It’s been some time since I last posted. My days have been filled with two jobs, my day job doing strategy for our ecommerce clients and my night/weekend job doing a home remodel. The latter has been taking a lot out of me physically.

I’ve taken on all sorts of new tasks with the home remodel, things I’ve never done before. Some light electrical work, drywalling, cabinet installs, floor sanding and wood refinishing. I’m proud of a the work I’ve accomplished there, but still unhappy with much of it.

When you do work yourself, no matter the job, from web development/design, cooking, drywalling, the end results may come out totally fine for anyone seeing your work. But you can always see the mistakes you left behind. I should have used more salt. I should have used more semantic markup. I should have sanded that drywall joint better.

I’m trying to allow myself some leeway, since much of this has been new to me. The perfectionist in me fights that constantly.

Reading

Reading has also been light these past few months. I try to get some reading in before bed, but I’m often so tired I only get 10-15 minutes in before my eyes start closing. It also doesn’t help that my current stack just isn’t clicking for me.

Recent Media

We started watching The Gentlemen on Netflix this week. I loved the movie, and the show is even better. Crazy characters. Wonderful humor, edgy and adventurous. Constellation on Apple has been interesting, though it hasn’t captured our interest as much as The Gentlemen has.

We had high expectations for Napoleon on Apple, as we’re big fans of Joaquin Pheonix. Overall, it was a wash. The first half jumped around too much, the second half seemed more cohesive.

Blow the Man Down was good, if a bit slow at times. I also rewatched The Station Agent recently. I dearly love this move. The pacing is slow, but intentional. The characters are wonderfully drawn out over the course of the movie.