green except too damn hot @green@awoo.space

I got to watch (though I haven't progressed to helping yet, heh) one of the vets prepping a barred owl for a radiograph. when she brought it back (limp and groggy, but after a couple of minutes it was groggily fighting her and deemed recovered enough from the sedative) I asked how it was doing. evidently it was hit by a semi (!) and ended up in the truck's wheelwell (!!!) and is apparently COMPLETELY UNINJURED. that is one *lucky* owl!

the autumn slowdown continues. we're getting more birds in the ward, mostly migratory birds hitting windows, and then (fairly often) being attacked by cats. I asked if this was a seasonal thing, or if people were just bringing them in more often, and was told that it's a migratory bird thing, which makes sense. birds unfamiliar with city life come down where there's abundant food and shelter, and then have unpleasant learning experiences...

@kara@occult.camp depression, anxiety, and paranoia are a "fun" trifecta, as I know from the inside. much, much empathy.

Nar is dancing with/energetically eviscerating a cloth bag on the floor. it's hilariously adorable. SUCH A CUTE LITTLE PSYCHO KILLING MACHINE DAWWWW

okay sleep time, past time when I should have since I have volunteer-work tomorrow starting early, but enh. gnight awoo!

I am so damn tempted to make a Mads Mikkelsen version of Hannibal Lecter as a Sim. >____>

@mawr I just brought home a refill for my antidepressant and WHOAH it looks different, so... this is extremely useful, thank you. :| I'll have to track my emotional state carefully for the next couple of weeks...

@InspectorCaracal@tootplanet.space I did the SCA lifestyle for a little less than a decade, so yeah, I know the appeal.

"During the June 14, 2005, city elections, six of the city's seven residents sought elected office." LOLOL that's frickin awesome. XD

@InspectorCaracal@tootplanet.space I have no idea how the Thelemic parents fared, they were friends-of-boyfriend who I completely lost touch with once I broke up with him, but they had the future baby's room all decked up with silver-on-blank tapestries and crystal skulls.

I used to know a lot of folks who had survived various flavors of homeschooling, they generally turned out all right, though a bit strange in some ways. XD

I got a flu shot!

@InspectorCaracal@tootplanet.space yeah, my west coast experience with folks who were homeschooled were almost exclusively the hippie-vegan types, though there were some "THE SCA IS A VIABLE LIFESTYLE ALTERNATIVE" and "we're Mensa and our kids are geniuses and we can't let them get ~tainted~ by mingling with ~commoners~" varieties. the closest I heard of to fundamentalist homeschooling was the couple that were planning on homeschooling their kid in the Thelemic tradition/faith, which was... CREEPY

no really go time

@NeoNeptunian@compassion.online there is frost on the grass, birds in the trees, and leaves falling like gentle rain. I can be soothed by these things, if I allow it. time passes, things change, all will be well.