diff --git a/notes_to_self.txt b/notes_to_self.txt
index 90b056c..ce20cd7 100644
--- a/notes_to_self.txt
+++ b/notes_to_self.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 TODO:
 compare sizes of glibc and musl installations
 need xdg menu maker?
-test that the (RAM) boot option allows you to install to the stick the system booted off
 adjust required USB stick and RAM size in README
 do not rely on the RTC
   - change the message when configuring UTC/localtime to reflect that this is only for offline usage
   - use ntp to get time
     - only fall back to using rtc if offline
   - do not set the RTC
-show user-friendly status instead of scrolling output from all sorts of tools
 make our own or extract (if feasible) kb selection and time zone selection to hijack them for our purposes
 vkpurge old stuff - only keep 2 vkpurgeable kernels
   - change kernel pre-install hook
@@ -23,6 +21,15 @@ look into roxterm as an alternative terminal
 add a zram swap option to package_selections
 include arandr or something similar in fully featured desktop utils
 deal with the entropy thing that runs after rc.shutdown
+add firewall option to package_selections
+first run message in xinitrc
+  - auto-disables itself
+  - displays README.txt on root dir of the F2FS partition
+put a README.txt on root dir of F2FS partition
+add online check to all the selections that need internet
+sort out /etc/resolv.conf for the chroot
+
+Minimum viable Xorg setup: setxkbmap xauth xorg-video-drivers mesa mesa-dri xorg-server elogind xorg-input-drivers xrandr acpilight xhost xinit xrdb xinput xgamma xset iceauth sessreg transset xcmsdb xkbutils xmodmap dejavu-fonts-ttf
 
 musl downsides:
   - no nvidia drivers
@@ -38,26 +45,6 @@ Stage 1:
     -> symlink /etc/localtime
 
 Stage 2:
-  -> configure services
-    -> dbus
-    -> NetworkManager
-    -> acpid
-  -> ask user to connect to network using nmtui
-  -> install packages
-  -> go through the list of choices for what the user can install
-    -> Minimum viable Xorg setup: setxkbmap xauth xorg-video-drivers mesa mesa-dri xorg-server elogind xorg-input-drivers xrandr acpilight xhost xinit xrdb xinput xgamma xset iceauth sessreg transset xcmsdb xkbutils xmodmap dejavu-fonts-ttf
-    -> don’t ask the user if there is only one option
-  -> passwd -l root
-  -> populate /etc/skel
-    -> ultimate bashrc bc why not
-    -> first run message in xinitrc
-      -> auto-deletes itself
-      -> displays README.txt on root dir of the F2FS partition
-    -> if using CTWM
-      -> put xclock in xinitrc
-      -> configure more sane defaults
-    -> prepend bashrc with a thing that checks of xorg is running
-      -> if not, run startx and ask user whether to shut down, reboot, or do nothing afterwards
   -> set up user
     -> ask for username
     -> run useradd (non-interactively)