Finally some actual snow! It was like 15° out during my walk to campus this morning, but it was definitely worth it for some real winter scenery.
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Finals are coming up for us here, but soon the semester will be over and I’ll get a chance to catch up with my friends back home. We’re gonna get some rock climbing and church time in, so it should be a great break.
I’ve gotten back into using my librebooted x220 after using my school-provided t14s for a few months and it’s astonishing how much faster the older hardware is with minimal soft/firmware compared to something 10 years newer. As I’m writing this, the Monero blockchain is still downloading (going on day 3), but soon I should be able to take in XMR. I’m thinking about porting my number over to JMP.chat in the near future and I’ll fund it with that.
In other news, I met my Metropolitan at vespers a few weeks ago. Serving with him was wonderful and afterwards he spoke about the archdiocese and patriarchate before opening the floor for us to ask him questions. He is a very sweet man and I recommend meeting him if you can.
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I hope everyone’s Advent fast has been productive and that everyone enjoyed the feast of St. Nicholas. Happy Holidays!