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+# Fall 2024 Wrapup
+
+2024-12-20
+
+My third semester at UMich was a very important one. I made substantial
+progress in my self-growth and self-discovery. It is not only that
+I turned into a furry. OK, it is _mostly_ that I turned into a furry. But
+I also climbed out of my EECS cavern and dabbled in some high arts, such
+as Laura Okkema's creative writing group where we wrote fairy tales,
+horror stories, and poetry. If this semester had a tagline, it would be
+"Learning to Live Again".
+
+## Course reviews
+
+- EECS 473, Advanced Embedded Systems
+- TC 496 (full course code TCHNCLCM 496): Advanced Technical
+  Communications
+- EECS 496: Major Design Experience Professionalism
+- GERMAN 231: Second-Year German
+
+## Notable gains
+
+- $75 worth of Amazon gift card, which I spent on a bike helmet and some
+  reflective stickers
+- An abundant amount of furry stickers
+- Four boxes of rapid tests for free
+- Social Security Card
+- A flu shot (covered by insurance)
+- Access to the MESH lab so I can play with soldering irons
+  :floofmischief:
+- Whitfield Diffie signed my PGP key
+
+![My PGP key printed on a sheet of paper. On top of it written in red is
+"This check is fraudulent" and Diffie's
+autograph](img/f24_wrapup/diffie.jpg)
+
+## Places I Went
+
+- Festifall North & Central
+- Saviors Tour by Green Day
+    - They played _Dookie_ and _American Idiot_ __on full__
+- [Clancy Tour by twenty one pilots](../music/clancy-tour.md)
+- An apple orchard with the furries
+- [CAPS](https://caps.umich.edu/) for two therapy sessions
+
+## Things I Saw/Read/Otherwise Perceived
+
+- Aurora borealis (2024-10-10)
+- _The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys_, written by Gerard Way & Shaun
+  Simon, illustrated by Becky Cloonan
+
+## Music I Made
+
+I covered four songs in two sessions.
+
+- [I Recorded These Songs Instead Of Going To
+  A Therapist](https://fkfd.me/jam/i-recorded-these-songs-instead-of-going-to-a-therapist/)
+    - "There, There" by Radiohead
+    - "Gay Bar" by Electric Six
+- [I Recorded These Songs After Two Therapy
+  Sessions](https://fkfd.me/jam/i-recorded-these-songs-after-two-therapy-sessions/)
+    - "The Line" by twenty one pilots
+    - "Christmas Drag" by iDKHOW