Triple Boot, Triple Chaos
It’s a day-late update, but time is a construct anyway. After three full days back at school, I can confidently say… it’s not actually as bad as I expected. Chaotic? Yes. But honestly, it’s the perfect amount of chaos for me — just enough to stay engaged, not quite enough to burn out. That sweet spot where one moment you’re fixing a vacuum cleaner, the next you're explaining basic algebra to half your maths class.
(Yes, I fixed the school vacuum instead of doing PE. Yes, I hate PE. Yes, I do consider fixing a vacuum a legitimate use of school time. Balance, right?)
Maths class has basically become a mini side hustle — I’m now unofficially teaching half the class the core maths they should’ve picked up last year so they don’t fail the upcoming test. At the same time, I’m studying for French, which is its own whole thing now. We’ve got a new French teacher, and she’s already realised most of us learned nothing useful under the last one. Not her fault — just one of those gaps you don’t notice until it’s too late. And science? New teacher. Less tolerant of my objectively awful jokes. But she’s trying. I’m trying. We’re all trying.
And amidst all that, I’ve finally got Linux back up and running on the ThinkPad. Just Debian 12 for now, since I had to swap back to my 128GB SSD — the bigger one’s currently powering the family PC. But I’ve got plans. Big plans. When I get a larger SSD, I’m going full tech gremlin: triple booting macOS Sonoma, Debian 12, and Windows 11, plus leaving a little spare partition for whatever weird distro I feel like playing with that week. Maybe Haiku OS. Maybe Hannah Montana Linux.
Yeah, that’s a real thing. Someone skinned an old Ubuntu distro in pink, added glittery fonts, and filled it with Hannah Montana theming like it was 2009 all over again. It’s hilarious in the same way putting racing stripes on a microwave is hilarious. Functionally useless. Aesthetic masterpiece. Would I ever use it? Probably not. Will I download it just to say I did? Absolutely.
She’s still there, by the way. In that way she always is — constant, quiet, not needing to be said aloud. I think she knows I’ve been busy, knee-deep in tools and 3D printer parts and old vacuum cleaners
That’s the week so far. The right blend of school chaos, tech chaos, and emotional chaos, all holding together with duct tape and caffeine. More updates soon, as always.
73,
Daniel