Christmas & New Year

I had a very busy holiday season this year. The Christmas weekend was spent with family and I had a lovely time. For the following weekend, we had some guests over, and I made three pizzas, an apple pie, shortbread cookies, and white bread – all from scratch. I was quite proud of myself.

The week in between was quite hectic. Unlike my coworkers, I wasn’t able to take any time off. A deadline is impending, and I’m the only one able to get the project done in time. It means lots of work that falls squarely on my shoulders.

In a more cheerful twist, I’ve set a new resolution for this coming year: see a creative project through to the finish. The last significant endeavour in this regard I completed was my book Rice Tea, and that was three years ago. That’s not to say I’ve been sitting on my laurels: I engaged in queer activism and lost weight. But both my creative enterprises, Solaire and Docks, remain neglected.

I have no motivation to see them to their conclusion. Things must change. So, I conceived of a new project: a visual programming language. I also found a source of motivation: I’m being sent a free Raspberry Pi in exchange for making this all happen using a new version of software tools distributed by Nokia. I’m keeping the scope of my project very limited so that I can actually see the end from the starting line.

I can do this. Right? Right. And maybe once that’s done, I’ll get to Docks. Haha.