Weekly Notes #15

19 Jul, 2026

July 6 - July 19
cold rainy winter is here...

Still could not keep up with running, mainly I blame the rain, the coldness and early sunset. I did run at the gym and outdoors several times in the past two weeks.
Week of 13 July I ran three times. I can see airplanes landing on my way, it lifts up the mood a lot. Always someone there at the viewing spot so never lonely!

Listening to Brandon Sanderson's The Well of Ascension, but only during commute. The plot is going super slowly so I don't know how I feel about it. I would continue though, about 18 or so more hours to listen to, might take a while.
A really interesting essay on sci-fi and corpo The Looting of Science Fiction
Continued reading The Odyssey Emily Wilson translated version. To speed up I listen to it while knitting. About half way there.
读了一些有的没的网文，其中一个是《从长生苟到飞升》。设定是女主可以长生不老，所以她以全人族的利益出发做了很多事，我读到大约过了六十多年女主一开始的伙伴都老了死了，然后女主还是十八岁的状态，突然觉得精神上我好像承受不了。看了剧透后来女主活了几万年，有点超出我的认知了，对于这样的设定一开始我觉得很酷但是还是 too much，我会不敢想几万年会怎样...... 总之DNF了，但是读到的部分是很好看的。

Milly Cheri is finished.
Finally sewed the buttons and the Maggie Vest is also finished. My favourite garment so far, probably the best knitted piece I made in the past few years. Bought the luxurious Cardiff Cashmere yarn as a birthday gift for myself, so I will definitely wear it a lot!
Started a new scarf, simply 3 cables but quite unique and elegant shape. I'm liking it so far.

I am playing Horizon Zero Dawn Remasterd and walked about half of the map already. Playing story mode so the battles are super easy, so quite a chill experience so far. I really like the graphics and scenery in the game, feels adventurous like a long trip. Plot wise I think it might actually happen in the future, machines and AI taking over the world etc...