We're leaving the christmas lights up til January just like in that Taylor Swift song. This is our place and we make the rules etc. Lover came out in 2019?? I could've sworn I listened to it as a kid but maybe I'm thinking of wildest dreams. I was only 16 in 2019 but it feels like part of recent history cuz that's when I started college.

In 2024 I made a questionaire for myself from 2026. This was in my second-to-last year of college. I was so scared to graduate and start what I thought of as the 'dark years' of my life. Little did I know college was the dark years and they were about to be over.

Q1: Are you a software engineer yet?

Ya!!!! (officially junior programmer) (The question was really about whether I got a job in the programming field)

Q2: Who won the election in 2024?

:(

Q3: Do you still have a buzzcut?

ya

Q4: Have you found love yet? (not that I care)

no but I still don't care... I don't know why I asked this

Q5: Most important: how much money do yo u have??

$9,500.46

Q6: Did you ever finish that pokemon adventures fanfic? If not shame on you

no but im still gonna...

Q7: Is your life better?

ya

I've been thinking about all the ways life is just like when I was a kid. The snow outside at night looks just like it used to and so do the christmas lights.

I am renting a house with my friends?? Crazy. I have my own room in it. It's like living at college but the meals are not magically there and there are no people screaming outside my room. I am independant adult but I think I will die of old age still not feeling like one. I have not been fired from my job for being bad at coding so I should probably stop worrying about that. I think my autistic whimsy has won them over so they will keep me as moral support regardless of my skill level.

This is my room so far:

My sister brought her Flipper Zero home and this time we were able to write to my chip and read it! So it's all working. But so far I haven't been able to get it to light up using the readers at work. Maybe they're just too weak or have a design that's not very compatible? Or maybe they will start working once the swelling is completely gone. It has only been a week. Also the readers do work with the test LED that comes with the kit, so I'm not giving up hope on them yet. (edit: I'm just stupid the LED is tied to the nfc chip which is not the one that works with the door. It was working the whole time I just didn't realize. Also I am not allowed to use it to open the doors I have been told. But this may change in the future.)

I uploaded the video of my chip injection to youtube so here it is! It does have me putting a large needle in my hand so don't watch it if you don't wanna see that!

I successfully injected my microchip! The injection went smoothly and wasn't too hard. It's healing well so far. I was able to write a website url to the chip using the TagWriter app and read it with my phone. Other people's phones had various degrees of success reading the chip. I want to continue experimenting with different phones to see which ones work best. Kinda embarassing to say HEY SCAN MY HAND!! and then nothing happens.

For the side that can be used to copy key cards, I haven't been able to write to it so far. This is likely to be caused by swelling, and it sounds like it's common for it to take a few weeks for the chip to become fully useable. I'm confident that I installed it at the right depth so I don't think that's causing the issue. I do find it weird that the range of the NFC chip seems great while the other one is undetectable. We shall see over the next few weeks though!

Soooon I am going to inject myself with a microchip!! It's the NExT v2 chip from Dangerous Things. It does both low and high frequency and has an LED. I will be able to have it act as a key card and trigger an NFC event on devices that support that.

After careful consideration and research, I think I'll be able to inject it myself. The placement is the area between the thumb and index finger, and I'm doing it in my left hand so I can inject it with my right hand. I think my chances of success are high!

I don't recomend that anyone do this! I can't wait!!!!

Uhh what the title says. A few months ago I graduated college and got a job. Lifelong dreaded event... But lo and behold it was actually bearable beyond my wildest dreams. I put on my silly outfit every day and go type on my computer with breaks to play pool and/or go on walks with puppies. I somehow got hired to a company that is full of dogs and whimsy. I am part of the FOOLS committee and my jester hat is popular. I also get to use "friday afternoon playtime" to work on this website.

I will say something I never understood until I got out of college is WHY I disliked college work. I thought it was just that I hate being forced to do anything. But really it was because my projects weren't getting used and weren't benefitting anyone. Back then I never would have named that as a reason why I didn't like the work. Now my work either helps my fellow employees or our customers and aparently that makes my brain think it's good or something. Weird...

I set up my blog page finally yay!

I've been watching a lot of decluttering videos lately and getting excited to clean up my parents' house before I move out. I need to buy a few things like organizers for paper and storage for kitchen appliances. But they need to get rid of a bunch of stuff and they're very afraid of doing so. The house just is not big enough for all the stuff they have.

I got a bunch of patches at a queer art festival that I am adding to my vest!