Week Notes 2025-10
Week Notes for March 3-9
Things this week
- My birthday was this past Wednesday! I turned 41. I took the day off, and so did my wife, as she took off on a work trip the next day.
- I forgot again - I share the same birthday with Ross Brown, AKA The Brown Knowser
- I had a great day. We had no plans beyond a 12pm gym appointment with our personal trainer. I played some video games (see below), and did some major work on my diamond art project. Then we went out for dinner!
- I worked on my diamond art project. As of Friday night it's almost finished - then I can finally move on to another project. Most likely a LEGO set.
- On Friday I ordered some non-alcoholic beer from a local shop that specializes in non-alcoholic versions of beer and wine and spirits etc. I got two of my favourites (Sober Carpenter's Black IPA) and some new ones. I drank two of them already and I intend to write a review. I need to do it fast while the flavour is fresh, because I only bought one of each can of what I drank.
Health Notes
- I was perhaps a little optimistic that I got back on the calorie logging horse last weekend. I started strong on Monday, but faltered on Tuesday. For Birthday Wednesday I just didn't bother.
- Still haven't got back to it. Will try again Monday morning.
- Friday morning I woke up with a nasty headache and felt like I had to throw up. It took me a while to wake up, but I eventually pushed through it. I don't know what brought it on - too much bad food the night before?
Media
- I started playing Star Trek Online - I guess this was a PS4 title? Anyway it was free to "purchase" so I got it a couple weeks ago. I finally played it this week and in my first TOS mission I had a great red shirt experience. On point game. Apparently the game takes you to Deep Space Nine at some point...so I guess I'm playing STO now.
- I've taken to uploading gameplay recordings to my YouTube channel. It started as a means to an end to embed a video in a post about my first impressions of the PS5, and probably my next video is going to be used for a similar purpose: Home Runs in MLB The Show Beginner Mode. Perhaps I may continue to upload random videos!
- I briefly toyed with the idea of streaming only Canadian music out of some misguided feeling of patriotism. I can't do it. There's just so much good music out there that spans nationality. Plus it doesn't seem right to punish those who aren't responsible for what's going on.
- HOWEVER I did browse exclusively Canadian music on Bandcamp for Bandcamp Friday. I was pleased to find out Dan Mangan has a new album coming out to pre-order - so that was an immediate buy for me; the only decision was vinyl vs. CD for a physical copy. I opted for the vinyl, so that'll be a nice treat in the mail!
- I watched Woman of the Hour, Anna Kendrick's directorial debut. It was just OK. Kendrick didn't bring anything really special to either the director's chair or as an actor in the film, but it looked good.
- I spent the weekend listening to a bunch of CDs on full random, 5 at a time in the CD changer. Once again I'm reminded that Sloan's best-of album, A Sides Win, is really good.
Tech & Blog Stuff
- I decided to give Niagara Launcher a go on my phone. I like Samsung OneUI, but I figured trying something different can't hurt. I'll try to give it 7 days, at least (that's Niagara's recommendation).
- Photos for this week's photography composition challenge are taken, I just need some time to edit them before sharing. Will do that Monday, probably.
Things I Made This Week
Links
Just some things I've read online that interested me and I didn't get around to writing about them.
- try the year compass! | dearmishmash - I don't think I'm going to try it myself, but a cool concept.
- The fear of being seen - I relate to this so much! I feel so self-conscious whenever I take photos - even when it's not of people.