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catora
@bakedbucatini.bsky.social
engineer by day, grad student at night, always late to the party, little bit lost. slaying away, relentlessly (at least, trying to.) #workandstudy #adultgrind

🧮📑📚🚏🎧🍜🐈‍⬛🎒🥪📐🛣️⚓☁️🍕🚲🚙🍱💤🎉🌅🫧🍩🧃🛳️🎹🌆 - 🇯🇪🇬🇧🇮🇹
been reading up on #add and gifted minds lately, and omg it explains so much. not as an excuse, but making sense of some pattern 🫠
not sure what to do with all this information, though
December 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I so would like to post something positive or witty or funny on here, but somehow I just reach out when I'm down
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
now listening:
Christopher Tin - "The Drop That Contained the Sea" - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
🥹🥰💗🌅✨
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
insomnia striking again 😵
November 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Me (many years ago): Yay I found some good old fashioned vintage net curtains for my flat!
My cats: Yay indeed!
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
what's the secret to keep going if you somehow can't keep going? how to keep prowling on instead of just calling in sick, and giving up? any mantras? reasoning ?
November 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
next year, money-wise, I have the choice of:
A - taking a short trip with a friend to a place I am passionate about (it would definitely be fun), or
B - a longer trip alone, going home, recharging some much needed energy and calm
October 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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October 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
October 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
early shift tomorrow. still struggling to fulfill all my work duties consistently. new week, new chance.
October 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
what a day at work. the only task was transcribing a meeting. did need all the 7 hours for that. my brain is fried.
September 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
September 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
from tomorrow on 6 days working straight through, and then some blissful days off work.
September 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
had a really shitty work meeting. some older guy telling me proudly "we've done it that way for 35 years and we see no reason to change now" and I am just so fed up with this attitude for inclusivity, accessibility, mobility, and urban planning in general.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I'm gonna need to drag myself out. today's plan: morning household chores, grabbing a cup of coffee with a colleague after lunch, and in the afternoon off to the next bigger city. just sitting in a café, working, soaking in the energy of lots of people and calming down.
September 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I'm in a real slump for the past weeks. regretting the last move, but I can't do anything about that till the end of 26. and somehow I'm unable to push through and to just accept it, or I'm not even working actively to make the next move happen 😕
September 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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What's the difference between health and safety?

Health will kill you eventually (dust from cement, old mortar)

Safety will kill you now (rapid deceleration on contact with the ground).
September 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
genuine question: how does one get "interesting"? I don't read books (lack of time, not lack of interest), I don't really follow politics (gives me an ulcer), I do not have significant hobbies. Just going to work, keeping the household afloat, doing taxes, and taking me vitamins is stressful enough😕
September 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
midweek. things are looking up, slowly. tomorrow and Friday only half workdays but I desperately have to sort through my private paperwork 🫣 #adultgrind
September 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
first day on the job. overslept, missed the train, coffee fell over. too much to do, headache, tired. but still have to get some groceries and tidy up at home. #adultgrind
September 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
reactivated this account, because currently at a very bad place. nothing fits, nothing works, everything's a struggle.
September 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛...
January 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
no way out but through
July 21, 2024 at 9:26 AM