Hello, I'm Mark aka Shark
I already had an idea for a blog post series called One Day as a Shark, which I'm still kind of doing, but now it's also part of the I am Alive Challenge on Hive. My life is changing a lot lately and I want to document that, for when it's good and also when it's bad. Many people have had a tough year and a half or so, and I certainly have as well. My mother and my grandmother both passed away during the pandemic. Restrictions had loosened enough by the time my mom passed that we got to see her during her last days in the ICU.
So, that's the bad, I suppose. Another change is that I quit my job and decided that I'm going to do a coding bootcamp through a local university and try to change my career. Coding and development isn't new to me, but it's more of a hobby and not something I'd say I'm proficient with. The six months I'll be spending in the bootcamp should get me up to speed.
The ideas won't be foreign to me, though. I've been making websites since probably before some of my classmates were even born. I've even developed some apps. I just want a refresher / crash course in everything, and apparently I'm willing to pay for it. Mostly, I don't trust myself to come up with and stick to a study plan to learn on my own, though I know it is certainly possible to do so.
I already had an idea for a blog post series called One Day as a Shark, which I'm still kind of doing, but now it's also part of the I am Alive Challenge on Hive. My life is changing a lot lately and I want to document that, for when it's good and also when it's bad. Many people have had a tough year and a half or so, and I certainly have as well. My mother and my grandmother both passed away during the pandemic. Restrictions had loosened enough by the time my mom passed that we got to see her during her last days in the ICU.
So, that's the bad, I suppose. Another change is that I quit my job and decided that I'm going to do a coding bootcamp through a local university and try to change my career. Coding and development isn't new to me, but it's more of a hobby and not something I'd say I'm proficient with. The six months I'll be spending in the bootcamp should get me up to speed.
The ideas won't be foreign to me, though. I've been making websites since probably before some of my classmates were even born. I've even developed some apps. I just want a refresher / crash course in everything, and apparently I'm willing to pay for it. Mostly, I don't trust myself to come up with and stick to a study plan to learn on my own, though I know it is certainly possible to do so.
I finally hung my guitars on the wall today
This is something I've been meaning to do for over six months now, but I guess I've been lazy. I recently cleaned my office (just a bedroom in my house I use for whatever I want) after letting it kind of go to shit for a while when I was in an I don't really care about anything sort of mood for an extended period. I finally got the holders in the wall today and put up these three guitars.
The acoustic is a 1960s Yamaha acoustic my wife got me for my birthday one year. Then, she also got it tuned up / setup for me this past Christmas.
The Les Paul in the middle is a 1990 Gibson Les Paul Standard that I really like.
The bass is just a Squire Jazz Bass that I bought so I had something to mess around on.
I have some other guitars, but I only have three holders on the wall. One of my guitars has a repaired neck and I don't want to hang it on the wall by its neck. It's pretty strong now since it's been fixed, but I still don't think it makes sense to hang a guitar by a repaired neck.
This is something I've been meaning to do for over six months now, but I guess I've been lazy. I recently cleaned my office (just a bedroom in my house I use for whatever I want) after letting it kind of go to shit for a while when I was in an I don't really care about anything sort of mood for an extended period. I finally got the holders in the wall today and put up these three guitars.
The acoustic is a 1960s Yamaha FG-160 my wife got me for my birthday one year. Then, she also got it tuned up / setup for me this past Christmas.
The Les Paul in the middle is a 1990 Gibson Les Paul Standard that I really like.
The bass is just a Squire Jazz Bass that I bought so I had something to mess around on.
I have some other guitars, but I only have three holders on the wall. One of my guitars has a repaired neck and I don't want to hang it on the wall by its neck. It's pretty strong now since it's been fixed, but I still don't think it makes sense to hang a guitar by a repaired neck.
Aside from that, I mostly listened to music, watched a little TV, and played a TON of Splinterlands
I was trying to make it to the Champion III League, but so far, I've failed. I've made it within one or two wins of crossing the line, but I always end up hitting a losing streak before I make it. Currently, I'm down a lot closer to dropping to Diamond II League. I should probably take a break, but we'll see. Sometimes, when I get it in my head that I want to accomplish something, it becomes obsessive and I keep trying until I finally make it or just give up.
It's been my goal for the past several Splinterlands seasons to make it back into the Champion League, though, so it means a lot to me and I'm probably trying too hard.
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