Emchap's Shit from the Internet 08/24/22 š
I put in notice at my job, and my last day is this Friday; Iām excited to have a few weeks off before Iām on to the next thing. Itās a weird emotional thing like quitting most jobs is, because I think I made the right call but of course I will miss the majority of my coworkers, and am very sad about that, and about the difficulties that my leaving will place on them (not to overinflate my own importance, but thereās just always something that doesnāt get fully taken care of).
Iāll be taking two weeks off (including, most likely, from this newsletter) and then will be kicking off a new sales engineering gig. (Which is what I do when not writing this.) Iām excited to rest and take care of a few house projects and maybe bake a fancy cake at some point if itās not too hot. Onwards and upwards.
Shit to read
This interview about idleness prompted me to finally subscribe to The Idler after several years of paying attention to them on and off; some parts of the magazine are very frustrating (why are they encouraging investment in Bitcoin for anarchist reasons and not mentioning any of the valid criticisms of that stance), but others are nice (a lovely essay about IPAs), and I look forward to future issues. It felt correct to read the magazine in the worker-owned bar by my house.
I agree with like 80% of whatās in this article about how sometimes personal stress is not best handled on a practical level as being tied back to systemic issues. Capitalism is bad but sometimes you should also break up with your boyfriend.
I liked this good, sad poem from a woman who wrote a book that was on my schoolās seventh grade reading list.
Shit to eat
Buy a better blender.
Freeze a banana.
Take that banana and put it in the new blender, along with protein powder, fiber supplement (hot), dairy milk (moo), and a handful of your greens of choice.
Blend that sucker, and enjoy how much better it is than with your previous, worse blender.
Shit to listen to
Yes obviously I am charmed by āSame Old Country Love Songā, I am absolutely the audience for it.
Shit to buy
Obsessed with this skirt.
This is the blender, and it fucking rules.