: Cute
My girlfriend and I are catsitting for some friends. In practice, this means going to their house, setting out new food and water, changing the litterbox, and leaving—the cat is insanely shy and hides in his cat bed under the human bed the whole time.
But GF was determined to make the cat warm up to her, so every day, after we visited, she would go lay next to the bed and just stare at the cat for 10 or 15 minutes. “I want to show him that I am not going to hurt him,” she explained, which was quite adorable, but from a cat’s perspective, I thought it looked more like she was trying to ambush him 😅
But get this? That shit worked. Today, she walked over to the bed and extended her hand and the cat popped right out and let her pet his scruff. So, persistence pays off.
As the world goes crazy, I am trying to focus my attention on my very small corner of the universe and find things to celebrate. I’ve also been working a lot on personal projects, perhaps to an unhealthy/obsessive degree. One of them is my AI bullshit podcast ad remover that I posted about last time.
I also have some real-name projects that I am excited about, although the motivation there is partly fulfillment and partly the dim hope that if I do Good Public Code then maybe someone will offer me a kickass job. I’ve been wondering if it’s time for a change—the team dynamic on my current job is starting to suck and I don’t see any good way to turn it around, plus I sort of have my thing figured out and worry I am stagnating in my skills.