I hosted an art gallery / techno party at a non-profit organisation I volunteer for. It’s a club for alternative cultural events everyone can afford. We’re talking 5€ at the door and 1,50€ for a beer, at a 10 hour event with multiple DJs and life bands.
It took 4 weeks of preparation to create a concept, book artists, DJs, techs, a caterer etc.
On Friday after work I drove to the club to prepare it.
We built a video installation, mounted a free-standing vertical canvas to practice graffitti, hung 20 artworks, tested sound and light equipment, etc.
I was back home at midnight.

On Saturday I drove back at noon to finish preparations, then ran the show, which went from 6pm to 4am the next morning.
I was back home at 9am, after working 37h on a weekend.

It was the first time I did any of this, and since my partner was sick, I was doing most of it alone. One of the most exhausting weekends of my life.
But twice as many people showed up as expected, and it was a complete success.
Even though an art exhibit doesn’t exactly fit our usual 18-24 year old audience.

My mango tree sprouted new healthy leaves

It’s a small thing, but I’m happy that the mandarin seeds that I’ve planted a while ago are sprouting. Eventually I’ll use them to graft into Malena (my Sicilian lemon tree). The end game is to have Malena producing multiple fruits; she already has a grafted rangpur branch.

The tree herself also made me a bit happy. Replanting her from a vase to the ground stressed her, but now she’s all like “I have more space for my roots! Who cares if it’s winter? Time for new growth!”.

(In case anyone wonders, the tree is named after a movie character.)

Shapez 2 released (in early access) and it is 🔥🔥🔥

I went to a martial arts class and for the first time in a while belly laughed

A tiny pleasure that made me much happier than expected this week, was when I got a big box of fruit gummy packs all to myself…

Something as a little kid I would only imagine having.

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