Gonna be real - doing pretty badly

Out of college & at a full time salaried job. In college, I had a amazing group of friends that I loved dearly, and while social media is okay, having a discord call once a week really isn't the same. And soon I'll be moving to Clearwater FL (nearish tampa) presumably and I've been very anxious that that place is going to be a boring suburb.

Side note: how the hell are you expected to find friends after college? And when the hell are you expected to do anything if you have to wake up at 8am every day?

And the job is feeling kinda demoralizing since it just sunk in that the product we're going to be shipping will inevitably be a hard to use buggy mess and while we're trying to polish it up as much as possible I can't see it being in a place I can be proud of in time.

Long and short is: don't really have anything to look forward to, short or long term

Anyways, sorry for the rant, don't really know what parts of this are covid, what are just "growing up", and what are more personal. Bah. Just got new headphones tho so that's something

I really liked his character in Lady Bird

Log in ~ daily either mobile or laptop

check chatter, and read the linked article if it seems interesting

my favorite posts are the pubskis & the heres-a-cool-woodworking project ones

don't post much so pm/email doesn't so much matter

light theme 4 lyf

I read it as an additional 11k in fees on top of the 95k of payroll

Knowing very little about economics - I'm gonna go way out on a limb here and guess that this will only help rich people

My new hero, Dorian Electra, just dropped a new single/music video after a very exciting 5 day hype building ARG

I really like it, but it's def a different style than their other music videos which are some of the best I've ever seen. Career boy is probably favorite from Flamboyant (but it's so hard to pick just one!)

Oooh, never played that but maybe! I'll check it out :)

probably not helpful, but I've always wanted to put together a text-based MUD that works essentially like an overcomplicated discord. you walk into actual rooms etc..

This quarantine has been a trip. Already have a ton of weird feelings about it and its only 2 weeks in. Another (3?) months to go!

Days 1-3 - fine, but a shame I won't be able to see my friends from home in person. Waste a lot of time playing Darkest Dungeon.

Day 4 - oh snap - if this goes past graduation i will never see most of my Gainesville friends ever again ~ not a good day

Day 5 - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Day 6,7 - All the homework piles up, finally have to do it. Felt a lot less bad about the quarantine since i'd be inside all day anyways.

Day 8 - Feel guilty about feeling bad about he quarantine since we're basically fine and several acquaintances now have sick relatives or are out of work.

Day 9 - Discord channels! Finally set up a few, and honestly just idling in voice chat while doing homework or single player video games and not even really talking much has made a huge difference.

Days 10+ ...? tbd

Straight outta cooks illustrated:

4 cups bread flour (22 ounces) plus additional for dusting work surface

2 ¼ teaspoons instant yeast (1 envelope)

1 ½ teaspoons table salt 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1 ½ cups water plus 1 tablespoon (12 1/2 ounces), 105 degrees

3 medium cloves Garlic, pressed through garlic press or minced (about 1 tablespoon)

2 tablespoons olive oil

¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

15 ounces whole-milk ricotta (1 container)

8 ounces shredded fresh mozzarella (2 cups)

1 ½ ounces grated Parmesan cheese (about 3/4 cup)

1 large egg yolk

1 tablespoon minced fresh oregano leaves

¼ teaspoon table salt ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper

extra-virgin olive oil for brushing shaped calzones kosher salt for sprinkling

MAKES SIX 9 BY 4-INCH CALZONES

1. FOR THE DOUGH (see below for food processor method): In bowl of standing mixer, whisk flour, yeast, and salt to combine. Attach bowl and dough hook to mixer; with mixer running at medium-low speed, add olive oil, then gradually add water; continue to mix until mixture comes together and smooth, elastic dough forms, about 10 minutes. Lightly spray large bowl with nonstick cooking spray; form dough into ball, transfer it to bowl, cover bowl with plastic wrap lightly sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, and let rise in warm spot until doubled in size, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

2. FOR THE FILLING: While dough rises, stir together garlic, olive oil, and red pepper flakes in 8-inch skillet over medium heat until garlic is fragrant and sizzling and mixture registers 200 degrees on instant-read thermometer, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Transfer to small bowl and cool until warm, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.

3. In medium bowl, stir together cheeses, egg yolk, oregano, salt, black pepper, and cooled -garlic-pepper oil until combined; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed.

4. Adjust oven rack to lowest position, set pizza stone on oven rack, and heat oven to 500 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper and spray parchment lightly with nonstick cooking spray. Turn risen dough out onto unfloured work surface. Divide dough in half, then cut each half into thirds. Gently reshape each piece of dough into ball. Transfer to baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap lightly sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Let dough rest at least 15 minutes but no more than 30 minutes.

5. Cut eight 9-inch squares of parchment paper. Working with one piece of dough at a time and keeping other pieces covered, follow illustration 1 to roll dough into 9-inch round. Set round onto parchment square and cover with another parchment square; roll out another dough ball, set dough round on top of first, and cover with parchment square. Repeat to form stack of 3 rounds, covering top round with parchment square. Form second stack of 3 with remaining dough balls and parchment squares.

6. Remove top parchment square from first stack of dough rounds and place rounds with parchment beneath on work surface; if dough rounds have shrunk, gently and evenly roll out again to 9-inch rounds. Following illustrations 2 through 6, form calzones. With pastry brush, brush tops and sides of calzones with olive oil and lightly sprinkle with salt. Trim excess parchment paper; slide calzones on parchment onto pizza peel or rimless baking sheet, then slide calzones with parchment onto hot pizza stone, evenly spacing them apart. Bake until golden brown, about 11 minutes; use pizza peel or rimless baking sheet to remove calzones with parchment to wire rack. Remove parchment, cool 5 minutes, and serve. While first batch bakes, form second batch and bake after removing first batch.

FOOD PROCESSOR METHOD: Made in an 11-cup cup food processor, the dough bakes up with slightly less chew than we like.

Alternative Step 1: Pulse flour, yeast, and salt to combine, about five 1-second pulses. While pulsing, add olive oil through feed tube, then gradually add water; continue pulsing until dough forms ball, then process until smooth and elastic, about 30 seconds. Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface and knead by hand a few turns to form smooth, round ball. Transfer dough to oiled bowl and proceed from step 2.

That's a relief, thanks so much for the advice. Definitely going to play it safe with things but glad to know we aren't at cancel-the-world yet.

Yeah, ours was last week, went to some museums in Altanta which in retrospect may have been a bad idea