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Remember: Fucking up the year is no big deal this year. A 7 turns so, so easily into an 8.

first to-do list of 2018! 

+ dishes
+ clean & refill hummingbird feeder
+ mark calendar for volunteer days this month
+ call to refill Rx
+ lunchfood
+ order FODMAP guide book
* scoop catboxes
* take down tree?
* yeah that's all I got right now

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Happy 2018!

If you’re anything like me, you’ll soon feel that the holiday glow will soon begin to fade. The connections, joy, and support from the last couple of months will be replaced with the drudgery of the day-to-day.

We need to stick together and help each other deal with the cold, the routine, and the drop. We’re in this together. I’m here for you. Let me know how I can help.

Love and light. 💕

first to-do list of 2018! 

I remembered a couple!

+ dishes
+ clean & refill hummingbird feeder
+ mark calendar for volunteer days this month
+ call to refill Rx
* scoop catboxes
* lunchfood
* order FODMAP guide book
* take down tree?
* yeah that's all I got right now

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first to-do list of 2018! 

+ dishes
+ clean & refill hummingbird feeder
* scoop catboxes
* um
* lunchfood
* [thinking sounds]
* take down tree?
* oh call to refill Rx
* yeah that's all I got right now

So yeah, some third-party trackers are exploiting the built-in password manager of browsers: freedom-to-tinker.com/2017/12/

Fortunately, there's countermeasures:
1. install an ad/tracker blocker
2. disable login autofill (for Firefox, open about:config and set signon.autofillForms to false)

first dreams of the year 

I was a bit worried about the "need to feed it once every hour OR IT WILL DIE" thing, but the dream changed/ended before that could be more than a mild concern. XD

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first dreams of the year 

dreamed I was "camping" next to a car; I'm not sure what was actually going on there, if it was recreation, desperation, or survival; a later bit implied a more survival-oriented situation, with "things hunting me" but was very vague and low-key.

I also dreamed I tried to rescue a stork/crane of some kind, but it escaped me and got killed, but then immediately came back to life as a fast-growing downy chick, which I was then able to rescue properly.

dozed off at around 11:30, and semi-woke for the fireworks at midnight. they seemed kind of lackluster this year, though... only lasted for like 6 minutes? I was expecting to be kept awake for at least fifteen minutes. either that, or I've gotten really good at sleeping through stuff, which would be an acceptable alternative!

see y'all next year... be kind, and dream of wonders. awrrroooo <3

okay I am the tired. 2018 will have to happen without me. or at least, I'm going to try to go to sleep--though my odds of being able to actually sleep are low, since it means sleeping through the BOOMBOOMBANGPOP in a couple of hours, but I'm going to give it a shot anyway. :P <3

welp, was going to leave a placeholder on my public Twitter name account, but they made deleting all the content such a pain in the butt that I finally said "enh" and deactivated the account. so: sprackraptor@twitter.com is no longer me, and no longer active! /confetti/

RT @birbhorse: This is serious shit right now. If you know someone who knows Razz or Hiccy well, or if you are that person,

GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM IMMEDIATELY.

A little while back I wrote a silly, tongue-in-cheek very sweary self-help book called 'Finding a balance between Caring and Not Giving a Fuck'. It's up on Smashwords:

smashwords.com/books/view/5313

But to help you guide in the new year with lots of profanity, here's a discount to get it for free, valid until 2nd January:

NK39F

Enjoy! :P

(Pooka's health is fine, he had a vet visit a couple of months ago, and he gets regular checkups because he's a Senior Cat. so I'm pretty certain it was bad dreams and not some kind of worrying pain.)

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Spouse (from the living room) and I (from the office) heard Pooka making odd quiet yowling noises. we both immediately headed for the bedroom, where we found him curled up asleep. we gave him gentle pets and quiet reassuring talk, and it didn't take long for him to go into full purr mode complete with bed-kneading.

we can't prevent others from having bad dreams, but we can give comfort and reassurance upon awaking. that's an important lesson to remember for the coming year. <3

painfully purging my public Twitter account--even with "automatic instant tools" it's taking forfrickinever-- while heating up a pot pie in the oven and considering having a cup of wine around midnight. will probably be playing Diablo when things flip.

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