Hi Hubski
Back in my first 1000-2000 days on hubski, from time to time we would have a check in.
Someone would ask for more info - fake name, country or US state, age, and biggest preoccupation, for example. (Can anyone find these links, I can't.)
Twenty or thirty people would chime in, even lurkers. It was a fun way to get a better sense of the community. Is anyone in? I'll donate $2 to hubski for everyone who checks in. That $0 donation bar in the top right corner is looking pretty lonely.
In the "meaning" chapter In Yuval Harari's book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, he says that for life to have meaning, we need a role and a purpose that involves something greater than ourselves. I'm not asking for your role and purpose -- but it would be awesome to read.
Name: lil
Location: Canada
Age: Way older than you (but still infinitely cool!)
Current Preoccupation: right now, US and Canada politics and decluttering
Previous Preoccupations: Higgs-Boson, writing, heartbreak, heart repair, everything really. Everything.
hellloooooooo, this is how my life is now.
She is so beautiful!! You both are!!!! Your life has changed soooooo much since you first joined hubski.
31/m/tx, u? I'm James. Working on finishing up my physics PhD. lil helped me with my grad school application letter! Apparently she did a great job, because it worked :). Just got engaged about a week ago after an 8 year trial period with the best girl in the world. Looks like a courthouse, nuclear-family-only shindig, and then a backyards kegger for the 1 year anniversary or something. Pomp and circumstance ain't my thang. Used some of my tax return to buy a Switch. flac, I'll be PM'ing you in a few days or weeks, depending on how long it takes me to get sick of BotW (could be months, I guess). As for everyone else, if I'm in your neck of the woods sometime, I'll let you know, and maybe we can meet up. I just got back from Yosemite, and yeesh, it's gonna be tough to top that backdrop. Most beautiful place I've ever been. And before you ask, I managed to miss firefall, mostly because I was either snowboarding or watching PowerPoint presentations.
Well, you were right. After about one year with her, I pretty much knew it was meant to be, but I sure did play it really cool for the next seven.* *not really though, we talked about our future lives together all the time :)
Wow! I’ve been seeing you on Hubski forever it’s really cool to know your name. Congrats on the engagement, James. Let us know when you make it to one year. I’ll raise a glass to you and your bride. Onward!
Name: flac, Brendan, etc. Location: VT Age: 24 Still here, just lurking. I've been keeping very busy; I work full time as a teacher in a little radical school in the woods (which all the teachers just finished building a yurt for), I've been finishing up writing a folk EP, I've been learning the harp. I've been planning a wedding, helping plan this summer's plays/plans, working on a garden and building a geodesic dome greenhouse. I've become obsessed with 3D printing since finally buying a printer in December. I've started designing/printing some little modular wall art pieces to sell, and am just waiting until I've printed enough to start selling. Expect me to shamelessly plug an Etsy imminently. Some samples: Glow in the dark moon phases. assorted nerd shit. I've also been playing an insane amount of the new Super Smash Bros. game - PM me for my friend code if you wanna catch these hands. Also, as of today, I am finally a licensed driver. EDIT: Also, PM me if you want the Tinkercad files for any of the above wall art, gratis for my hubskifolx
Boy, it sure is nice to see so many old names. Sam KY Halfway through my thirties Current situation: ER RN, but my wife and I have been discussing the prospect of both going back to (the same) school (at the same time) for our DNPs so we can become family practitioners. There's a lot of comfort in the idea- she's the smartest person I know, and my best friend. Think it would help get through another school slog. Had passions, but the Nintendo Switch took care of those. Civ VI is alternately the stupidest thing I've ever wasted time on and the most addictive. I haven't made a song in months. Waiting for my birthday, and I'm gonna ask birthday santa for an old tascam portastudio tape four track. Then I plan on making a set of songs with it. Until then, I'm slowly bleeding money into mastering old stuff with the tentative plan of putting it on bandcamp for the world to ignore. My oldest daughter asked me to teach her how to play Magic: The Gathering the other day and that reminded me, once again, how awesome parenthood is.
I gave Atticus his first guitar lesson. My heart is swelling. I have caught him several times, bedroom door closed, rocking out. Edit: which version of the tascam portastudio do you fancy?
That's gotta be adorable. Get some recordings! Still digging around specific models. Right now my only prerequisite is that it's tape, not digital. Considering I recorded half the tracks from my latest stuff on this bad boy (sidenote: who's buying these things used for 70 bucks?), anything is an improvement.
Name: veen Location: Netherlands Age: 25 Current Preoccupation: fulltime data analyst / sustainable transportation consultant / product developer, academic researcher on the side Previous Preoccupations: student, being alone. I'm fairly certain I've been checking hubski almost every day for the past few years. :)
I, too, check almost daily. I'm looking forward to your Digital Minimalism review. ;)
It doesn't have to be a long review. I get the sense that he's been beating the minimalist horse for some time now, but this last book seems the most thematically clear and straightforward.
Thanks lil. It's fun to read and chime in. And I liked the way you phrased your answers. Name: blackbootz Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA Age: 27 Current Preoccupation: waiting for my next college class which starts in 30 minutes. Which means I'm preoccupied with graduating college. Which means I'm preoccupied with figuring out what I'll do after college. Which means I'm age-appropriately squirming with eagerness and anxiety about my future. The preoccupations that bring me the most joy--important preoccupations, no?--are: spending time with people who like to listen and talk (who are, as my friend once put it, "into the enquiry"; acrobatics like gymnastics and random handstands; listening to smart and funny people talk on podcasts; learning (slowly) to cook. Some preoccupations that are not bringing me joy, in fact are bringing me anti-joy are: getting rejected from jobs that I think I want; a low-level anxiety about my percieved lack of tribe or familial environment; my screen usage, both phone and laptop. Previous Preoccupations: I was more than a few hydrogen atoms, then some heavier elements. Some heartmake. Then heartbreak. Also some heart repair, too. role and a purpose: My purpose is to be the most maximal me I can be. My role is undefined, but always coming clearer into focus.
Still checking in regularly, even if I rarely comment! Name: Eamonn Location: Ireland Age: 26 Current preoccupation: the usual what-to-do with oneself. Honestly this also covers the past preoccupation! But I'll stay away for the moment from the grand stuff of life to say that I recently picked up the mandolin again after several years, and now have to master the art of proper directional picking...
I've been lurking here for 999 days now. Picked my handle from a highway sign. Late twenties in DFW Texas. Preoccupations - a bunch of running recently, wondering where I'll be in life in 5 or 10 years, keeping the kitchen clean, stuff like that.
I already planned to write a mini race report for the pubski tomorrow but I can turn it into a 1000 day special.
Name: elizabeth Location: currently in colombia Age: Almost 25... somehow it feels I should have it a little more together by now. Current preoccupations: daily planning of our trip, burning man related stuff (how did I get in so deep so fast?), people that are far away I wish I could spend some time with. Previous Preoccupations: travelling, making youtube videos (I've re-started the travel vlog, but more for fun now than before)
You have done a LOT. Keep making things. You will. You are a doer by nature, an adventurer. This will likely manifest itself in different ways throughout your life. But don’t stress that you’ve “not done enough.” Trust me, some day the people that have “accomplished so much” by 25 years old will wish they have had your adventures and have created the works that you have. Keep at it! Keep doing! I remain, your fan. Onward! Almost 25... somehow it feels I should have it a little more together by now.
There's a chance I might be at burning man this year, too! I have two friends going attending two different camps, not sure which I'll join. But it would be very cool meeting you there. Which makes me realize--how do people communicate on the playa?!
I personally just leave my phone in my bag the whole time. If I know where the people I want to meet up are camping, I’ll just pop in a couple times and ask for them. Sometimes you actually find them! It’s refreshing actually, not making plans or being constantly reachable. Would be really cool to meet you there!
I digressed into some navel-staring that probably isn't even suited to Pubski. After 2735 days, no one is surprised. I'm in Seattle for now, and grappling with the fact that my chosen avocation serves the wrong side of the inequality divide. Quoth Victor Hugo, "forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age." That makes me too old to be young but too young to be old, at least for now.
Age is weird. 30 was cool. 40 was ok-what-have-I-done-so-far??!!, but 50 was hard. 60 was full-on party. 65 was wisdom, maybe 70 will be all-out foolishness. I figure you spend the first half of your life collecting stuff and the second half trying to get rid of it. Where is _refugee_? I told her she could have all my vinyl if she made it out here.
50 was hard
what was it about 50 that was hard? Was it specific to you or do you think most people at 50 experience something similar? I’m 41 and the “what have I done so far,” seems relevant to me.
Name: rd95/sd86/binder/applewood Location: My bed Former Preoccupation: Obsessing over cars, comics, nature, Americana and folk music, crafts and art Current Preoccupation: Pretty much the same, minus cars and comics, add a new found curiosity for gardening. Found a job at a place that treats me well, found a new hobby I love (bookbinding), trying my best to do well in the world. Some days I succeed, sometimes I don't. I grow more and more ambivalent about the internet as time goes on, but man, Hubski's a hard place to quit. There are just too many great people on here.
waves I'm still here! Name: demure Location: northern california Age: the ripe age of twenty Now: what can be learned? so much. also, at the moment rejoicing in my resumption of playing and learning the carillon Then: let's just call it rocket science and leave it at that. Soon: the future is bright and the paths are many. On occasion: The Sunday Paper -- perhaps a publication resumption is in order.
Hi there. I'm here, checking in. $2 baby! Cha-ching I'm currently in Los Angeles, though I live in Ann Arbor MI. My name is Steven and I am... gulp... 41 years old. I am the CEO of Forever Labs. Funny you mention "role and purpose." When I interview candidates I always reference Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose a concept from Dan Pink's book "Drive." He essentially hypothesizes that everyone needs these 3 things in their professional lives. Purpose is the big one, imo. What is mine? My purpose is to build and make things. I love making things. A company, a family, a song, a podcast, a Hubski, etc. I like being different than others. I like that I can point to a LOT of things that I have made in my life. Not everyone can do that. I think that's sad. So much time is wasted. Anyways, I am also way older than most that will read this and I can attest to the FACT that lil is infinitely cool. Love you, lil. FWIW, I found and read this post AFTER I posted this:
There's a kind of psychic paging going on. Some fog has lifted and we peek out over the landscape of Busy and see hubski looming in the distance. I was looking around for those checkins from way way back in the day and came across your song lyrics for the song about what you would take from a house on fire. The song is no longer posted though. Please remedy. Cool!
Hello. I am the Broganator. My current location is homegrown. I describe myself as a homegrown girl. I check hubski about once a week. Sometimes more frequently. It actually surprises me that nowaypablo had a point when he posted about screentime having an effect on phone usage. I am inspired by continual improvement. I have previously been preoccupied by being so preoccupied with mundane things it allowed me to not notice the big picture. Now I am preoccupied with continual improvement I guess. But also very happy with myself. I think the key is to always be trying to get better but understand some days you need to fail as well. Lol what the fuck do I know? I guess I am also preoccupied with my next set of 5 year plans. I used to write down lists of 5 year plans in my early 20s. It turns out I am about to turn 30 (“about” means “in 9 months” means “truly I’m getting old to measure about so imprecisely”) and lo and behold. I had achieved all my 5 year goals. So for a goal driven person for a while I was in this unfortunate place of having had goals, and having achieved them...aka not having any more goals to help steer me anymore. So I’ve been thinking up new goals! Good news; I seem to be coming to them. I believe in the power of writing 5 year goals down. Hey —- it worked the first time!! Serious about that meet up — Refugee
Name: B Location: Norway Age: 30-something. People always seem surprised when I can't remember my exact age. I know what year I'm born, and I usually know what year I'm in, so I can calculate my age whenever I need it. Current preoccupation: I run a D&D group on Tuesdays, and play probably too much video games. Subtly evangelising about things I care about (like off-handedly mentioning Hubski in Reddit comments). Sometimes I pick up litter I find by the road.
Name: galen Location: Freiburg, Germany Age: almost 20! Current preoccupation: defeating social anxiety, learning guitar, trying to figure out what to do with my life. Having fun along the way :) Previous preoccupations: achieving near-native proficiency in German, writing plays and poetry, learning to live with depression, learning how to play foosball like a German.
Name: Devac / Daniel Age: No longer a teen, finally. Location: Warsaw, Poland Current Preoccupation: Finishing up my masters in maths and physics, getting two of my papers published, pondering PhD but can't even decide in what field, let alone where (domestic or abroad), looking for a job where "mental age of ten" isn't the only requirement and failing miserably. Previous Preoccupation: studies, writing papers, getting a proverbial life.
Name: sgfc Location: Canada Geez my first account here (sgfc) is almost 7 years old. And I have not posted or commented in a very long time. I quit drinking and dropped 40 pounds to 155 now. My body has been my enemy since May and a medical situation gave me the kick in the ass to start changing. Stopping booze was easy even though I admittedly am a die hard alkie. Average evening would be 15 to 20 units for 15 years. I miss booze and I miss hanging out with fun drunks. The social aspect has been the biggest hurdle for me. For example, I was invited to a 4 day trip to Nashville. Never been there and would love to go and hang out in bars listening to music all day. How does one do that without drinking? How could anyone possibly want to listen to country music for hours without drinking? I don't know. Still the primary caregiver for my Mom with advanced Alzheimers. What a shit show that is. She is sure that she hates me. Her body is steady but her brain is lost. There is no exit strategy that will not be heart-breaking. Ugh. My mood is also very different. In a good way. From sometimes not sleeping for a couple of days, to at least 5 solid hours every night. Sleep is good. Energy way up. Productivity way up. Down to 2 cigs a day and headed towards zero. Have been taking CBD drops twice a day and smoking THC before bed. Feels good man.
Name: Olivier Location: France Age: 43 and finally growing a beard Current Preoccupation: When you've killed your victim, how do you hint your next target to the police (it is for a novel, mind you) Previous Preoccupations: Is my banker flirting with me? Why are we always falling for our banker. She is not even that cute. Ok she is, but still Role and purpose: destroying google. Someone has to do it, and none voluntered so far
In fact, he want to hint to a previous victim, not yet discorvered by the police (and the police will think he is hinting his next target) I wrote a lot of weird stuff in the crime scene So,I'll use one of them later to be revealed as a hint... I'm trusting my future brain . Yeah 20 days later, I still didnt find the good way to do it. But at least I'm not bothered anymore
Name: Steve! Location: Denver, CO Age: 43 Current Preoccupation: immediately right now... I'm waiting for some video to transcode. The legal team at work invited a few of us from outside the legal team to go on a team building activity with them.. we threw axes. It was delightful. As some of you know... Axe throwing is.... something I like. Outside of the IMMEDIATE project... work keeps me busier than in years past. I'm building up a Tech Support team that had been previously neglected. On the down side - it's a lot of work building moral, cohesion and trust. On the upside... it's working, and this team is unbelievable. Outside of work it's school board stuff, church stuff, but most importantly, family stuff. Everyone is healthy and well for the most part. We're navigating new space as parents of an adult... Outside of that stuff, I'm working on a short film (not the axe one) and another super-top-secret project that will be shared here when it's complete. Previous Preoccupations: Hubski, sadly. I have allowed too many other things to push hubski out. I'm working on reprioritizing it back up. Others include film, music, and general tomfoolery. Thanks for putting this all together lil. What a delightful post to see and be a part of. I'll match your donations! Thanks to everyone on hubski - all of the old names, and all of the NEW names! It's so refreshing to watch this place click along and forge new ground. Thanks to everyone. You may not believe me... but I really, truly, love you all.
The donation matching is great (37 X 2 so far), but according to tacocat, this: So I don't know how to make it happen. You have some pull with management, don't you? Meanwhile, Steve dear, my next plan is to compile all this data and write another post called, What Can Be Learned? -- I've already noticed a few trends.
Name: Jez Location: Brexit Age: An expensive bottle of whiskey Current Preoccupation: Trying to distill some sort of personal essence into music; challenging and bettering myself through kayaking, yoga, and strength workouts; creating and implementing new processes at work to improve things for both customers and employees; mostly lurking on Hubski. Previous Preoccupation: Anxiety and panic attacks, getting high all the time, student, more music
My name is Joseph and I'm 30 years old. I'm from Northern New Jersey and I'm currently working on a masters for accounting. I am transitioning from a english major to a more accounting basis career. I currently work as an accounting clerk for a medical billing company. I like to write poetry and I perform it from time to time.
Name: ecib Location: Mitten Current preoccupation: Always work!! Additionally, I'm beginning to grow cannabis, though I've never smoked, and don't currently plan to. Goal is to organically grow product for people I love who also consume, that has no pesticides or other unknown elements, and once I get proficient growing, create edible tinctures that lets them get a medical effect without smoking or vaping, both of which are terribly harmful. I'm on a podcast on this subject with a veteran grower, -I'll try and remember to link to it when it's up. Previous preoccupations: Vacation? I don't see one on the horizon in 2019 but we'll see :P
Name: spencerflem(ing) Location: Gainesville, FL Age: 21 Preoccupation: The boardgame club and the associated discord server. We just got social stratification up yesterday, he who holds the most spoin is Jeff Bezos, and they get an exclusive chatroom with the rest of the 1%
Our discord already had eSpencoin or spoin as a way to trade with each other. But since nobody was actually using it, we decided the place needed some class warfare, so whoever has the most gets a shiny gold color for their name and are invited into a secret chat with the next 5 richest. Meanwhile the downtrodden proletariat and thre millennials get a dopey Brown and green color.
Name: darlinareyousleepy Location: CA, USA Age: Old enough to drink and gamble. Current Preoccupation: Singing, writing, research, self study, and future travel. Previous Preoccupations: I used to get it in my head to be some sort of liberal arts major. Used to be called scatterbii. That was my old tumblr name as well (you may lurk on it.)
Name: Johan, here and afk Location: Malmö, Sweden Age: No longer in my 20s! Current Preoccupation: Never-ending studies, my allotment garden, local issues. I don't think I've ever really been a frequent contributor around here, but I lurk around almost daily. Even though I read a lot, writing in english has never been effortless for me, so I end up sitting out most discussions. Previous Preoccupations: Heartbreaks, setbacks, breakups, makeups (stuck on repeat) Role and purpose: Maybe I will figure it out some day!
Name: johnnyFive Place: Richmond, VA Age: Halfway through my three-score-and-ten Current Preoccupation: Training, growing my own teaching, and trying to find my writing niche.
hi lil i've been quatrarius for 1486 days, but i've been alive for roughly 7000 (that ratio is fucking with me a little) location: MSU, east lansing, MI right now i'm working on: learnin a second language, going to school, tryin to figure out why i'm not happy now that i have fewer reasons not to be miss all y'all
Name: נתניל, Kantos Location: Northern Israel; Resident of Central FL, USA. Age: 23 Current Preoccupation: Lurking-ish, recent college grad. Floating the possibility of traveling more before more serious job hunting. Applying to jobs and grad school every once in a while. Focusing on GIS jobs and masters programs (that or statistical computing for the M.S.) Thinking I have to re-gear toward any math oriented position given my degree, but that's all on the back burner for another week or two. Holding back for a mini-pubski update. Weird waiting until late afternoon or evening to see the pub go up. Now I know how veen et al over here see the hub feed move. Previous Preoccupation: GRE-studying, volunteering in mental health workshops, college shin-dig, nail biting, ah and League of Legends (for now) Very nice reading these lowkey engagement bombshells. Takin' my time there still :-)
Name: the goobster (nickname from my youth when I was ostentatiously goofy, and friends tagged me "goob") Location: Seattle. Mostly the southern and western bits. Don't get into downtown much any more. Drove through the tunnel once, though. Age: 50 Current Preoccupation: Finding the right tone for my sportswriting between "journalist" and "commentator". There are plenty of journalists covering rugby; player movement between teams, records, rankings, etc. I want to write about rugby from a fan's perspective, to help people new to the sport enjoy it more, rather than be boggled by all kinds of inside-knowledge and terminology. Previous Preoccupations: Decades participating deeply in the Burning Man culture. Heavy metal musician ... and funk... and punk... mostly on the bass, but play guitar too. Motorcycles have always been my passion, since the early 1980's, and still are. I'm here. waves
Name: bfx Location: PNW Age: +/- 27 years old Current Preoccupation: not sleeping? Sleeping in cars? Usually it involves how to get sleep and food on a regular basis because of too much doing elsewhere. Reconciling the image imposed on me by others. Fast tracking myself to burnout or great things. It's scary. Two classes outside of work, work, and mountains and mountain running are occupations too, I think. They're certainly an identity. Previous Preoccupations: radio, arts and cultural nonprofits, dating and relationships, personal downtime
Name: Step Location: Canada Age: Over 25, under 40. (but still about 24 in my head) Current Preoccupation: There are a lot more Canadians here than I would have assumed. Also, finding a new job is proving to be a lot harder than I had anticipated, and that's pretty depressing. Previous Preoccupation: Starting to write and draw again. Trying to do more for my mental well being. Why did it take me so long to discover Lapsang Souchong?
I have a few friends who now have toddlers and mortgage payments and minivans. I look at them and think "Yeah, you're an adult. You're definitely your age." I'm all for holding down a job and paying my rent and everything. But I also still want to stay out all night and go see bands play.
Name: speeding_snail Location: Netherlands Age: 28 Current Preoccupation: Job searching, energy transition, judo, reading, self improvement (such a hollow phrase) Previous Preoccupation: Being a student, reddit, wallowing in despair at times I quit Reddit and I thought about Hubski again. I'm hoping it's just as fun as it was in the olden days! Also, I love seeing all these familiar names still.
Name: yes Location: Wisconsin, USA Age: late 30s Current preoccupation: swimming, running, cats, cycling Preoccupations I'm not currently occupied by: Adirondack mountains, other mountains, hiking Previous preoccupations: concerts, traveling to concerts, traveling to Tegan and Sara concerts, vacuum tubes, vinyl records Role and purpose: I'm one of three people who do my job in my office. I've been doing this specific job for six years and have been at the company fifteen. One coworker has been here less than two years and did a somewhat similar but in many ways not at all similar job previously. The other is new to the role entirely and started a month ago. If I can manage the workload, I can help them get rolling. I'm doing a winter swim group. It's a mix of newbies (like me) and some experienced but not phenomenal swimmers. Last time we swam we did some intervals: swim as fast as you can for a length of the pool. The guy next to me told me after that he was swimming to keep up with me. I was swimming to keep up with him. I attend a group run on Tuesdays. There are about eight of us as reliable regulars, a few more hit-or-miss people, and then occasionally some totally new people. I'm not the fastest runner there (though I do OK), and I'm not the coolest runner there. But everyone seems to enjoy seeing everyone, and everyone is welcoming of the new people. I think my purpose is to be that person that's in the background of people's lives but that provides some boost to their lives. I think I make their lives a little better. I may not be vital to their lives or their happiness, but I think they're a little happier.
Name: sean Location: michigan Age: young af Current preoccupation: programming. getting in great physical shape & maintaining it. staying as open minded, curious, unbiased and pure/childlike as possible in my outlook on everything, w/o getting myself into trouble due to naiveté, all while sharing as much positive influence, laughter and joy as i have within me into every situation im experiencing at every moment. Previous preoccupations: figuring out what to do with my time and how to stay moving forward in life with positivity and not remaining stagnant or stuck in my head or closed off in my outlook.
Name: swedishbadgergirl Location: Sweden Age: 20 Current Preoccupation: Studying, playing Pokemon Go, trying to get more organised, local politics, swimming. previous Preoccupations: Studying, having slightly different but similar interests, being a disorganized mess. I check in on hubski sometimes, very occasionally, not at all in an organized fashion. It is one of the nicest online communities though, and because of that I keep coming back.
I'm interested in your process. What is helping? What is getting in the way? I wonder how organized anyone here is. Sounds like a potential #askhubski post.trying to get more organised
Honestly, I am such a messy person that what steps I've taken are extremely basic. Like "don't put your clothes on the floor" basic . I am also trying to only keep one calendar, instead of having a google calendar and a real one. (And also random dates and times in my notes app). Like I said, very basic. As for whats getting in the way it is at this point mostly bad habits I think. I am used to doing stuff one way and doing it another takes conscious effort.
Name: Creativity Location: France Age: 25 Current Preoccupation: mobility, blockchain, starting to write? Previous Preoccupations: student
Name: Lurkerawakens. I did for a bit then went to sleep again. Location: Manchester, UK Age: not yet 40. Current preoccupations:. Parliamentary procedure in response to a massive hubris filled experiment in crossing direct democracy with representational democracy in a post truth age (Brexit). That plus feeling I really need to get out of my current bizarre niche industry and do something that actually helps me sleep at night. Also got a couple of little ones - constantly anxious like any parent that we are not screwing them up. Previous preoccupations: Ecology and Supply Chains, History, anything unexpected or counterintuitive, the road least travelled. Role or Purpose? Wish I knew.
lil I don't think I am a bot in the sense you are saying. Although, in some sense I am indeed a bot. Somebody/something has programmed my impulses, emotions, thoughts, etc. I should have included in my current preoccupations that I am trying to better understand my system's wiring, and rewrite my programming to better facilitate a peaceful existence for myself and those around me. :)
I tried to donate some money last night as well and that happened to me as well.
Hi! I've been lurking for a little bit. Sorry I'm late :) Name: Fletcher Location: Australia Age: 28 Current Preoccupation: bouldering (just started; I'm rubbish), music (playing and listening), languages (Spanish and Indonesian), travel (everywhere) Previous Preoccupations: martial arts, coffee, motorcycles (I guess kinda still a current preoccupation) Nice to meet you, Hubski-ers(?) :)
Hi, nice to meet you! Bouldering is rock climbing, but closer to the ground and without ropes/harnesses. You can do it inside on artificial walls with changeable routes or "problems", or outside on actual boulders. I don't have very many outside spots available near me, so it's easier to just go to a gym. The Parks Authority in my state also has three free bouldering walls set up underneath a section of highway by the river. It's quite nice to head over there and muck around without needing to pay admission! Completely agree about the relaxing side of things. It's very meditative. Just me and the wall! And as far as being rubbish at it... in the immortal words of Jake the Dog "Suckin' at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something".
Oh man. Too much for one comment! For listening I like a little bit of everything :) Right now I'm hanging out for Father of the Bride from Vampire Weekend. Also really enjoying: bad snacks, Josh Ritter when I'm feeling a hankering for some Americana (latest album was produced with Jason Isbell and it's awesome), and I'm a little bit obsessed with Rachmaninoff at the moment. As far as playing goes, I'm trying to relearn piano and impulsively bought a keyboard a couple of months ago. I think it can be used as a midi controller too, so I'm going to start composing again hopefully. I was visiting family for Easter and my mum and I had a fun time playing/singing along with The Bends by radiohead.
Hi hubski! I took a multi-year hiatus but I'm trying to come back. So I'm not really "still" here but NOW I'm here! Name: birchbarkcanoe Location: Usually Vermont but currently studying in France Age: 21 Current preoccupations: practicing cello, student-ing, orienteering, panicking about looming grad school app process. Previous preoccupations: practicing cello, panicking about other things. Even after however long I've been gone, it was cool to recognize usernames. Missed you guys!
Oh, I'm not the only one! Good to know. What's there to panic about for grad school? They won't bite ;-)
Ahaha just the whole process of saying essentially, "Hey, can you invest 6 years of your lab's time and resources in me so that I can become a fancy researcher like you?" is a little stress-inducing. Thankfully I have some really great mentors at my current institution who are thrilled to answer all my questions and help me with the application process, but still. UGH.
Ah yes, it's like job hunting in that regard. In the end, they are hoping to benefit though, so keep that in mind ;-) Also, mentors are great. Make sure you listen to them!
Name: katakowsj Location: Detroit Metro Area Age: 45 Hubskier for 2896 days. Current Preoccupation: Maintaining my health. I’m 26 hours into a 72 hour fast. Had brain cancer in 2102. Dealt with it then, but had a “funny” MRI this last week. Could be bad news. My excellent brother mk has recently come up with a regimen that we will hopefully ward off the bad stuff long term. The fasting is the opening of a can of whoop-ass on any remaining cells gone wrong. I also teach the 8th grade in a public school. It’s awesome and never without challenges or rewarding moments.
Name: GoA Location: Merica Age: Old enough to run for president, not old enough to retire Current Preoccupation: Regex and bullshit idling games Previous Preoccupations: Clearing my modqueue on reddit.
Name: Tumbamuerta Location: Central America Age:60 Current preoccupation: mentally moving into retirement after spending too much of my life on the hamster wheel. It's nice to step out of the maelstrom , shed the stress, and re-form my identity after semi-drinking the kool-aid for so long. Combing through classics and Nuevo philosophies to form a narrative on the entry to this journey. Pretty exciting! One thing that concerns me is that younger people may opt out before putting in the work nessesary to support a long life. We still need to exist in the world. Building a strong foundation helps ensure the life does not get blown away by the inevitable storms and earth-quake like tragedies that befall us all.
Name: NikolaiFyodorov Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: Probably older than lil. We arrived here at hubski around the same time Current Preoccupation: Speechwriter, policy wonk, amateur space enthusiast Previous Preoccupations: Perennial student, analytic philosopher, frustrated writer, frequently broke.
Name: Zach Location: High-desert SW USA Age: 9496ish days, 1771 of which spent with Hubski Preoccupations: Dog trainer, piano player, mountain biker....the list of amateur pursuits is endless. The Zach of all trades, master of none. I'm more of lurker than I'd like to be. I've come to attach personalities to these usernames as most of us do, but I've always chimed in here and there and not fully "joined the conversation" :p That said, I want to thank all of you who give me a weekly dose of thoughtful reading material and for the conversational topics that make me question my own stance more often than not. Still sitting on a few hubski stickers that need a local home.
Name: Dala Location: Space Age: Too Damn High Current Preoccupation: Space, What I am going to do with my work, improving my math, physics, and communications skills, everything interesting. Previous Preoccupations: All the things. Still around, not very often, don't have much to say at times, or to share, especially since I am hardly ever on the internet anymore, but I love you all still. P.S. Devac I still have The Road to Reality on my nightstand. I have not made a whole lot of progress with it, but I have not given up!
If I absolutely had to pick, I'd have to select OK COMPUTER as my favorite. However, Kid A, Hail to the Thief, and A Moon Shaped Pool also are in constant rotation on my car's stereo. The honest truth is that Radiohead hasn't made a bad album. I suppose that the general consensus is that The King of Limbs is the most, shall we say, resistible, but even that album has some true gems. The song "Codex," for example, is one of my favorites of all their songs.
Name: rthomas6 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 31 Current preoccupation: I'm an electrical engineer with a focus in embedded hardware and digital hardware design. I'm an FPGA guy. I'm also working on a master's. I have a wife and a kid. I like meditation. Someday I'd like to start a business, or really just make cool/useful things and sell them. For now I am in a more typical job.
A lil (heh) late to the party but oh well. Name: c_hawk Location: Not Syracuse NY anymore. I love it. Age: I can drink in the USA, but can't rent a car. Current preoccupations: Work, because I'm employed; trying to entertain myself because I live with my parents and don't know anyone near me; reading interesting articles online and just absorbing knowledge Previous Preoccupations: School, but I've graduated Magna Cum Laude which is nice; playing with my roommate's cats both of whom I miss dearly
Name: Sp00ns Location: Ottawa, ON Current preoccupations: Music, Baking, Transition. I don't check in as often as I want to. I think I poke my head in once a week or so. I want to try to do more.
By the way -- those who are following the count on this (and think I'm disingenuous), I tried today to make a donation, but the "donate to hubski" bar didn't accept my donation. mk is still working on this and steve and I are still good for it. When the time comes, perhaps someone with time can see what the final count of check-ins is.
Name: lessismore Location: San Francisco Bay Area and China Age: Slightly younger than dirt. Current Preoccupation: kubernetes Previous Preoccupations: baijiu
Name: BurnTheBarricade Location: The Bad South Age: Twenties I joined here a while ago, and it's been a nice little corner of the internet to go when I want some discussion or opining less dim-witted than Reddit or Youtube comment sections. Been away for a while cause of life stuff, but I expect I'll keep lurking here for as long as the site's up. Most of the time if I don't say anything it's cause someone's already said it.
Name: JoJo Location: DC area Age: 41 Current Preoccupation: politics, parenting, information warfare Previous Preoccupations: health, finance, science I can't remember where I came across this site but I've been reading it for a few months now.
It's a late one, but welcome! No better community then Hubski
Name: Ish Location: Durham, NC Age: 32? 33? somewhere in there. Definitely not 34. Current preoccupation: Fertility, and that all the scare tactics you heard as a kid weren't necessarily true. Previous preoccupations: Board games, video games, basic economics and history.
Name: Ice_Picked Location; London Current Preoccupation: Politics, Economics, Geography aswell as "explainingthefuture.com" a cool website I found about future trends. Love listening to "the economist" radio. Previous Preoccupations: Cold war History (username is a reference to Trotsky's death) aswell as binge watching the x-files (depressing ending to the series tho).
Name: Dave Location: England Age: Too old to care Current Preoccupation: Comfortably retired Previous Preoccupations: Management consultancy
Well hell, I've been (mostly) lurking on Hubski for 1,365 days. Time flies. Location: Apartment in Germany, working and living around Europe. Age: 25 Current Preoccupation: Medicine, traveling, teaching, photography, skydiving, mountaineering, and surviving.
Name: violinist, Matt Location: Colorado Age: mid-20s Current preoccupation: fitness - I'm losing weight, training for my 2nd ever half-marathon, and trying to rock climb better Previous preoccupations: fountain pens, games (computer & board), playing violin, mathematics, cryptography I'm currently reading "The Idea of America" by Gordon Wood - trying to lose myself in a book again, as too often I default to digital inputs, but I overall am happier when reading books is a part of my life.
Hey Matt There's a few long-time hubskiers living in Colorado. I so agree with you about books. I go long periods of time skimming, but not investing my thoughts and time and feelings in a book. I'm generally happier when I have a book on the go. Back in the hubski-day, flagamuffin OftenBen galen and others regularly ran a #quotesporn regarding quotes from the books we were currently reading. I hope to pick that up again, but first I have to recover from the overwhelming response to the "who's left" thread still growing here.
Name: NK Location: North Pole Age: 2000 years Current Preoccupation: Learning electronics because nobody wants dads wooden ducks anymore. Previous Preoccupations: Working my families helpers to the bone to make 3 billion wooden ducks for kids that don't want them.
Name: jlevers Location: Boston, MA Age: 19 Current preoccupation: spending a week hitchhiking around Puerto Rico. More long-term, finishing my degree, becoming proficient in embedded programming, and doing more traveling (specifically more multi-month motorcycle rides). I just joined Hubski -- this is awesome!
Hello! I'm Dave, I'm from Detroit, and I like Donuts. Now I live in Portland. I teach math to adults. I live with my wife kids mom and dad-in-law in what the FBI would describe as a 'compound'. I play D&D and etc. I think that I am both smarter and dumber than I used to be, but now that I'm 50 it doesn't matter as much.
Name: Jules Location: South Atlantic Age: accelerating Current preoccupation: PhD in cultural criticism, writing, reading, catastrophizing Previous preoccupations: catastrophizing, reading, writing
Hey julius_seizure - Where are you in the South Atlantic? Are you in South Sandwich?
Sorry for the confusion. No where near as interesting! I am in the South Atlantic region of the US.
Man i just joined is this place still alive?
Alrighty! Name: Seal Location: the worst part of America Gender: ? Hobbies: Music, Movies, and Other media
That's intriguing. That could be just about anywhere depending on what an individual likes, needs, cares about, wants. What is one thing that makes your location great or at least survivable for you. As for questioning gender identity, you're in good company here.Location: the worst part of America
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Name: El sauce 20: Nashville, Tn Age: 25 Current Preocupation: turning big, complex situations into concrete, sprecific plans forward. AKA:life US and local politics, Coalition building, Soccer coaching, worrying about bills, positivity, 9-5 data entry, community building Previous preoccupation: self loathing, panic, people who waste my time, 9-5 data entry, soccer coaching