Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@troodon exactly, you get it. you are still my post-Bad-Thing MVP -- i'll be grateful for your friendship for the rest of my life *verklempt, talk amongst yourselves* <3

and i intend to enjoy the fuck out of my remaining time here with my friends before declaring victory over seattle and hastily retreating to nola to recuperate ;)

The two friendships that initially lured me here kinda exploded, messily. And I'll be honest... I needed more support and more time out than I actually got. That's probably 99.9% my own fault, and I'm owning that. I let shit get to me, and the guilt from that explosion is still haunting me daily.

THAT'S what I'm fleeing from, not you. I want to see you in my remaining months. I want to stay in touch once I'm gone.

More to come.

Hey, quick note.

PLEASE don't interpret my mixed feelings about heading towards NOLA as any lack of affection for the people I have here. About 90% of that is my depression and my scars from the past year telling me nobody here actually wanted me anyhow... and if they do, I'll just fuck it up anyhow. I only believe that when I'm in the depths. I treasure the people I'm going to have to leave behind--- that's the whole PROBLEM. :)

@troodon *pets and pets and pets and pets*

(and then goes back to bed, because the jet lag is kicking my ass :) )

Dawn just gave me a relentlessly positive and sunny reading. Something DEFINITELY must be wrong on a deep cosmic level. :)

Although, to be fair, this was Dawn Sr. (the early handmade edition of the Silicon Dawn, who lacks the Void Court and most of the other "novelty" cards). I've always found her to be rather more cheerful than Dawn Jr. (the full Lo Scarabeo edition). Still.

"Loud growling noises could be heard through the door of the apartment, causing the officer to avoid entering. Another police officer was sent to the roof, from which he abseiled himself on a rope sling to view through the apartment’s windows. Ming attempted to attack the officer, frightening him, and nearly broke through the window."

See? A soldier, a gangster, AND a friend to the people. Ming, you are one of the greatest of all time.

Holy shit. One of the great Martian Tiger Culture Heroes, Ming of Harlem, lives about 20-25 minutes away from my parents' house, in Berlin Center, OH.

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

I wonder if I can talk my mom into a road trip. I'd love to pay him my respects and ask for counsel. I feel like I've been vicious lately, but I could be more vicious.

feeling like the social equivalent of someone who locked herself out on the porch during her own party, and couldn't figure out how to get back in, or be heard asking for help over the music, until everyone had gone home.

or worse, who threw a rock at the front window just to try to get *anyone's* attention, hit a friend in the head, and couldn't get her to believe it was an accident.

i look forward to nola, in a way not dissimilar to how i sometimes look forward to death.

I wonder how Mr. Proud Centrist feels about the whole Nestle's slavery thing?

"I don't get why these extremist loons are trying to make a big deal out of this. We're all just trying to get along in this big crazy world-- you, me, Nestle, Ghanaian forced-laborers..."

@001zlnv Also, gods damn you, I want a taco. DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR AWAY THE NEAREST DECENT TACO IS RIGHT NOW?!?! :D

@001zlnv Reddit was not entirely clear on the subject, but they could not fawn over him fast nor hard enough. -_-

"...and I did a lot of grandstanding on social media about how brave I am for all the things I consume. I mentioned a lot of brand names, never left my comfort zone by talking to anyone TOO different from me, and didn't bring my country's blatantly obvious political crisis into it at all. Let me tell you, I have never felt more like an American."

#TheLukewarmHeroCentristsDeserve

@anthracite The basilisk? Cripes, that's like swatting a fly with the Concorde. She scares me in a good way, and I am intrigued to see what she comes up with. :D

@acetone_kitten @rowanyote That's fucking awesome.

@Oneironott Instantaneous neural transfer means never having to say you're sorry. *nod*

@JulieSqveakaroo

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Sorry, roo, I think that totally backfired. Now I REALLY wanna do it. :D

@Momentrabbit *hughughug* Vent lines are open 24/7*.

(*in imperial units, can never keep track of the metric equivalent ;) <3 )

The far-left folks who have been on this tirade COULD have used it for a constructive message like "See, this is why it's so important for our society to prioritize mental health."

They could have acknowledged there was something wrong with Trump on a psychological level, and taken the initiative to say, "This man is nothing like a treated individual who actually OWNS their disorder."

Nope, they just got mad and demanded we sweep the whole issue under the carpet. Fuck 'em all.

I can _sort_ of sympathize with people's worries that this would lead to more stigma against people with psych issues in general.

But again... I've never heard anyone say they'd have trouble with a leader having a _treated_ personality disorder, and I think it's been pretty fucking obvious since square one that that did NOT describe Trump in the least.

Yes. For fuck's sake. Having a disorder which makes you impervious to others' needs IS a reason you should not be a leader.

Now I want to smack everyone who said we couldn't specuate about Trump's sanity because it was "ableist."

It's not ableist to tell a myopic jet pilot "you should really get your eye prescription updated," and it's not ableist to tell a narcissistic leader "you really need to get your ass into therapy."

Fighting ableism isn't about pretending everyone is OK Fine, it's about making sure everyone gets the healthiest outcome without UNWARRANTED prejudice.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-president-trump-psychiatrist-leakers-list-20180906-story.html