Well, first things first. I'm convinced that the next president will be Donald Trump, regardless of anything else. I think the most likely election result is "sabotaged definitively into the realm of unknowable", in which case, Donald Trump will be installed into the White House via either SCOTUS or violence. I find this quite upsetting, actually.

So for the first time since 2020, I splurged. I've ordered about $600 in exotic lighting in the last 24 hours. No need to describe, you will see in the coming months.

Got lots of travel coming up. DC, Paris, and Princeton over the next few months. LA last month was fantastic, professionally, but Santa Monica pier was.. well, if you're a local, you're already laughing. It was quick! It was quick. Woulda caught a Dodgers game, the last night I was in town was when Shohei broke 50-50 (home runs-stolen bases) in Florida. Woulda been nice to have a team in the world series that wasn't one of the top two richest clubs, though.

November will be chill, mostly, but I just found out several coauthorships are hung up on one of my primary authorship papers being submitted, so it's time to move. It's a good problem to have.