g33k.dev – Still a cry for help, after all these years

Back… back again… again

Posted on April 5, 2022 - April 5, 2022 by Crane

Wow, so this site is something that I’ve been maintaining off and on for a several years now. Last year I got lazy and let my hosting expire. I thought the content here was lost forever, but turns out my paranoid ability to setup constant backups allowed me to save everything. So here we are, new site, new host, new domain, same WordPress theme in a new color. I’ve probably got some catching up to do here, and holy shit was I a mess when I wrote some of these posts. But here they are. I’ve got about 50 half written posts on the backend that it’s probably better if they never see the light of day.

So I guess consider this a new… old day for this new… old site. RIP Circuit Heap… long live g33k.dev!

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How Do You Do It?

Posted on May 13, 2019 - May 13, 2019 by Crane

“You taught my heart a sense I never knew I had.”

Now that I’ve officially started a blog with a quote from an Emo song, I’m back to officially being a 13 year-old writing on their livejournal. I mean, it’s not that far off to be honest. As you can tell, I’ve recently re-discovered the song “My Heroine” by Silverstein. It’s pretty typical for me to dive super deeply into a song for a while. Looking back through them now I can almost see the emotion I was feeling at the time, and why a particular song resonated with me so deeply.

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Stargazing

Posted on February 25, 2019 - March 12, 2019 by Crane

I have this strange way of looking at my life, where I attempt to find a rhythm, an order or a classification for everything. From the people in my life, to my workload, to my memories. Recently I’ve crossing the streams, so to speak. Trying to find a way to connect completely different classifications.

A teacher of mine once told me that every one of her students represented a different star in her night sky. As new ones came into focus, others faded. There were certain stars in the sky that shone brighter than others, though if you got away from the light pollution of the city, you could see the galaxy in all of it’s splendor.

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Guitar Lessons

Posted on January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2019 by Crane

Something I discussed in my last post was that I’m learning guitar. I’m not going to go back and read that part of the last post so I can expand on what I wrote, I’m just going to go ahead and let flow right here. My shopping habits are strange. I spend too much time on slickdeals, and I end up seeing things there, and wanting them. I’m getting better about not Just buying things from there, but it’s still something I’m working on. A while ago, I saw an acoustic guitar pop up on the front page from Adorama.

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Finally Resolute

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Crane

So, that last post was intended to be a retrospect of the last year. In some ways, it was. There was one large thing that goverened my life for the end of 2017 into 2018. I feel like I’m finally picking up the pieces. The future doesn’t make me anxious anymore, it doesn’t make me want to avoid everything and stay inside anymore. So I guess I’ve got that going for me. It only took me 16 months to get there.

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So dawn goes down to day

Posted on December 17, 2018 - December 17, 2018 by Crane

Wow… what a year. This year has been quite the rollercoaster. While in part I mean 2018, I’m also referring to the last 365 days. The fall has been one of retrospection for me, and it’s difficult to separate my mental state this last year from what was going on in my life last year. It’s strange to think about how things have shaken out, but I do feel like I’ve finally figured out how to separate myself from that person.

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The Derivation of Authority

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Crane

Something that I’ve been thinking about a lot is the nature of Authority. Where it comes from. Why some people have their authority respected, and why others don’t. The topic came up through the lens of looking at my interactions as the Alumni Advisor for my fraternity. Comparing myself, my predecessor, and others that I know which hold the same position. What makes one successful? What causes one group to respect one leader, and ignore another? Continue reading “The Derivation of Authority” →