 Road to #strangeloop On the eve of the talk, I sit at a table half-awake before what is to become sleepless night number four, 2 hours in waiting for my first real meal since leaving Victoria to arrive, blatter is coming down hard on this very loud, and very understaffed, and only available vegetarian place within walking distance from the hotel. And, my voice is gone, I can't speak. It wasn't one big mistake that fucked me this time, it was a thousand little oversights or expectations. 28 comments
I had also assumed that the venue would carry palatable vegan options, or that I could cook my own. After missing the Strange Loop meal service twice in a row, due to talk scheduling conflicts, I managed to queue long enough to acquire the remaining scoop of utterly awful vegan soup, and then returned to stealing whole fruits from the gym and eating them in my room, which I was content with. The problem that wasn't apparent at first was that eating sweets all day kept me up all night. Despite these mistakes in preparing properly for the road leading to the talk, I managed to show up on stage on time, give an (hopefully) entertaining presentation at Strange Loop 2023. I'd love to give a special thank to @jack for the tea that brought my voice back, and @jcmorrow to let me borrow their laptop and install Uxn on it for the presentation. Also, I learnt how to cook instant noodles with a clothing iron, which was pretty neat. @jack yeah, that was way too long a gap! My eyes are set on making it to the atlantic 🤫  @d6 same! these are exactly what my policies are!! you would have been fucked at strange loop haha @avi @d6 hahaha, don't you dare bosai me young man! But yeah, next time I'm bringing the whole Ōryōki, with the kettle, a pouch of rice, a cast iron pot to make a fire in, I don't care, a little axe, I'll make some kindling from the furniture and make myself a small fire to roast some persimon, fuck @CodingItWrong @jack @jcmorrow I'm glad to hear :) that's making it well worth the little troubles ✊ @xChaos Nasázíte do termosky ingredience, zalijete vroucí vodou, zavřete a termoska vaří za vás. Těstoviny, rýže to je za 10-15 min. Polévka trvá déle, protože nakrájená zelenina (mrkev, celer, petržel, brambory) je potřeba nechat "povařit déle. A čím déle ji necháte, tím je vývar hutnější.  @neauoire Years ago I gave a nervous tech talk with a cold, a stupid hat, a broken heart, an upset stomach, a co-presenter who flaked, and following a morning walk where I stepped in dogshit. It was a huge mess. I think people enjoyed it nonetheless. I'm sure you did absolutely great, and I'm sure you had a nerve-wracking adventure that tested you in a million ways. I hope whatever's next is chill and restorative.  @neauoire Respect to you for doing your presentation in the face of all this. :tealheart: |
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I normally am a really careful planner when it comes to giving these sorts of technical talks, you wouldn't catch me going out the night before.
I had assumed that the train would either carry the one vegetarian meal on the menu, or accommodate. After a first day of eating cold bread loaves with margarine, an altercation with an uncompromising attendant on the second day, I managed to secure myself a "Steamed Russet Potato A-la Tomato Sauce", for the third day aboard.