droning_in_my_ears

So back in highschool, the grade for 12th grade was based 100% on the mid and final exams. Homework didn't matter, quizzes didn't matter, projects didn't matter, participation in class didn't matter as far as grades go. You could of course still do these things and most people did care about them to practice but in the end it was all about the exam.

So I used to always take quizzes seriously as a chance to practice. I would note down my mistakes on my notebook IN ALL CAPS with red ink and a spiky border. Just so I don't make the same mistake again in the exam.

One day I made a mistake in a biology quiz because I confused heart pulse and blood pressure. That day I had cut myself and was bleeding. After writing the usual warning I looked at my hand and thought the blood matched the red ink really well...so I smeared my blood under the red ink warning.

After a few days the blood smear turned chocolate brown and no longer matched the warning :(

Back when I was like 9, on my birthday, I went and knocked on a neighbor's door. Told her it's my birthday and left. This was someone I'd never spoken to before.

Later that night she shows up at our house with a stuffed bunny. Turns out she interpreted "It's my birthday!" as "We're having a party and you're invited!" not "I just wanted everyone to know!" like I meant it.

My mom made some emergency tea and received her in our messy living room. They ended up becoming friends after that.

I couldn't imagine doing anything like that as an adult. Just knock on a stranger's door to announce it's my birthday and walk away lol.

So back when I was in middle school, I used to always wear this hoodie. One time I was sitting down, and this guy behind me started toying with the hood of my hoodie. Pulling on it and stuff. Now I didn't really mind so I just let it happen.

Then suddenly I felt really sleepy and leaned my head back. I don't remember what happened next. I just woke up with a tingly sensation all over my body. Pins and needles everywhere. They told me I was shaking but I don't remember shaking. And they said my eyes were red.

I assume the guy pulling on the hood had something to do with it. I mean it wasn't tooo tight around my neck that I was choking or anything but it was definitely tensed for a while.

I still don't really know what exactly happened. It was a nice nap though ngl. I felt really sleepy and just leaned my head back and everything went away 😌

What better time for some shameless attention whoring :P?

Anyone has experience speaking without someone to correct your mistakes?

Man the only reason someone like me looks good at something is because the average person is terrible at it lol

So I have a small web app I made. I didn't really advertise much because there's a lot of things I wanna fix in it and I don't have the time. But I did tell a few classmates about it.

Last few days I noticed it had been running slowly. Until one day it just stopped working. I checked the server logs and there was a background worker trying and failing to insert some data into the db on loop because of a bug I didn't notice. The data it was trying to insert was spam so I knew this was an intentional thing. I took the server down and in the process accidentally deleted all the logs. Oops.

So I go and check the database and the user who inserted the spam data used their actual email. I google it, find their GitHub, their twitter, and their fiverr which has their actual name and picture. I search their name in my university system and find them. It's someone I don't know. Someone who heard from a classmate I told about it.

Fixed the bug now, banned the account, removed the spam. I guess you could say they did me a favor catching the bug but they could've just told me about it lol.

The only question left is: should I contact them? Send them a subtle 'I know what you did" message on the uni portal?

I heard there were massive blackouts in Spain Portugal and parts of France. If you can still somehow access the Internet, how are you doing?

I'll go first:

First day of highschool, slipped and fell in a puddle of vomit, and some kids laughed. Sheepishly went to the bathroom and rinsed my uniform, and put it in my bag. Spent the rest of the day in gym clothes which I luckily had that day, still smelling like vomit though.

Good thing when you don't know anyone yet is nobody remembers.

I remember I was at my uni library and I learned from a tweet of the health ministry that schools and unis are shutdown for the foreseeable future. I immediately went home early.

I remember telling my siblings "Meh this will probably last a week or so". lol in hindsight.