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 So, this is it. This is the grand finale. Thirty days of non-stop posting just to reach this point. You can't see it, but I have one of those satisfied really satisfied smiles right now. Last month when I started this, I had one general goal: push myself to write. And it was general, I mean, I didn't have a concise genre to rite, I didn't know what themes I could even touch. All in all it was pretty YOLO the way I started this. I'd like to brag about how easy this was but honestly, even at this point of the challenge it is not something completely easy for me to do. I have  gotten better. I think I can say with confidence that I'm a better writer than I was a month ago, and I'm talking of a big difference here. Sure, none of my posts have been a magnus opus, but I have done a good job. I have more confidence on what I write, I take less time to write a short paragraph, and while all of this is in a different format than usual (All of this has been in a first-pe...
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Last stretch. Part 5

 Welcome. Welcome everyone. Today marks the second to last one entry for this challenge. I could go on and on about how was my experience and what I learned, but I'll leave that for tomorrow. What does that mean for this entry then? Exactly. Rambling time. You ever had one of those "Aha" moments in the middle of showering or about to sleep? Well, that's exactly what happened to me this morning. You see, I was advancing on my practical work, specifically doing design work when I was hit by a mental block. No matter how much I thought about how to advance I just couldn't. Fortunately my line of work has made me inure to these kind of situations. Rather than trying to bulldoze through it I closed all my work related windows and started a binge of YouTube and light gaming. Now, I'm not saying you should drop everything the very time you encounter some difficulties, but I know myself and have my times measured enough to pace myself right. Anyway, as I mentioned bef...

Last stretch. Part 4

 Another day, another post. Hello everyone. How have you been? I hope everything is good. As the last couple of days, I come here to narrate a bit of hos is life going on for me. Things have been good in general, but I gather you want some specifics. First at school, I was able to progress a bit more on my thesis. Right now I'm searching for extra references and doing some practical work needed. Seems like I won't need to worry about my pacing here. A friend of mine got me a small job so I'll be looking at lots of prices tonight, should be fun. No, really, I like to make quotes for equipment. It should break the monotony a bit. Finally, a group of friends and I decided on a small video editing competition. Nothing serious, just figured it would be neat to give it a try after seeing a small clip. I'm actually the worst at editing between all of us, but I have a good idea I want to do. And that's it. Less boring than other days, at least personally.

Last stretch. Part 3

 Man, does time fly. Hello everyone. How have you been? This day I bring out another brief recounting of my day. More like, how the latter half of yesterday and the first half of today went. Anyway, after struggling for hours in the introduction of my work I said "F it" and decided to start with the second section. It actually worked pretty well. I had a better idea of what to put down, and at the same time it made me realize the exact points I needed on the introduction. Kind of like, "Hey, I'm talking about X here, so I may want to introduce Y before". And like magic, I advanced quite a lot today. Now I'm only waiting for the review where my teacher obliterates my work and calls me a dumb sandwich because I dared to do <insert list of N issues>. Sounds dramatic, but I actually like how thorough his reviews are. So until tomorrow. 

Last stretch. Part 2

 Heeey, people!. How you doing? Welcome once more to this humble blog. We're at the last stretch here, can't believe it. As I mentioned yesterday, things are going fine and these last entries are basically me rambling about work. Ramble away I say. First things first then. I can't believe I forgot just how stressing is to cite things. Specifically, these two days have been marked by me searching all day long on much needed references. For some domain specific things? No problem, there is probably many articles I can use, but the moment I try to talk about some general knowledge that I took for granted at school, I just keep hitting walls because the basics we covered in class were that, basics. Things whose definition was clear, concise and nobody argued about. Now, don't take me wrong, each class had a comprehensible bibliography and whenever my teachers strayed even a bit of the core concepts they at minimum mentioned a couple of authors, it's just hard in general...

Last stretch. Part 1

 Hi. Welcome to my thought's vault. If you have been following this blog for a while, you already know why I do it. Skipping all of that, I had planned for these last days to be a simply series of me reviewing my favorite movies, and talking about little tidbits I know of the industry. No, I'm not from the movie industry, but I like to read and watch a lot of things of it, and my actual field has some overlapping of an specific part of all movies. Not enough to make me an expert by any means, but enough to have something to talk about in a confident manner. The thing is, I had to scrap those plans. While yesterday was a really good day, the fact that I officially start working on my thesis means that I had to start getting to the rhythm of things, and the quicker the better. And so, today marks the first time I voluntarily wake up at the unholy since some time. Not a pleasant experience by any means, had to take a quick nap mid-afternoon because I. Just. Can't. My fault rea...

More thoughts

 Hello world! Isn't today just beautiful? Today has been a good day for me, and as such this post will be just me gushing over and sharing the good vibes. I already shouted this to all my friends, but I just told that my thesis proposal was approved. Finally! After four revisions and almost 2 whole months of dealing with bureaucracy I can get to the nitty gritty. Seeing how my patience runs thin in these kind of big projects, I will probably be done in December at worst. best case everything will be over by late November. And not only that! I was checking my mail, and one of my favorite fanfics was just updated. Oh yeah, 32K words of glorious update. Also , also, I got paid. And I was able to adjust my themes for the next semester with little trouble. And  I made assurances so my internet does not crap itself one I start teaching. As a cherry on top, I ate my favorite meal. There you have. Yeah, 2020 sucks, life sucks and will be worse, but  some small good news can make ...