Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@balinares Thank you!

@zx3

@zx3 Both definitely going on the list. For now, I think I've found a pretty effective mind-scrubber-- a charmingly violent John Zorn jazzpunk album. But I think I'm in the mood to listen to music all evening, haven't done that in ages... Thank you!

@Phorm Okay, I am IMPRESSED, geniefox.

I have heard "Eple" before. Hearing it again triggered a MONSOON of pleasant nostalgia.

And I have absolutely no idea from where. I'm acting on faith that it's not just déjà vu.

The weird thing is that it seems to have a number of well-known appearances... and I know NONE of them are it. (e.g., the Apple setup music, Austin City Limits, PBS affiliate KLRU...)

But I want to say it was licensed in SOME damn thing that I watched regularly. I want to say public TV. Maybe even interstitial music.

Anyhow, well done. Granted a wish neither of us even knew had been made. <3

@Phorm Oh, I've done it too, re: CONET. Surprising nobody. *innocently whistles the Lincolnshire Poacher*

@LexYeen Ours are so GOOD though! I haven't had to go for the Neosporin and bandages in, like, two weeks! And, I mean, that was a feather-related hunting accident, could have happened to anybody!

Seriously, it's amazing how far our six will go out of their way NOT to hurt us even if they're annoyed. The only remaining problems we have with them being knifey are (a) they get overexcited when they play (b) they have a LOT of trouble recognizing that, yes, jeans are part of Food Dude, i.e. me. :D

Also I'd like to emphasize that I'm looking for the emotional equivalent of Drāno here, so in terms of difficulty level I'm willing to go to about an 8–9/10. Fuck my shit up.

Something, maybe, that one might advise a more sensible person not to listen to in the dark. (I'm a tiger. I like the dark!)

I mean, throw Merzbow at me if you think my time has come. I am already, as they say, ready for the Shaggs.

Hey. Had a rough day, feeling down on myself. Earnestly want to snap myself out of it.

Could kinda use a musical Experience with a capital E. Something like Boards of Canada's Geogaddi or The Caretaker's Everywhere at the End of Time.

Something intense and a little magical, maybe a little (or a lot) difficult, even something more than a little disturbing.

Melancholy is good. Even depressing is good. Horrific is bad. Angry is bad. Hopeless is bad. Creepy is very, very, very good. Not creepy is also OK I guess. :)

Concept album, probably, is most likely to do the trick.

Thank you as always for your assistance in this experiment. <3

With your assistance, we can perfect the safe, speedy, and effective mental unclogging of tigers in our lifetime. (And make me less of a grumpy P.I.T.A. for @anthracite to have to deal with. <3 )

@Austin_Dern "Oh, you've got a film now! That's just great! How exciting that must be for you!" 🐯​🐯​🐯​🐯​

@Leucrotta Let's hope they have a good sense of humor...

@001zlnv Ghlacfadh. Real Irish word. Nuff said. ​

@001zlnv And French orthography doesn't scare me.

*grabs you by the shoulders, looking wild-eyed, sweat rolling down her forehead even though tigers don't even sweat*

Because I've seen Gaelic. 🙀​​

@001zlnv Nope, more like "Spanish teacher is a wizened old nutcase and French teacher spends most of class hitting on the football team which makes me uncomfortable, and if I take German at the local community college I can get the fuck away from my dumbass peers for another hour a day." :O

I mean... cripes, how long have you known me?

I LOVE silent letters. ;|

@001zlnv I took a year of German in high school too! *hoch fünf*

Huh. TIL that apparently a "Drogerie" (drug store) is not the same as an "Apotheke" (pharmacy) in Germany, and a Drogerie does not actually sell any drugs or medications. Just, like, toiletries and stuff.

@chimerror @typhlosion "водка хорошая, но мясо протухло!"

@typhlosion Welcome to my workday, every single day. :D If I worked in a physical office, there would be a huge glittery banner reading "NEVER TRUST GOOGLE APPS" over my cubicle and I would keep a long wooden rod under my desk, with a hand carved on one end purely to point at the banner.

@xinjinmeng @anthracite I am genuinely impressed. It took me the better part of 40 years to learn how to swallow that sort of sentiment (as you've all witnessed first-hand 😊​).

"I'm not saying another word until I see my butt lawyer."

@001zlnv yes. on the presumption that peg would find any sbemail reference insulting, whereas she actually likes spyro-- at least it wasn't the s is for sucks dragon!

#chiaroscuro