I have finally remembered my password and with that, I think I will finally get back on the
horse and communicate what I want and mean or what so have you.
With the last entry being from November of last year, I feel the need to rush through certain happenings in the
Snail Universe. Trust, that even though they will be brief, they will inject excitement into your daily routine as I walk you through our trials and tribulations
Lately, I have been exploring paper mache sculptures, specifically the Mexican craft of Cartoneria. For my first project I decided to make a little Lupita doll for my chibling billy.
It was my first time in a while making wheat paste glue and constructing something for someone I knew in the immediate future would shriek at its uncanny appearance.
Still, I wanted to go forward and make this little doll, hopefully twenty years down the line would appreciate this little billy doll and document their younger years in an interesting way.
The project went swimmingly, and I would attach pictures of the work-in-progress, though they look like a basement science project being done by someone with a Backwoods backpack.
The doll was appreciated by all, though like I predicted, billy cried at the sight of it like Viktor Frankenstein at the creature.
I am happy with the way it turned out. I hope to make more time to explore what the medium can do.
Stephanie and I went to Santa Cruz to search for Nudibranchs. I believe we searched for two or three hours and right when we were about to give up,
I looked down and saw a nudibranch swimming between my feet! That one must have called his friends and told him I’m friendly because they kept coming.
Stephanie and I were excited, as we had been chasing these little slugs for a year and some change.
The California coast is a beautiful place that deserves more protection than it gets. I believe this to be the case of all ecosystems, especially the Gulf of Mexico, but I digress.
My hip has been feeling somewhat normal, so i have been back to running again.
I haven’t been able to run comfortably for a year and a half. I feel somewhat alive again being able to run, though it’s hard not to think about this being a result of my aging body.
I feel spry though when I get put down by an injury I have noticed the recovery time is much higher than previous.
This is worrisome, and I end up thinking of my own mortality and knowing that I am now a third of my way through this world, I would be lying in saying that I welcome the big transition with open arms.
Lastly, I feel like I am the only rational person in the room being against the use of generative AI at all. In speaking with my peers, I have realized the views we share are only a small minority of people.
It boggles my mind that people rely on AI to write emails and communicate with other people in minor interactions.
It worries me that folks have offloaded this thinking to get to their more demanding tasks, though with those demanding tasks, they still use AI to “generate ideas” or prompts.
Honestly, if you need AI to help you in any way, I think you should be sent to a reeducation facility where they have you run through
logic puzzles and give you a reading level like they do in elementary school. You can not leave until you can read at an eighth grade level.
Other things:
- I been really rockin with Mexican Regaetton. It reminds me of when my parents would bump Wisin y Yandel all the time.
I love being Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano. I think it is the best ever. - I am in a no buy period in which I am self banned from buying any clothes. I can’t help it, I just love expensive garments.
- My Valentines day was nice :3