sharing Henry because Henry’s so popular. I then went home after that and then had some ice popsicles for dessert and then took a shower and went to sleep.
Song of the Day: Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd (1970)
2 weeks ago#23499
April 16th, 2025: Another Wednesday today, I woke up early for the breakfast event hosted by the priest but I texted him that I would not be able to stay for long as I had an academic meeting to possibly pick out my classes for next semester at 9:00pm, Mercurius said that he would be there at 8:40pm. I then got there and the priest was cooking some scrambled eggs and sausage patties, he offered me some coffee to take for the walk there and I had some. I left at 8:45pm but Mercurius didn't show up by then and I got to my appointment a bit early. I then had it with this bald Black guy and we ended up wrapping up in 8 minutes. I then texted my mom about this job fair and she asked me if I was going to dress up for the career fair and I told her that I wasn't. She then told me I should so I went back home and put on a suit jacket and my red, white, and blue button up. I went around to multiple tables to pick up some goodies from different places and handed out my resume, I left the place for a bit and then went back home to write some more emails. I then walked back for a bit to attend the other part of the career fair and then finally went to my first class of the day. I sat through it but I then remembered that Asherah's workplace had this food event that I realized I should go to because it was the last event for the school year of its kind and that I really should work on building up my courage. So I got out of my class and started walking over there while being extremely nervous. I remembered this one technique for calming anxiety online that I saw where it consists of breathing in for four seconds, holding it for four seconds, breathing out for four seconds, and then holding that for four seconds. I performed the 4444 breathing technique on the walk there and it took me longer than expected for it to work but I was calmed down by the time I got to the building. I entered and then went to her workplace and had the following conversation:
"How are you doing?" Asherah's boss asked me.
"Good!" I replied.
"Oh wait, are you helping us with setup?" She asked.
"Yes I am!" I replied.
What she said next almost gave me a heart attack:
"You're the Gemerson! I was like hey who is this person?"
I was wearing a nametag at the time but it was obscured by my pseudoleather jacket.
"Wait how do you know my name?"
What she said to me was worst than the last near heart attack inducing experience:
"Because of Asherah."
"Cool... Wait she told me about, wait no she told you about me?" I asked all nervous.
"Did you come in before?" She asked
"Yeah." I replied
"She said your name and I just remembered it. But I did put it together that you were the one helping you just now, so thank you, we really appreciate the help!"
I then talked to the others a bit including Khadija and then took these really good cookies and went to my second class. Padma moved again to sit with her friend and I realized two could play this game so I sat next to her for a while but she didn't really react so I just left class early. I then went over to the Catholic Center for Bible study, this woman came in to speak to the priest and then the priest asked if I would acolyte for the Holy Thursday mass but I said I couldn't. Bible study today was canceled so I went over to my art class and then set up my stuff before taking a walk throughout the art building. I eventually encountered the Sorcerer girl from the one shot and we talked to each other about my campaign. She said that she was interested and wanted to try playing either a High Elf Archivist or a Halfling Soulknife and later decided on being a Soulknife. In art class we had this art discussion and I was paired up with Ginger Girl. I told her all about my art piece and I noticed her taking notes on her iPad and we cycled through the others. Keleche's art piece was the worst due to how unthought out it was, it was hardly symmetrical, pencil marks were everywhere, and it didn't even touch the border. We debated on what celebrities were on Pinky's until she said that it was her great-grandparents, Hoxha's was the most impressive because of how much effort it took. We then continued painting until it was time to go and I remembered Enosh inviting me to join this comedy event so I went afterwards. There was this really funny story about the comedian and his father from Damascus talking about how he knew so much about airplanes breaking the sound barrier. I got this special food which was a chicken sandwich with fried pickles and fries for dinner. I ate the sandwich and then left because the show was done and ate the fries on the way home. I then got home and took a shower and went to sleep.
Song of the Day: One By One - Enya (2000)
"How are you doing?" Asherah's boss asked me.
"Good!" I replied.
"Oh wait, are you helping us with setup?" She asked.
"Yes I am!" I replied.
What she said next almost gave me a heart attack:
"You're the Gemerson! I was like hey who is this person?"
I was wearing a nametag at the time but it was obscured by my pseudoleather jacket.
"Wait how do you know my name?"
What she said to me was worst than the last near heart attack inducing experience:
"Because of Asherah."
"Cool... Wait she told me about, wait no she told you about me?" I asked all nervous.
"Did you come in before?" She asked
"Yeah." I replied
"She said your name and I just remembered it. But I did put it together that you were the one helping you just now, so thank you, we really appreciate the help!"
I then talked to the others a bit including Khadija and then took these really good cookies and went to my second class. Padma moved again to sit with her friend and I realized two could play this game so I sat next to her for a while but she didn't really react so I just left class early. I then went over to the Catholic Center for Bible study, this woman came in to speak to the priest and then the priest asked if I would acolyte for the Holy Thursday mass but I said I couldn't. Bible study today was canceled so I went over to my art class and then set up my stuff before taking a walk throughout the art building. I eventually encountered the Sorcerer girl from the one shot and we talked to each other about my campaign. She said that she was interested and wanted to try playing either a High Elf Archivist or a Halfling Soulknife and later decided on being a Soulknife. In art class we had this art discussion and I was paired up with Ginger Girl. I told her all about my art piece and I noticed her taking notes on her iPad and we cycled through the others. Keleche's art piece was the worst due to how unthought out it was, it was hardly symmetrical, pencil marks were everywhere, and it didn't even touch the border. We debated on what celebrities were on Pinky's until she said that it was her great-grandparents, Hoxha's was the most impressive because of how much effort it took. We then continued painting until it was time to go and I remembered Enosh inviting me to join this comedy event so I went afterwards. There was this really funny story about the comedian and his father from Damascus talking about how he knew so much about airplanes breaking the sound barrier. I got this special food which was a chicken sandwich with fried pickles and fries for dinner. I ate the sandwich and then left because the show was done and ate the fries on the way home. I then got home and took a shower and went to sleep.
Song of the Day: One By One - Enya (2000)
2 weeks ago#23504
April 17th, 2025: It’s the Guatemalan’s 21st birthday today! Actually a really good day today, I had the last of my milk in my cereal for breakfast as I completed my German assignments before class. I played some more modded Terraria and then finally decided to head out to the coffee place for the Bible study until I noticed that there was a line of dripping happening in front of the door to the bathroom, I immediately grabbed my towels and put them down in front of the door and called the apartment company.
"Hello, I just noticed that there is a burst water pipe in the ceiling above me and it is leaking in front of my bathroom door."
I said.
"Ok wait where did you say the pipe was?"
He asked.
"It appears to run parallel to the bathroom door in the ceiling above it."
I elaborated.
"I'm pretty familiar with the piping of the floor plan, and I know that there isn't a pipe that runs where you said it does, so in the meantime just put a bucket and some towels under it." He told me.
I took his advice and then went to the coffee shop, when I entered the building where it was located. He told me that he talked to the resident upstairs and she said she had a kitchen overflow, which explained the water dripping through, but at least it's stopped by now. I then got to the coffee shop and drank my coffee for a while until Bible study started. More people showed up at Bible study for this week's meeting, including Kaitlin, than for last week. I managed to stay as long as I could until I had to leave for German class. I walked over to German class and I had a good time. I did some of the partner activities with Quentin and did well until I left. I first encountered Macie on my walk back home and said hi to her and she said hi back. The next person that I encountered was Quoc when he said:
"Call me if you need to discuss anything in particular!"
I thanked him and then went home to play some more before I had to head back for my lab at 2:30pm. I then got in and we didn't actually have to do any programming today which was super nice and I got done with the assignment in just under 30 minutes. So I walked home and started packing up to head back home for Easter. I got all my dirty laundry thrown into my giant suitcase and then put a bunch of stuff in my backpack before I made myself some of the stir-fry rice with tiny shrimp in it for dinner with some soy sauce, I ate that and then finished cleaning up the place until it was 6:30pm and I started walking over to the Catholic Center for Good Friday mass. When I got there, I saw a few people including Mercurius and the head acolyte from the mass with the Archbishop there discussing how to do mass differently from the standard masses. Eventually the Honduran came out and all four of us discussed some stuff related to religion before we went in to be seated. A pleasant surprise for today was seeing Zephyr come in when she hadn't in a long time so I told her about me serving as acolyte for the Friday masses and she confirmed that she didn't attend the Tuesday masses because she had class then, no mention of Asherah at all. I complimented Zephyr on her earring and then the mass had started, the Honduran had sat next to me and after the introit (which Gabriel was singing for) he asked me:
"Wait, do I go up for the readings immediately after we all sit down?"
I replied to him:
"I think so"
And we then sat down and I saw him go up, I gave him two thumbs up while he was doing it and after the Gospel acclamation he gave a homily talking about the Triduum and him showing that he studied Latin, he talked about the feet washing that were to happen and just before that I realized that there were only 11 people sitting up in the front row, 1 for each of the Apostles after Judas betrayed them: Simon Peter son of Jonah, Andrew son of Jonah, James son of Zebedee, John the Evangelist, Philip, Nathanael bar Tholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Jude, and Simon the Zealot. I then realized that I should go up to be the Matthias of the group and I sat all the way on the left. While I was waiting for the thing, this middle aged lady went up to sit with the foot-washing group and I noticed that she had brownish-yellow toenails and I felt so sad for the priest, I got my right foot washed and then once the foot washing was done for everyone. We did the Our Father prayer and this girl I ended up standing next to motioned for me to hold her hand for it.
Once the mass was done at 8:20pm, said bye to Mercurius, the Honduran, Zephyr, and even Markus and walked home, I finished up packing and at 9:00pm my dad said that he was there, I asked him where but it turns out he accidentally stopped at the Catholic center because he didn't get the memo that I went back home, he drove there and then I loaded up my stuff and went home. On the ride home he said that grandma Jane, Thing Alpha, Thing Beta, Jared, Jean, and grandpa, although my sister wouldn't be at home, we eventually got home at 11:00pm at night and I said hi to my mom and my two cats, I got unpacked and even saw this cool stack of books that was now in my room.
The History of Philosophy thing was super cool because I didn't have much stuff from my mom's grandfather. I then took a shower and went to sleep.
Song of the Day: Joan Crawford - Blue Öyster Cult (1981)
"Hello, I just noticed that there is a burst water pipe in the ceiling above me and it is leaking in front of my bathroom door."
I said.
"Ok wait where did you say the pipe was?"
He asked.
"It appears to run parallel to the bathroom door in the ceiling above it."
I elaborated.
"I'm pretty familiar with the piping of the floor plan, and I know that there isn't a pipe that runs where you said it does, so in the meantime just put a bucket and some towels under it." He told me.
I took his advice and then went to the coffee shop, when I entered the building where it was located. He told me that he talked to the resident upstairs and she said she had a kitchen overflow, which explained the water dripping through, but at least it's stopped by now. I then got to the coffee shop and drank my coffee for a while until Bible study started. More people showed up at Bible study for this week's meeting, including Kaitlin, than for last week. I managed to stay as long as I could until I had to leave for German class. I walked over to German class and I had a good time. I did some of the partner activities with Quentin and did well until I left. I first encountered Macie on my walk back home and said hi to her and she said hi back. The next person that I encountered was Quoc when he said:
"Call me if you need to discuss anything in particular!"
I thanked him and then went home to play some more before I had to head back for my lab at 2:30pm. I then got in and we didn't actually have to do any programming today which was super nice and I got done with the assignment in just under 30 minutes. So I walked home and started packing up to head back home for Easter. I got all my dirty laundry thrown into my giant suitcase and then put a bunch of stuff in my backpack before I made myself some of the stir-fry rice with tiny shrimp in it for dinner with some soy sauce, I ate that and then finished cleaning up the place until it was 6:30pm and I started walking over to the Catholic Center for Good Friday mass. When I got there, I saw a few people including Mercurius and the head acolyte from the mass with the Archbishop there discussing how to do mass differently from the standard masses. Eventually the Honduran came out and all four of us discussed some stuff related to religion before we went in to be seated. A pleasant surprise for today was seeing Zephyr come in when she hadn't in a long time so I told her about me serving as acolyte for the Friday masses and she confirmed that she didn't attend the Tuesday masses because she had class then, no mention of Asherah at all. I complimented Zephyr on her earring and then the mass had started, the Honduran had sat next to me and after the introit (which Gabriel was singing for) he asked me:
"Wait, do I go up for the readings immediately after we all sit down?"
I replied to him:
"I think so"
And we then sat down and I saw him go up, I gave him two thumbs up while he was doing it and after the Gospel acclamation he gave a homily talking about the Triduum and him showing that he studied Latin, he talked about the feet washing that were to happen and just before that I realized that there were only 11 people sitting up in the front row, 1 for each of the Apostles after Judas betrayed them: Simon Peter son of Jonah, Andrew son of Jonah, James son of Zebedee, John the Evangelist, Philip, Nathanael bar Tholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Jude, and Simon the Zealot. I then realized that I should go up to be the Matthias of the group and I sat all the way on the left. While I was waiting for the thing, this middle aged lady went up to sit with the foot-washing group and I noticed that she had brownish-yellow toenails and I felt so sad for the priest, I got my right foot washed and then once the foot washing was done for everyone. We did the Our Father prayer and this girl I ended up standing next to motioned for me to hold her hand for it.
Once the mass was done at 8:20pm, said bye to Mercurius, the Honduran, Zephyr, and even Markus and walked home, I finished up packing and at 9:00pm my dad said that he was there, I asked him where but it turns out he accidentally stopped at the Catholic center because he didn't get the memo that I went back home, he drove there and then I loaded up my stuff and went home. On the ride home he said that grandma Jane, Thing Alpha, Thing Beta, Jared, Jean, and grandpa, although my sister wouldn't be at home, we eventually got home at 11:00pm at night and I said hi to my mom and my two cats, I got unpacked and even saw this cool stack of books that was now in my room.
The History of Philosophy thing was super cool because I didn't have much stuff from my mom's grandfather. I then took a shower and went to sleep.
Song of the Day: Joan Crawford - Blue Öyster Cult (1981)
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