Gooey Time Kilroy @Kilroy@awoo.space

If you're a good kobold you deserve pets.
If you can read this you're a good kobold.

*pets*

Fun is getting spiked anxiety because your brain decides it wants to feed you personally upsetting imagery for no fucking reason. What the fuck.

Worst part is having it happen during a time when you really CAN'T deal with an anxiety spike so you do whatever you can to drown it out while carrying about your day.

Doing better now thankfully, but fucking hell that was not a fun half hour

I need to get a fan for the TV. My room retains a LOT of heat, and this thing pumping out 90 degrees plus from the back is not helping at all. Doubt a fan is going to do much, but it should keep the temps down a fair bit, maybe make a 2-3 degree difference overall in the room if I'm lucky

Can anyone recommend a good washable face mask with valve setup that would be good for warehouse/shop work? Not looking for virus protection, I have other masks for that; looking to keep warehouse dust out of my lungs!

Pennsylvania was called in Biden's favor (as was Nevada as of now,) so that means Biden has been projected to be the 46th President :D Even if we lose Georgia at this point, so long as the electoral college doesn't have any faithless electors we should be on our way to a slow but hopefully steady recovery! Hopefully we'll get at least a tie in the Senate, and keep the House. Then we can relax a little. But only a little! We've still got WAY too many people in the Senate and House that need to lose their seats in upcoming elections. And we NEED to get a President that's willing to do far more than what Biden claims he'll do to help ALL people living here.

Very happy that my injury is healing as nicely as it is. No longer need a bandage for it (though I do need to wipe it down, especially after work due to the incredible amount of warehouse dust that can coat my forehead in just a couple hours. I really should consider wearing a dust mask because of this. Who knows how much of that crap has made it into my lungs.

My liver better be glad I'm not a drinker, let alone a heavy drinker, because I feel like tonight would be a damn good time to crack open and drain a big bottle.

8 days later and it looks immensely better! I still need to cover it and now put neosporin on it, but so far the recovery is going well!

Reminder that today's results are likely going to be incomplete; there is going to be a LOT of mail-in ballots that need to be counted (that for a variety of bullshit reasons enforced by the RNC could not be able to be counted until today, some AFTER the polls closed, at the absolute earliest.) We'll see the full results in a few days or so, especially if we can get those absentee ballots stuck in mail centers moved.

Most importantly, take care of yourself. Tomorrow is going to be one hell of a stressful anxiety-ridden day for SO many of us as we wait to see what the fate of the country is. Do what you have to to take care of yourself. Stay hydrated, disconnect from social media if you have to for the day. I certainly wouldn't fault anyone for going quiet for most/all of tomorrow.

Don't forget to vote, if you can and haven't yet! It's probably too late to drop off an absentee ballot (as most places seem to stop accepting at close of business day before election) and it's likely WAY too late to risk mailing it in (considering potentially deliberate postal slowdowns of election mail), so if you can safely vote at the polls tomorrow, make sure you do so! The fate of the country absolutely depends on making sure every vote is heard! (Or at least as many votes as possible)

Sometimes I wonder if the reason I sought relationships before I realized I was aromantic was because it felt like I was supposed to. Like I wasn't supposed to be happy (as in, it was supposed to be unnatural to be happy) unless I had a romantic relationship. Thinking back, that's what it seems like most of my past relationships were about. Doing what I was supposed to do to find happiness. Even though I had no idea how the hell romance was even supposed to work. Half the time I wondered if I was doing something wrong, because ALL of the things people talk about feeling I never experienced.

It wasn't until I realized that no, I don't need to do what society expects of me to be happy. I'm perfectly happy being in platonic relationships. Even in regards to sexual relationships, I don't need a romantic relationship to enjoy myself or help others enjoy themselves. Sex can be platonic, and it sucks that society has been built up to believe otherwise.

Biggest thing I have to remember is to be upfront about this sort of thing. If I'm getting intimate with someone or sense that things might be nudging towards a more romantic angle, just be up front that I'm not interested in a romantic relationship. ...not that I need to worry too much about that right now; work has me too busy to hang with friends or hook up with folks, and the pandemic sure as hell isn't helping

Oh no my head wound (that I got late Monday night from a forklift incident I mentioned here) has entered the itchy self-repair stage D:

Today marks the day that snouts.online starts its shutdown. I guess it'll still be up a bit longer for people to archive their stuff, but no new activity will be seen after today.

RIP snouts.online, it was a lot of fun while it lasted. Hopefully everyone was able to find a new place to call their home instance.

You ever sit for so long you forget how to legs for a few seconds?

Today I learned that steak fries are not made from steaks. I am very upset at this discovery >:C