Oh my fucking god

Just logged on and am trying to figure out if the situation in DC is about to be A. Funny, or B. Tragic

A little while ago, a woman at karaoke night did "Memory" from Cats. About half the people in the bar ignored it. But every theater kid immediately stopped what they were doing and got that look on their face. Facing the stage like a silent Greek chorus. Waiting for it. Sending positive vibes.

Cashier: Happy July 4th! Me: Thank you, but I'm a non-practicing American. Orpheus: You do vote. That's practicing. Me: Yeah, okay. But I do not celebrate the high holy days. I am of a sect that considers them a time of mourning.

Sometimes I just want to reach out and smack the local online forums. "Cops are leaving because we don't pay them enough! Look at all the crime!" COPS DO NOT PREVENT CRIME. FOOD, HOUSING, AND HEALTH CARE PREVENT CRIME. Cops are leaving because nobody likes them here and they know it.

It's very weird to have spent 2016-2020 in DSA admin while we all said to each other "Socialists don't win elections, and that's okay, because we're connecting people to each other and to resources and ideas" ...and now suddenly we're fucking winning all over the place.

Still feeling like I'm having trouble getting my reading & writing engine started. Like, it purrs once it turns over, but it has ignition trouble.

Obviously this is a dipshit opinion. But since I sometimes see people on the left rolling their eyes about those signs, I just want you all to know that the other night some lost Black teens came to our house after taking the wrong bus and we were able to get them home. Why’d they pick us? Signs.

Trash panda prints!

Driving a car full of musical instruments and glassware into a tornado watch zone: Yeah, great, no problem, this isn't tempting fate at all, no concerns whatsoever, keep on trucking, hakuna matata, definitely not about to live out a Far Side comic, this is fine, this is fine, this is fine, this-

So, for those of you following along, I finally ordered some decent new underwear, and it fell into a postal service black hole in Detroit. Vikkie's agreed to send a new set. Then canceled it because my order was out of stock.

Ah, the fine art of trying to matchmake friends with car trouble and friends with spare change.

The upside of having paused and rebooted my writing career is that when someone is causing Author Drama™ I am effectively just watching it whip by, like a cow chewing cud in a field taking vague momentary notice of a loud rustbucket car.

Was not kidding about the shirt

Hey. Y'all want to hear an undiscovered killer talent? Saw this live at Pride today. I was so blindsided that I bought a damn tee shirt.

As an extremely low-tech privacy measure, I keep a sticky note inside my phone case that blocks my cameras when I'm not using them. Surprise bonus: It dims and filters my flashlight, taking all the blue out of it.

...if we could stop getting "once in a lifetime" weather events every summer around here, I would appreciate it.

Welp

First world problems, but I've got real world problems and this is on top of those right now: I finally ordered myself a new round of decent underwear and they've been trapped somewhere in Detroit for a week. Can't help but picture them going around and around on a conveyor belt for eternity.

I don't know who is putting Mountain Goats lyrics in the bar bathroom, but I feel them

My body is very angry and I am very medicated. Please show me your funniest post that didn't get enough attention.

I'm pretty sure owning a car that's fun to drive has increased my baseline happiness by 5%

IT WORKED!! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

A collection of events have transpired that mean I once again have...*drumroll please*...my own writing desk, and some free time, at the same time. The effect this has had on my motivation is fucking astounding.

Books written by no one, for no one. This sort of thing really confirms my decision to pull all my books from Amazon.

In my effort to avoid Amazon, my new "small impulse purchase while medicated" thing is to buy a single used book or dvd on ebay. It has brought me considerably more joy.

Orpheus just referred to baby geese as "gooselings" and I'm afraid that one is going to stick forever.

*signs on for the evening* WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO MY NOTIFICATIONS, I DIDN'T EVEN POST- *realizes the trans authors list is having a moment* Ohhhh. Welcome, folks. I do not follow everyone back, but if you post interesting posts, feel free to say hello. I just can't scan 500 of you right now.

I feel like I'm seeing a lot of "Republicans defy Trump" headlines and it's making me wonder if they know It Is Happening and the rest of us just haven't found out for sure yet.

Which one of these things do you think is true: "Everyone who grows up in a small town wants to get the fuck out" or "People who grow up in small towns and get the fuck out are more likely to create popular media, so that story gets told a lot"

WOTC and Hasbro can still voluntarily recognize our union at any point up to the NLRB election. We encourage you to sign our letter of support, and make your voice heard. cwa.org/uwotcletter

Happy Pride to this story about Dave Van Ronk, who was eating dinner at a restaurant, heard the Stonewall Riot start, and went out to throw a brick on general principal.

Had an unfortunate incident involving a big dog not understanding how leashes work (not his fault, or the human's) that ended with me hitting pavement for the first time in years. Anyway, if you could all cross your fingers that I don't have a black eye tomorrow, I'd appreciate it.

This jerk.

Accidentally summed up my own feelings perfectly today: "I do think humans should go to space! I just don't think capitalism should go to space."

Unearthed the ukulele today, and it had been in the case for so long that the poor fretboard was dry as kindling. So naturally I am now driving the neighbors up the wall, getting some human oil on it. (They probably can't hear it. I mean, it's a uke. They can't hear it, right?)

Went to see an old friend perform tonight, thinking "Oh, I'm tired, but I'll pop in real quick," and now it's 1 AM because I stayed for the whole drag show and then sat outside arguing about operating systems for an hour. I'm going to be so wretchedly exhausted tomorrow. But I had fun.

Why are you nonbinary? Wrong answers only: They were out of genders at the store and I don't want to order one online in case it doesn't fit.

I dislike both shorts and reacts, but I have watched this video to the end every single time I've come across it. Also, this person pairs the silly farm reacts with thoughtful and considered pieces about food and farming and society and economics, so, y'know. Go wild, watch 'em all.

Okay, now I know I've gone too far into fixing up my car. I just got my first fake Harbor Freight spam.

Today was Hazardous Household Waste day at the recycling center, followed by a drag show, followed by metal night at the bar, which I spent about half of sitting outside talking about car mods, self-defense classes, and sustainable home utilities. If anyone needs me, I'll be in bed for a week.

I have quit Prime and tried to order elsewhere, but there's no Sally's near me, so I resorted to Amazon for hair dye supplies. Which resulted in this. Excuse me, but WHAT.

You know, since the day I ditched Google, I've known I made the right choice. But now I'm REALLY glad I did it. Machines need to shut the fuck up.

Why must so many of my interests be things that also attract hordes of annoying dudes? I LIKE video games, vaping, comics, alt tech, and cars. I wish this did not mean there was always some bro in my space.

Damn, I was really hoping that somehow they would both lose.

I set up my linux laptop to play Barbra Streisand sound clips instead of system sounds, and then forgot I did that and was startled when the computer said "Hello, gorgeous" on startup.

Tech CEOs have divorced themselves from normal people so hard that his speech here is giving Stepford.