Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

I think I'm ready to roll up my sleeves and try to deal with this by injecting a little more positivity into the system.

God, this is fucking with me, though. Can you believe, I'd been living in furry collectives for TWENTY YEARS?

It's been so weird to spend all my time around one person, even if she can deal with my emotional cruft better than anyone else I've ever met. I have to work that much harder to get a balanced emotional diet.

Still having a rager of a depression, but one of my coworkers had a question about the administrative status of Berlin. I started to do the research and I feel better already.

It still scares me that, next to @anthracite, the single most likely thing to cheer me up these days is work. Maybe it *is* time to head back towards an office job.

Our recent morning 2.0 experiment was so successful, we are declaring a pre-night today, beginning in five minutes. What would normally be 9:30 pm Wednesday will instead be 9:30 am on Double Wednesday.

Let's hope Double Wednesday will be less of an agonizing emotional clusterfuck than Regular Wednesday. Good night and see you tomorrow.

I like that this is the top Google Image hit for "nicest cat." Clearly, I picked the right taxonomic family for my personality.

*begs for belly rubs then claws you up a little* 🐯​❤️​

There was only one thing on Earth that could break my sour mood, apparently, and I found it. I had been saving it, like a fine wine, and it's everything I could have possibly dreamed of.

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

(CW: Italians; spiders; men)

morning 2.0 starts at 5 pm

maybe it will go better this time

who's with me

Thank god @anthracite has gotten truly gifted at snapping me out of grumpy moods, through the art of therapeutic annoyance.

Any attempt to motivate myself to work today, or go outside, or get out of bed, will probably have to involve a donut attached to a fishing pole. All non-essential non-donut-related emotions are on hold, apparently.

Looks like we're moving to NOLA for good, sometime around next April - June. I have complicated feelings about this, but they're mostly "yup, feels like things in Seattle have mostly come to an end, time to go."

Nothing's going to change for the better here, if it does I've got zero remaining faith I'm going to be asked to be a part of it, and there's not much to do besides accept it and make a graceful exit.

Maybe I'll feel better after breakfast.

#moodsnapshot

"And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction." -- Kurt Vonnegut

me: "You're right, Peggy! It IS time to call @mmsword in on this conversation [about extremely esoteric donuts!"

Peg [who had suggested no such thing]: "That's my cue to leave. Exit, stage door!"

For the record, we were pondering a hypothetical Rodeo Donut (try 'em, they're in Ballard, so good) named the "Blazing Saddle."

We had gotten as far as "sweetened pinto bean paste, beef bouillon powder, and candied jalapeno pepper" when she stormed out in hopefully comedic exasperation. 🐯​

For those of you who have been concerned about the new "study" on "rapid-onset gender dysphoria," here's the link to the current /r/science thread on it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/9a6x2w/rapidonset_gender_dysphoria_in_adolescents_and/

No guarantees it's still Good Stuff past the top comments, but... yeah, at the very least, it looks like the science community ROUNDLY has our backs here. This is just not a good study, and evidently it's under consideration for retraction by the publisher. It's a garbage study and people seem to be recognizing this.

Reggie Watts at 0.25 speed.

I think I've either invented a new musical genre or caused serious damage to my temporal lobe.

Okay fuck this is just a jaw-dropping amazing performance go go go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKbZp_ZNOj8

#thereggiesattva

"And that's why you should never use anything that uses you back." -- Reggie Watts