Julie Johnston

Lease on favorite place signed. I get keys in less than three weeks. The torturous packing and moving slog begins.

Y'ALL, SHOULD BEANS BE IN CHILI? https://www.texasmonthly.com/culture/texas-cowboys-beans-chili/

Just watched "You Can See Everything" and... we are all Amanda Seyfried.

“Far left extremism” and it’s just everyone affording to go to the doctor and not facing financial ruin over a loved one getting cancer

Gemini: Stop acting like eating all that cheese will fix your problems. You're still a mess.

My lease is up at the end of the year, and in the past week I've gone from casually favoriting properties on Zillow to actually setting up tours. My favorite place so far is winning simply because the living room is on the ground floor; my amazing sectional couch does not traverse stairs well.

I did something today that no engineering team at my company has been able to do since I've been here - I released my product on time without changing scope.

The project I've been working on almost entirely solo for the past two months has its v1 release on Friday, and... I am very, very tired. And if I don't *finally* get my promotion, I will revolt. Likely in the most passive way possible since I got into this position by being a pushover.

I said Github Copilot responds to prompts like it has an anxious attachment style, and the most stoic engineer I've ever worked with finally cracked a smile.

Spending so much time with VoiceOver doing accessibility testing that my eye is starting to twitch. Which ironically makes VoiceOver even more useful.

I love and hate when TV shows use my favorite songs because it's usually only five seconds of them. Related: The New Basement Tapes' version of "When I Get My Hands on You" is a great track even when I only heard four bars of it in a season-four episode of Ted Lasso.

I get it, Claude. My sleep habits suck.

A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.

Judging by the way he aggressively vaults up his tree… I think my morning wake-up dance party may give my cat the zoomies.

For posterity. Since I finally did it.

After crying on a call with my manager from stress and exhaustion, she told me to give myself a break later and "not work late into the evening." And I know she meant well, but I definitely heard, "Get some rest because we still require more of you!"

For the first time when booking travel to the corporate headquarters, the painfully hip boutique hotel (my catnip) is cheaper than the Embassy Suites.

Somehow managed to use all my tokens at Fremont Oktoberfest.

No matter how many times I yell at my cat to “Be chill!” … he is not, in fact, chill.

I bought a dental vacuum forming machine. Which is a totally normal thing to own, so stop looking at me like that.

Some days I feel creative and strategic. And some days I just babysit GitHub Copilot and hit "Allow" every so often.

Met a very handy older gentleman yesterday who, on their anniversary every year, makes his wife a Queen of Hearts. Every year in a different style or form factor, but every year the Queen of Hearts. It may have been the most romantic thing I'd ever heard.

@espn.com Uh, guys?

Texas scored the game's final 21 points in a second-half comeback to shock No. 1 Ohio State. bit.ly/46nMcXJ

I love that school has started again in Seattle and I can hear the kids on the playground during recess while I work. I love the sounds of life going on that aren't just street traffic.

Very helpful voice message from the Safeway Pharmacy about my vaccination appointment this afternoon.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says RFK Jr. offered federal help after two unvaccinated people died from measles, the first U.S. deaths this year. Shapiro declined, saying PA could handle it, and confronted Kennedy, telling him: “There’s real life consequences to spreading misinformation.”

My new method for handling no-longer-needed Post-it notes is both catharsis and modern art.

Went to one of those "fill out a survey and meet a group of total strangers for dinner!" events and the same two people I thought were cool also thought *I* was cool. Am I making new friends and overcoming my social awkwardness?? Maybe!

I wouldn't say I have a Post-It note problem, no. But my manager does refer to my weekly to-do list review as "Post-It Backlog Grooming."

Musical break! Brandi Carlisle's cover of Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited" is epic. youtu.be/kyvDyZoyGUg?...

Nothing like vomiting up your lunch into a bush in a craft store parking lot to really set the mood of your day.

Manager: "I know this is a lot of work. Take care of yourself and don't burn yourself out." Me: *changes into pajamas at 3 in the afternoon*

There's the power of suggestion, and then there's me watching a single reel and thinking I could totally live in an RV.

Absolutely taking my 6:30 am call from bed. And knitting.

Key feedback from my manager as we prep for a C suite presentation. I talk fast so my brain gets it all out before it forgets what it wanted to say.

Finishing one blanket means… it’s time to start another one! #knitsky

we love you jimothy

Home from DC and my Insta feed is 99% Jimothy. And I ain’t mad at it.

And… wedding time!

The wedding weekend has begun!

IT IS FINISHED. Someone come do the wet blocking for me. #knitsky

Golly gee, DirecTV! How will I survive without you?!?

The kiddo has departed. It’s the second anniversary of my divorce being finalized. Taking a painting class in my friend’s backyard is healing.

This is what happens when I have to sit on phone calls and make no meaningful contribution to the conversation.

Big blanket progress. Much knit.

New by me —> Now we're getting AI fake news complaining about how AI fake news is the death of real news! How a fake news site splits its energy between (a) the imagined closure of real US newspapers and (b) Chinese-friendly takes on Taiwan www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/now-...

“How’s the blanket going, Jules?” “Pretty well, actually. Maybe I’ll finish this one.”

Thanks to free use of the Figma Agent while it's in beta, I'm back to experimenting more in Figma instead of directly in Claude Code. The little chime the agent makes when it finishes a task is very Pavlovian.