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Apr19

Touching up the Mustang

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April, 2024


So this is just a quick note, but it’s something I’m proud of. Part of leaving Oregon, and the United States, is putting my car into storage. I’ve brought it in for a full maintenance, cleaned it up, and then did some touch-up work on some chips in the paint on the hood.

It worked well!

For anyone debating if they can touch-up the paint on their car… well, I did it. Wasn’t too tough, so… give it a try, I guess?

All I did was headed to the autoparts shop, asked for a touch-up pen, and then followed the directions. Cleaned off the chips, snapped off any bubbled paint, cleaned the surface… then applied two coats of paint and two coats of clear finish. Took me 20min total, over the course of… maybe 3 hours, letting everything dry.

My only regret? Not having kneepads. Kneeling to do the paint was kinda painful on the asphalt.

Apr18

The beauty of Wilsonville

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April, 2024


With preparation and planning comes walks and relaxation.

It’s been tough for me to not judge myself too harshly for needing time to make plans and get everything set up. It takes time, to be sure, but I’ve found that creative work like this tends to take longer than one would expect… and that it also takes down time to make it happen. I call it “riding the waves”… when I’m energetic and focused, I get tons done. When I’m not, I take a walk or go to the gym.

It’s too easy to fall into a Youtube hole, or play video games… and while I do let myself fall down those holes every so often, it’s a major work of mine to limit those, and work to keep myself on track.

Walks definitely help – and in the Oregon Spring, those walks come part and parcel with beautiful views, pretty flower crowns left by my neighbors, and home-made chili-dogs after I got annoyed at Sonic for taking too long to take my order.

Yeah, literally. I walked to Sonic for lunch, they took 20min and didn’t take my order, so I walked to the grocery story and bought my own damn hotdogs and made my own damn lunch. With beer! For cheaper!

Slowly but surely. I’m focusing on burning down my to-do list, enjoying the time left with friends and neighbors, and making this whole thing happen.

Apr4

Neat cups at my local café

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March, 2024

The simple good is critical, in my mind. Small things that make the world a slightly better place; a little brighter, a little happier, a bit more whimsical.

Things like hipster animals on latte mugs.

Specifically at my local café, a few blocks down from my apartment here in Wilsonville. I’m sure I’ll find something similar in Dublin, and in all the cities that I travel through between here and there… but for now, these cute hipster animals are definitely making the mornings I stop in that much happier.