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@001zlnv It's ALMOST as interesting. If it's anything like the ones in Seattle, it's basically a full-fledged John C. Lilly, Altered States style sensory deprivation tank. I've done one before. It was pretty neat, honestly. Super fuckin' therapeutic for my spinny ADD-type brain.

Twitchy this morning. Good mood, but I've got that "ghost cat, trapped between cities" feeling something fierce. I have a lot to do for work, much of it feels like useless bureaucratic kipple, and none of it really gets me any closer to New Orleans.

Meanwhile, I did a little more research on our new neighborhood. Public library, three cafes, gourmet donuts, a bookstore, two chocolatiers, and a freaking _flotation spa_, all 15 blocks or less away. In retrospect, Seattle's bids to keep me have been kind of laughable.

Recently, as Anthy was getting over the last of her cold, she described her body as feeling "like it was still full of dead cells." That's how Seattle feels to me right now, like walking around in something that's somehow still in motion, even though it's already long since perished.

It's okay. There's _sun_ where I'm going. Maybe a little too much sun. And _food_. Definitely far, far too much food. And a beautiful park with pretty stone cats that don't mind me napping on them, and ducks to harass. And a bunch of tiny lizards who inhabit the sculpture garden, so I can make Anthy wear a tiny crown and pretend to be their Queen when we visit them.

And a guest room, in case y'all ever feel like sharing in it. No promises. It's been a rough year and I'm might need a loooong time to recuperate before I'm ready for much socializing.

But yeah. Seattle's got that "Monday morning after a furry con" disenchanted feeling, and I don't think anybody can do much about that at this point. Or to switch metaphors, a whole new map area -- maybe even a full DLC package -- has just opened up for me, and you know... while there are still plenty of flashing icons on the Seattle map...

I might have time to check in on a couple more of you high-level PCs who used to be in my adventuring party. There are lots of fond and/or sad memories there. But I don't think I want to do any more side quests here. Getting the Good End would take more time, patience, and cleverness than I think I will ever have.

Doing okay, just slogging through work as best I can, and flailing around a bit trying to figure out better ways to help @anthracite with the move. My own personal packing's pretty much done-- I didn't bring much with me.

Feeling vindicated about The Thing, at least enough so that I can walk away in peace and just let things cool off indefinitely, rather than tearing myself apart over it, and fumbling to patch things up in a way that'll probably just do more damage.

I'm surprisingly stable on the Mueller stuff. I braced for this possibility a long time ago. The GOP strategy also distinctly reminds me of the Nunez memo, another big bluff that scared the hell out of liberals and then went nowhere.

I hope to maintain my Zen-like confidence that what T***p and company are doing can't possibly be sustainable for long. I'm not sure I believe it, but at least it keeps the panic at bay. At the very least, I'm just not convinced we're totally screwed.

Parallax is on hold, of course, while we move. Anthy is getting a little edgy about not drawing, so we hope to be rolling again soon.

The Thing has had a tremendous impact on the themes and tone of Parallax, I think. It's going to be a much more somber and cynical story than it originally was, and I think that's for the better.

Chapter Two is going to be pushing the main cast, much sooner than expected, into complicity with forces you're not really supposed to like. I just don't think I can really do "Friendship Is Magic" endings anymore.

I'm more or less okay. Glad to be leaving Seattle, honestly. Gonna miss you all and stay in touch, for sure! But I'm really just not the same person I was when I got here, and to be honest I don't even know what the fuck to do with my lingering "postfurry" urges anymore except write bizarre tf-laden comics, and try to avoid any more complicated social or emotional entanglements ever ever ever. >_>;

@tastymochafox I mean, this is definitely a "the kids are alright" moment. :>

@tastymochafox Huh, I could probably get that working. That's exactly what I was hoping was out there, and I just needed a trusted referral. Thank youuuuu! <3

Hey, folks! I have two desktop PCs that we're not taking with us to New Orleans. I don't have Windows install disks. What's the most efficient way to wipe the hard drives? I don't necessarily need to reinstall the OS, just format them.

One's Win 7 Home Edition, the other's Windows 10. I can get you more details if necessary! Don't work too hard on this-- if worse comes to worse, we'll just yank the hard-drives and sell them as-is.

Oh, and if any Seattle locals want a cheap Windows box, let me know. :) One's fairly ancient, circa 2011 or so; the other's recentish, an i5 3450S with a 2.8 GHz quad processor, I think? I can get exact specs if you're interested.

@kelseyhusky Yeah. I saw Peg toot about that this morning and my first reaction was "Umm, I'm pretty sure Apple becoming anything remotely resembling a bank is on my End Times Top 10 Countdown list..."

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@kel@dragon.style *eagerly accepts some shoulder-dragon services for a while and pets you*

I'm in pretty raw shape over a lot of things. I don't know if I'm even in a good position to ask for help, but that's where I am right now, and it's comforting to talk about it, even this little bit. Don't expect much whimsy or cleverness out of me for a while, but I'm doing my best to snap out of it.

"Clearly the rational solution here is to hide your shoes in the closet and poop in them."

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@Xinjinmeng@mastodon.social I can say without irony that this is one of the finest space pirate names I have ever heard. *nod*

@mmsword @Leucrotta *smash-cut to next scene; Eiffel 65 booms out of the soundtrack for some reason*

"He's basically Vanta Beige." -- some MeFi user, on some rich American liberal

(It's more complicated than that, and the subject of the comment actually seems like a decent guy, but... I love that line and want to see it expanded. One might fairly say, for instance, that I'm still working on getting past Vanta Red.)

I don't know what the hell my gender is these days, and I think I'm bored to exhaustion with wondering. But I do know that when I'm feeling sulky and frustrated like this, the first people I turn to are still Chrissie Hynde and Tori Amos. I don't know if that's much, I don't care if it's enough, but it's something.

@kobi_lacroix Hun, Gilda Radner was one of the kindest, sweetest souls to ever work in the comedy industry... and just last week I saw early work of her in which she was doing out-and-out yellowface and speaking grotesque mock "Korean."

It happens. It's probably good that it happens, because the alternative is no progress at all. Just don't blame yourself; you've clearly moved on from it. Values dissonance increases with time. It's a natural and healthy part of having a culture, and all you're obliged to do is learn.

My mood is probably terrible, but I'm too busy to check, and I'm glad.

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