Rain Dog @Leucrotta@awoo.space

forgot how long it took to get ovens up to temperature to roast vegetables

"How far can you redcoats march in a day?"
"oh, 20 miles."
"Well a Zulu regiment can run - RUN! - 20 miles in a day. AND fight a battle at the end of it!"
"There's daft it is. I don't see no point in running to fight a battle."

in honor of John Barry's birthday, it's time to play the "Zulu" soundtrack again. uSUTHU! IS YOUR SWEET FOOD GOOD?

The idea that he’d have a grandchild growing up in obscurity until the time is right “feels” very Palpatine. I just wish it’d been a consistent plot point for all three movies (rather than an obvious “oops sudden change of direction”) and they’d done something different than the “kill me in order to make me more powerful” thing. Like the love-hate between Kylo and Rey is EXACTLY the sort of bullshit Palpatine would love to exploit.

I’m at the Crappy Body Image

I’m at Needing a Nap

I’m at the combination Crappy Body Image and Needing a Nap

Is this the weekend?
Is this your girlfriend?
She’s green and innocent, smoke her like she’s incense!
You smile, you smile, you smile
Stay straight for me!
*massive guitar feedback*
*angst*

Just… these are the same folks who whitewashed Reagan and both Bushes, created a war on Christmas, scare upper middle class people that tax increases will actually hit them, portray preventative measures against a horrifying pandemic as bad. Convincing Americans that an unfamiliar perspective is an all out attack? That’s child’s play for them.

ooh, I could watch Battle Beyond the Stars for free!

Danny Elfman's "Spider Man" soundtracks => TMBG's "Spider" => TMBG's "For Science" => Danny Elfman's "Mars Attacks"

thus a trace of the true self exists in the false self

Food photo. I tried making a beet-leek-walnut salad from the cookbook, using a couple of substitutions. So far it's pretty good!

let's draw some BARBARIANS and make 'em FIGHT oh YEAH

CONACOP

HALF MACHINE
HALF BARBARIAN

THIS SUMMER JUSTICE HAS A BASIL POLEDOURIS SOUNDTRACK

doin' my democratic duty or whatever, and frankly the state advisory votes are sort of the clearest voting choices I have ever seen. They're all like;

"Close a loophole that grants health insurance providers a tax break based on how many puppies their CEOs eat annually?

I’ve also been thinking about my boundaries with money a lot, I think because this weekend was spendy for me. I can spend a lot on food (necessary, theoretically gets used/easy to dispose of, $10-100 increments) and books (difficult to damage, $5-40 increments), and used books/cooking seems to justify it, but avoid dropping money on anything else (models/minis/paint REALLY comes to mind here). I don’t feel great about that.

Hey, this is gonna sound nuts but; if you’re trans and we’re ever in the same place, where you’d need someone nearby to be officially cis male for sheer safety? I WILL help as best I can. This transphobic shit scares the bejeezus out of me and I’m not even being targeted.

Further Confusion is coming up and even if I am able to do it practically;
* I get pandemic-related anxiety, haven’t been to a con since 2019, haven’t been to FC since 2018, haven’t flown since 2010, and the Bay Area is full of memories. So I worry about being a wreck during and after the con.
* I would love a fursuit. In theory I can now afford one which gets into all sorts of anxiety about spending money (I grew up poor and have crummy fluctuating boundaries about spending).

heading towards bed. Trying to remind myself;

I don't know for sure that I'm a terrible, deficient, worthless person who is now past any chance of getting anywhere in their life. I *do* know for sure that I had a crappy childhood that passed on all sorts of terrible messages, and that stress - and I've been stressed - pulls me back towards those hostile thoughts. Occam's razor definitely suggests a more self-affirming conclusion, here.

Lastly, here’s a selfie, with eye contact.

Here’s more of the hike including a woodpecker!

It’s supposed to rain solidly for a bit so here’s some photos from the weekend. The parking lot by the Deception Pass Bridge is closed but the rest of the park has parking and there’s enough trail you could probably walk all the way through the park to the bridge at low tide.