Earbuds in Vegas

Tuesday came with a lot of deliverables and deadlines on my plate today. I just had to finish a lot of them. Normally, dealing with a lot of tasks and work pains would turn this day sour for me, but some saving graces came through for my mood:

• The Hangover (2009)
• Katy Perry's "Waking Up In Vegas."

I watched The Hangover over the course of the day because my mood was totally shot. I was "chest-deep in the dumps" kind of bad. But I remembered how The Hangover seemed like a fun movie and I have a thing for films I watched when I was in school, so I decided to watch it for the hell of it. It was super funny to me, I immediately imagined myself in a group with 3 other guys, having fun on a night out and just doing shit for the hell of it. It's kinda sad to think that I used to have that kind of friend group, but now I'm a lone wolf (or a lone star, heh) now, but thankfully my mind didn't fixate on that. It really boosted my mood and I rediscovered Katy Perry's "Waking Up In Vegas" because of it. It is such a hidden gem and I remember listening to that song a lot when I was in my early teens. My sister also got me free food in the afternoon, which probably helped me a lot.

After work, I joined a call with my friends for a bit and watched them play Red Dead Redemption 2. The call ended and I decided to go outside so I can pick up that AWS training course, but in a different setting. I wanted to continue learning, but at my favorite hangout place this time: Starbucks 32nd Street but then my friends messaged that they'll play Red Dead Redemption 2 so soon. I asked them to play for a bit without me and they obliged. My wired earphones started to break and fail on my way there, though, so I decided to buy myself new earphones as a sort of gift. I got the Sony WF-C500. It's been a year since I've had wireless earbuds anyway, plus I am in love with wireless earbuds. It's a step down from my flagships WF-1000XM4 (sold) and Galaxy Buds Pro 2 (stolen), but it'll do since this is all I can afford right now. I promised I'll get myself any top earbuds once I pass all my AWS certifications. I eventually arrived at my favorite place in BGC, watched some parts of the current module to test out the earbuds and went home replaying "Waking Up In Vegas" to keep me hyped up on the way home.

I got to join the call again while my friends were playing Red Dead Redemption to and I just hopped in the call. We talked about the game for a bit and it wasn't long before they went to sleep. I used the time after to continue my AWS certification training course as well as tinker around the AWS Management Console. I was going to write a blog post about the current state of my domain's architecture, but it was postponed. I just decided to do some other things which ended the day.