Face reveal. Wrong answers only (but way too close for comfort).

Finally have a computer again. Feeling very old while saying "Wow these little laptops are so thin and light now."

I was driving back from picking up shipping supplies and a blue star balloon blew across the road in front of me and slapped into a fence next to a big-ass sign for "Estes" trucking.
Not very subtle, Universe. #hellier

Oh they've been grabbing people along 35 for a minute now. Tons of activity at the Kansas border, too. It's disgusting.

Ahhh, cool. We're at "random people who may or may not actually be enforcement following you into private businesses" here in Okieland.

I've outright suggested several people get waterproof storage bins just in case they have to relocate or conceal religious texts.

Y'know... I'm mad for the same reason I was mad about The Magicians, and that makes me EXTRA mad.

I think my New Years Resolution needs to be "finally start uploading tutorial videos".

Standing there looking at the drill press in the shed like "I don't like you and you don't like me but my mechanical friend they want fifty of my dollars for a paint bottle holder... can you drive a 1.5" forstner or will you perish?"

That's partly how I went hard goth. My gender presentation never hit where others expected, and no matter what I wore it wasn't good enough so... fine. Lisa Frank throw up bad? Black is in forever. Enjoy the pyrrhic victory.

In case you couldn't tell I respond to global scale problems by doing hobbies and staring deeply into an aquarium. It's a coping skill... not a bad one or a good one, but a coping skill.

Cool part about getting the tiniest marine hermit crab you've ever seen: He smol.
Bad part: Ah shit how am I gonna find you new shells, buddy?

The "Be Quiet" brand Pure Wings 3 fan is DEAD silent. I can hear the air move and that's it. The relief is like... indescribable.

Apparently my tendency toward pareidolia extends to sound because this fan has hit a resonance where I'm absolutely certain I'm hearing 1: an episode of Star Trek TNG just out of intelligibility range, 2: circus music.

Misophonia decided to do new game plus today. My heart rate is up every time I'm at my desk for more than about ten minutes because THE FAN IS SPEAKING WHEN IT SHOULD BE SILENT.

My PC's new fan has a distinctly louder and whizzier sound than the old one and it's right on the edge of driving me insane. Sensory processing issues are fun.

Eating extremely small poultry filled with many, many, bones has taught me to chew my food better than any lesson delivered in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood ever has or ever could have.

For the hellier fans out there: Did you know that one of the places here in the US where you can find naturally star-shaped Crinoid fossils is Mammoth Cave national park? 🌠

The tragedy of this soft chenille yarn that I used to make "granny socks" is that it is has no friction. I made ice skates that function on any surface. They are warm and soft. My ass is bruised. Poor trade off.

One of Carlos Castaneda's books. I had no idea what it was. I just thought it looked cool. Reading about someone blasted out of their mind on hallucinogens flinging pee at demonic spirit-beings was, as the kids say, a canon event.

The most gorgeous little long-haired black cat showed up and ... y'know we're currently home to NINE total cats including the feral squad... but... looks like it's gonna be ten.

I finally remembered there was a new Interview With The Vampire series and went to take a peek at the online chatter... wow...
I'm back in the LJ days all over again. Goddamn. What year is it? Low rise jeans and "Anne would never stand for this DISGRACEFUL fanfic!!!!"

Ahhh. The quiet "... I made myself sad" of being the only person in a group old enough to remember that the "ghostface" mask pre-existed Scream and that there were several "similar" designs in the same lineup.

(This message brought to you by "I taught myself how to crochet and all I have to show for it is about a third of a blanket in a few days.")

So, when I'm STRESSED I gotta find something new and novel to do with my hands and my brain so that I don't start chewing on the walls or listening to podcasts with bad opinions.

Turns out that not having enough magnesium does really fucked up things to you mentally and physically. Take your vitamins, y'all.

There I am genuinely wishing my customers a great day even when I can't help them and come to find out they're over there like "That asshole is passive-aggressively wishing ME well after RUINING my day??!!!?!?"
Yikes.

Local rodent gutted to discover they are still very allergic to whatever is in "Off" spray.
(it me, I am in suffering)

Yeah it's time for a nice vacation from people, I think. Everything I do is wrong and everything everyone else does is pissing me off.

It's a fair question! DS is iffy on their honesty about lightfastness/actual pigments used. Now, with De Minimis exemptions no longer existing and tariffs their prices are lower, but they're still iffy and rude toward anyone who questions them about it. So... "If I HAVE to, but I'd rather not."