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Spring

I'm traveling to Arkansas to see the total solar eclipse! Will be going with my siblings and girlfriend!
The morning of April 5th, I ran 7 miles at an average pace of 8:43- this was my 5k pace in October, and just short of my 10k pace only a month ago.
I released an April Fools video for the Toki Pona community, tomo pi walo loje
At the same time, I helped ma pona pi toki pona become kiku tiki tuki tiki- circle place of circle language!

My girlfriend and I went to the Cherry Blossom Festival at the Botanical Gardens; it was absolutely lovely, though I wish there were more cherry blossoms.
I ran a half marathon on the 23rd, and got a time of 1:59:59!
I had an AWESOME toki pona meetup in Birmingham with two very welcome visitors from Florida and Ohio!
I ran a 10k on the 2nd, and got a time of 53:48!

I ran 13.1 miles for the first time on the 25th. 2:12:14. Let's GO!
I did a valentine's day themed toki pona lesson for the VR community!
I've been slowly upping my mileage in runs for a while, so I've decided it's time to run a half marathon! I'm working up my long runs now, just did 9.5 miles on the 3rd. It's two months out!
I started a new job, sorta! I do the same things, in the same building, for mostly the same people, but for higher pay. Cool!

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I traveled to San Francisco for a meetup of Toki Pona speakers! Not as big as the DC one last summer, but just as fun- and longer this time! 6 full days, almost exclusively speaking Toki Pona.
We're running a contest to update the icon and banner in ma pona pi toki pona!
We're writing a proposal to add sitelen pona, Toki Pona's writing system, to Unicode! It's a huge effort across the community, although there are surprisingly few writers in total.

I finished my first work as a Toki Pona freelancer for jan Sonja! Secret project though, no peeking!
Had my birthday! I'm 26 now. I spent most of the day relaxing. Baldur's Gate 3 is fantastic (thanks mom)
kulupu Linku is now up on Crowdin!
I finished the basic design on my website. Now comes content, the hardest part of making a website.
I've been working on a re-design for kulupu Linku's datastore, now sona Linku
I ran an 8k on the 2nd and got a 44:15.7, 8:51 pace over 5 miles! Feels great when my first serious run was October 22nd- 41 days before, or 6 weeks.

I got an in-progress version of this site up on beta.gregdan3.dev.
I went to a gay wedding on the 18th! Congratulations to them both, and thank you for being incredible.
I ran my first ever 5k on the 11th and got a 26:27!
I updated my fanart page with the help of a friend from the Toki Pona community.

I picked up on rewriting this site again, and I'm going to take it to the finish line.
I signed up for my first ever 5k. I wasn't sure if I could actually run all the way to the finish line when I signed up, but I managed a 4.5 mile run a few days later- I'll be fine!
I got a CT Scan! Long story, but I'm mostly okay. It's weird to see the inside of your own body.
I played a translation of Zelda 1 in Toki Pona!

I got my ilo pi toki pona taso, "Only-Toki-Pona tool", ready for everyone to use! I immediately regretted some of my database design choices, but hey, you can't win them all.
I started doing yoga. It's been as big a change in my well-being as the gym and physical therapy were before it- I can move and feel comfortable in my body far more than before, with 45 minute sessions twice a week.
I'm working on a refresh of the definitions in lipu Linku with help from lots of others. See here for details!

My brother and I have been messing with Ham Radio a lot, so we went to Huntsville Hamfest and got some gear! I got a Xiegu X6100 and a Comet HFJ-350M. A friend was also kind enough to sell us her Icom IC-718 for cheap. We tried making our own antennas too- it's surprising how easy that is.
I bought a new car! A 2023 Hyundai Elantra. Took me long enough; I'd been driving a piece of junk for ages.
I delivered my... Presentation? Gag? for suno pi toki pona. See it here and here!

I got myself a Thinkpad x280 to serve as a distraction-reducing writing laptop. Highly recommended! It's like, $100 on eBay.
I started going to the gym at my university a few times a week, which has had an enormous impact on my day to day well-being and strength. I can't recommend it enough.

I started going to physical therapy, primarily for my neck. It's taught me a lot about how complex and inter-linked the systems of the body are, how sensitive they are, and how difficult they are to change.
I traveled to DC to attend a meetup of Toki Pona speakers in North America. It was one of the highlights of my entire year- and about the only place I could speak Toki Pona and nothing else for a full day.
I put out a video with a toki pona taso section, all about the variety of ways you can describe a jellyfish! See it here!

I traveled to Pittsburgh to officiate the wedding of two new friends, who I met because of Toki Pona and VRChat! I'm probably the only person in the world with both the skill in Toki Pona and the energy-of-personality to fill this role, and I'm so glad I could for them.

I bought some AR Glasses, the Nreal Airs to be exact. They're a painfully incomplete product, barely in beta despite the marketing.
I did some AWESOME april fools gags here and here, as well as turning ma pona pi toki pona into ma Losupan pi toki Losupan!

I published my multiple li/e, en, anu lesson, check it out!
I traveled to Houston to attend the wedding of two old friends from college. Congratulations to them both!

I played through the first part of waso Keli's translation of Link's Awakening! See it here!

April 6, 2024