Seated, AI is scary good, No sleep, Storm watch

Last night after eating dinner I decided I wanted to head out on my V13 a bit to get some more practice in with seated riding. Like any skill if you don’t use it, you lose it, or at least get worse at it. I went out right around sunset which was pretty however as the light faded I found myself wishing I wore some sort of clear eye protection. I was getting pelted by gnats and had some large insect just miss my left eye, impacting right below it at high speed. The more distance I put in seated the more confident I became, topping out around 35MPH at one point.

When I got home I went on an AI blitz. First I made a video where I demonstrated the tools and technique I used to make the AI recap of my last live stream.

I then used the file I created in the demo video to create another recap of my number 99 live stream. There are a few bugs in the final AI created product but overall it is really good. If AI is this good at this point imagine where it will be in a few years, scary. You will not be able to know if you are listening or looking at real or AI generated content.

I have been once again struggling with my sleep pattern. The last few nights I have been waking up every couple of hours with inconsistent results when trying to fall back asleep. This morning I got out of bed at 5:45 AM, a full 45 minutes before the alarm goes off. I just said f it, might as well get up. If this continues I may need to go back to my days of being a Unisom addict.

We are now in the potential crosshairs for an upcoming hurricane. The current forecast track has it well west of the Naples area but even so there could be substantial wind, rain and surge since the east side of a hurricane is the bad side.

I also have had too many experiences where the hurricane trackers absolutely blow it and a storm shifts unexpectedly so although this current track looks like we would avoid the worst of it, you just never know. I expect the storm panic to likely start today with people rushing the gas stations, home improvement and grocery stores, just in case.

In a worst case scenario I did spend a big chunk of money to get complete hurricane protection for all of the openings of my house. In the span of an hour or two I can completely seal off the house and put it into bunker mode if need be. I am not anticipating having to do that. I did move my one generator with me as well as a small 5000 BTU window AC unit that could keep the house livable if power is lost. The one cool thing where I live now is all power lines are subterranean instead of being exposed up on poles like they were in the Estates.

I’m in one of those periods of time where a lot of self reflection is going on. During these segments of my life I think about how situations come to be, how I react to them and how my choices could have been different to lead to better outcomes. The frustrating thing is there are common behaviors in myself that often lead into these issues. The biggest red flag is not focusing enough on what I need and instead giving of myself exhaustively until only fumes are left.