Rain Dog @Leucrotta@awoo.space

oh gah and speaking of "Jessie's Girl" it's on the speakers now

the instrumentals are so 80s I wanna go read Snarfquest or get into a fistfight with a halfback or something suitably period appropriate

ah yes "American Idiot" on the speakers in the coffee shop.

Remember when we thought Bush II was as bad as it got, that everyone who was capable of seeing it, saw the complete bullshit of "hey we never bother fixing the gaping holes in our country so we have racism and imperialism as distractions instead"? That we thought maybe we were gonna climb out of this with a regime change?

Yeah that.

My "animals" playlist on YouTube consists of "useful art reference" and "omg omg there was a cute animal on teh intarwebs."

Today's addition is this awesome reference; https://youtu.be/rsO8QRQIVRg

Seven Brides for Seven Samurai, in which a small group of sisters living in rural Oregon mountains decide the only way to deal with marauding bandits is to travel north across the border to hire samurai.

Seven Brides for Seven Bagels

Then yesterday I realized that it’s not *just* a double Berkana rune; it contains Tiwaz, Sowelu, Fehu, Ansuz, Laguz and I know I’m missing more. Truly a useful bindrune!

The previous resident in my room decorated above the door with what looked like a double Berkana rune. For the first two weeks I was here I couldn’t figure that out; I’d forgotten the “growth, rebirth” interpretations and remembered only a negative “well it has sharp points THINGS ARE PAINFUL!” And he’s hugely dedicated to Odin, so he knows more about Futhark than I might in several years! So an odd choice.

I really hope this "desperately need to fall over and sleep for 1.5-3 hours, up for 1-2 hours, able to sleep for 4-5.5 hours" thing gives way to "able to sleep for 7-8 hours" soon. See also "I wish my workplace had a designated nap room, or my working conditions were otherwise more flexible such that getting back to sleep were less vital."

I want to say more, but am not sure what precisely.

CW for (incredibly tame) nudity and animal predation! #drawings today listening to Bikini Kill and Against Me.

Bikini Kill is making me wanna throw heavy objects at the patriarchy. Again. Maybe I should swap to less throw heavy objects music?

Of all the reasons to feel hateful,
You’re the best of them,
You treated me like a boyfriend,
Some dumb fucking boyfriend.
You treated me like a boyfriend,
Some dumb fucking boyfriend.
Lie to me, lie to me!

Into the sun we climb,
Climb and our wings will burn white,
Ev’ryone’s strapped in tight, we’ll ride it out,
I’ll be coming home next year.

Random thought;

Something Dune the giant novel gets different from the David Lynch movie is that the Atreides know they're walking into a trap, so they're trying to win Fremen hearts and minds so that whoever shows up to kill them is faced with a surprise brand new, Sardaukar-quality local army. This includes intentionally playing Paul off as a possible messiah.

In the Lynch Dune this 1/3rd of the book becomes Duncan saying "there are actually LOTS of Fremen, maybe they'd be good allies?"

hey, my headphone jack works! Which Shonen Knife album should I get?

a) Genki Shock
b) Free Time
c) Riding on the Rocket

SO MY DADDY HE SPANKED MY BUTT
HE TURNED ME INTO HIS SUPA-SPANKIN'-SLUT!
SO I TURNED TO HIM WITH TEARS IN MY EYES
HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE HAD SHOWN ME PARADISE!

Oh wow. Two Przewalsky foals were born in captivity, last October when everything was going to shit. I can’t easily link the Xinhuanet article, but these animals are sacred and this is fantastic news!

But there's more. Let's say I have an observer bias. Something was presented in a really intense way, or was presented as true when I was a child and didn't have experience to the contrary (Paul Ekman talks about this as part of emotional response). Then it *was* true then, but maybe on the whole it's true only 15-20% of the time rather than the 90-100% it appears to be.

So let's say if something's true 30-40% of the time, it can appear true 90-100% of the time.

Growing up with this idea that I was objectionable if I didn't like - or know about - what was mainstream, this is really easy to beat myself up with. F'rex "everyone loves Game of Thrones," becomes "what's wrong with me that I don't?" or "everyone wants to have children" becomes "it's a huge personal failing if I'm not up for it."

Here's a thing that has really helped with my issues.

You know those horrible magazines that are right at the checkout lines of any supermarket? And how they give you the impression your fellow humans are all really petty and mean? (Especially when you're already feeling overwhelmed by a supermarket.)

The perception's not accurate.

If a publisher only gets some of the population buying their magazines, the population is so large they don't just stay afloat but thrive. Even 30% would be huge!

Just really wish I didn't need a day job - thanks to professional work as a freelancer, supportive family/SO, or both - so that "I can't sleep!" wouldn't be quite as upsetting.