📆 What I'm Up to Now

I’m currently living in Ohio, working remote for CoverMyMeds as a software developer.

Software Development Studies

• Ruby and recent version changes (2.7 & 3.0).
  • Changes to the stdlib, extracted gems, and new features (like Ractors).
• Rails and recent version changes (6.0 & 6.1).
• Go
  • Concurrency in Go
  • The Go Programming Language
  • Network Programming with Go
  • Black Hat Go
• If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript
• Web Security for Developers
• Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, Second Edition

Playing Until Credits

1. TBD

Recently Beaten

• Lake on Xbox Series X.
• Subsurface Circular on Nintendo Switch.
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale on PS4.
  • Such a wonderful game about the power of emotions and friendship.
• Haven on Xbox Series X.
  • I am enamored. I honestly didn’t know a game like this existed.
• Rain on Your Parade on Xbox Series X.
• Sayonara Wild Hearts on Nintendo Switch.
• Watch Dogs: Legion on Xbox Series X.

Books and Comics

• Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red (2021) [Overview]
  • Read 10 of 19 stories.

Recently Completed

• Marvel Rising (2018)
  • I love Gurihiru’s art so much.
  • Squirrel Girl? Yes, please!
  • An encouraging story about how much feeling like an outsider can affect someone.
• Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy (5/19/20)
  • The more I read about Harley and Ivy, the more I adore them.
• Hell Yeah or No
  • Great read / listen.
  • Derek Sivers is a wonderful narrator.
• Harleen
  • What a wonderful origin story and great read.
  • Stjepan Šejić is a brilliant writer, storyteller, and artist.
• Success is 90% Spite: The Pigeon Gazette Webcomic Book
  • Wonderful read. Go support @PigeonComics.

Shows and Movies

• What If…? (TV series)
  • One episode in.
• Loudermilk (TV Series)
  • Starting season three.
• Harley Quinn (TV Series)
  • Starting season two.
• Solos
  • Two episodes in.

Recently Watched

• What If…? (TV series)
  • Episode 1 literally had me squeeing all the through.
    • Those first 15 minutes were AMAZING!
• The Suicide Squad (film)
  • O. M. G.
  • 
• Loudermilk (TV Series)
  • Almost stopped near the end of season on but I’m so glad I kept watching.
  • Ron Livingston is a delight to watch.
• Black Widow (2021 film)
  • It was so wonderful to a Marvel movie in the cinema again.
  • I have been patiently waiting since it was announced and I was not disappointed.
• Twin Peaks
  • Watched most of season two and wasn’t enjoying it anymore.
  • Spoilered myself on the series two ending.
  • Spoilered myself on season three.
  • Very glad I stopped.
• Harley Quinn (TV Series)
  • Finished season one.
• Solos
  • Episode 1, Leah, with Anne Hathaway. Immaculately done.
    • When I saw it was directed by Zach Braff it made even more sense.
  • Episode 2, Tom, with Anthony Mackie was wonderful.
• WandaVision
  • Wonderfully done. Love the new characters, and the growth of Wanda.

Side Projects

Current

• Crafting Gem Lookup
  • Was intended to be a simple script, slowly turned into a Ruby Gem.
  • Planning a Go-based version, as to remove any Ruby version restrictions.

In The Works

• Upgrading CaringForKarenSue.com (source) from Rails 5.2 to Rails 6.0.

Completed

• Food Tracker
• Global Pandemic Goofs Site 🦠
  • Source - Ruby & Sinatra
• Carrot Chase - Ruby Script
• Dropbox Gif Linker - Go Program

Recent Site Updates

• Added 🥳 The Weekend - Daniel Craig gif.
• Added two sections to the My Games page:
  • VR Experiences.
  • VR Workouts.
• New I Can Do What I Want page.
• Updated Cult of Done Manifesto page with emojis.
• Updated Quotes page.
• Open Graph and Twitter metadata support added.
• New favicon: Taylor Swift doing heart hands.
• Changed the About page into the Index page.
• Moved the blog entries to the Blog page.
• Added Blog and Resume to the page header.

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