Random Rants
5.25.26
Happy Sunday (Monday) reset. No work for Memorial day. Went to the lake house this weekend with the fam and the bestie. It was such a nice break. Weather wasn't great, but we still were able to go on the boat and chill. I also did some open water swimming. Literally my first time swimming all year. Now I'm back in the apartment and doing my laundry and getting ready for the week. We finally have some testing/coding stuff to do at work, so I'm excited to go back. Hopefully it will be interesting.
5.21.26
Bored at work again. Hopefully this is the last day of boredom, though, before we’re assigned some tasks. Why is it always men that pass on their name and name their boys “something Junior” or whatever? What if I had a girl and named her Taylor Junior. Or even better I have a boy and name him Taylor Junior and then everyone will think he has a dad named Taylor when really it’s just his badass mom. Also wouldn’t it be weird to call your kid by their name that’s actually your name? Maybe I’ll get a pet and name it Taylor. I want to get a pet and name it like a really human name. Like Todd. Or Chris.
5.20.26
Anotha day anotha dolla. Not much to update. Work has been good. We’re just reading some project documents for now and getting up to
speed. Very chill.
I finally set up my Zwift in the apartment and I rode yesterday. I’ll see what my brother is doing after work. Might hit the gym or
just relax. I need to get running, but I’m not really sure where. Maybe I’ll just treadmill for now. I keep thinking about that girl
who was stabbed to death in broad daylight when running in Atlanta recently. I’ll probably just stick to the treadmill and Parkrun
for now while I’m still figuring out a schedule at least. I want to look into swimming as well. Hopefully I can get a GT student pass
since I’m interning. They have a nice pool and a rock wall gym that looks fun.
I’ve been doing well overall. God bless my brother for cooking dinners. I’m doing my best to eat well and pack good lunches. Anyways,
that’s all for now.
I also want to say this: holy AI. These people are not ready for my take that generative AI is ruining the world. That it’s making us
stupider and absolutely obliterating the environment. I don’t think there’s been a 30 minute stretch of someone not mentioning Claude
or GPT or whatever. And the worst part is that companies everywhere are encouraging the use of AI. Granted, I do think people’s
opinions on AI are very polarized. I think AI in general can certainly be useful in many fields, but generative AI should have never
been a thing marketed to the general public imo. You should not be using AI to write your grocery list or do your homework. I keep
hearing “oh I just use it for busy work.” Not all homework is busy work. If you’re using AI to do your “busy work” and then failing
exams, complaining that they’re too hard and not like the homework? Put the pieces together. I’m not going to pretend that I’ve never
used any generative AI. For one, it comes up whenever you use Google, and for two, it’s been required in some classes before. I’ve
also used it recreationally years ago before I was more educated, and arguably before AI platforms were as evil as they are today.
That’s my rant. Use less AI and more of your brain! You are smart!
5.19.26
I wanted to start a journal for when I’m bored or just have some down time at work. I also like typing on my keyboard so this gives
me an excuse to type instead of just reading documents. Anyways. Today is our second day. I’ve been enjoying myself. My experience
is already so much better than the last time I worked here two summers ago. There are a lot more interns and the intern room where
all our desks are has been renovated and looks super nice. I have a nice desk with two monitors and some drawers and cabinets. Pretty
snazzy. Our first day (referring to my brother and I) went really smoothly. We got set up on everything and got our badges. Today we
are just familiarizing ourselves more with what we’ll be working on. Basically, the gist of what we’re doing is working to help
automate different software testing. I am excited to see what all it will entail.
Overall, the environment is great. Very laid back and pretty informal, which I appreciate because it takes off some of the pressure
and anxiety that comes with starting a new job. Yesterday we went to the gym after work which I actually enjoyed. Usually I am just
so tired after a long day of school or work that I just want to go home and nap, but I was actually feeling pretty happy and energized
yesterday. It helps that my brother is here and his girlfriend will be staying with us for a little while. I hope to get back into running
and other triathlon stuff later this week or next week. I want to get acclimated first and check out any routes and trails. There’s a
Parkrun close so hopefully I’ll do that most Saturdays. I want to do morning workouts but I’m not going to push myself if I find that I’m
really tired. Just going with the flow.
Right now, we’re pretty settled in. Everything is unpacked in our short-term apartment we’re staying at in Atlanta and it’s in a
great location. Very convenient for errands and the drive to work is less than 15 minutes even with Atlanta traffic. No complaints.
All I need to focus on now is getting into a good routine and making sure I don’t slack on my one online class I’m taking. But
overall, the summer is off to a great start.
Starting over (5.7.26)
I am starting over with this cite. I made it summer 2023 as I was doing jack at my internship. And then I got busy and forgot
about it. Anyways. Blank slate starting now.
Life update! Last spring semester of my senior year at UF just ended. I have a couple easy classes to take this summer and then I'm
free. Next year I have grad school at UF for a year and then who knows what after that. Let's hope my internship this summer goes
okay. It's the same position as my last one, but hopefully I'll have more to do and am not bored out of my mind. And let's hope I
didn't just jinx myself by saying that.
As for races planned, I am running the Peachtree 10k again. Very excited. I am getting back into working out after being in the
trenches all semester. I want to do another Ironman 70.3 this year. Hopefully the North Carolina one since I haven't done that one
yet. I want to write a blog about my full Ironman experience last year. Truly the best weekend of my life. I want to do another
full sometime but not until I'm out of school and making real money.
That's all I can really think to write right now. I am going to try to post more regularly on here. Will probably rant about social
media and the political and economic state of the world and whatever. Better to get my thoughts out rather than stew and make
myself more depressed.
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