Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

boycott boycott boycott boycott

https://boingboing.net/2018/11/14/facebook-hired-oppo-firm-to-sm.html

(TL;DR: Facebook hired a right-wing opposition research company to tar Facebook critics as Soros pawns. But there's a lot of other scuzzy behavior described in the article.)

At least the whole confusion with Washington Health reminded me of one of my favorite words:

https://ansible.uk/sfx/sfx161.html

It's busy times, so I don't know if I really *could* do a lot of socializing anyhow. But I admit, I do really miss the big-group stuff.

I've avoided the rituals partly to give K and O a little space, and partly 'cause... honestly, the Celtic ritual calendar has never really spoken to me? But I'm super-glad they're happening.

Anyhow, dunno. Been torn between being bolder & Sparing You The Burden Of My Stripey Boorishness? 🐯​

But let's get sushi sometime, or something?

I guess I just wanted to say that if I've been talking like I'm Just Done With Seattle Folks... I guess it's more of a warding behavior than something I actually *want*. Like, it's a way of preparing myself for something I really fear is true.

I still like and miss all of you Seattle people. Cripes, I still like Orrery and Keet-- that's why I'm staying the fuck AWAY from them, because we obviously need a few years apart, at the very least, to cool things down.

Meanwhile, I've been getting that awful feeling again, that I've pretty much drifted out of the lives of most of the locals, and it's basically my fault.

It is, really. I know I definitely withdrew good and hard after the fight with Keet and Orrery. I walked away from a lot of community spaces, like the Slack and the Eyrie rituals. And I don't really feel like there's a non-awkward way back into them.

This is all normal adult stuff, and really, things are still going pretty good. Peg's still got that awesome job lead, my position at work seems REAL solid, and what I'm earning will probably carry me a lot further in NOLA than it does in Seattle. And my faith that Parallax has Non-Zero Commercial Potential is ever increasing (especially after Peg's last batch of Giant Space Woofer roughs =^____^= <3 <3 <3 ).

It's just... blargh. Cat. Wanna just cat.

So basically, by working an extra ten hours a week, I'm going to be making maybe three hours a week worth more.

It's fine. Boss needs me, love the work, needed to up my stamina. It's fine. I keep reminding myself it's fine, and it actually kinda is.

But... ever have a series of crises, and afterwards, your inner control panel's warning lights are ALL blinking, and you've lost track of which alerts are outdated and which aren't? :worried_wide_eyes:​

Well, that was a little taste of Kafka.

Got a note last night from WA Health that they needed some tax documentation... in two weeks... or my policy was canceled.

Tried logging into my work's payroll site, with what I thought was my most recent password... and got locked out for too many attempts.

Still locked out, but managed to get the insurance worked out... after an hour on the phone... and being bumped to a non-free healthplan for the first time.

That sense of intense relief you get when you haven't looked at http://www.dailycoyote.net in a long time, and you're totally braced when you load the page, because 10 years is a long-ass time in dogmonster years...

...and Charlie is still lookin' hale, snaggly, and debonair as all fuck. All is at least well with some small part of your old universe. <3

meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow

Well, that was the most unequivocal "Big No" I've ever gotten out of Dawn Jr. (i.e. the Lo Scarabeo edition of @anthracite's deck).

Lots of Major Arcana, a disquieting number of Voids, and... boy, that 5 of Swords shows up a lot when I'm asking about certain people/places/events.

Honestly, it's kind of what I was hoping she'd say. This Fool is gonna board that Chariot I've been offered, and get the fuck out of town before the Judgment hammer falls. Not much left here after the blast.

I'm not crying tears of unholy fire. YOU'RE crying tears of unholy fire! (cw: Satanic; adorable)

https://twitter.com/rebeccarmix/status/1061762341979766784

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf2DgSJuUHc

#moodsnapshot #buzzcocks

Yeah, I'm probably gonna revise this dialogue in the second draft, whaddaya think? O:)

LRB: *sigh*

#shitanthydraws

"What shall we do to be real?" they cried,
"What shall we do to be real?
"We none of us feel, though we look so nice,
"And talk of the vague ideal."
And all of them seemed to know so much,
But none of them laughed or sang;
And none of the fires had ever a blaze,
And none of the bells e'er rang.

And people walked and talked of life,
And all of them looked so grave;
Yet none of them ever had life, my dear,
Or ever a soul to save.

---Lucy Clifford, "The Paper Ship"

"The Chill Adventures of Sabrina"

https://www.yelp.com/biz/cinnaholic-seattle

WAAAAUGH LONGEST TWO WEEKS OF MY LIFE. Geekgirlcon followed by a week of crunch time followed by Patrecon followed by the midterms, a dentist appointment, and another two days of crunchtime because I didn't get anything done the previous three days. No recuperation time at all.

I fought hard for this weekend, dammit. Now I intend to do as LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. I think social calls are on a strict "don't call us, we'll call you" basis this week too. 😺​❤️​

"May I Please Enter?"

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