Spreadsheets are Love: October 2016

I found

• 50 old photos I’d deemed lost (and almost cry over it).
• What I was looking for.
• Yet another website I own (and host) and had completely forgotten about.
• A new way to make time go by faster.

I wrote

• …some things in an interview with the lovely people of JSConf Australia (including fun facts about the best jobs I’ve ever had!)
• “If all else is broken, at least we still got Bey.”
• “lolnope.” (seriously, though)
• “See you in November.”
• About pumpkin soup
• “Romance is dead.”

I watched (or saw)

• Seals
• Fog
• The sunrise
• “And if you want respect, you have to command it, not demand it.” — Iliza Schlesinger (from her latest standup show on Netflix; the whole show is not unproblematic; I liked this section a lot though)
• The new Gilmore girls trailer
• The new Sherlock trailer
• Pachelbel Rant (how did I not know about this?)
• The best Vines. Like this, this, this, this, this, or this one.

I said

• “This time without Balsamic, please.”
• “The furniture sounds great.”
• “Winter is coming.”
• “This is the first time we’re talking on the phone!” – “And haven’t we done well?!”
• “At this point, I’m very happy I’m still able to speak English.”
• “I’m not one to recklessly hate music.”

seal does not approve #builderbonanza2016

A post shared by L. (@_miel) on Oct 17, 2016 at 7:09am PDT

I was

• Watching the pouring rain, waiting for someone in a woolen jacket.
• Sick
• Super annoyed about cancelling things I’d been looking forward to.
• More spontaneous than I thought I could be.
• Calm
• On a bus
• On a horse
• By the sea
• Sick
• By a fireplace
• Waiting for a boat
• Waiting for Tuesday

I did

• Make Pizza at midnight
• Spend one night listening to one Beyoncé song over and over.
• Take a taxi
• Cancel everything
• Not wait for a train
• Start something new
• Set up a new phone
• Realise I bought a new lipstick that smells like gingerbread

???? #builderbonanza2016

A post shared by L. (@_miel) on Oct 18, 2016 at 4:01am PDT

I did…, although it was a bad idea

• not have coffee for 7 days
• not sleep (not on purpose, though)
• Explain German railway system to someone and help them find their train home while being super tired.

I had

• Black tea infused Gin
• Samosas
• Soup
• A good, long cry
• Hot lemon juice with honey
• The most awkward night
• A voice that was 5 levels deeper than usually
• An extraordinary number of conversations about furniture
• A great conversation about being in tech

I read

• How to be human: coping with depression
• The Presumptions of ‘Boyfriend’ Clothes: This kind of studied carelessness is another version of a bespoke suit you can’t afford.
• An Interview with the Only Woman Elon Musk Follows on Twitter
• Why GitHub Finally Abandoned Its Bossless Workplace: The software maker, which once prided itself on a flat corporate environment similar to Valve and Zappos, finds that workers can benefit from a little direction.
• Men, You Can Survive Without Us—Please Try
• This fantastic thread with management advice.

I heard

• “We need a spreadsheet.” – “It makes me so happy that you say that.”
• “Meet me by the Döner Place.”
• “I’d make coffee for you right now.” – “It’s midnight.” – “So what?!”
• “I’m very happy you speak German.”
• A song that a Bar Pianist chose to play for me
• “I love this move of always just showing up.”

I listened to

• Imany – Don’t be so shy
• Fortuna Ehrenfeld – Pony
• Beyoncé – Halo. Forever and always.
• The Slow Show – Ordinariy Lives
• The new albums by Leonard Cohen, Agnes Obel, Kate Tempest, Solange (!)
• Lisa Loeb, for the first time in 15 years

I thought

• About how, in the end, everything always comes down to this one song by The National
• About something with great potential
• About Venn Diagrams
• And music