day's stream

Slow day passed by quick today. Woke up a little early around 7:45, got ready quick enough. Breakfast at 8:30. Turkey mustard lettuce avocado sandwich. Coffee at 11:30. Not much S. Ship of Theseus (SSOT) today, I'm still giving myself elbow room. Spent most of today playing around with the chatbots in Act I of Cyborgism and other language model stuff, though I haven't really loomed today. A little bit more X than I should've, maybe an hour and a half today? Again mostly checking AI and Cyborgism stuff. Rewrote and revised my rant yesterday to be more clear and accurate -- a bit too emotional yesterday. I've still got the juice. Called De Anza financial aid office around 1:05, put on hold for over 50 minutes, got a reassuring albeit kick-the-can-down response from a tired sounding younger lady saying that my financial aid still had to be reviewed per verification so it'll be another 2 weeks, worst case scenario. I won't be kicked out of classes or campus if I don't pay but I still want to keep an eye on the budget. Made some hot green tea but it didn't quite sit right with me after I finished 7/8ths of it. Maybe I drank it on an empty stomach was why. Grandma made stirfried chicken, shrimp, and broccoli and we still had some leftover stuffed bittermelon soup from yesterday. So good. Not much photography today ... with that new macro lens it wouldn't hurt to revitalize my foot shots innit? I'm still in awe of how SHARP it is wide open at f/2.8. Such a stark contrast to the 24-70mm. Canon has actually released a native midrange RF 28-70mm f/2.8 yesterday or the day before which looks like a solid deal when it comes down for Black Friday, but honestly I'm not all that into wide angle on full frame these days (or zoom lenses at all -- just swap to a solid telephoto or get a compact superzoom camera wholesale). Really hard to compose and get subject isolation and if you get too close perspective distortion kicks in. I'd just prefer natural looking perspective, please.