Christopher Himes

General # Went to work in person for two days as part of a big room planning session.

General # Prepared a bit for in-person meetings next week.

General # Work went well as I was able to have some conversations I have been meaning to have.

This is going to be shorter even than usual for reasons you will soon discover.

General # Working throught some organizational stuff in JIRA at work.

Here it is the 31st post for Blaugust 2026.

I read a post recently with a prompt like “What is a game you think about fondly every so often?”

General # Made some Jira qutomations to flow components information from Epics down to Stories.

I offered to put together the video for the final group project of the semester.

Questions are taken from the Blaugust post here.

Disclaimer: This post contains AI generated text but for illustrative purposes.

Dolly is the rare sort of person that everyone seems to be a fan.

Fairly certain my first exposure to Tim Curry would have been FernGully.

During a call that ended early today someone added “school’s out” to the chat.

A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.sd Media Type: movie Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A gut punch.

Questions are taken from the Blaugust post here.

Questions are taken from the Blaugust post here.

A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

General # Did a lot of reading at work and trying to map big initiatives to the WCS team and understand dependencies.

A young man’s mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey.

Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.

Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.

When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.

For some reason this Blaugust has turned my blog into a Letterboxd account and I am okay with that.

Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.

A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

General # Completed more onboarding tasks, put some new templates to work, and attended my first big room planning session.

After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws.

In a remote village, two brothers find a demon-infected man just about to “give birth” to evil itself.

General # Full week of work is tough after two weeks of vacation and a week onsite at a location.

Questions are taken from the Blaugust post here.

This probably does not merrit an entire post but I spent a little too long troubleshooting this one so I figured I would post about it anyway.

Personal # The family just got back from the Boston (to see Ariana Grande) and a trip to Cape Cod.

Things Take the Time They Take: A 42nd Thought at 42 via Brad Frost You can’t make a baby in one month by throwing nine people at it.

General # No Guitar this week.

Wake up, wake up, it’s the first of the month Today is August first and the first day of Blaugust, a yearly challenge in the month of August to blog every day.

General # Spent most of Monday working ahead on school stuff so I can keep it to a minimum while on vacation.

General # Traveled for work this week seeing the warehouses of University Park, Joliet, and Hobart.

General # Got back into a normal week of work after the holiday.

General # Traveled for work this week seeing the warehouse in Hazleton, PA.

General # Continued with 1:1s, building a stakeholder map, reviewing the backlog, and started leading a few recurring meetings.

General # Continued with 1:1s, building a stakeholder map, reviewing the backlog, and discussed my first 30 days.

General # Continued with 1:1s, building a stakeholder map, reviewing the backlog, and putting together my 30 day review.

General # Really ramped up the 1:1 meetings this week and had lots of good conversations.

General # Short second week on the job with the holiday on Monday.

General # Started a new job.

The Boring Internet via Terry Godier This has been showing up in a number of feeds I follow and I really enjoyed this read.

General # Did not apply to any jobs but I did fill out some paperwork and meet with my boss to talk about next weeks activities.

General # Applied to a few jobs.

Here is my first attempt at answering 40 Questions.