today was the first day of my new job as an artist / fabrication assistant. it is only 8 miles from my house, but it's far enough out of this small city that it almost feels rural. i worked with the two artists to learn some of their processes for making paintings (they have some unusual and highly technical methods, hence the need for assistance). we also discussed plans for building a storage shed and then i coated a bunch of panels with gel acrylic medium.
my plans to head to the yoga studio after work were foiled by my car deciding to make a strange noise on the way there. it seems fine now but i was too late to make it there in time to work the desk (i do work trade there) so i just went home, took a nap, and made some stir fry.
last night i set up a raspberry pi plugged into an ethernet jack, which i want to set up to host this journal online. for now, i'm just running it locally, but it seems to be working well and i'm already enjoying the process of writing in it.