25-04-2025 ========== NOW... LISTENING TO: my yt music queue DRINKING: plain water READING: way too much calculus test on thurday happened yesterday. i like to think i tried, even though i highly doubt i have passed. skipped a whole ass exercise because "mols per second" and the chemical notation caused me to shut down. ... anyways, it's of no use to be crying over spoiled milk, so i'd rather talk about today. namely, i have a serious programming test today. programming 1 has been a pretty doable class for me, and this test doesn't include loops which is like... a SAVING GRACE? because python's indentation syntax makes loops go from "kind of annoying at times, but ultimately necessary" into "THE FUCKING BANE OF YOUR VERY OWN EXISTENCE" - and i hate that. but whatever. i read verilog code yesterday after being suggested to and kind of understood it after 5 minutes. did so again today and same thing. i am fucking insane. i've also started reading even more than usual - in fact, never have i been juggling as many books as i do now... and it's going surprisingly well. so far these are the ones on my current rotation: - larson calculus: early transcendental functions 5e (nonfiction, for uni) - the art of computer programming, volume 1 (nonfiction, for uni AND leisure) - clean code: a handbook of agile software craftsmanship (nonfiction, for uni - i started this one last night) - before the muses: an anthology of akkadian literature (general compilation of ancient texts, reading it for my scion 2e campaign so i skim over anything that doesnt mention a deity) - popol vuh (mythology, also reading it for my scion 2e campaign) - a comic or two every blue moon ...and that led me to search for productivity videos on how to read textbooks faster - i found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vge9LQIV1bg, and realized i had already started to do the visual aid trick for a while now. its usually a bit hard to get my inner monologue out, but when i use my finger as a pointer its a lot easier for it to shut up for some reason. maybe i just really live off feedback. but anyways, enough talking about my reading habits and the fact that reading code is apparently something i find interesting now. i should pick up the habit of quizzing myself about these things. apparently everyone who gets good grades AND 8 hours of sleep does that.