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[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

It may be one of the easiest things to make, but I lived up to the stereotype and cooka’d da pasta over the weekend peppino-groovin. Made my own pasta sauce and everything.

In case anyone needs this knowledge the next time you make pasta: don’t break the noodles, and you’re supposed to put the sauce in a pan and put the cooked noodles into that pan then stir it around until well-integrated. Add some pasta water as well to help it stick. I also picked up guitar so that’s nice.

I’m kind of back on the job grind and elected to start keeping a chart and some track of my applications, it will be annoying but I think it’s important to send follow-up emails and try to use linkedin if there is any way I can prod HR to actually interview me for things.

Last little update is I want to start some level of therapy again to target depression. I want to find out what actually makes me tick because I deadass feel like I don’t even know myself besides “I’m a leftist and I like animation with Dragon Ball in particular.”