trixter @trixter@awoo.space

Took my poor kitty to the vet because the stress of the move has given him an upset bladder. Got some pain medication, a light tranquilizer/antispasmodic, and a calming collar. He is always such a good boy at the vet, I do not deserve such a good cat :<

I can tell what kind of pagan I am, for the Winter Solstice I had a whole big observation but for the summer one I'm just "Eh. It's raid night."

guess who got her gravewarden helm

it meeeeeee #WoW

https://awoo.space/media/0zGHBCc_xnlFD3NKF00

@Felthry I feel that way about Twitter lately though.

I mean, I could use it to play around with Linux, but again, to what end? I suppose my dad's really big on fabricating stuff, he could make a neat case for it all...

I've managed to pick out enough working parts as I've cleaned out my computer parts closet (well, I THINK the CPU works) to build a low-powered PC, but, like...what would I even use it for? There was a time I'd have used it to stream things to the TV but I have a Chromecast for that.

So I'm in the middle of moving from a nice Midwest city to my parents' house in the mountains, because the world hates women who want to live on their own and my folks are getting on in years and bought way more house than they should have. And I have had *an exceptionally bad year* and need to recoup.

And I suppose I mention this -- a bit of #introduction? -- just to give context to my ongoing narrative here. It's something I'll be talking about.

Good morning awoo friends!

I suppose since I'm returning and there are new people I should do #introductions:

I'm Jen, she/her (but gender non-conforming), lesbian, in my late 30s, cat and ferret mom, huge nerd, WoW player, Transformers podcaster with iaconunderground.net and geek culture writer for the Columbus Free Press and St. Jane Co.

Oh wow, did I happen to come back here at the same time a bunch of new people arrived? Hello new people! (It's because Twitter is just getting worse and worse, isn't it?)

what is all this pineappling

@ghedipunk Do it! I've had a lot of trouble accepting people finding me attractive (as a lesbian with a long, bad history with men) and I've been trying to do it more to become more comfortable with myself. So embrace it!

So I will contribute, upon my return here, a photo of my dapper gentleman. https://awoo.space/media/zn2zHNM1Ik6CCcD4IFI

@PaulFerence <3 I carefully moderate who I follow on Twitter, but lately it's just a constant all-hands-on-deck and I can only take so much.

I'm torn between a need to keep up with what's going on in my train wreck of a country and a need to preserve my mental health, because I've wasted too many days feeling depressed over this garbage.

Think it's time to poke at some Mastodon instances again. I used Tweetdeck for Twitter, so it's not like I'm actually viewing the ads they want so badly to sell, but their tolerance and downright support for white nationalists is sickening.

Some people engage in risky impulsive behaviors, I suddenly decide to root my phone and install Linux on my laptop.