the QA equivalent of "why should I read a book you couldn't be bothered to write" should be "why should I test software that you couldn't be bothered to code, for requirements you couldn't be bothered to read"

looking out the door for my package (ordered 10 hours ago, will not ship for several days) like a reasonable person

Very funny way to approach writing something set in the fairly recent past, for the author. “The character in the 1850s does not know this word, but I, the narrator, in the enlightened year of 1862, do”

hacking Boy Problems but instead of stealing Carly Rae Jepsen's unreleased Emotion tracks out of the vault, it's getting the 10-12 Dunk and Egg story outlines off GRRM or Ira Parker's computers

standing up and declaring that I am about to do something so bold and unpredictable, even though it may shock and appall those who know me (making breakfast for dinner and reading in my pajamas)

I have free samples of lung drugs, and she suspects that this is just a lingering post-viral post-bronchitis type thing that will clear up with a little extra help, so I go back in 6 weeks to see if one month of free bonus breathing just cleans everything up

I was young when advair came on the market but I do have vague memories of how much it helped my dad and conversations I’m sure my parents would’ve preferred I not hear about how expensive it was, and how that was my first brush with the idea of not being able to afford medicine. We deserve better.

I am going to my lung doctor now, everybody please manifest good lungs

rubbing my hands together and cackling about the stack of books I just ordered (determinedly ignoring the shelves of unread books that are already in my house)

I don't like thinking about the fact that it's 20 years old, but the full continuous mix album experience of Confessions on a Dance Floor still goes so hard

will never forget one of the funniest (to me) moments of peak brony was when they would complain about episodes of the show that were clearly made to advertise a new toy, like sir, if I did not want to see toy commercials, I simply would not become emotionally invested in a hasbro cartoon

loath as I am to give hasbro any ideas to make money, one thing they should have been doing is making a line of dolls intended to rival mattel's monster high, but tie it to the D&D IP. cute monster girliepop adventurers. elf girl and orc girl and tiefling girl, in fun medieval outfits.

I am not actually much of a lego person, but the monet water lilies set did move me until I saw the price lmao jeepers

while I’m on a nostalgic kick for songs I was introduced to by the Guitar Hero games, I still think Cliffs of Dover is one of the most beautiful purely feel good pieces of music ever. like that’s what a perfect sunny day sounds like

First week had 16 people, last week had 13, this week had 10............. only the strong survive. I was also worried about the 9-10:30 time slot being too late for me and getting sleepy, but instead I am simply so amped that I don't even want to go to bed after, I wanna stay up thinking about BOOKS

regrettably, I think the only consistent attribute of my favorite music is that it is big and dumb. pop, rock, dance, metal, rap, does not matter as long as it is big and dumb. this post brought to you by me getting the itch to listen to motley crue tonight lmao

One thing I’m looking forward to seeing when I test the campaign version of Before the Season Ends is getting a better idea of the split of different kinds of NPCs and how many we really need

lmao I just saw a review of the new Wuthering Heights movie that suggests that they completely adapt out Hindley Earnshaw as a character??? and I looked at the cast list and there is no one listed as playing Hindley??? what???

Hey @jenkatwrites.bsky.social: just wanted to let you know that I finally drafted the "Bling Ring dungeon crawl" game, to use as an example for the students in my current Indie RPG Studio class. It's not good yet, but that actually makes it a better example, so they can dissect its problems.

#NowReading Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

I put on the football and fell asleep on the couch, another step on my terrifying journey into becoming my father

I need starfleet academy to introduce one more faculty member who shows up randomly to deliver targeted wisdom at one of our main cadets so I can complete something insane I have been cooking in the notes app

shoutout to every zoo or wildlife center or nature photographer posting pictures of owls today. I love your owls. lemme see the owls. they are all superb indeed

For whatever it’s worth, I had started this and then set it aside for a bit because I just didn’t have the focus for it that day, but I have come back to it and am really enjoying it now

I have a lot of questions about who is actually purchasing these hundreds of LLM-generated “novels”. Are they reading them? There’s already vastly more human-written novels published in a year than even the most avid reader could begin to scratch the surface of.

Wow can’t believe it’s finally the big day (the day I finally take down my Christmas tree)

I'm sure it's just because I happen to be enjoying them at the same time, but Don Quixote really makes all the toilet humor in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms seem completely apropos (there is so much pooping in Don Quixote). can't be having knights running around and not pooping, you know

I wasn't going to weigh in on the Neopets RPG but I have to say ONE thing lmao It isn't THAT crazy for it to have rules about death and sex; there were tweens on that site writing stories about their neopets going through straight-up game of thrones breaking bad shit. I know because I was one.

I love the Gold Zone coverage of the Olympics. Yes I do want to watch two different curling matches, a hockey game, and freestyle skiing all at the same time. Just blast that into my brain please

Bunny tracks in the snow going right up to our front door this morning 😭 I’m sorry it’s so cold, bunnies, I would let you in if I could 😭 I hope it is warm and dry under the shed

MY FRIEND COLIN IS HERE NOW, YOU SHOULD FOLLOW HIM, I peer pressured him into becoming a game designer and he's real good at it

one of my discord servers has a "star trek containment zone" thread, ostensibly so it does not overwhelm all other movie and TV conversations, but 80% of it is just me posting like this at random hours

Is this a safe space to admit that I always get super emotional about the Olympics? Like tearing up at every opening ceremony about wow, peace and cooperation are beautiful and the community of nations is real. I’m cringe but I’m free

This is what we HAVE, and I can imagine what the other three MIGHT say. I imagine that a knight might be charged in the name of the Crone to be wise, or to heed wise counsel; in the name of the Stranger to not fear death or to be willing to risk one’s life

thinking about tomes

caught today's Dunk & Egg on my lunch break (I didn't realize they put it up at 3 am instead of the usual time???) and I am going insane, I could run through a wall, I could run through ten walls

Dragonsdawn was my unexpected favorite of these books, though I loved them all as a tween/teen, and I especially bloved this cover. Sorka Hanrahan being a feisty horse girl when we first meet her and then growing up into the first queen dragonrider was EVERYTHING to me

It’s funny how in ep 3 it was very easy to be like “I’m reading too much into this interaction between Jay-Den and Kyle” and in episode 5 Kyle is looking at Jay-Den like he wants to devour him whole and saying “you got a capable bearing” while flirting

Hey not to be dramatic but I think this is like one of the best shows ever made possibly

PACZKI SEASON BABY LET’S GOOOOO OUR LONG NIGHTMARE IS OVER

I am making myself do all my little TASKS (writing, grocery shopping, putting the dishwasher back together) before I watch the new episode of Starfleet Academy and it is taking literally all of my restraint and willpower 😤

I just opened this up and this has gotta be the funniest/best list I have ever been included in. no other context where you're seeing my name next to my absolute GOAT Kenny Omega 😂

can I say something insane? there's a tiny chunk in this that I paraphrased, if not directly stole, from Mrs. Dalloway. now you might think "Jen, why are you putting concepts from Mrs. Dalloway in your goofy-ass Star Trek fanfiction?" and the answer is because I'm classy as fuck

...I am writing something SO stupid right now

yesterday my devs tried to tell me that something they did was "a minor change" that "doesn't need much testing" and "wouldn't affect anything else", so obviously I found four (maybe five) bugs in the first half hour of testing it

do you think there's going to be a school dance episode of Starfleet Academy? are they going to have an Academy formal? do you think they'll have prom with the War College? I have been rotating this idea in my head for like an hour and a half

Yet again learning that a song I assumed was a huge worldwide smash hit, ubiquitous, unavoidable, in fact only reached 33 on the hot 100 and people do NOT remember it (Jesse McCartney’s “Right Where You Want Me”) youtu.be/0ncqa7iifD8?...

apparently this pic, which was one of the first batch of Starfleet Academy promo pics, is from this week's upcoming episode, and I'm so excited because when I first saw this, I was just kinda like "aww that seems nice" and now I'm like "those are my babies and I love them"

sat on an email until I was no longer angry, please clap

on my last straw at work today but because I'm terminally cheerful and adaptable in the workplace, it's like me trying to be very stern and saying "team, I think this is a real problem"