#dragonatthedinnertable

Simple asks: 2, 9, 17

Clearing out stuff & making space is such a good feeling! I spent a few days over the summer helping Mum clear out the shed of 8yo moving boxes, which was great. I also got some old shelves & drawers etc, and did some deep cleaning of my own. The closet is organised! > If you google "Best Lightweight Linux for Old PCs", you'll get a lot of options if you wanna try something. Don't start with Ubuntu, it's a beast. I'm looking for distros to maybe convince my parents to switch away from Windows (Dad won't, he's a dinosaur, but Mum is interested).

Hiyaaa! I don't know what to ask, so I'll just chat at you like we're hanging out. I'm studying Ethical Hacking at polytech, and it's really interesting! We are gonna do some penetration hacks on virtual machines this week. And I've been playing around a bunch with Linux builds--there's too many different distributions to be able to pick one forever... What have you been up to lately?

I've had 2 of my 5 exams so far this week. Monday I was almost late (they said show up 15min early, but my taxi was 20min late, so I got in 2min before start, barely had time to log in to computer), but finished in under half the time. Today was programming - spent way too long on the first 15% question, but managed to get 85% overall. Tomorrow I've got a practical & a written exam, then nothing till next Thursday (except for the stupid late assessment - 3+ weeks late being handed out!!).

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Dice set reveal when?

We had brunch with my in-laws 2 days ago, and handed them the letter as we left. We still haven't heard anything from them, which is starting to make me nervous. On the plus side, I ran a D&D game for my nieces & niblings, which they loved; and yesterday I went to the Nice bookshop with $200 in cash & vouchers (from the in-laws!) and walked out with a nice stack of books, a new dice set (running total=825), and a pencil case. (Also, I've printed off that expensive-to-ship-from-US book, which didn't turn out too bad.)

My wife is helping me draft a letter to my MIL, explaining how her misgendering me hurts. It's a bit nerve-wracking, but probably better than trying to broach the subject in person. She probably doesn't actually realise how much it hurts, because we've been downplaying it for years now. This is probably going to end up with positive outcomes: either she starts making an effort, or I have an excuse to never be in a room with her again. (Family fallout? What's that lol) Fingers crossed, wish me luck!