by Blender Dumbass

Aka: J.Y. Amihud. A Jewish by blood, multifaceted artist with experience in film-making, visual effects, programming, game development, music and more. A philosopher at heart. An activist for freedom and privacy. Anti-Paternalist. A user of Libre Software. Speaking at least 3 human languages. The writer and director of the 2023 film "Moria's Race" and the lead developer of it's game sequel "Dani's Race".

For the LibrePlanet 2024 I was preparing very hard to make a very good presentation. This meant that I had to be absent from my job. After the presentation I volunteered to help editing the conference to insure that the recording of my presentation was published in the best possible way. Which was, in my opinion a right thing to do, since they didn't have a good recording of the slides, due to technical stuff. And I was able to spot this mistake and recreate the slides for the recorded part of the presentation. I did that not only for my own presentation. But for the entire "Neptune room". Which had 10 presentations.

Me being absent from work for so long meant that I was fired. Which was not something I thought was too terrible, because it was relatively simple to get a job. Or so I thought. Since that time I was struggling to keep myself afloat. I got one job in that period of time which I was fired from because of a very stupid technicality. One month the rent for my living space was paid by my dad. I cannot ask him to repeat this. He also provided me with food. I was even visiting a place where they feed near-homeless and homeless people for a penny. All of this was temporary for me since I knew that I had plenty of time in July to find a job and get myself back together. It is not anymore possible.

At the moment of me typing this I have 20 ILS in my wallet. Which is about $5.5. And I also have 20 British pounds scattered all around my living space. This was my idea of making myself waste less money on food and energy drinks, to which I am addicted.

There are only 5 days left in this month. And I went to job interview after job interview. From Hotel Reception, to Fast Food and Supermarkets. Nobody wants me. I realize that I may need to be homeless for some time. Which may result in me not being able to publish much new updates for a while.

How long? I don't know. If I will be able to figure this situation out, maybe there will not be any pause what so ever. But my gut tells me that I will loose the apartment and probably all of my gear. I will probably will no longer have the computer I'm writing this from, since it's a stationary type and not a laptop. And I cannot walk around with it on the street.

I may also never recover and die on the street. Which is real possibility. If the situation will become truly desperate I may need to commit a small crime to be taken away into prison for a months or two. Which will give me food and shelter at least of some kind.

But that does not mean that the projects I am making are stopped. It just means that I may not physically be able to continue them for a while. And unless I die I will try to get to a point where I can continue them.

If you see Dani's Race new update published without a goal. This probably means that I'm about to go to the street.

Happy Hacking!!!


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