I found 5 unfinished journals as I was organizing my apartment last week. 5!! Though it was fun to see glimpses of me over the last decade as I flipped through all those pages, it was more and more sad to abruptly come to the end of each journal - I even stopped a journalContinue reading "Unfinished Journals"

since i've been quarantined, i started and finished playing this game called "eliza". in short, it's a visual novel game about a young woman navigating life after creating what is now one of the most popular counseling services. the kicker, though, is that it's an AI. not a human. not humans connecting with each other.Continue reading "eliza"

when you were a kid, did you ever have those saturdays too? the ones when your dad blasts music from the stereo speaker wedged between the wall and the tv stand. the ones when, upon waking, you're quickly brought to your senses as the vacuum makes rounds in the living room - the thin wallContinue reading "saturdays"

early february, i had the privilege of going to a tech conference called js conf in honoulu, hi. i got a lot things out of it but probably the most prominent are the revival of my loves for learning and actively building community. my experience at cal heavily dampened my love for learning pretty quicklyContinue reading "there’s a broom proverb"

gos·​sa·​mersomething light, delicate, or insubstantial [noun]— the same Google entry you probably get when you search "gossamer" for the past 5 years, one of my overarching life goals was to tread more lightly. i’m starting this blog in hopes that getting down some of the process in writing will help truly manifest this change i’veContinue reading "an introduction"