Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

God, this dual-plot makes my brain hurt. I have absolutely no idea at this point if it's going to flow properly or not. This is by far the most complicated thing I've ever written. And I'm kind of proud of some of the good bits, I think there's real potential here, but I'm really starting to worry that I've bitten off more than I can chew. I haven't a clue if this is going to read okay, or be the least bit interesting, to anybody but Peg and me. Oh well, no turning back now.

Quote of the Day:

"It often strikes me that it is considered immature to be unable to believe bullshit." -- Sarah Miller (https://popula.com/2018/09/30/sarahs-magnum-opus/)

INTERPRETATION: "You got lucky once and accidentally created something interesting. Now, you have to go do it on purpose. Yeah, sure, your era is terrible, but the cosmos is still beautiful. Staying in prison past the end of your sentence is not really penance. You've owned your anger, dependence, and instability. If you want to prove to the world you're doing better, find something constructive to do it and fucking do it already. Like, say, Mom's comic. Love, Dawn (Sr.)."

QUERY: "Dawn, it's not looking so good out here. I've made mistakes in the last year that make me seriously question my self-image as a decent, empathetic person. And you don't even want to know what the REST of humanity is looking like. Is there really any way forward?"

Querent: Moon
Conditions: Universe
Past: 99 Pents
Future: King of Wands
Subconscious: 4 Wands
Conscious: Progeny of Wands
Self: 10 Wands
Others: High Priestess
Hope/Fear: 9 Cups
Summary: 9 Wands

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612212/the-first-social-network-of-brains-lets-three-people-transmit-thoughts-to-each-others-heads/

There was a day where I would have been really excited about this. Right now, it absolutely terrifies me. We're not even remotely ready.

American Vandal Season 2 is really good, better than the first. Most profound extended poop joke I ever hope to see.

Seriously, it was kind of beautiful, and there isn't actually THAT much poop in it. (Note that this, of course, confirms that there isn't zero poop in it. It's still worth it.)

A couple of folks have asked about my move schedule, so here's the PSA! Our lease is up in around April of next year, and then we hope to be moving to New Orleans.

So if you've been worrying about not getting to see me before I go, you've still got about six to eight months. Even *I'm* not that bad at logistics. =^_^=

@mmsword @CeruleanK @Cerulean

Apologies for being flaky... did we ever settle on date(s) for getting together? This weekend is free-possibly and next weekend is free-definitely!

lewd; pfaf

I took what could have been a perfectly healthy pound of super-firm tofu and created a sour, sweet, bright-red chili nightmare that still makes my tongue smart a hour later. And I'm very pleased with myself.

(Crumble tofu. Season with pepper, garlic, salt, cumin, coriander. Mix with crushed peanuts, macadamias, and/or fried jalapenos. Bake 10 min@400°. Mix in descending order: soy sauce, honey, chili paste [sambal oelek], sesame oil, lime juice, fish sauce, Worcester. Add; bake.)

Somebody's "chicken and waffles" school lunch. Aren't you glad you're a putative grown-up like me, and get to eat whatever the fuck you want?

Honestly, though, I could probably salvage this. I could make something that resembled this, only it would be food. Just get me a waffle iron, a deep fryer, and the wandering soul of Kenny Shopsin.

that's a really enviable box, plus i wanna be made mostly from european pork bellies too =-.-=

#felinethings

Pondering all the Goodfellas conceits of S6E7, and VB's recurring theme of its characters admitting the hero/villain game is a silly pursuit, for arrested adolescents who can't do anything else.

Really, what they do isn't so different from what mafiosi, celebrities, financiers, and politicians do, and I suspect Doc and Jackson damn well know that. These are all laughably stylized, unreal worlds.

Moral: do what you love, because there's no such thing as adults.

Somebody entered the cafe reeking of Halloween candy, and I am now paralyzed by nostalgia.

Olfactory memory is weird. The scent of candy corn brings my late father back. The scent of air conditioner fluid turns Florida back into an inviting, friendly place. (Formative ice cream parlor. Long story.) The scent of cloves makes me 19 and agonizingly insecure. Maybe someday I'll order an espresso at some NOLA cafe and twitch, because I'll be here & now again.

Been doing a lot of processing about The Past Year this week. I think it's mostly been in a healthy direction, finally figuring out a path forward for myself and owning some of the ways I've fucked things up.

Otherwise, it's mostly been good-boring. @anthracite and I are still poking at Parallax. It's slow but still exciting. And things are settling back to normal at work-- looks like not much is changing for our team right now, at least.

Enjoying the relative calm, mostly.

PSA: Awoo is being slow and flaky for me today, so any weird follows or unfollows you get from me are purely a misclicky technical glitch, not some coded message or something!

People's user pages are being slow to load, so people I should have friended keep showing up as unfriended, and I keep accidentally unclicking y'all during the wait. =^___^;=

tbh everything positive jesus ever did for me has been replaced and improved on by reggie watts

for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO1CCXXMzBI

Serious question: how much of a pain in the ass is it to read multiple accounts from the same person here? I've been getting the urge to split this into a low-maintenance "social" account and a more frank "self-repair" journal.

I get the impression the answer is "not much of a pain," since all you really have to do on Masto is follow a notification and click on something, but I wanted to ask around before I started handing deputy badges out to my subpersonas. ^_^;;

I... I think I have to try and watch this.

https://film.avclub.com/meet-the-dawnseeker-the-dumbest-alien-you-ll-meet-in-2-1829019300