2026 Week 29 Digest

A short update after a trip to visit family ft. more sci-fi, movies, and Zelda. Took the trip to visit my family over the weekend and now am back and getting back into normal routine. It was a filial piety visit, but for my own enjoyment I had a few goals while I was there that I managed to achieve: See the ocean Walk around and do touristy things Go for a nature walk/hike See the stars Visiting my family is generally a stressful, depressing thing, so now I feel like I need another vacation to get over it. I don't even really want to talk about it, although it's not like it was super traumatic, just tiring and I don't want to think about it any more. However, instead I'm now prepping for another full seven days of work starting Friday. ReadingAfter finishing Rendezvous with Rama I started The Foundation by Isaac Asimov, but the first chunk of pages didn't catch me. So I switched to The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton (1969) which is written like a slightly jazzed up government…