./october 2023

started rewatching Tokimeki Memorial - Action Button Reviews (exciting...)
started listening to and supporting the Código do Caos podcast (educational!)
read This Is How You Lose The Time War (excellent!)
acquired a physical copy of Storytelling With Data (informative!)
watched Vertigo for the first time (merely interesting!)
watched American Psycho for the first time (loved it!)

connecting some tubes, gathering some scrap, and lowering my expectations, I started working on a crude way to translate Tokimeki Memorial
was struck with the idea of making the impossible possible

finally understood why the song is called If You Seek Amy

started accumulating Opinions™ about Baldur's Gate 3™ like a little goblin from the fantasy land of Faerûn accumulates precious items
played 60.3 hours of Baldur's Gate 3™
thanked, but lamented "I don't have time to play Baldur's Gate 3™"
was gifted the game Baldur's Gate 3™, developed and published by the Belgian company Larian Studios

through the screen, through time, through fame and through language, I could see Alex Beachum wink at me... and I winked back
had the best experience with video games in October playing Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye™ with three people

recorded 6 videos of old CD-ROM games in PT-BR

rejoiced with jubilation as I fraternized in person with Portuguese-speaking friends
played A Fake Artist Goes To New York with several friends and had good laughs
went to a house to see several friends
went to another friend's house
went to a friend's house

discovered that not everyone knows what the Monkey's Paw is

was satisfied with my purchase, so satisfied that I wasn't even upset when, writing this sentence, I discovered it's now 300 reais cheaper because of Black November
felt my lower back being massaged
bought a Tecton Flexform™ office chair
became a momentary expert on the subject
with the intention of making a conscious purchase, started watching every possible video about "office chairs"
after starting to feel back pain, decided I needed to stop sitting on a wooden board

started a new treatment, effectively trading "infinite heartburn" for "complete nausea"
went to the gastro
was surprised to discover that, when you do pilates at the same place for more than 1 year, people remember your name
went back to doing pilates
went to the orthopedist

was tempted to abandon earthly pleasures and study the blade (and by study the blade, I mean "study computer science")
made a new friend

realized that working remotely from home had the terrible consequence of making me use Twitter more than I should
spread the word of skavurska
made an announcement looking for lost CD-ROMs (which got me absolutely no new CD-ROMs)
made a crossword puzzle
made three mascot battles

had the scariest experience of the last few months

Dell attendant: "Good afternoon, my name is Aline, how can I help you?"
Me: "Good afternoon Aline! So, I was living my life, sitting at the computer, when suddenly I start hearing a noise like: 'FSSSS', like air escaping from an aluminum can, you know? And then I got nervous, right, because I thought it was my new gamer desktop PC that was exploding or something, but then I looked at the floor, and it was actually the POWER SUPPLY of my Dell notebook charger that was making the noise. Not only that but it was also releasing a substance that I don't know if it was a voluminous white liquid or a very thick white smoke, which was slowly spreading across the floor..."
[Long conversation about mysterious charger incident ensues]
Aline: "I understand Vinícius. I was talking to the technical team now, and given your charger version, there's absolutely no liquid inside it that could have leaked."
Me: "..."
Aline: "..."
Me: "Aline this is kind of strange"
Aline: "Yeah Vinícius"

could see the light at the end of the tunnel
reading the review, was amazed at what, in academic terms, amounts to rolling a 20 on a d20
received the review of an article

won the argument and we lost an experiment from our paper (we need to invent another one)
demonstrated, to the sadness of everyone present (including myself), that I was correct
a Spanish friend told me something was technically impossible, and that I was wrong

had all my opinion about artificial image generation questioned after seeing a single rabbit

October! First complete month in Brazil. What to say?

In general, everything's fine! Working a lot, finishing the PhD, being nerdsniped here and there between Tokimeki Memorials and Baldur's Gate 3. Reuniting with friends, getting my health in order, watching movies with my parents... I have little to complain about. It was the typical month I spent in Brazil before traveling: 99% of the time in my room, working or tinkering with my personal projects. And honestly? I can't stand being here anymore!! I spend so much time at the computer that my wrists started hurting!! My body is asking for help!! Look at the photos on the side of this page -- I don't even have a proper photo to show!! I'm going to start going to the gym in November now, but I don't know if it will solve all my problems -- the fact is I was used to a type of routine in Spain (read: commuting every day to work with friends and living with silvia) and now I have a completely different type of routine (read: staying at home all day and living with my parents). Meeting my friends was great but at the same time it made me sad for not being able to do it more often. I feel like something is going to explode soon, and I can't wait. But other than that everything's fine!

Echoes of the Eye so good tho...

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