yesterday i found out about the night court limited version of the acotar series. i have been holding off so i can get the series in a single, cohesive format once it is completed. this is a version i would totally buy…but not worth it since they likely won’t continue the edition with the next book.

remember when people used to scream and cry about deep fakes, but now the government is using AI to create them and it’s not an issue? yeah, good times. /s

the corporate sucking of the AI dick is getting stronger, steadily showing how the upper echelons are convincing themselves of how great it is while simultaneously acknowledging and ignoring the flaws and impacts. #fuckai

being depressed over fictional characters’ love lives to distract from my chronic lack of one.

reading a book with very american characters from america who are now in an alternate realm of the same continental location written by british authors and constantly snagging on how they are using british slang/words for things. i can deal with “s” instead of “z”, but “cupboard” for “closet”?

today has been such a fun day to work in the tech industry. /sarcasm

saw the first christmas commercial of the year…and amazingly a commercial about investing that takes a strong anti-AI stance!

the want to have more engagement with people, but also the feeling that anything you say will be somehow seen as silly or unwanted stopping you from doing so, especially as replies to what others have put out there.

aaaaand today i got a message from the vendor saying that there was a usps error in september that led to all of this, so they are “reshipping” the order. don’t know if that means the other package was returned to them, or if it is lost in transit and a new one is being sent…

after 34 days, the second to ship of two packages has arrived. amazingly whole and unopened, with only that little dent on the side from its ordeal. but where is the 1st package that shipped just before this one? still no updates since 9.29 when it got the last “in transit to next facility” message…

i decided to get a new keyboard. i went with something different instead of my normal 108 and then switched out the keys. first time doing a custom and it’s all pretty and clicky! #customkeyboard #customizeyourtech #mechanicalkeyboard

*stares into the dumpster fire*

just read “a kingdom of flesh and fire” as “a kindergarten of flesh and fire”… #booksky #bookish

yesterday i felt a bit overwhelmed by loneliness. friday i had spent time wondering what would i be forced into when a certain event occurred. today i found out that my grandmother passed yesterday. so now i get to enjoy whatever “games” she left for us and find out what we’re being forced into.

starting off my fall reading with a little cozy paranormal foray courtesy of @bethdolgner.bsky.social! #booksky #bookish #fallreading

okay, looking for something new to read, so recommend me a book that you like! fantasy, sci-fi, and romance are my mains; mysteries are also accepted. YA or adult, doesn’t matter. new, indie, and lesser known authors are encouraged as well. #booksky #bookrecs #whattoread

aaand i forgot to add the reason for this…(really wish we could edit posts…) if u see this quote with the energy u bring to blue sky

romantasy is just a catchy marketing term coined for something that already existed. it’s since spun out of control and spawned a rabid following of bookish folks - which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. it has brought us a lot of good authors and introduced people to a subgenre that might never

*goes to buy the next book in a series* *book is out of print with “limited availability” (ie: none)* *checks series because wtf?* *first book is available for preorder in a “standard edition” with new cover art…and not released until november* #bookproblems #booksky

if you wear glasses - including sunglasses - this is your reminder to give those lenses a good wash. -this post brought to you by seeing too many people with gross dirty lenses lately-

so, on top of working this week i have to work on clearing out part of my room so that we can get in and fix my heating vent. because, you know, it’s not connected anymore and that’s why my room smelled terrible when it was super hot last month and flies have been in my room this week… u_u

craving a story where the mains are a villain and his wife (or gf), who are wholly besotted with and accepting of each other. mind you, she is seemingly all goodness and light, but get her riled and she will fuck. shit. up. and he is secretly a cinnamon roll. recommendations, #booksky hivemind?

was pretty much offline yesterday and getting back into things today with a few thoughts: 1. fuck AI. i hate that i am forced to use it and try actively to circumvent doing so. 2. companies have so much of a hard-on for AI that they are actively leaning into the cognitive dissonance and…

…my mint chocolate cookie ice cream is just mint ice cream…whyyyyy?

it just gets more and more dystopian every day…but instead of just one scenario we’re getting orwell, asimov, dick, and heinlein thrown into a blender and shot all over the ceiling.

are you a #bjd person on bluesky? hit me up! i want to expand my list of people and makers with more people posting related content. show me your dolls!

*internal screaming intensifies* i am so not ready…

woooo! officially on vacation! after the day i’ve had, it is sorely needed!

pretty much three days left before i have to be absolutely ready for #resinrose. will i make it? will i go crazy trying to finish things up and pack? stay tuned!

ugh! it’s one of those frustrating days where i recognize i’m coming into a situation with preexisting bias, then untangle that from what is going on only to be left with a situation where the person/group i’m dealing with is giving “no brains, can only copy and paste info…

one week and so much still to do! will i be ready for ##resinrose in time? #resinrosebjd

finally on the plan and i don’t want to be here…

a couple hours of poor sleep later and it looks like i do get to include a train ride in my day.

it’s too early to have already been awake for an hour. especially after only about two hours of sleep. yet here i am, on a shuttle bus waiting to leave town, at the beginning of a long day. the only mode of transport i don’t expect to take today is a train…

some of our local bucks just doing buck things. #buck #bucks #deer

the urge to buy the house for sale next door and make it over into a crafting and personal library is strong…but the funds are not.

i know that mini styrofoam wig display heads exist in doll size. i have one or two. but can i find them online? absolutely not no matter what i try. u_u #bjdproblems

in today’s episode of old man yells at clouds: dad sees an infographic on early migrations to the americas and mistakes a more modern photo of inuit hunters walking along a snowy ridge for an old photo of miners headed for the klondike, so has to comment on it to “correct” them. *facepalms*

even better still: this is for medication renewal approval for meds that i will run out of in a few weeks. because they now require people to come in yearly for review, but it only triggered due to the renewal request from the pharmacy. but no appointments until september…

*sigh* NP wants me to come in for an appointment. soooo…time to start stressing and prefunking the anger over her acting like she knows better about why i’m overweight…then telling me to eat far more food than my body is comfortable with in a day, making me feel sick instead.

remember when they told us we were being injected with microchips? welcome to their version that is “key to the maga agenda”. next up “it’s not so bad because you can take it off”, plus citizen points and getting to rate each other. don’t be fooled, this isn’t about your health, it’s about control.

f*ck AI. every commercial break as i’m watching a show is at least one commercial shilling an AI service. this isn’t the amazing future people want it to be, it’s the loss of cognitive abilities and creativity. this isn’t a “work smarter, not harder” situation -

the eternal frustration when you have a series in a particular format and: 1. the series gets new style covers. 2. the series is no longer offered in that format/the sizing changes (even slightly). 3. the series changes publishers and thus both of the above happen. #bookwoes #booksky

do people not understand distances? like…two houses are 500 yards apart, yet they are on a cul de sac and seem to be close to the street. the way everything is talked about you would think they’re not that far apart, but the distance is repeatedly mentioned as yards. something isn’t quite adding up.

*zombie moans* friday the 13th, just past full moon, and this whole respiratory thing is taking it out of me. i just want to not be violently coughing.

ugh. got stuffed up last night and today has been fun with post-nasal drip and attendant throat issues. then i got to go to the dentist and he filled in a tooth (no cavity, just really deep crevices naturally and at greater risk for cavities) and things weren’t fully numbed and now things hurt.

it’s been 22 years and we still curse the woman who stole recipes instead of doing the work she was supposed to do as my mom’s caregiver. #cookbooksarespellbooks #cookbooksaregrimoires #guardyourfamilyrecipes

freshly finished #needlework piece! #embroidery #needlepoint

kinda want to write out a choose your own adventure plot/character build for a certain genre…