The freshly fallen snow, the multi-colored glow of the Christmas lights, they are all beautiful, but I can't enjoy that beauty, because the fine plastic mesh that supports the bus's exterior paint job around the windows blocks the view...

It's 9 degrees out and I have to take the bus. Lovely...

Maybe it's because I'm older, or maybe it's because I've had a few serious injuries during my adult life, but seeing the Wet Bandits repeatedly getting hurt by Kevin's booby traps in Home Alone hurts a LOT more to watch than it did when I was kid.

I suddenly want to figure out how to make my car horn sound like the horn from that van in Ed, Edd, n Eddy...

I need a Bad Girl Coven shirt so bad

You will be visited by 3 spirits

A bunch of people should go to the national parks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth. A random spike in attendance on those days would send a message about the decision to not offer free admission on those days, I think.

We're told to remember Pearl Harbor, but we're never told to remember the events leading up to it. Rarely do those "History" Channel specials talk about why it happened. I think that's unfortunate. We can't fully comprehend things like that without knowing the whole story

Because 'tis the season. And because I just started replaying Mass Effect 2.

You'll know the stories I write aren't written by AI because asking me about any aspect of them will result in a ten minute long lore dump

I don't necessarily care for the religious aspects of Christmas, but the lights, the trees, the ornaments, yeah, that's the stuff I like. So like, I like the aspects of Christmas that Christianity stole from all the pagan holidays.

I miss the days when I could watch Home Alone 2 without feeling a slight bit of nausea and rage when THAT scene comes on...

December means marathoning Christmas movies on repeat every day until January 1st.

I may have started craving Shasta because of Magica Riot....

Kind of messed up that the $2,000 asset limit for SSI and other assistance programs has remained the same since 1984 even though the actual monthly payment amount for SSI has more than tripled since then....

I finished Magica Riot: Full Bloom this morning, and wow, that was amazing. It is very rare for a sequel to live up to the hype, but this one does. Definitely going to buy the audiobook when it gets released.

This is the first time in a long time that I've gotten so sucked into a book that I completely lost track of time. Feels good, tbh.

When Profanity Accountant finds swears on your profile

Dear Hollywood execs: You greenlit a freaking Fred movie back in 2010. You can greenlight a Magica Riot animated series.

Some say the 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist anime is better. Others say FMA: Brotherhood is better. Me, I just like that there are two great versions of one of my favorite shows so I can marathon them back to back.

Just thinking about the one time earlier this year when they closed I-90 outside of Livingston due to wind (I think) and how it took 2 hours to drive 14 miles to town due to how backed up traffic was. You know what wasn't backed up that day? The train. All the more reason we need passenger rail.

Yes! It finally arrived!

Instead of making a live action Moana, Disney should just make a movie where Moana's grandma and Mulan's grandna go on a road trip together

Anyone else ever start up Mass Effect and then just chill here for a bit before playing?

The fact that I've had Mordin Solus singing "I am the very model of a scientist Salarian" stuck in my head since yesterday afternoon tells me it's time to replay Mass Effect.

I didn't get any pictures, but the northern lights have been amazing tonight

Repost with an iconic fictional band

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

Finally got around to watching the new Superman movie. All I can say for now is that it's good. Definitely worth watching at least once if you're into superhero movies.

The planet is burning up and my trans friends fear for their lives. I don't give a shit about the stock market or gas prices coming down. A good economy is meaningless when people can't safety live in it.

I have a giant pile of receipts for all my expenses for the year that I'm going through, and it's kinda fun seeing the things I spent money on earlier this year. I'll be looking at one and be like "Oh right, I bought that cheese bread in Helena when I was testifying against the bathroom bill"

Oblivion, Morrowind, Skyrim in equal amounts.

900+ words. 5 hours. Another chapter of one of my stories nearly complete. Last night was a good night.

You know what? I’m just gonna say it. Trans writers kick ass.

One of these days I'll get one of those 10 foot tall skeletons...

Fun fact: if you listen to the instrumental version of the Code Lyoko theme song while troubleshooting computer issues, it gives you a slight boost to your IT skills. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPu_...

Fan theory: the banker in Majora's Mask is unaffected by the Song of Time and is fully aware that the same 3 days keep repeating over and over again and is basically just sitting there like:

Replaying Fallout 3 to prepare myself for the post-apocalyptic hellscape America will soon become if nothing changes.

I've been re-watching Gravity Falls. Dipper and Mabel vs The Future (aka the episode right before the series finale) hits just as hard as it did when I first watched it back in 2015 *back cracks* exactly *hair turns gray* ten years ago.

If you see this quote your favourite Pokémon (Wrong answers only)

Kinda wishing I could make an inflatable Pandora Corruption monster costume and join the people protesting in Portland right now. Can't let the frogs get all the glory lol.

Experiences you get while biking/walking that you rarely have while driving: bonding with your fellow pedestrians over your shared frustration being stuck at the same railroad crossing for 20 minutes because the train keeps stopping.

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

"Mean Girls Day"? Nah, we celebrate Fullmetal Alchemist Day in this house.

not having a robust public transit system is lesbophobic. gay girls need medium-long train rides so they can fall asleep on each other while coming back from fun day & weekend trips that take an unexpectedly sweet and flirty turn

I remember back in 2012, Lewis Black was on The Daily Show discussing the possibility of a Trump presidency and said something like "We need a crazy third-world dictator and Donald Trump has got what it takes to be that". I really hate just how right he was about that...

I don't think I need to clarify my stance on the topic but these soccer folks summed it up

Me: *sees fly in my bedroom* Me, to the spider in my bedroom: "You're not doing your job".

Finally got my hands on a copy of the Matrix movies. Time for a marathon!