Notes
Printed A Couple Photos - Jun 21, 2022
Today we got a couple of our pictures (street photography) printed and put in frames. They look so cool there!
We hope to print more in the future, so we can keep rotating them from time to time.
Finished A Book, Starting A Book - Jun 6, 2022
Finished reading Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz, something I picked up on a whim while browsing at Indigo.
Now starting A Rip Through Time by Kelley
Armstrong, which I decided to preorder because it's a time travel mystery described as Outlander meets The Alienist
Quote: Anatomy, A Love Story - May 27, 2022
Do not play games with your future. It permits the possibility of losing.
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
Quote: Shortcuts And Learning - May 27, 2022
These days people want to improve overnight, so when they hear they have to dedicate a year before achieving results, they get scared.
Little do they know: if they practice without technique, they will get further and further away from achieving good results. By the time they reach old age, they have failed to learn anything.
If you use proper technique to practice, you can actually count the days that it takes to improve. After a year you will have reached a high level of shooting.
How is this not a shortcut?
ā Gao Ying, in The Way of Archery [1637], as translated by Justin Ma & Jie Tian
From: ButWhatFor? Four for Friday | No. 038
Reading One Piece: Finished Skypiea Arc - Apr 25, 2022
Today I finished reading One Pieceās Skypiea arc, getting to chapter 302! I had stopped last week at around 240, so that means 60 chapters in a day. Pretty good!
I enjoyed this arc. It got me really curious about whatās going to happen next, and to know more about the worldās mysteries.
Reading Courage To Be Disliked - Apr 21, 2022
As per my reading goals for April, I started reading The Courage To Be Disliked by by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga.
I donāt usually read self-help, but this one seems cool, and is very psychology and philosophy oriented. One interesting thing about it is that itās written as a conversation between someone and a philosopher.
I just finished the first chapter - about 30 pages in - and so far Iām enjoying it.
German Updates: Back Again After a Pause - Apr 19, 2022
Last time I posted was March 30, when I reached 550 words on Speakly. It took me a bit longer to get the next 50 words, but here I am!!
Reading One Piece: Laboom The Whale - Apr 13, 2022
Iām not cryingā¦ definitely not crying
Gamers! Light Novel Arrived - Apr 7, 2022
I bought the Gamers! Light Novel in German so Iāll have a goal and an incentive to study. Itās good because itās an anime that I liked, and the LN is not available in English, and I think chances are pretty small.
Finished A Cozy Mystery Book - Apr 1, 2022
Tarnished and Torn (A Witchcraft Mystery, #5)
As the owner of a popular vintage clothing store, Lily Ivory can enjoy a day of antique jewelry shopping and still call it work. But as o...
Itās been a long while since Iāve read a cozy mystery, but today I finished the 5th book in the Witchcraft Mystery series. Itās a fun read as usual.
German Update - Mar 30, 2022
Very slow week last week, and still trying to catch up on the energy for studying. But this week Iāll make sure to do at least the 10 new words each day, which is my goal.
Updated Reading Stats - Mar 21, 2022
My first 10 weeks of this year (up to last week). Itās not A LOT, but itās good enough for me!
A few notes on the weeks I have a lot of pages/chapters:
For books, I read a lot more when I was reading the first 2 books in the Silo trilogy (still need to read #3), and Sawkill Girls.
For manga, the 102 chapters week was basically Sakamoto Days + Kaiju No. 8. About 50 chapters each. And then last week I read a few Gal Gohan volumes and some One Punch Man!
Just another day - Mar 11, 2022
Today work wasnāt being very productive, but my wife and I decided to go to an early dinner on a sushi place nearby that we like. We had smoked salmon, mango and some veggie gyozas, along with Asahi beer and tea.
On our way back, a quick stop at Nordstrom to walk around a bit, and then, when arriving home, a beautiful and smiling samoyed was sniffing me, and after I continued walking, he (or she? seemed like a male) kept looking at me instead of walking. THAT WAS SO CUTE!!! Even the owner was like... what?
Now, time for a bit of What We Do In The Shadows, maybe start playing the Triangle Strategy demo or read One Punch Man.
Reading One Punch Man - Mar 10, 2022
After a long time, Iām continuing reading One Punch Man. I read the first 47 chapters in 2020 and then stopped, but I guess now I was in the mood for it again, after reading about 50 chapters of Sakamoto Days and Kaiju No. 8.
And now I finally saw the monster that was showing up on my Twitter feed when she debuted on the manga.
400 German Words - Mar 2, 2022
Got a great week last week, and even though I didnāt study much on Sunday (or at all Yesterday), Iām happy to be making progress again.
German Updates :) - Feb 27, 2022
This week I got to 350 German words learned on Speakly. Hooray!
And today I was listening to a bit of German music, and when this song played. Since I love it, specially on this video, I decided to try to follow the lyrics. And hey, I was actually able to understand a bit of the first verse, and the first 2 lines of the bridge. Thatās so cool!
Du hast mich nie darum gebeten,
ich weiĆ, ich weiĆ, ja ich weiĆ.
Es tut dir leid, oder auch nicht,
keine Ahnung, was weiĆ ich schon.
Es war alles umsonst,
Aber is' okay, es ist okay fĆ¼r mich.you never asked me
i know i know yes i know
you're sorry or not
no idea, what do I know.
It was all in vain
But it's okay, it's okay for me.
Denn du warst sĆ¼Ć wie Honig in meinem Kaffee
PrƤsent in meinem Kopf von frĆ¼h bis spƤt.
Viel zu spƤt hab ich gecheckt:
GƤb's nen Wettbewerb fĆ¼r Idioten
hƤtt' ich haushoch gewonnen.'Cause you were sweet as honey in my coffee
Present in my mind from dawn to dusk.
I checked much too late:
There's a competition for idiots
I would have won hands down.
My 2022 Reading Stats So Far - Feb 17, 2022
Shift (Silo, #2)
In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots small...
This is how my year has been so far regarding reading. I read way more after I arrived back in Vancouver and was reading Shift, the second book in the Silo trilogy.
Also, yesterday I finished Broken by Jenny Lawson, and itās very good. And now I need to find something else to read. Maybe Sawkill Girls? Or more nonfiction? Iāll decide soon, I guess!
Reading Manga - Feb 14, 2022
Today I caught up with Spy X Family, which I had stopped on chapter 53, and started Sakamoto Days. Read a couple chapter and so far enjoyed it.
I was planning on reading Jujutsu, Black Clover or My Hero Academia, but itās good to read some comedy.
The Serpent OST Record - Feb 13, 2022
Yesterday I received the OST for The Serpent, a show I enjoyed a lot and that has a great soundtrack. My wife and I binged the show, and I listened to the soundtrack during most of the time I was reading The Lighthouse Witches.
I pre-ordered it a long time ago and the release was postponed so many times I though I was not going to get it anymore. But Iām happy itās here now. And it looks BEAUTIFUL!
You can see the trailer here and listen to the soundtrack here.
Studying German - Feb 12, 2022
Finally got to 300 words on Speakly and moved to Beginner II level. Iām really enjoying this app, as it gives you words based on the most used words in real life scenarios, instead of giving a dozen words from a different category each time.
The phrases are also more meaningful and realistic, so Iām probably keep using it to slowly build vocabulary, since I donāt have a lot of time and energy for more focused study and longer sessions.
How to use Twitter - Feb 10, 2022
Today I saw a post titled How To Use Twitter, which has some interesting thoughts on how to improve the Twitter experience. And I guess the most important thing is not using the main timeline, but instead relying on the lists feature.
Itās really a letdown that to have a good experience on the platform we should avoid the main user experience they are offering, but I guess thatās the only way of really avoiding so many suggestions, likes and topics.
Itās still doesnāt solve my gripe with having my likes to myself, but thatās maybe ok for now.
The article: https://lee-phillips.org/howtotwitter/
This HackerNews comment (and following thread) also gives some indication that yeah, trying to mark those suggestions as ānot interestedā is not gonna help in the long run, but just make Twitter suggest worse content every time https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30271837
My Band Playlists - Feb 8, 2022
This Saturday night I was listening to some songs that reminded me of my bands back in Brazil. Since I donāt use Spotify anymore and have migrated to Youtube Music, I decided to recreate my playlists there.
I never finished those playlists on Spotify, so Iāll see if someday I find the setlists so I can have complete playlists there. I also want to create setlist for other bands Iāve played with, and also my big band. But thatās for another time. They are both below:
Figure Skating 2022 - Feb 4, 2022
Itās kinda crazy how I got totally sucked in watching figure skating for the first time 12 years ago in Brazil, during Vancouver Olympics. And now here I am in Vancouver, watching the 2022 figure skating.
Now with Notes - Feb 4, 2022
This is a first note to test this new feature I added! Just to have some quick thoughts that I can add to Notion and get it published here!
