green except too damn hot @green@awoo.space

YAY SUDDEN EMBARRASSING PUBLIC CHOKING/COUGHING FIT :|

ugh. I love books that drop the reader into situations with minimal exposition, and don't bother explaining unusual items/systems/techniques, just show them working... but I'm using an unusual item/system that is fully fleshed out in *my* mind, and I'm wondering if I should drop an exposition-bomb to explain it at some point, or just let it fly as is. grrmph.

I should probably upload a picture of my actual face to the meetup account. or maybe a picture of my laptop back, with all the stickers, might be more easily and quickly recognized... >____>

ugh, I'm the first person here for the writer's group thing, and I don't know who to look for as people begin trickling into the coffee shop. AWK-WAAARD. I'll just sit here and write until I see somebody I recognize... or... something. *hunches down in seat, sips mocha*

and now I'm off to a writer's group meetup seeya later

meanwhile, the city was being thoroughly trashed, and we were getting constant minor earthquakes from the romping around. as a finale, the big rock/hill to one side of the pass was ripped up and thrown back into the city, before stomping back into the Pacific. a helicopter pilot was watching the kaiju, but he was too close; we tried to signal him to go lower, but the kaiju spotted him and smashed him out of the sky with a well-aimed car.

I was able to convince one friend (who maybe also dream-remembered this), and we drove to the far side of the valley and found a place where we could get a good view (through binoculars) of the event.

the kaiju arrived on time and set about destroying the city. there was a riot at the pass from people trying to flee last-minute, and we watched cars wreck trying to speed down the narrow switchback road on the valley side.

a bunch of other people had come over there to evacuate as well, and there were refugee services set up, but they didn't hold many people; a few hours after we came over the pass from the city was closed. we tried to settle in, find a place to sleep and looked for jobs (because dream). I made a few friends.

the next day, the kaiju attacked the city. I dream-remembered that the refugee area wasn't entirely safe, but couldn't convince my family/housemates to go any farther.

I lived in a big city on the west coast that doesn't correspond to any city that actually exists. the person I dreamed I was "remembered" from a previous dream that the kaiju that was currently destroying Japan would head across the Pacific and hit our city next, and I remembered enough about how the attack happened that I was able to convince my housemates/family to evacuate early, to a safe-ish location basically in the next valley over, protected by a hill-line.

okay, sleeptime for me. tomorrow is writer's group meetup!

@kara_dreamer@witches.town also: https://jen-and-kris.deviantart.com/art/Loki-s-children-252957527 (lolololol)

@kara_dreamer@witches.town​that picture immediately made me think of this: https://jen-and-kris.deviantart.com/art/Look-at-me-animation-265079645

Nar is snoring on the cat tree next to me. /slain by cute

barred owls are fiercely territorial at this time of year. I've been buzzed (owl flew close enough that it brushed my hair), but not directly attacked. one very descriptive account said being attacked by an owl was like "being hit in the back of the head with a bag full of scissors." this is not an experience I would care to have personally.

I heard the local barred owl calling, and ran over to the window with my cell phone to play a call back at it from the Cornell birding app. I was hoping to spoof it into coming closer, but instead it stopped calling. it would probably be more convincing-sounding if I went outside--more natural acoustics--but then I'd be vulnerable to an owl attack, and NO THANK YOU.

Nar is VERY CONCERNED because it is ALMOST FOOD TIME and I am STILL SITTING AT THE COMPUTER and NOT MAKING FOOD YET and he might STARVE. there is much yowling, purring, and pawing.