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Sometimes I worry that I should not have quit my job, and other times I sit in a meeting and think OH BOY HOWDY THANK GOD NEXT WEEK IS MY LAST WEEK. Also, men really love Joseph Campbell, wow. They are all heroes on their journeys!

Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart. If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.

I don't tend to be too political on main but I am honestly baffled at this Senate vote. We are Charlie Brown and the GOP are Sally with the football - how are Dems so credulous after all this time?? They won't bring a separate vote on ACA once they've won! They just won't! Argh!

Hey New Englanders - does Salem count as Boston? Asking for Reasons.

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

NYC and VA and NJ brought their A-game tonight but as a Nerdfigher this result makes me equally happy. IYKYK!

Thought I was feeling much better today but after two hours of Doing Things I have put myself down for a nap on the couch. It's like I ran a marathon, but the marathon was just 'put on clothes, eat breakfast, check emails'.

My choir has a workshop in THREE WEEKS and I am supposed to have a flyer ready for handout by 1pm tomorrow, but I could not get info out of my fellow Board members all day PLUS I am SICK and blah blah I am working at 8pm (feels like 9pm) on a Sunday on a volunteer project and being grumpy about it.

The Cortylorhynchus considers my problems, nods sagely, and says, "have you tried basking in the sun about it? While being as spherical as possible?"

I'm helping. North America, tonight is it! I dislike the discombobulation of either time change. But I will sleep well tonight.

I am damn well going to do NaNo this year, but A L S O I have a terrible chest cold today so I am self-caring by resting and THINKING about writing. Which totally counts! (My personal NaNo is just "can I write 10k after nothing for two years?" but I am still nervous about it.)

Lolol Yuletide continues to be ridiculous. I'm going to enjoy this one so much.

So nice running into friends at the Muppets event in Brooklyn! So sorry I have been a hot mess all month and gave almost no one a heads up that I was coming to NYC for As birthday! NYC, I am in you! If you want a cheap bagel or hot slice date on Sunday, hit me up!

Features-wise I don't look a ton like either of them, though body-wise, definitely more like mom. And my dad's mom, sort of? My features have always been a family mystery until I discovered I got my nose from my maternal g-g-grandma. That's my nose! It's Dutch!

Since VT only has 650k people in the whole state, giving to the Vermont Foodbank is like giving to a local org in a small city, but it benefits a whole state! A++ option as we head into a long, uncertain winter. Home - Vermont Foodbank www.vtfoodbank.org

Has anyone tried something like this? Do they work for you? Ngl I am feeling like my phone is an anchor more than a joy these days. Also I need to get back to physical books! getbrick.app

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Saturday night fun.

I accidentally forgot to get oat milk for my chai latte and wow I forgot how good milk is in frothy hot drinks. I love oat milk! But!! Also I am going to risk this. I am eating out 5 minutes from home - we're rolling the lactose dice!

My cat is sickly and not eating and after $668 the vet sent us home with clear X-rays, inconclusive blood work, and a cat who got one shot for arthritis pain and another to hopefully make her hungry again. (She did eat a little when we got home??) Anyway, this is a shitty thing I didn't need.

I wrote a trilogy of novels published by HarperCollins about a brother and sister caught on opposite sides of the war to unite Viking Age Norway. Today is my birthday and if you are inclined to share this, it would be a lovely present! The first: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-half-d...

‘Which fonts do you want for the sale poster?’ ‘Yes’ #fonts #typography #museum #allthefonts @fontsinuse.com @themerl.bsky.social

People keep asking (nicely!) if I'm finding any good job postings and I don't know how to say "girl, I am barely checking, I am not even fully unemployed yet, LET ME LIVE" without sounding unhinged. I mean, I want a new job! But, like, next year? All I want for Christmas is no job!

I am savoring my underemployment by cleaning, organizing, and *checks notes* being (charmingly) press-ganged onto the Board of my choir during a transition year. Sounds about right, honestly. Nice to put sweat and tears into something that brings me joy.

My gut biome is being a DICK today so I am doing R&R at home. Which obviously includes baking apple dumplings! (Look, I know, not great for the ole biome, but it's finally baking weather!)

It's nice here.

The mental health system in this country is so fucked, you guys. I know you know this, but FUCK. (Family drama is up to 11 this morning and I am so tired of the system continually letting us down.)

Breaking news: working PT is great but I still am grumpy about having to get up and do work on working days. I would be SUCH a good retired person! Why am I not-quite-50?! *sobs*

None of you were going to call me on that typo? Really? I mean, I know I typo a lot, but this one is ALLCAPS! Anyway, clearly I meant vicious. Though I did feel rather viscous during my lazy afternoon before the book sorting.

Some days it's next to impossible to weed out books, and some days (like today) I am VISCOUS. I have two giant piles and am not yet done! (I am losing a bookshelf with my planned living room shuffle and am trying VERY HARD to not replace it. The room is Too Full already!)

Today was my last Friday of work and I had ZERO meetings, which is nuts. It has been a year since I've had a day with zero meetings. I think this means folks are already working around me, with my departure imminent ( tho I will be PT for 6 more weeks). Just a weird day all around. Good!! But weird.

Two new crowns today, which is good (using the dental insurance while I have it!) but now it feels like I've been punched on both sides of my face. Ouch.

IT! GLOWS! IN! THE! DARK!

It's like someone reached into my brain and made my perfect cardigan: www.heruniverse.com/product/her-...

After a week of anxiety dreams, I have taken half a muscle relaxer. Try to get through that, stupid subconscious!

Wait, fuck, did I cancel the wrong service? Who owns peacock? Do I need to cancel Hulu? (I already cancelled CBS bc fuck CBS tho I sincerely miss my Star Trek access.) Now I feel dumb!

My brain has decided it will only dream about getting lost at LaGuardia (but it's an even worse maze than any actual airport) and fuuuck you brain, I am not missing any international flights today! I am great at airports! Why are you like this??

There is a good chance I will be unemployed in January so of course my brain has decided that i should do something I've wanted to do for awhile: find a cheap cruise and see if I can do them without being seasick.

I buy tarot decks when I love the art, not because I'm a good tarot reader. But this three-card pull from my new Medieval Cats deck sure seems to be on the nose when it comes to my current situation.would love the takes of some tarot experts!

Welp, my silly last post has 113 reskeets. I have always been locked everywhere, so this is weird. Also I am so glad that comic has attribution at the bottom, but now I feel badly that I didn't look up the artist's bsky handle!

Every day right now:

If you want to know how my brain works and you are familiar with the NYT games, my brain is 50% Pips, 45% Connections, and 5% the joy of getting the Mini in under a minute. Fuck, I love Pips. Also, I am terrible at spelling.

Sansa escaped into the front yard while we were vacuuming Mom's car. Thankfully we noticed quickly since she is a bright orange, slow moving elderly cat, but we did have to coax her out from under the car with toys. She is not a cat who loves the outdoors, but the weather today is glorious? Cats!!!

"Paul McCartney is the Pete Wentz of The Beatles." (@sarahindie and I make our own fun)

MCR was great, the weather was great, friends are great, Ray Toro's Thighs are GREAT. Only downside of the evening: I broke my 48 year streak of not hearing Billy Corgan live. (sorry, Gerard.)

I was about to post something mundane about my dumb day but then I saw that some film company has remade AMADEUS and now all I can do is yell WHY??? Was fucking AMADEUS (1984),winner of 8 Academy Awards, not good enough for you??? I am baffled.

New idea for when I win the lotto: travel to places in Europe with cheeses named after them: Parma, Gouda, Camembert, Gruyeres! (Have already visited Cheddar, would go again!)

I firmly believe that when you have a sticky heat wave and then it rains, it should IMMEDIATELY become cool and dry. When it is still hot and also MORE sticky post-rain, I am very put out.

Oh. Yeah. Wow. That's... Accurate. (Is this what astrology feels like to other people? Like a weird magic?)