katt, migrating 🌟 🌈 @starkatt@awoo.space

Me: reading Mastodon on her computer, pulls out phone to check an app for something

reflexively opens Mastodon on her phone as soon as it's unlocked.

That made me feel a bit silly.

Argh, apparently to order contact lenses I need an actual recent vision prescription. I can't just plug in the lens powers and have them stick 'em in the mail :/

Since some people might be wondering: this is built using a pattern sold by wintercroft.com

My memory is bad enough that I've *had* to become happy with accepting that experiences have value even if they're inherently ephemeral and won't be well remembered.

Though I guess, in the end that's all that any of us have.

I'm fox.
https://awoo.space/media/Fqj97cduPlvhpd8HSwE

Probably relevant, I gave my fox mask a subtle perma-blush.

"Foxes blush to *incite*. They do it when they realize you're noticing them, and want you to notice them *more*."
I feel so called out right now -- in the best way.

Note to self: make an Expanding Brain about glowsticks.

Achievement Unlocked: use ultra-fine glitter in a craft project without making a mess.

Really excited to show y'all this mask when I'm done but that'll have to wait a couple days, since I want it to be a surprise at the part I'm going to tomorrow :D

...huh, just had a weird moment of confusion over my hash tables when I realized that glitter is only a gay signifier when applied to men, and I'm... not one of those?

Whatever gender is fake and it's still gonna be hecking gay.

I have arrived at the dangerous moment of realizing that what my art project needs is glitter.

This woman is a fucking hero and I had never heard of her before today.

"Mary Jane Rathbun, popularly known as Brownie Mary, was an American medical cannabis activist. As a hospital volunteer at San Francisco General Hospital, she became known for illegally baking and distributing cannabis brownies to AIDS patients."

Like, thousands and thousands of brownies, for a decade.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_Mary

Taking a fast-acting benzo to try and counteract anxiety feels like slowly flushing our your veins with slightly-too-salty saline solution instead.

Having an anxiety attack feels like having my blood replaced with the sound of two pieces of sandpaper rubbing together.

Second most useful thing: blown air hand dryers are disgusting.

Most actionably useful thing I learned from watching Mythbusters: to accurately drive a car in reverse, turn your torso all the way around and prop yourself up as close as possible to the centerline of the vehicle.

Works.

Got a chance today to play The Captain is Dead, a cool cooperative board game.

Premise: the captain of your starship is dead and you are under attack. Try to keep systems online, repair your warp drive and gtfo before you explode.

The core mechanics are kinda similar to Pandemic -- role specialization, card-swapping. However the board state is a lot more complex, you need to manage damage control, and threats are more immediate. Triage is super important.

Endorsed.