It’s true that 99.9% of the medical system is like this, which only makes me all the more grateful for doctors like my dad who literally coordinated a heist to “acquire” his patient’s medical records from another hospital that was withholding the records out of fear of liability.

Cartoon for @airmail.news

<throws a little tantrum complete with angy kicky feet>

My partner is making dinner, so it’s 2x cats on station time. (“On station” is a ritual we developed to keep the cats from jumping on to the prep counter)

#Endfield is like if you took Genshin, Factorio, original Arknights, stock trading, and a couple other things, and smashed them all together. Overall I’m really enjoying it but good lord the UI is so very complex.

I try to keep my social media positive, largely for my own mental health, but god*damn* recent events got me in a state right now. Anyways, these are my cats and I love them.

I didn't plant this, but after all the tan bark and weed blocked and blackberry brambles were pulled up, this little perennial continues to show up.

I love my partner so I’m making her favorite dish in my repertoire: Moroccan chicken tagine with preserved lemons

Played my first games of Combat Patrol for WH40k yesterday but tragically forgot to take pictures. I had a ton of fun. Way more than my first go at the hobby 20 years ago. The game still feels heavily balanced towards melee though, especially in the tight quarters and ample cover of Combat Patrol.

I was lucky enough to get my character, RFS-K124 “Ray” for Valhalla LARP drawn by @amaipetisu.bsky.social! Look at this adorable little ray of fucking sunshine (that’s not what RFS in her name stands for, but don’t tell the anyone!)

Tonight’s paint session was experimental color blocking. I’m not done with it and obviously it’s extremely WIP but I like the direction. It’s very animu.

Green onions are so rewarding to grow at home. They take next to no effort and each plant is currently growing about a quarter inch a day. Multiply by ~25 plants and it really adds up!

It’s prime time

<crylaughs in LARP runner>

trying to wake up this morning

He’s beepy

I had a nightmare last night that something so terrible had happened to my cat that my brain blanked it out so hard I was unable to perceive what had happened, which is why I was out of bed holding my very sleepy and confused cat close at 4am. He's a soft grey idiot and I love him.

Not the best photo to show off the colors but… DRONEAZUMA SHINES ETERNAL!!!!

Hearing the phone ring followed by a panicked “don’t pick that up!!! It’s a fax!”

Leftover steak over Annie’s box max, made with yogurt, fresh parsley, and curry powder in the cheese sauce, with a side of pickled red onion. A+ life choice.

Last nights diner was amazing, and my contribution was partially inspired by Culinary Class Wars: what if there was a world where there were only leeks? Reverse seared steak and peppercorn sauce by my partner, while I did deep fried leek threads, sautéed leeks, and oil-grilled leek stalks. A+

The cats always love when we unpack new furniture

Got the platinum for Ghost of Yotei. Overall: 9/10 Beautifully done, snappy and fun game play with many different tools to tackle any given battle. Parkour was ok. I emotionally dislike some of the act 3 story choices, but ultimately understand why those story beats happened the way they did.

Did some manz building with my partner yesterday to ring in the new year with crafty projects. I’m a big fan of the Captain Morgan pose for the squad leader in the lower left.

He tucked himself in

2025 may have been a pretty garbage year on the macro level, but I also moved in with the love of my life, ran three full weekend larps with my partner along with a fourth bonus day game, got my scuba cert, started a new-old job, made new friends, and many other wonderful things.

We're finally sworganized

Just a smol crafting today but one of my breacher manz is ready for paint. I’ll add the shoulder plate after the first pass just to make sure I get everything nice and coated.

He tucked himself in here

Today’s crafting: my little railgun manz! I fully recognize that I’m ping ponging all over the place with respect to what parts of the army I’m building, but I’m having fun with it and that’s all that matters.

The new hobby is going well. I spent waaay too much time pixelfucking th e join lines on the Devilfish thrusters, but I feel totally vindicated after priming them (and then put them away before getting a pic like an absolute lord)

The hardest part about my current crafting project is that I can’t share it because SOMEONE might see it. But let’s just say I managed to recover from a truly epic series of fuckups with only a small imperfection that is only noticeable if you know exactly what and where it is.

I love him

It’s going great!

The problem with Ghost of Yotei is that I have chillaxed in every hot spring, done every parkour shrine course, pet every fox, found all the hats, saved all the wolves, and now I have to do the MSQ. This is not an actual complaint. I love that the game makes all the sidequesting fun and rewarding.

My sapphic fantasy romance with magic and dragons and ballgowns is out today! linktr.ee/effiecalvin

This really do be what the current state of trans healthcare and national fuckery feels like

I think it's really important that you all understand my favorite book series is effectively getting a remaster. You should use your eyeballs to go look at it!!! www.tumblr.com/effiecalvin/...

Fun typos with cat: brosemary, the manliest herb

God I wish ppl could just let go of HP and just not play any games associated with the franchise

We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Well we have corollary:

Introducing myself in five TRRPG classes: - Ranger (D&D) - Kiasyd (VTM) - Mourning Cloak (Lancer) - Witch (PF2e) - Earth/Water focus (Everway)

Today’s good news: finally retrieved my nice USB-C hub from where it was being stored and got it all set up, reducing cable clutter at my desk.

It has been brought to my attention that some of you are unfamiliar with the greatest Twine of all time, and that changes right now You must play with the sound on : ) Crystal Warrior Ke$ha xrafstar.monster/games/twine/...

Depending on the amount, I would go all in on LARP stuff: writing, propsmaking, catering, running a venue, you name it. Either that or open up a little combination coffee shop and meadery where I make custom brews for people.

I just saw *that* Coca Cola ad and wow. It’s so bad. It’s so bad I had to laugh because jfc it’s bad.

My partner and I went to Disneyland!!!!! It was my first time in literal decades, and we just so happened to be there on Life Day and also the park’s 70th anniversary so all kinds of cool things were happening. Like super secret special edition lightsaber!!!!!!! My inner tiny Cat is screaming.

Actually caramelizing onions used to be a nearly instantaneous process, but due to an unknown property of the universe, every time someone caramelizes an onion the process takes ever so slightly longer.

My gender is “404 not found”

Her name: Sirocco What I call her: Coco, Bella, Cocobellabeanbear, teefergremlin, SHE, tiny baby, precious little sootsprite, soft sweet angel, absolute goblin, smol child