Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

A little intrigued by Masto again now that there's a new influx of people. But mostly just having another bout of severe cultural allergy.

I feel like I am about to barf up a hairball full of little chewed up soggy bits of timeline-algorithm code, snide right-wing memes, and Zoomer debates over whether Jorts should be canceled for their shocking and clearly racist indifference to the plight of Myanmar.

I don't like anybody right now, on a fundamental level. If it's any consolation, even ARTIE is kinda pissing me off right now. (All she's done all day is staaaaaare at me. =O.O= ) And I have a little post-it note on my cruel tiger heart that has all your names and says "FRENDS - DO NOT EET."

But I'll still be in my den. And you really, really, really should not enter it unless you have either Armor Rating 10+ or at least 50 kg (110 lbs) of cooked unseasoned beef, preferably with the head still on.

If I could ask for anything, it would be for someone to come open me back up, give me a glimpse of the Good Old Days where I had decent outlets for the softer, subbier, more mystical part of myself. All that feels gone, gone, gone, and what's left just feels like (an admittedly very comfortable and easy) holding pattern.

But I'd actually be willing to take on a little pain and risk right now to have any of that back, to be able to walk back onto Tapestries or Livejournal circa 2002 and be the weirdest, kinkiest, most sociable and luminous me.

Tomorrow. I'll look for it again tomorrow. For now... I think I'm just gonna hunch over in a nice dank cave and STARE at you all for a few hours. I'm starting to get what Artie was on about. =O_O=

Telling someone who's chosen to remain on Twitter just to drag Elon and watch the fireworks is precisely as stupid as telling Mohammed Atta "well, buddy, you're really just propping up American capitalism" because he stopped at the 7-11 for a coffee on the way to the WTC.

I'm pretty confident the morale damage I was doing over there, however minimal, still outweighs the $0.0004 Elon made off my engagements.

T*****r reminded me how much I actually kinda *like* this place especially when I considered the alternatives. I think it's time to make use of it more often.

How y'all been? It got to the point where even clowning on El*n was not gratifying enough to make it worth putting up with the people who think Everything There Is Just Fine and we're whining over nothing.

"2022 LEFTIST ACCEPT A FUCKING WIN FOR ONCE CHALLENGE"

i'm good

cats are good

peg is good

work is busy

miss ya <3

Sorry I've been scarce. Mostly been on Discord. Life is meh. Stressed about everything from politics to the state of our apartment. Kind of a mess. I'm fine in that "rocking back and forth and saying 'I'm fine' over and over" sort of way.

I wanna see a shot for shot remake of Darude's "Sandstorm" video, except the other agent was also in on it all along. He shows up on the boat at the end, kisses the other guy, and all four of them sail off into the sunset. At the very last moment they all look at each other funny, like they're just realizing they forgot to have anybody actually chasing them and none of what they just did made any sense.

anthropomorphic skill tree

I feel like there's a powerful metaphor in Alan Resnick's latest video, but damned if I can figure out what it is.

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

um i'm only gonna say this once and it is not up for any discussion whatsoever but if you have had any worries at all about peg and me being in a "red state" kindly stop immediately because it only shows you don't have any comprehension of what new orleans is actually like nor how many people they'd have to get through -- like our own neighbors -- to get to us

if you wanna worry about our ability to marry that's absolutely fine, we are on track to expedite that if possible -- that is a legitimate fear but i am pretty damn sure we aren't gonna have to stockpile weaponry to fight off the people living down the street k thx bai

nobody's done this but given some of the extremely broad and flat characterizations of red states i've been reading in the past week i'm pretty sure at least one of you adorable doofs were thinking it

we're fine thanks -- tbh i have a sneaking suspicion that in the event of a 2nd Civil War we'd end up some kind of crazy Free State. every damn person in this city has been itching to tell baton rouge to go fuck themselves and keep our tourist dollars for ourselves anyhow -- we'll just be doing it as the Free Pirate Port we were always destined to be ;D

I'm especially looking forward to my time capsule of all the people who threatened to "flee" to Canada for purely political reasons. Estimated number of follow-throughts: 0.

Oh, there we go. Maybe I'll spend today going through my political news archives looking for the phrase "time capsule" -- the one I use to make sure I see who was wrong, wrong, wrong years later so I can make fun of them. Probably privately. We'll see how wrong people were.

I had occasion to be introduced to Leftist General Ripper today and, as I do not have the time nor patience nor stiff upper lip to be cast as Leftist Mandrake, I will instead be taking the appropriate measures to make sure I am never exposed to this person again.

today is a good day for going back to bed and hoping everything will just take care of itself if you ignore it long enough

apparently

I just saw Peebles lose a fight with a backpack. She got spooked and bolted, which is clearly a forfeit.

Nice job, kid.