The Morning Routine Mess

So this morning, like usual, I dragged myself outta bed before the sun even got its act together. Grabbed my coffee – black, strong, needed that kick. Started scrolling through my feeds, you know how it is. Saw about a dozen posts screaming “JULY 10 HOROSCOPE! MUST READ!” or “YOUR SIGN’S DAILY PREDICTIONS RIGHT HERE!” Every site looked different, sounded different. I’m thinking, dang, which one’s the real deal? Feels like everyone’s just copying each other or pulling stuff outta thin air.

Getting Pissed Off & Doing Something

Seriously, it was annoying me. Found one site that seemed kinda legit, but wham! Hit a paywall asking for money to see my own sign’s daily junk. Nope. Not happening. That’s when I thought, screw this. I’m gonna try making my own little thing, just for me. See if I can pull something useful outta the mess without paying some website.

• Pulled out my laptop, coffee still half hot.
• Started searching Python scraping stuff – yeah, getting the computer to read those websites for me.
• Found some code snippets, tried copying one. Broke instantly. Of course it did.
• Kept poking at it, changing bits. Added my sign details where I thought they should go. Nothing.
• Got error messages about “elements not found” or “timeouts”. Felt like the website was laughing at me.

The Grind & The “Ah-Ha!”

Stared at the screen for ages. My code was a total train wreck. Looked like I’d thrown keyboard shortcuts at the wall hoping something stuck. Finally admitted defeat and cheated a little – pasted the whole disaster into ChatGPT. Asked it real nice, “Hey, why’s this dumb thing not working?” Surprisingly, it actually pointed out where I went wrong. Like, I was looking for the wrong name on the page. Fixed that bit.

Ran it again. Held my breath… and boom! There it was! My dumb script actually spat out some text. Wasn’t perfectly neat, had some weird line breaks and extra spaces, but hey, I could read it. Finally saw some predictions for my sign for July 10th, pulled right off one of those sites without paying a dime. Didn’t feel like a cosmic revelation or anything, just stuff like “focus on work” and “talk to friends”. Still, it was mine now.

Closing Thoughts & Cold Brew

Finished my coffee – it was stone cold by this point. Felt good, though. Not because the predictions were life-changing (they weren’t), but because I actually sat down, got annoyed, wrestled with some janky code, and made a tiny little thing that did exactly what I wanted. It pulled the daily horoscope hassle-free. Saved me the headache of clicking through garbage or getting blocked by paywalls. Just a small win against the internet noise. Might try cleaning up the code tomorrow, maybe make it look less embarrassing. Right now? Just happy it runs. Time for a fresh cup.