03.03.2021 “division between creation and exploration”
Waking up in a warm bed, thinking of the coffee that I would go make, only to remember that there was construction being done outside that required the power to be turned off for the first part of the day. The only solution was to put on all our clothes and drive to St Coffee. It was actually quite sunny out and I was already overheated by the time I got there. I tried to explain the evils of intellectual property and the importance of the free software movement to Lucia. I don't know how well I did, I got sidetracked making analogies for what part of the body the kernel would be.
We finished coffee and then a my room mate hit me up about grocery shopping and we all went on a mission to Trader Joes. We ended up spending 155$ on groceries but I think it was about a month ago the last time we went shopping so that's not bad split between two people for most of a month of nourishment.
I have been thinking about what direction I am trying to take my life lately. I want to get more active in the free software movement and also help in pushing standardization efforts in places adjacent to such culture. I was really excited about the stuff Precious Plastic was doing and have been wanting to get involved with that project since I found out about it originally. When I was in Puerto Rico the idea of getting involved with the squat and maker/hacker space that was potentially getting set up there was really exciting to me. And meeting the kids who were involved with PP there made me feel pretty psyched to jump-start that process. I do really want to build out a space with tools and equipment for community use. Maybe I should try to go help out at St Roch Metal Works again and get involved with that project.
The division between creation and exploration of physical and of the digital needs to have an even balance. I desire constant stimulation of the creative process and I have not done enough to encourage that part of my life in recent years.
In the process of procrastinating writing this post I texted two people about meeting for a hack night sometime. I have been wanting to do that for ages and if that can happen here in New Orleans maybe that will make me feel better about being here. The main thing I really miss about Europe is more conversations with people that are super knowledgeable about stuff that I don't know about. I find myself thinking about things I have no one to talk to in person about on a regular basis and that starts gnawing away at me after awhile.
I need to figure out if I want to have an audience or not. What is my point for posting publicly?