Beginning

It has been a tough and often depressing summer year unit_of_time. While I have some ideas of things I would like to write about, I’ve also been feeling really unmotivated every time I try. A lot of it is the shitshow that is the world these days. I feel like it has sapped my creativity, inspiration, and joy that I usually get from writing or tinkering on this corner of the web. Still, the ideas bounce around and I’m not ready to quit. I’ll borrow from Sam Reich and just begin with some recent things. “The only way to learn is by playing. The only way to win is by learning. And the only way to begin is by beginning.” — Sam Reich on Game Changer Last week I got ramen with Joe. It’s always good to catch up, commiserate, and complain (positive). Unintended alliteration. I took a picture of this street art outside the ramen place. The character looked familiar but I couldn’t place it. I did some searching and found it’s Pompompurin, a character from the Hello Kitty company. Better yet, I…