Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@dodec I thought at first glance that was a cookie emoji. 💔​😉​

Doing better, except for a monumental sense of poignant sadness I just can't shake.

Been thinking about my stepbrother-- no new news, and at least things are going as well as they possibly can under the circumstances, looks like they really nailed the brain mass.

Been thinking about Seattle, too. It's gonna take me years and years to sort out exactly what happened here. It's gonna take decades to convince myself I achieved anything positive-- besides at least not *permanently* fucking things up with Peggy when we broke up in 201X.

And I got to meet some cool people I wouldn't have gotten to met otherwise. And I learned never, ever, ever to try to create a subculture ever again, especially if it's mostly so I can get my weird kink buttons frobbed. :)

I'm coming to feel increasingly like this is basically me disappearing into another universe for good. Fortunately, it's one I can still send letters from, but... yeah, I ain't comin' back to this world, "this" meaning either Seattle or postfurry. Not as a resident, certainly.

It's okay. I'm okay. I think I'm okay. Poignance is a native emotion, one I'm used to and can handle well. It's just... well... damn it all, you know?

Love ya lots. I probably won't be gone-gone, but... yeah. I don't even recognize 2011 me anymore. I sure as hell don't know what's left that I can offer any of you.

@Aradia "Checks out. Cross her off the list and let's find the next one."

#foxcensus
#GUARDYOURFOXES!

@Aradia Prove it! Do something foxy!

If I have to find your local phone number from a third-party directory of Amway salespeople in my area (true story, it was the ONLY listing of their correct phone number on the web!), you probably aren't doing enough to advertise your service. I realize the US government basically gave you $5.10 and a half-pack of Mallomars as your 2019 budget, but come on. I'm trying to GIVE YOU MONEY. -_-

i have evidently picked up my boss's habit of using the phrase "going forward" and I can actually feel the little infected pores opening up in the linguistic area of my soul every time i type it

Sadly I was not around/awake when it happened, but according to Peg the same kitty hopped into our apartment AGAIN. =^_________^=

Oh god. The "I don't wanna be that guy anymore" speech from S02E04.

Ouch.

;______;

God, this show is so cathartic. It is just NOT POSSIBLE that your life or mine will ever be as fucked up as Barry's.

Also, Henry Winkler remains a national treasure. Nobody's better at playing a likable narcissist.

And this week's episode gets the prize for single best opening title, um, "sequence" I've ever seen. I like this new minimalist trend in show metatext, reminds me of some of the cool-ass Mod experiments drama shows used to do in the 50s and 60s...

Stereolab is so fucking on the nose for my mood today, everything I gained and lost out here in Seattle, I kinda resent Bauhaus a little for pandering so shamelessly to what would normally be my tastes.

my dragon is such an emotional mvp at this point, came by the teahouse (semi-coincidentally but still) to give me a good petting and everything <3

i could have sworn dragons had an xp spending cap on boosting their WIS but i guess she found a loophole and i'm so grateful <3

Peg and I had the closest thing we've had to a fight over the move so far. Just a little miscommunication over logistics and how I was going to split dayjob/move hours, and what was going to be done with a couple boxes that were sitting around half-packed.

I'm a mess, though. Even though it was all resolved amiably and turned out okay. Too many reminders of what it was like trying to be heard and taken seriously in my former residence, how things would just keep escalating because of the stupidest mutual inabilities to communicate, and I'd always walk away feeling like I got all the blame (which was apparently true?).

It took me like a half hour to calm down afterwards. We didn't even end up raising our voices at each other, just... stressed at each other a bunch. It wasn't even a fight. But I'm still scarred by all the times it DIDN'T stop there because neither side could let go. And now I feel like such a damn rescue puppy.

Between that and the last-minute Seattle nostalgia... yeah, I'm a bit of a mess right now. Frankly kinda glad 99% of my social affairs have been wrapped up and I'll be heading somewhere I barely know anybody-- not out of ANY lack of fondness for any of you, but because relative solitude means it's that much harder to fuck anything up, and that feels real fucking good right now.

I won't miss this place. That feels so weird, for a place I was calling my adopted hometown just five years ago. But there are really very few things here I wish to be reminded of-- and _they_ can all get on a goddamn plane and visit. <3

@mawr @kelseyhusky (srsly, glad the little fugitive's ok! <3 )

@mawr @kelseyhusky See? Probably trying to meet a client.

Check under his food dish for fake IDs. Tell Toast NOT to offer him that partnership in the firm! And DEFINITELY don't let him hang out with that dog down the street with the beard and fedora. *nod*

These are the most benign prank calls I've ever heard. Robert Popper of Look Around You talks magnificent random shite to call-in shows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnRPjvF21NE

@kara_dreamer@plural.cafe Bread pudding is a great idea, so is French toast. A trifle or tiramisu-type dish too, maybe. The most interesting idea I found, though: slice 'em thin like bagel chips and crisp the slices in a waffle iron.

@mawr THIS FALL

NEW AMC DRAMA

BREAKING MAWR

(followed by "Better Call Jack," about a high-powered lawyer with dark ambitions, held in check only by his sibling rivalry and his unprofessional tendency to chew up paperwork)

@troodon *puts some Xmas ornaments on it*

There! All it needed was some love!

@Austin_Dern You and I may not, but I have a suspicion Jordan sat in front of the mirror for some time, eating yogurt out of cups, trying to figure what method would unsettle us all the most.

I love him so much.

@Oneironott It kinda did! It was starting to go downhill when I left in '98, but that was right in the middle of the Bush recession so I'm not surprised if it's rebounded.

God, I miss Little Italy.