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6:00 arrive / remove shoes
6:15 pizza council convenes
6:30 Fellowship begins
8:10 intermission · no side quests
Cozy, rich, and very “everyone asks for seconds.”
Method
Sauce, noodles, ricotta, repeat.
Bake 375° for 45 min, rest 10.
desert track, big ramp
keeps hopping after landing
“Come with me if you want to lift.”Arnold
| day | lift | target | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon | Upper Body | 45 min |
| 2 | Wed | Legs + Core | 50 min |
| 3 | Friday | Full Body | 40 min |
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the run, friday
home: ask dad
cafe: coffee123
mom’s house: taped under the router
that one bar: ask andre. only andre.
1:17 AMfix everything in your life by 7pm
1:09 AMF = ma · p = mv
g = 9.8 m/s² (not 10!!)
quiz thu · flashcards are in my bag
wren lake, 5am. yes, 5am.
worms > lures. dad is wrong. bring both.
thermos rule: whoever drives, pours
catch count last year: 3 fish, 1 boot, 1 friendship (strengthened)
4:50 AM| day | plan |
|---|---|
| sun | pasta night |
| mon | tacos |
| tue | leftovers (be honest) |
| wed | pasta again |
sunday me cooks so tuesday me can live
the freezer lasagna doesn’t count. that’s emergency lasagna.
shopping list (found it)↗linked it so i stop losing it. growth.
1:11 AM☿ ♀ 🜨 ♂ ♃ ♄ ⛢ ♆
Neptune & Uranus: it rains diamonds down there
Saturn’s rings are younger than sharks. and they’re falling in. enjoy them while they last
Jupiter has no surface. you just… keep sinking
data: the universe. methodology: lying on the roof
11:11 PMpetrichor (rain smell!)
defenestrate (out the window!!)
sonder: everyone’s living a whole life, all at once
vellichor: the smell of old bookshops
use all four in one sentence. become unstoppable.
3:40 PMtried: hunter2
tried: password123
the yogurt lid one??
the sticky note mom “tidied away”
2013 wallet: $4.7M · password: gone forever 🪦
2 of 10 guesses left. no pressure.
2:14 AMit’s okay if today was just showing up. that counts.
the bad day is data, not a verdict.
drink water. go outside. it helps. it really does. 💛
8:04 AMmon · headache · 4 coffees, 0 water
tue · no headache · 6 glasses of water
thu · it’s the water. it was always the water.
conclusion: i am a houseplant with extra steps.
friday: doctor. opening line: “it’s probably nothing” 🩺
9:12 AMreading: ch. 4–6 by friday (currently: page 2 of ch. 1)
working memory: ~7 ± 2 items
spacing beats cramming (Ebbinghaus)testing yourself IS studying
classical = Pavlov, pairing. operant = Skinner, consequences.
correlation ≠ causation. it will be on the exam. it is always on the exam.
paper topic: memory. forgot to submit it.
midterm covers “everything so far.” cool. cool cool cool.
8:57 AMfixed: notes stacked in the wrong order ✅
fixed: a typo in this note about fixing typos
known issue: fan view is too fun. wontfix
if you can read this, the website works 🎉
6:12 PMtwo weeks. three cities. one suitcase.
| days | city |
|---|---|
| 1–5 | Tokyo |
| 6–10 | Kyoto |
| 11–14 | Osaka |
the konbini rulei
oishii: delicious
biiru: beerpronunciation: enthusiastic
budget: yes. see bitcoin note.
9:40 PMoperation: win heist night for once
roles:
1. mastermind: me, obviously
2. distraction: kevin (natural talent)
3. getaway: anya (owns a car)
weak point: the vent. it is always the vent.i
plan B: flip the board, apologize later
8:15 PMallowed: one page. font size: debatable.
| const | value |
|---|---|
| g | 9.81 m/s² |
| c | 3.0×10⁸ m/s |
| h | 6.63×10⁻³⁴ |
the pendulum thingi
if all else fails: dimensional analysis
write smaller.
11:59 PMThe toaster had opinions.
Nobody in the house knew, of course. It kept them to itself, the way appliances do, humming politely while judging the bread.
Gerald bought the cheap bread again. The toaster noticed.i
It began, as most wars do, over crumbs. The counter would never be neutral territory again.
word count: 231
chapter two: the microwave responds.
3:12 AMthe wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) freezes solid every winter.
heart: stopped. breathing: none. ⅔ of it literally ice.
then spring comes… and it just thaws out and hops away.
nature invented the save file.
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Gandalf: marcus. he already talks like that.
Aragorn: dev. it’s the jawline.
Gollum: kevin. kevin doesn’t know yet.
dad wants to be Gimli. fine.
still need someone tall for the Balrog
Anya ✓ · Sam ✓ · Marcus (maybe)
definitely not Kevin
Kevin asked. told him it’s cancelled.
🔔 Tomorrow · 9:00 AM · call jfishin
stop at snack shack for bait + cold drinks
worms 🐛 · sunscreen
cancel free trial (done!!)
water the plant (the real one)
charge literally everything
fix everything in your life by 7pm
1. Return of the King
2. Return of the King
3. Return of the King, extended edition
F = ma · p = mv · W = Fd cosθ
g = 9.8 m/s² (not 10!!)
quiz thu · flashcards are in my bag
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