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March 12th, 2026: Thursday today. I woke up at 7:00am and got breakfast. I went to the bus stop and got on it. I got off and brewed decaf coffee for the office because we’re all out of regular coffee. I did write a note warning people of the type of coffee saying:
>Decaf =(
I got into my spot and sat down to do relatively nothing. Well at one point Seth M came over and asked me if I could email him access to the cleaned spreadsheet he had because of an issue with him being locked out of his own. I emailed him. Later there was an email from the website guy sent out clarifying who is in charge of what. I’m glad that the issue is over now. I had my decaf coffee and spotted others going past. At 10:49am I went to the bathroom but I got in and saw a cane next to the toilet stall on the inside so I knew he’d take forever. I took the elevator downstairs to a different available bathroom, I got out and spotted Elon, who asked me:
“Hey Gemerson, do you think you can help me haul stuff?”
I agreed and went down to the basement, it’s very barebones and was mostly used as storage for the people there and miscellaneous pipes and wires. We got to our storage locker where the walls for it were similar to a cross between chicken wire and a metal fence. Elon had a cart and he got a call at that moment. Elon told me he had to leave and I could go upstairs but to grab 1 of everything off the shelf except the spatulas because they would already be a part of the kitchen set. I didn’t have much instruction beyond that so I grabbed 1 of everything including the multiple types of cleaner they had; initially I tried to do one jug of vegetable oil but that felt straight up wrong. I did 1 bundle each silverware: forks, knives, and spoons. At 11:04am I texted Elon asking:
>1 of everything off every shelf. And what about the spoons and knives.
He replied later:
<2
<I’m coming sorryorry
There was some stuff that I didn’t think of grabbing like the bath mats, some more toothpaste, a rice cooker, shampoo, and 2 blankets. When he came back I asked why we didn’t just go with 1 blanket as it was for a man and a woman. He told me it was a father and a daughter. I hauled it out with him when he got down (he got stopped by the Latinx lady and Mauer on separate occasions.) I went up and did nothing more but did some investigating and found out the older Ukrainian woman’s birthday. I then got boneless wings for lunch. I got back and did nothing until taking the bus to classes. I walked to classes and finished up the last cantos, specifically 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34. Noticeably absent is canto 28, the one which depicts Muhammad ripped apart and being hauled by his son-in-law Ali. I got a 5.64 out of 6 on my discussion post for this week, Markus’ brother got a 4.2. The conversation was ok and I talked with Seraphim about Nicodemus possibly being deployed. While leaving class, Bakhita mentioned my name and I just had to go back to her to ask why she said my name, she just laughed. I walked back to my place and made ramen with 2 eggs in it for dinner. I spent the rest of the day working on finishing touches for the presentation and recorded a video to show off. I got that done and took a shower. I transcribed August 8th through August 15th, 2025 on the Booru forum. I finally went to sleep.

Song of the Day: Electric Feel - MGMT (2007)
 
March 13th, 2026: A full day today, except for the presentation I had to attend. I got into work after getting breakfast and taking the bus. I got into work and saw some people here. For the most part I wasn’t called over to help with any tech issues for a while. I did get some tea in the break room and refilled some paper. Zarith C came over to me asking for her help getting Roblox installed on her son’s computer, I checked it and it was already installed, I don’t know why really, as I thought I’d get in trouble for doing outside of work stuff on company time, but a bit later I spotted Seth M talking with Zarith C about the tech issue. I had to clock out at 10:45am to get in the boring meeting room to finish up the presentation. I did that and browsed KiwiFarms for a bit until 11:30am when I officially got on the call. The professor did it by even numbered groups ascending, we’re group 9, of the non-even groups only 5 and 7 went, so that’s like 3 hours of pay down the drain for nothing. I got off at 12:35pm and clocked back in to head down to lunch. I ate a mac and cheese pizza slice and then got back by 1:00pm. I checked the big computer to see Seth M’s issue and it was him being locked out of his own account. Wow. I did some stuff like browsing Wikipedia. Nailisi was in the back in her office. A bit later, Edgar came over to talk to me for a bit like in the old days. I remembered something that the younger Ukrainian woman gave me was still in the fridge. A bit later, while Zarith C was mentioning Roblox, Tia commented that she heard a lot of bad things about how unsafe Roblox is and with all the predators it has plus the class action lawsuits against it, she told me her dad made her younger brother install it after he heard about these things. I ended up clocking out a bit early at 4:15pm and walked over to the sushi place. I’ve grown a bit tired of eating sushi again and again and it set me back $26, but it’s payday so who cares. I had some spam sashimi which was awful and the other stuff was a bit better. I caught the bus home and proceeded to play more Holdfast the moment I got there. I did have dreaded algorithms homework due tonight because I procrastinated for so long. James cooked something for dinner while I didn’t actually have anything. I did submit the resume that my mom was asking for. I also completed my homework, sloppily, not referring to the quality of the work but the handwriting. Waleran sent me an email of his part of the lease signed off so I would have to sign it now. I took a shower and went to sleep.

Song of the Day: Out of Time - The Weeknd (2022)
 
March 14th, 2026: A lazy Saturday today, I woke up at 8:00am and had cereal for breakfast, also coffee. I got on my computer and spent pretty much most of the day. I played some Holdfast in between converting FFRK sprites to RPG Maker MZ sideview battler sprites. At 10:00am I got out of the house with laundry in tow, I got there and put my stuff in the 12 gallon washer and worked on reading two poems for an assignment due on Monday, the two poems I chose were Onions by William Matthews (1992) and Famous by Naomi Shihab Nye (1995), when drying, this guy put in two quarters for a dryer and he said he couldn’t get it to work so he just let me dry my laundry there. I half completed it. Lunch yet again was ramen with an egg in it. I went back and decided on getting Python installed on my desktop because I lost the HDMI to USB-C adapter for my old laptop (read: bought in September 2022) that has a non-functional main screen. I got VSCode installed to actually write code and execute it, using Pip to install the Python Image Library so I could automate the process, I did the entirety of the Final Fantasy IV sprites with a claude.ai code I generated, dividing the image into chunks based on the height and assigning them numbers, then taking the numbers and putting them into place on a 2 dimensional array I wrote. I drank the last of my milk so I’d have to get more soon. I heard it would snow later at night which made me cautious about walking to overnight Eucharistic adoration that Aquino organized. I signed up for 7:30pm to 9:30pm and I started my walk over at 6:45pm after getting dressed in my green button-up and a brown tie. It was lightly snowing as I walked over. I got in at 7:20pm and stayed there in silence, I sat near the front where the Eucharist was displayed and I sat and read some prayers in my handbook. I went to the back to get a cup of water and I noticed how loud I was being, especially when compared to the silence that everybody practiced. Except for a guy coughing. There were these prayer intentions you could write down and I took a picture of all of them:
<For peace in our hearts and in our country
<For Caitlin
<For those addicted to pornography + the hearts of those who create + share it.
<For a healthy pregnancy
<For our wedding prep, the blessed day & our marriage
<Our world - Lord have mercy!
<For Ryan S
The last one was someone’s name IDK. I went back to the bathroom once and started praying the rosary at 8:00pm. I completed prayer and left halfway through my 2 hour slot to run over to the grocery store and buy milk, bananas, Yakult, and frozen vegetables. I had some frozen vegetables left in the fridge. I got to the bus at 9:04pm and took it home. I then had the genius idea to cook 2 of the 5 sausages I recently bought and used olive oil for the pan instead of cooking spray. It boiled a lot and I almost started a grease fire, I cooked it for 5 minutes then let it simmer for 12 minutes while the old frozen vegetables were in the microwave, I ate it while watching older seasons of the Simpsons. I got to my computer and I transcribed August 16th through August 20th, 2025. I took a shower and went to sleep.

Song of the Day: Battle Theme 1 - Nobuo Uematsu (1991)
 
March 15th, 2026: Sunday today. I got up and had breakfast, I realized after looking online for a bit that I could install Final Fantasy Record Keeper on my computer, I played it a lot until it was 9:45am, I finally got dressed for mass and walked over. Most people were downstairs, Kristine and Gabriella were handing out the pieces of paper to read off. Kristine asked me:
“Hey, do you want to do the readings today?”
I agreed and went up, I volunteered to do the first reading and then more people came in. I noticed the line for confessionals had Lewis, Elijah, then Lewis’ ex-girlfriend sitting. It was hilarious, Markus and Markus’ brother did the collection and some other people there included Swifte, Morgado, the Honduran, Telemachus, Oriang, and Frociaggine acolyting with Elijah. I went up at the first sit down and I read: 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13
☛1 The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”
☛6 When they came, he looked on Eliʹab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”
☛7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the LORD sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”
☛10 And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.”
☛11 And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he comes here.”
☛12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and had beautiful eyes, and was handsome. And the LORD said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.”
☛13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
I continued as Kristine sat next to me with her legs crossed towards me, I don’t know why’s she’s being more friendly than usual but I’ll take it. The homily was quite alright and for the sign of peace I noticed Kalifornia was there in the back. I received the body and blood of Christ where Father Aquinas dipped it into the wine then put it on my tongue. I stayed for lunch for me, which was egg cupcakes with ham bits in them, a blueberry and strawberry mix, some coffee, and hashbrowns which I loved. The Honduran’s sister had to leave early and the Honduran was far better dressed than I. Kristine told me she’s from Grove City, Ohio. I thanked Morgado for driving me home on Wednesday and when I left at 11:55am, I said bye to Oriang. I walked home in the rain. I saw a large pool of water from a clogged drain and tried poking at it with a stick I found nearby, the drain was located but completely non-functional. I just went home and got back to playing Final Fantasy Record Keeper. A lot. I played it until 6:00pm when I made ramen with 2 eggs in it for dinner. Back to gaming and redoing all the sprites I made because I fucked up the walk animation. I gamed a lot more and tried transcribing on the Booru forum when I noticed the character limit was reduced down to it’s original 10,000 so some things I transcribed got cut off and then took a shower when I saw that at 5:17pm, Lorax texted in a groupchat a link to an EWTN article saying: “Mathematicians can become ‘signs of hope for the world,’ Pope Leo XIV says”
He texted:
<Me when the Pope shares my opinion
Lol. I got a notification that due to the upcoming snow (it had been raining all day) classes would be canceled tomorrow, also working in person was canceled too. I went to sleep.

Song of the Day: Here Without You - 3 Doors Down (2002)
 
March 16th, 2026: Basically another weekend today. I woke up at 8:00am and got out of bed to make cereal for breakfast. I got my email set up and I clocked in at 8:33am. I played more Final Fantasy Record Keeper until it was time for the meeting where we had to keep our cameras on. I commented for attendance first so I was the first one to speak, a rookie mistake. I spent most of it with my camera on until I went to the bathroom and turned it off. My roommate woke up in the middle of the call as I could tell by him turning the fan off. Also Friday the building our office is in will be undergoing maintenance on Friday so the power will be off and we’ll be working at home without access to our Microsoft accounts. Fuck. I went into my room to game and redo all the spritesheets I’ve cut out because I forgot something with the walk animation. I stayed alert to my gmail notifications throughout the day and there was a notification I got, it was just one of those generic Canva things. There was a discussion in a text message group chat I was a part of which went:
<So fire - Magdalus
<Truly - Lorax
<Heresy. He should vacate the papacy at once - Nicodemus
<So that I can become Pope and rebuke Nicodemus - Lorax
<is this the beginning of the Mathematical Catholic Reforms 🤔 - Seraphim
<Based on the conversations I had at SEEK, all of the monks are already doing them - Lorax
<1 + 1 + 1 = 1 - Nicodemus
<It's true (mod 2) - Lorax
<I'm gonna cause a schism between the mathematical and metaphysical parts of the church, you can call me Marty Luther 🤩 - Seraphim
<Lutherus Martus - Lorax
<mathematical radical tradicals - Kaufman
<True! - Lorax
I got on Holdfast and in one round while I was playing on Aspern as the United Kingdom, a spawn camp was positioned next to a tree which caused me to spawn in the tree and just snipe people from there. I had ramen with 2 eggs in it after I went on I continued programming a bit until I clocked out at 4:01pm. James had started cleaning up the kitchen and I saw a ton of snow outside. James said he put my sausages in a ziploc bag but I would be cooking them tonight, I cooked while he cleaned and he remarked that he was drinking milk and it tasted soapy, I thought I had issues washing the dishes, moreso rinsing them, as I had never had an issue with my own dishes tasting soapy, but he said it might be his sinus infection. While I was cooking, I had frozen vegetables with dinner and did some more writing until I took a shower and then went back to play FFRK more. I also did some Holdfast and continued to work on this writing assignment for my creative writing class where I needed to write 500 words about the creative writing unit I just had a bit above that. I fixed the problem with the Booru forum partially by editing post in the future to overwrite them if an earlier post was too long for the new 10,000 word count. I then went to sleep pretty late.

Song of the Day: My Blue Heaven - Gene Austin (1927)
 
bros playing final fantasy in the morning
 
you should play war of rights intstead of holdfast because i said so
 
March 17th, 2026: Saint Patrick’s day. An actual day at work. I woke up at 7:00am and had cereal for breakfast. On the bus ride to work I saw a gender special person with some pins on its backpack including one of a kitten which said: “Fuck ICE” and another one saying they belong to the art college’s comix club. I wanted to take a picture but I didn’t think I could pull it off this time. I went into my work and clocked in. I had to help the older Ukrainian woman with her computer not turning on, I solved that via plugging and unplugging it. I went back and continued doing nothing. Although I brewed decaf, the coffee still sucked the same as the regular stuff we used to have. I checked my email and just found this from my mom, which sent me into a state of irritation:
<Gemerson,
<Can you wait? Who are you sharing the apartment with for the next year
<I wouldn’t sign that lease. What if you get a job in Chicago? Garnet signed a lease thinking she was going to stay in Minneapolis after graduating and then got the job in Colorado. She had to pay $6000 to break the lease.
<Can we talk about it this week?
This is due by Wednesday and my mom is just being antagonistic and unrealistic, I wrote to her in reply:
>I have already decided to go with this lease, it’s too late to find an apartment in Chicago now plus I can take Amtrak down to Chicago, I need this signed by Wednesday, March 18th. I am sharing it with a guy I met from my college named Waleran.
I was frustrated, I spotted Ahwahn pass by and also the Ukrainian man plus Tia. I went to the pizza place for lunch and then got back, I clocked out a bit early and then took the bus to classes. I got in and had a Mr. Goodyear bar from the convenience store. While walking over, I encountered Agaw and her fiance, I talked with them a bit and told them my woes with my mom refusing to cosign the lease. I got to my class and started reading the skimmings assigned to us of Dante’s Purgatio. Horseradish’s mom was here and I talked with her a bit. Nash said to me that he’d have to pinch me for not wearing green so he tried it and I just deflected him whenever he tried. Bakhita wasn’t here so that was sad. I didn’t understand the reading except the green winged angels. I went back home after class, I taste tested James' milk and it did taste soapy, he threw it out. I worked on the FFRK sheets. James the Greater knocked on my bedroom door and told me:
“You got a letter!”
It was from my godmother, a card with green pen ink writing, $20, and a Saint Carlo Acutis prayer card which read:
<Gemerson
<Thinking of you on St. Paddy’s Day. Your graduation quickly approaches and I want to send green $ to treat yourself during studying/final projects.
<I also send a card about St. Carlo Acutis, beatified recently, 2024 + known for his use of tech to spread the faith he felt before dying at age 15.
<Shamrock luck to you! [godmother]
I sent my godmother a text at 5:02pm reading:
>Thank you so much for the card Lisa, our Catholic center has a Saint Carlo Acutis computer room.
She replied later with:
<Oh my goodness! That is so cool that the Catholic Center has a Saint Carlo Acutis computer room! I have a couple Florida friends who were praying really hard for his Canonization. I can't wait to tell them that his faith continues on. And what a perfect room to name after him. Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
I took a picture to show my outfit for Saint Patrick’s day today in the family groupchat:
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At 6:00pm I went to the Catholic center. I got in and saw all the people there, Telemachus, the Quad, Agaw and her fiance, Markus’ brother, Sixes and his friend, Swifte, Oriang, Frociaggine, Elijah Morgado, the Honduran, Seraphim, Nicodemus, Lewis and his ex-girlfriend, Casta, Alley, and others. Markus’ brother asked this super short basic woman if she stopped growing in 6th grade and some girl said:
“That’s super rude!”
In a kind of laughing manner. I said that she might have stopped growing in 7th grade. I had my corned beef and cabbage with potatoes while sitting next to Knitter, while she was knitting. I left at 6:45pm to head to McDonalds and bought a shamrock shake to celebrate the day. There was this unceasing beeping for the workers there and I swear, if I worked there, I would have killed somebody by now, this not me bragging about how badass and tough I am talking about killing people, no, that beeping is demonic, McDonalds is one of Satan’s fingers, God please stop that beeping everywhere. I walked back home along a trail and took these two pictures:
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I got in and drank the rest while seeing 2 people walking in this cold. I completed some stuff, took a shower, then went to bed.

Song of the Day: Born to Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez (1978)
 
>brown hair brown eyes
aryan...
 
March 18th, 2026: Another day of work, writing and classes. I got up and had breakfast with coffee. I took a later bus and noticed Ahwahn on it. She only spotted me a bit later in the bus ride and I talked about my woes with getting my lease renewed. I clocked in and checked my emails to see the Indian lady demanding of me at 1:23pm, (while she was on lunch) after I was out of the office and 7 minutes before I officially leave work that I print out an ID card for a volunteer only here on Tuesdays by 2:00pm, said volunteer gets out of here by 4:00pm. I tried that but I had issues with the printer not being calibrated. I fixed that and then printed it out. The older Ukrainian woman had the problem again so I swapper her power cable with the one for my left monitor, it worked for both of us. I saw the Indian lady was in a meeting so I just left it on her desk while she was out. I continued doing nothing and drinking coffee but a while later on the Indian lady came to my desk berating me for a non-issue:
“Gemerson you need to give the ID card directly to the volunteer. You can not just put it on my desk.”
I was going to inform her that the volunteer would see her first thing in the morning so it would be slightly easier to have her store it and give it to her with the laptop. I never stood up for myself. A bit later the Afghani man had me help him as much as I could with his printer. I still couldn’t fix it. I unlocked Mrauku’s computer and said hi to Tia, Kiana, Ahwahn, the Ukrainian man, and Elon. At 12:50pm my mom called me to discuss but I informed her I was still at work and the time difference meant my 1:45pm, not her 1:45pm. I took the bus to home at 1:05pm. I didn’t actually attend my creative writing class but I just studied for my algorithms class. I called my mom at 1:45pm and still made no leeway with her. I was furious and felt like I was cursed to be unable to make people listen to me or follow requests. On her Snapchat story, Hedelweis posted one of those waterfalls in indoor parks with the caption:
<Me when I see Bad Bunny
It made me say the truth and start the conversation
>Satanic brimstone
<A waterfall?
>Bad Bunny worship.
<What’s wrong with bad bunny
>Dude he fucking sucks, if Puerto Rico wasn’t a part of the United States, I’d call for his deportation.
>And his politics are satanic and dummyed.
<Well I enjoy him
<So stay mad
>“Words words words I love goyslop.” - godless Hedelweis.
<Jesus loves me 🙅‍♀️
>You’re an atheistic liberal, you don’t love Him back…
<Who said I was an atheist
<Or a liberal
<Don’t put labels on me.
I had to buy some pencils from this store because they didn’t sell pencil sharpeners. I went to the professor’s class before me and it was just rehashing what I previously studied. I complained with Waleran about still not getting my mom to sign the lease. I walked down to the front and then took the test finally. I was stressed and felt I understudied for the entire thing and would be lucky to get a 55% or greater, thankfully I prayed to God beforehand. I left at 5:25pm to walk home. I attended the short meeting online at 6:00pm to clarify stuff. I didn’t have dinner but gamed and finalized my final draft for my religious studies class. I tried calling my mom 8 times from 7:02pm to 7:06pm to get her to finally cosign the lease. I called my dad after and although he was more understanding due to being in a similar situation, he deflected to mom again and I nearly lost it, neither of them understood or cared about me potentially being homeless because I live in a very tight housing market and all the apartments I can find don’t fit the 30% of my current income rule. I overheard my roommate talking about Honkai: Rail Star and also playing Age of Empires. I told dad that she wasn’t responding, he said to give him 20 minutes, and if in that time she didn’t respond, he would sign it. 20 minutes passed and he did after some getting the right stuff. I got a call from the landlady and talked with her before clarifying that I was graduating in 2027 to lie because I feared she would not renew my lease because I’m no longer gonna be allowed to stay. I sent the long text to my mom and she asked was I not graduating in 2026. I then talked with my landlady more:
>Clarification: I graduate in 2026, not 2027.
<You graduate in a couple of months? I misunderstood.
>I’m sorry I should have been more clear.
<So you might be getting a job starting this summer?
>Yes
<So I don’t know if you should sign a new lease if you are up in the air about your plans post- graduation.
>I am thinking about staying with family in Chicago during the week if that happens and I get the job.
<Where are you in the process and do you know when the hiring is done. Are you looking at jobs here too?
>I already have a job here. I reached out to the guy my parents are friends with and he said the position isn’t technically open yet.
<Congratulations on already having a position! Gosh - a lot of unknowns with Chicago possibility.
>I have some concerns about getting it in the first place and I just want to stay safe.
If she didn’t have so much power over me, I’d tell my landlady to quit being an asshole over that comment. I heard that a church here got vandalize which made me extremely upset. I transcribed from August 22nd, 2025 to August 31st, 2025. I ran to the convenience store to get a 4 pack of cups of Velveeta mac and cheese and had that for a late dinner. I took a shower and went to sleep.

Song of the Day: Tutti Frutti - Little Richard (1957)
 
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