Jinx

That’s it. There no reason to put this shit off. Yes I’m weird. Yes, I am terrible with people. But I just need to get this out of the way. The way I see it, if I put a timer on it, I can weaponize my time anxiety against myself. As the numbers start to drop my crippling sense of something bad happening by not going out there a getting it will kick in and force my hand.

I wrote a quick Python script and set it so that it runs at the start of every terminal, forcing me to confront the great horror known as the passage of time.

Here is the code:

import datetime
import blessed
import random

term = blessed.Terminal()

def color_select(char):
    x = random.randrange(1,7)
    colors = {1:term.red,2:term.orange,3:term.yellow,4:term.green,5:term.blue,6:term.light_blue,7:term.purple}
    color = colors[x]
    return f'{color}{char}'

# Target Date: Sunday, June 22, 2025
today = datetime.date.today()
target_date = datetime.date(2025, 6, 22)
remaining = (target_date - today).days
message = f'Remaining Days in D Hunt (8===D + 3) = 3=8: {remaining}'
full_message = ''
for char in message:
    full_message += color_select(char)

print(f'{full_message}{term.white}')

color_select('t')

YAY, RANDOM COLORS 😉