Free To Play
September 5, 2022 2:49 AM Subscribe
What do this thread and this game have in common? a) they're both teeming with odd characters; b) good beat, easy to dance to; c) both simple, single, and free to mingle.
Happy free thread, everyone!
Happy free thread, everyone!
So to build on Too-Ticky's discussion of new living arrangements, I just had an offer accepted on a new house! It has a big back deck that directly looks out over a little lake, and more rooms than I know what to do with. (OK, it's still a very small house but I'm moving from a very very small house!)
If there are any MeFites in Burke, VA, well, now there will be one more!
Also - OHMIGOD moving is SO HARD. I am so empathetic of all of the moving questions I've seen on Ask MeFi over the years. This shiz is EXHAUSTING. My spoons are practically non-existent at this point and I feel like my brain is working with a single chopstick. The only way out is through!
posted by kinsey at 4:22 AM on September 5, 2022 [12 favorites]
If there are any MeFites in Burke, VA, well, now there will be one more!
Also - OHMIGOD moving is SO HARD. I am so empathetic of all of the moving questions I've seen on Ask MeFi over the years. This shiz is EXHAUSTING. My spoons are practically non-existent at this point and I feel like my brain is working with a single chopstick. The only way out is through!
posted by kinsey at 4:22 AM on September 5, 2022 [12 favorites]
I just launched my device halfway across the room due thanks to the friendly little spider who drifted down to say hello while I was reading. It was a wee thing and curious about my bright screen, but I need a bit more warning before entertaining such visitors.
The CombiCamp looks really interesting!
Moving is total misery. After the last move, I said I would not do it again. Mr. theBRKP has been making noises about moving after kiddo is launched into adulthood. This is still some years away, and while I am not opposed to the notion, I am adamantly opposed to doing any of the organization, sorting, packing, lifting, loading, unloading and rearranging that comes with moving house and will happily pay large sums of money to offload such responsibility onto others and just leave what I don’t want on the front lawn for the neighbors to take.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 5:39 AM on September 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
The CombiCamp looks really interesting!
Moving is total misery. After the last move, I said I would not do it again. Mr. theBRKP has been making noises about moving after kiddo is launched into adulthood. This is still some years away, and while I am not opposed to the notion, I am adamantly opposed to doing any of the organization, sorting, packing, lifting, loading, unloading and rearranging that comes with moving house and will happily pay large sums of money to offload such responsibility onto others and just leave what I don’t want on the front lawn for the neighbors to take.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 5:39 AM on September 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
Chile voted yesterday on a new proposed constitution which would have been one of the most progressive in the world, including gender parity, first nations, sexual diversity, the environment, health, education, etc.
We lost big-time.
posted by signal at 6:00 AM on September 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
We lost big-time.
posted by signal at 6:00 AM on September 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
That CombiCamp looks very much like a pop-up trailer that tried to kill me when I was a kid… I was tasked with holding up a broken door from the inside while my brother lowered the top with the rusted crank on the outside. The crank broke (of course), and I (as well as everyone else outside, I’m sure) had a brief “oh shit” moment before flattening myself to the floor while the top came crashing down. I’ve never been back inside a pop-up trailer since then…
posted by boisterousBluebird at 6:03 AM on September 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by boisterousBluebird at 6:03 AM on September 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
will happily pay large sums of money to offload such responsibility onto others and just leave what I don’t want on the front lawn for the neighbors to take.
When my dad retired and moved across the country (selling the sizeable house), he had a house-cooling party: picked a day and invited friends and family and neighbours to come by and take what they wanted. It helped the move immensely.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:19 AM on September 5, 2022 [5 favorites]
When my dad retired and moved across the country (selling the sizeable house), he had a house-cooling party: picked a day and invited friends and family and neighbours to come by and take what they wanted. It helped the move immensely.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:19 AM on September 5, 2022 [5 favorites]
I've lost my voice.
Luckily I don't have to do any talking.
When I was 16, I also had laryngitis. As I was losing my voice, I did a lot of singing, loving my new gravelly deep hoarse voice. Which meant that I completely lost it and couldn't speak at all, just in time for my flight from SA to USA via the UK. First time flying alone and 16 years old.
I kept having to whisper-shout my questions about where I was supposed to be in the airport. Rather stressful.
So I'm restraining myself and not doing any singing.
posted by Zumbador at 6:32 AM on September 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
Luckily I don't have to do any talking.
When I was 16, I also had laryngitis. As I was losing my voice, I did a lot of singing, loving my new gravelly deep hoarse voice. Which meant that I completely lost it and couldn't speak at all, just in time for my flight from SA to USA via the UK. First time flying alone and 16 years old.
I kept having to whisper-shout my questions about where I was supposed to be in the airport. Rather stressful.
So I'm restraining myself and not doing any singing.
posted by Zumbador at 6:32 AM on September 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
When my dad retired and moved across the country (selling the sizeable house), he had a house-cooling party
I did (and called it) the exact same thing when I moved across the country myself. I went around the party with a notepad, taking down everybody’s dibs, and making pickup arrangements. Everything just evaporated over the following week.
posted by notoriety public at 6:42 AM on September 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
I did (and called it) the exact same thing when I moved across the country myself. I went around the party with a notepad, taking down everybody’s dibs, and making pickup arrangements. Everything just evaporated over the following week.
posted by notoriety public at 6:42 AM on September 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
kept having to whisper-shout my questions
Frustrating, it further your already injured voice and they still can't hear you! When I'm in a situation involving people have talk to people who can't hear me, my equipment includes a notebook and a felt tip marker. The thickness of the letters makes the words visible at longer distances than words written with pen, useful if you're social distancing.
A paint program on a tablet works also.
posted by othrechaz at 6:45 AM on September 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
Frustrating, it further your already injured voice and they still can't hear you! When I'm in a situation involving people have talk to people who can't hear me, my equipment includes a notebook and a felt tip marker. The thickness of the letters makes the words visible at longer distances than words written with pen, useful if you're social distancing.
A paint program on a tablet works also.
posted by othrechaz at 6:45 AM on September 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
We're thinking of moving to a bigger house - but I'm still trying to pare down our belongings as much as possible. Thank you to the neighbours who come and remove things from our doorstep after I list stuff on our local buy-nothing site. I could make money selling it (maybe) but it wouldn't be worth the time and hassle.
posted by altolinguistic at 6:46 AM on September 5, 2022
posted by altolinguistic at 6:46 AM on September 5, 2022
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Let's see if this one can finish a term.
posted by adept256 at 6:48 AM on September 5, 2022
Here's a little cryptic crossword clue I wrote about him:
Johnson's one accepting defeat. A little toast? (7)
posted by hypnogogue at 7:55 AM on September 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
My condolences about Liz Truss. It's something else to add to my working hypothesis that the most powerful female politicians have had to be hard-edged and conservative, at least along some axis, in order to succeed. Here's hoping that will change in the new generation.
There's a woman wailing outside my building. The thing is, she's always wailing, unless she's yelling instead. It's hard to understand her. She's in this area a lot, walking and shouting. Technically, there are services right on these blocks that could help her or get her help, but there must be some reason that they don't work for her. I wish I knew what to do.
posted by Countess Elena at 8:00 AM on September 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
There's a woman wailing outside my building. The thing is, she's always wailing, unless she's yelling instead. It's hard to understand her. She's in this area a lot, walking and shouting. Technically, there are services right on these blocks that could help her or get her help, but there must be some reason that they don't work for her. I wish I knew what to do.
posted by Countess Elena at 8:00 AM on September 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
I bought a corkboard to replace one of my whiteboards, because I wanted the physicality of moving little index cards around. This also necessitated buying a new pack of index cards and a box of push-pins. My long weekend has been made.
posted by mittens at 8:03 AM on September 5, 2022 [8 favorites]
posted by mittens at 8:03 AM on September 5, 2022 [8 favorites]
hypnogogue, is it:
posted by taz at 8:07 AM on September 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
tryna hide this ...
crouton?posted by taz at 8:07 AM on September 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
Last night I woke up at about midnight feeling chilly, even though the actual temperature is normal. As I sat in the bathroom I started shivering uncontrollably. It was pretty scary.
Grabbed some socks and huddled under the covers, and woke up a couple hours later definitely feeling feverish. Wondered if it was Covid. Fell back asleep.
And this morning I feel... fine? Not great, but not ill at all either. My sense of smell is okay too.
posted by Foosnark at 8:12 AM on September 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
Grabbed some socks and huddled under the covers, and woke up a couple hours later definitely feeling feverish. Wondered if it was Covid. Fell back asleep.
And this morning I feel... fine? Not great, but not ill at all either. My sense of smell is okay too.
posted by Foosnark at 8:12 AM on September 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
@taz, Yes that's it.
How do you do that hidey thing?
posted by hypnogogue at 8:17 AM on September 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
How do you do that hidey thing?
posted by hypnogogue at 8:17 AM on September 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
Currently playing Genshin Impact. It's free to play. You can spend money on it, but so far the only thing I know you can buy with real money are "genesis crystals," which are good for what now? I understand that it's a gacha game, so I should be spending money, but thus far I haven't seen any reason to. (That said, I've only completed the game's "prologue" section, so what do I know?) It's a very handsome-looking game, so I wouldn't mind throwing a few dollars at it. But I'd like to know what I'm buying.
posted by SPrintF at 8:23 AM on September 5, 2022
posted by SPrintF at 8:23 AM on September 5, 2022
hypnogogue , yay!
<details><summary>tryna hide this ...</summary>the answer?</details>
(I've used the less-than and greater-than html symbols to illustrate the above, so as not to create a mess)
posted by taz at 8:28 AM on September 5, 2022 [6 favorites]
<details><summary>tryna hide this ...</summary>the answer?</details>
(I've used the less-than and greater-than html symbols to illustrate the above, so as not to create a mess)
posted by taz at 8:28 AM on September 5, 2022 [6 favorites]
Chile voted yesterday on a new proposed constitution which would have been one of the most progressive in the world, including gender parity, first nations, sexual diversity, the environment, health, education, etc.
We lost big-time.
signal, if you don't mind, do you have any insights on specific reasons it was rejected? All the coverage I've seen just explains how progressive it was, as if that was a clear reason for rejection, but given the support there had been for this project and for electing a progressive administration, I'm left wondering if there were mostly objections about specific parts of it while other parts had broad support.
Had there been a lot of attempts at outreach and consensus-building in the last year to try to expand support for the approach the new constitution was taking, or was it more of a "here, we finished it, now vote on it" thing?
posted by trig at 8:29 AM on September 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
We lost big-time.
signal, if you don't mind, do you have any insights on specific reasons it was rejected? All the coverage I've seen just explains how progressive it was, as if that was a clear reason for rejection, but given the support there had been for this project and for electing a progressive administration, I'm left wondering if there were mostly objections about specific parts of it while other parts had broad support.
Had there been a lot of attempts at outreach and consensus-building in the last year to try to expand support for the approach the new constitution was taking, or was it more of a "here, we finished it, now vote on it" thing?
posted by trig at 8:29 AM on September 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
It's a 45% catholic nation, maybe that has something to do with it.
posted by adept256 at 8:33 AM on September 5, 2022
posted by adept256 at 8:33 AM on September 5, 2022
I had first thought to ask where you got that disclosure triangle emoji.
Then I clicked on it, just in case. Delighted to see it unfolded and that someone asked. hypnogogue did.posted by filtergik at 8:51 AM on September 5, 2022
So I'm restraining myself and not doing any singing.
I initially read this as, “So I'm restraining myself and not doing any signing,” and thought, no, this is exactly the time to do this.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:56 AM on September 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
I initially read this as, “So I'm restraining myself and not doing any signing,” and thought, no, this is exactly the time to do this.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:56 AM on September 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
OT, but I was on YT this weekend and discovered that not only did Bob Murray fill a rocket full of puppies and shoot into space, he also killed Archduke Ferdinand and started World War I.
What a guy.
posted by Ickster at 9:02 AM on September 5, 2022
What a guy.
posted by Ickster at 9:02 AM on September 5, 2022
A few days ago after an hour of trawling I finally found a place that delivers to me using in-house delivery and not DoorDash/EatStreet/Grub Hub/etc. The two places that used to do so now only offer that service at sporadic times that I can never seem to catch. I was desperate for delivery but unwilling to compromise my ethics or my frustration tolerance level. I must have Googled upwards of 25 restaurants promising delivery only to find it was all through apps such as above.
Finally found a lovely little local Chinese place with their own delivery service and the food was AMAZING. The portions were huge and just this morning I finished an appetizer that gave me four whole meals. I still have an entire entree I haven’t touched. So, they have my undying devotion now.
posted by brook horse at 9:04 AM on September 5, 2022 [10 favorites]
Finally found a lovely little local Chinese place with their own delivery service and the food was AMAZING. The portions were huge and just this morning I finished an appetizer that gave me four whole meals. I still have an entire entree I haven’t touched. So, they have my undying devotion now.
posted by brook horse at 9:04 AM on September 5, 2022 [10 favorites]
As a flipside to the above housecooling tale, maybe five years after my dad moved away, my mom moved from a sprawling Victorian house to a compact one-bedroom place. Again there was a lot of downsizing. (No connection between their status as exes and the relocations — they divorced in the seventies.) She cast about for takers for furniture, art, etc.
She called me one day a couple of months before her move. “Do you want a table lamp?” I had recently moved in with my then-sweetie, now-wife.
“Maybe. Which one are you looking to get rid of?”
“Well, I have nineteen.”
posted by ricochet biscuit at 9:19 AM on September 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
She called me one day a couple of months before her move. “Do you want a table lamp?” I had recently moved in with my then-sweetie, now-wife.
“Maybe. Which one are you looking to get rid of?”
“Well, I have nineteen.”
posted by ricochet biscuit at 9:19 AM on September 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
So is it details tag day?
I think I only saw this before when someone was showing their Wordle answer.posted by MtDewd at 9:25 AM on September 5, 2022
will happily pay large sums of money to offload such responsibility onto others and just leave what I don’t want on the front lawn for the neighbors to take
We just moved out of a 3/4br house (after 10 years) into one small storage unit and one cargo van. All told we spent the proceeds of the sale of a used car on junk haulers and dumpsters, plus we sold a few valuable things, gave away some specialized stuff on Reddit (kudos to the two people who came and got all my fish and didn't murder me), and filled our yard multiple times with stuff for our Buy Nothing group (who I also invited to come in my house and take what they wanted from my pantry). We had a housecooling open house one weekend, and it was nice to see the friends who came by, but most of them didn't want our shit and at best took a lamp or casserole dish.
It's not the stuff, it's the little nuggets of important or at least keepable stuff buried in all the junk. For the most part, we couldn't just point and say "yeah, just empty that room", we had to go through it all first and ultimately bagged up what had been sorted to differentiate from what hadn't or what was being kept.
We should have started months before we moved out, but we didn't. We should have declared decluttering holidays quarterly every year, but we didn't. My husband has finally convinced me to sit down and read (and then celebrate the holidays of) Discardia.
In the end, on the last day - a week after our intended deadline - after we had packed up our desks as the last absolutely critical things that needed to go in the van, we were just physically incapable of moving anymore and we had to get on the road. We left a key for the junk haulers and a cleaning service, and walked away from every "maybe" item left in the house, the stuff I had planned to neatly box up for the van. Most of my kitchen, I just had to say fuck it and leave it.
It's been a full week since we got to our first short-term rental and we're still going to bed around 9pm and taking 1-2 naps to get through our workdays. I hope I have learned my lesson, I really really do. We're looking at maybe two years of road minimalism and (barring various weather-related clothing and gear) I can probably be throwing away things that are going unused every time we pack up to move again.
The good news is that STR #1 is small but well laid-out, we have worked around some bandwidth challenges, and we are having a good time when we're not asleep or working. A lot of California is hunkering down for a nasty heat wave starting right now, and at least this little place had a pretty new mini-split AC so we should be okay.
posted by Lyn Never at 9:37 AM on September 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
We just moved out of a 3/4br house (after 10 years) into one small storage unit and one cargo van. All told we spent the proceeds of the sale of a used car on junk haulers and dumpsters, plus we sold a few valuable things, gave away some specialized stuff on Reddit (kudos to the two people who came and got all my fish and didn't murder me), and filled our yard multiple times with stuff for our Buy Nothing group (who I also invited to come in my house and take what they wanted from my pantry). We had a housecooling open house one weekend, and it was nice to see the friends who came by, but most of them didn't want our shit and at best took a lamp or casserole dish.
It's not the stuff, it's the little nuggets of important or at least keepable stuff buried in all the junk. For the most part, we couldn't just point and say "yeah, just empty that room", we had to go through it all first and ultimately bagged up what had been sorted to differentiate from what hadn't or what was being kept.
We should have started months before we moved out, but we didn't. We should have declared decluttering holidays quarterly every year, but we didn't. My husband has finally convinced me to sit down and read (and then celebrate the holidays of) Discardia.
In the end, on the last day - a week after our intended deadline - after we had packed up our desks as the last absolutely critical things that needed to go in the van, we were just physically incapable of moving anymore and we had to get on the road. We left a key for the junk haulers and a cleaning service, and walked away from every "maybe" item left in the house, the stuff I had planned to neatly box up for the van. Most of my kitchen, I just had to say fuck it and leave it.
It's been a full week since we got to our first short-term rental and we're still going to bed around 9pm and taking 1-2 naps to get through our workdays. I hope I have learned my lesson, I really really do. We're looking at maybe two years of road minimalism and (barring various weather-related clothing and gear) I can probably be throwing away things that are going unused every time we pack up to move again.
The good news is that STR #1 is small but well laid-out, we have worked around some bandwidth challenges, and we are having a good time when we're not asleep or working. A lot of California is hunkering down for a nasty heat wave starting right now, and at least this little place had a pretty new mini-split AC so we should be okay.
posted by Lyn Never at 9:37 AM on September 5, 2022 [4 favorites]
So, no one's mentioned the mingle game, but I like to make up conversations and scenes between these characters. Like one later dms another one: "We chatted very briefly at the party last night (about 2D vs 3D; do you remember?). You: So many voluptuous curves! So very many beautiful eyes, and two lovely legs. So tall and regal! Me: short and long; quite obround and boring; only one eye; very many legs. No way the two of us could ever vibe, right? But I felt so many things when we were (so fleetingly!) together. If you'd ever like to get a coffee — or maybe the world's best Cuban sandwich? (I know a place!) — please ping me. Any time."
posted by taz at 9:43 AM on September 5, 2022
posted by taz at 9:43 AM on September 5, 2022
Happy free thread everyone. I'll contribute to the games discussion, but with an analog bent. We had some friends over last night for cioppino and a round of Catacombs. Really enjoyed Catacombs, it's a flick 'em dexterity game with some great strategy elements. I've played two sessions so far and both were great fun for all. Both came down to the wire as well, so it seems well balanced thus far. Lots of options for customizing sessions to keep things fresh. A++, do recommend.
posted by calamari kid at 10:22 AM on September 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by calamari kid at 10:22 AM on September 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
When I came to this apartment 15 years ago I moved in with basically nothing, so I made a looooong list of everything I was going to need. After I covered the essentials, I started to get creative. It became a sort of wish-list, stuff I had no hope of getting anytime soon. I had a lot of debts and couldn't afford much. I put the list away.
That list showed up last month at the bottom of a drawer. Looking it over I realized, I have all this stuff! Without even thinking about it I've been ticking off this list for 15 years. It's like getting a Quest Complete! notification at the endgame of an RPG, when you totally forgot about that quest you started at the beginning.
posted by adept256 at 10:31 AM on September 5, 2022 [15 favorites]
That list showed up last month at the bottom of a drawer. Looking it over I realized, I have all this stuff! Without even thinking about it I've been ticking off this list for 15 years. It's like getting a Quest Complete! notification at the endgame of an RPG, when you totally forgot about that quest you started at the beginning.
posted by adept256 at 10:31 AM on September 5, 2022 [15 favorites]
I like these threads. They are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.
posted by flamewise at 11:37 AM on September 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by flamewise at 11:37 AM on September 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
Does anyone have some NXP LPC4357FET256s they're willing to part with? Like 2000, give or take? Asking for a friend.
posted by mookoz at 12:32 PM on September 5, 2022
posted by mookoz at 12:32 PM on September 5, 2022
I have the day off and am vegging and resting up today. It's supposed to be 115 here, so I'm not leaving until I have to. We'll see if I get to any of the things on my to-do list since well, I'm tired.
My mom is being shitty at me today and I have told her repeatedly to back off and hung up on her. I do not need any more damn critiques from her, thank you.
posted by jenfullmoon at 12:41 PM on September 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
My mom is being shitty at me today and I have told her repeatedly to back off and hung up on her. I do not need any more damn critiques from her, thank you.
posted by jenfullmoon at 12:41 PM on September 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
I just moved for the 5th time in 3 years.
I'm so tired of moving.
posted by Ahniya at 5:07 PM on September 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
I'm so tired of moving.
posted by Ahniya at 5:07 PM on September 5, 2022 [3 favorites]
I haven't moved in 19 years. Moved here with Mr B (second husband), two kids each from previous marriages, three cats - to a town he'd grown up in. Nineteen years later: Mr B passed away from cancer after our divorce; it's just me and my two kids; we now have five cats - the last original cat passed just three years ago.
The idea of moving again frightens and elates me at the same time. I have finally found a partner who GETS me; and we are talking seriously about moving in together in the fairly near future. As we (he more so) are approaching retirement age, there's just so many questions and decisions to be made!! Where do we start?? Where do we go?
It's fun to plan, at least...
posted by annieb at 5:38 PM on September 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
The idea of moving again frightens and elates me at the same time. I have finally found a partner who GETS me; and we are talking seriously about moving in together in the fairly near future. As we (he more so) are approaching retirement age, there's just so many questions and decisions to be made!! Where do we start?? Where do we go?
It's fun to plan, at least...
posted by annieb at 5:38 PM on September 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
Marking three years of “retirement” today and 2.5 years of becoming a full time caregiver for my SO after she suffered TMI at the age of 70. Our plans for the golden years took a turn and kept on going.
Metafilter has been a daily read for many years for me and has always, without fail been a source of learning about the world and around me with the best darn posts anywhere and has helped me in so many ways with the positive and sometimes entertaining vibes. I actually feel I know many of you and constantly you friends.
Embarrassed a bit to say I’m probably in the running for the longest lurker on the Blue. Mainly because of my lack of writing skills. I guess I’m here to say, My first comment ever I believe on the Blue!
posted by chefcraig at 5:48 PM on September 5, 2022 [24 favorites]
Metafilter has been a daily read for many years for me and has always, without fail been a source of learning about the world and around me with the best darn posts anywhere and has helped me in so many ways with the positive and sometimes entertaining vibes. I actually feel I know many of you and constantly you friends.
Embarrassed a bit to say I’m probably in the running for the longest lurker on the Blue. Mainly because of my lack of writing skills. I guess I’m here to say, My first comment ever I believe on the Blue!
posted by chefcraig at 5:48 PM on September 5, 2022 [24 favorites]
After five years, I think I've finally hit the fully-fed-up-with-my-job threshold and am currently flinging my CV around on LinkedIn.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 5:53 PM on September 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 5:53 PM on September 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
Still job hunting.
My wedding anniversary is on Wednesday and my wife gave me my anniversary present early: a Cricut Joy with a kit of stuff. I’ve done some tests and next thing I’m going to make with it is my anniversary card to her.
Started progesterone as part of transition last week. Also restarted blogging, but I need to do it more often. The problem I run into is not wanting to do anything really creative with someone I know around me, because my mind freezes up. Since my wife works from home and I have no job, this is… problematic at times, as I’m sure you can believe.
I’m restarting my fitness routine, so eating less, and working out with resistance bands and doing this sword-fitness routine I found online to work on the muscle mass I’m losing through transition. Still wouldn’t stop. I’m actually more dexterous now, which may be because my reactions are for the body I feel comfortable in.
posted by mephron at 6:01 PM on September 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
My wedding anniversary is on Wednesday and my wife gave me my anniversary present early: a Cricut Joy with a kit of stuff. I’ve done some tests and next thing I’m going to make with it is my anniversary card to her.
Started progesterone as part of transition last week. Also restarted blogging, but I need to do it more often. The problem I run into is not wanting to do anything really creative with someone I know around me, because my mind freezes up. Since my wife works from home and I have no job, this is… problematic at times, as I’m sure you can believe.
I’m restarting my fitness routine, so eating less, and working out with resistance bands and doing this sword-fitness routine I found online to work on the muscle mass I’m losing through transition. Still wouldn’t stop. I’m actually more dexterous now, which may be because my reactions are for the body I feel comfortable in.
posted by mephron at 6:01 PM on September 5, 2022 [1 favorite]
in other news, things in the parliament of liechtenstein are getting pretty shaky
posted by pyramid termite at 7:01 PM on September 5, 2022
posted by pyramid termite at 7:01 PM on September 5, 2022
I can't figure out how to work Naomi "SexyCyborg" Wu's coming out video into a front page post, but it's pretty amazing and emotional and more people should see it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9vW_MpXTfs
posted by WhackyparseThis at 7:13 PM on September 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by WhackyparseThis at 7:13 PM on September 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
How many tickles does it take to make an octopus giggle?
TENTICKLESposted by rrrrrrrrrt at 7:23 PM on September 5, 2022 [2 favorites]
f2p games: completely by coincidence, just now, a friend tricked me into downloading and playing this new f2g gacha thing called Tower of Fantasy which appears to be almost literally Genshin Impact + scifi
the way he tricked me was by letting me know i could create my own character.
there's only about 5 outfits at the start but i was satisfied with the hair and eyes and face tweakings. only 3 body types, lots of skin colors that mostly are variations of white but there are some dark skin tones. so, an improvement on GI that you can make your own character at all.
posted by glonous keming at 7:46 PM on September 5, 2022
the way he tricked me was by letting me know i could create my own character.
there's only about 5 outfits at the start but i was satisfied with the hair and eyes and face tweakings. only 3 body types, lots of skin colors that mostly are variations of white but there are some dark skin tones. so, an improvement on GI that you can make your own character at all.
posted by glonous keming at 7:46 PM on September 5, 2022
People keep tagging a random person instead of the incoming British prime minister and she's rolling with it
posted by JoeZydeco at 7:55 AM on September 6, 2022
posted by JoeZydeco at 7:55 AM on September 6, 2022
I finished moving into a new place two weeks ago. It's only across town, but the move also involves dissolving a shared household of more than 10 years. I'm pretty sure it's good for everyone, but it's also really awkward and full of tiny little details. There's still a lot of stuff to deal with in every dimension. The new place is livable, which means the challenge now is to avoid putting off dealing with all the rest of the small things.
Last week was the first time I've left North America in three years. I spent a week in Leiden for work. I wasn't crazy about standing shoulder to shoulder with one hundred unmasked people on crowded train cars. (I'm still testing negative, to my surprise.) But, everything else about it was great fun. I've really missed traveling.
posted by eotvos at 10:21 AM on September 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
Last week was the first time I've left North America in three years. I spent a week in Leiden for work. I wasn't crazy about standing shoulder to shoulder with one hundred unmasked people on crowded train cars. (I'm still testing negative, to my surprise.) But, everything else about it was great fun. I've really missed traveling.
posted by eotvos at 10:21 AM on September 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
I am a flan fan, flan is fantastic, woo hoo flan. This town has me programmed. I decided I wanted Popeyes for lunch. My van does not now, nor has it ever, had AC. I drove all told, eight miles, waited a coupla minutes, went home, and it was 111°, I didn't even break into a sweat. Have I died and gone to Hell, but they have Popeyes, and credit cards and all?
posted by Oyéah at 1:20 PM on September 6, 2022
posted by Oyéah at 1:20 PM on September 6, 2022
I'm here for all the custard-adjacent things, but where does the pastry base go when a flan becomes crème caramel?
posted by k3ninho at 3:52 PM on September 6, 2022
posted by k3ninho at 3:52 PM on September 6, 2022
Flan... pastry base... I feel like I've fallen into an alternate dimension.
posted by hippybear at 3:59 PM on September 6, 2022
posted by hippybear at 3:59 PM on September 6, 2022
The pastry base is piloncillo syrup that, without fail, gets all inside the carry bag, and all over the box of fish tacos, and with flan and fish tacos awaitin', no one cares.
posted by Oyéah at 4:55 PM on September 6, 2022
posted by Oyéah at 4:55 PM on September 6, 2022
Can I use some graham crackers or ginger snaps or something for a base?
posted by mittens at 6:45 PM on September 6, 2022
posted by mittens at 6:45 PM on September 6, 2022
I thought this post was about the game - which I played and chortled at - and was very confused when Too-Ticky brought up their camper in the first comment.
posted by bendy at 7:57 PM on September 6, 2022
posted by bendy at 7:57 PM on September 6, 2022
After five years, I think I've finally hit the fully-fed-up-with-my-job threshold and am currently flinging my CV around on LinkedIn.
So, uh...I might have an interview soon. Watch this space.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 7:09 AM on September 7, 2022 [2 favorites]
So, uh...I might have an interview soon. Watch this space.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 7:09 AM on September 7, 2022 [2 favorites]
Last night's insomnia conversation with a friend introduced me to a Norteño Otaku cover band. There are many legitimate complaints about social media, but it sure is useful for finding beautiful freaks at 3 AM.
posted by eotvos at 9:15 AM on September 7, 2022
posted by eotvos at 9:15 AM on September 7, 2022
Far too late for the edit window, but....
So, uh...I might have an interview soon.
I now have a job interview scheduled for Monday afternoon. Executive summary of my inner monologue: AHHHHH WHAT HAVE I DONE AHHHHHH
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 9:44 AM on September 7, 2022 [6 favorites]
So, uh...I might have an interview soon.
I now have a job interview scheduled for Monday afternoon. Executive summary of my inner monologue: AHHHHH WHAT HAVE I DONE AHHHHHH
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 9:44 AM on September 7, 2022 [6 favorites]
I had cataract surgery in my worse eye yesterday, and had the follow-up exam today.
Good news: the procedure went well, I'm healing well, and I'm 20/20 in that eye for the first time in years.
Bad news: my need for reading glasses doubled (from +1.25 to +2.50, although luckily the +1.25 glasses I already had seem good enough for computer use at my standard font size and distance).
Weird news: I had thought the cataract in my right eye wasn't objectively that bad, but it turns out it was only subjectively less bad than the one in my left eye. I didn't know how yellowed everything was until my left eye stopped being yellow yesterday.
I have enough contacts left to get me through the three weeks until I have surgery in the other eye, but it's going to be a weird three weeks. For multiple reasons my contact prescription wasn't as good as my glasses prescription, but having one good eye and one sorta-bad eye (with a contact) seems like maybe a less bad choice than wearing glasses with one lens popped out. I'll find out tonight when I have to take that contact lens out!
posted by fedward at 1:32 PM on September 7, 2022 [3 favorites]
Good news: the procedure went well, I'm healing well, and I'm 20/20 in that eye for the first time in years.
Bad news: my need for reading glasses doubled (from +1.25 to +2.50, although luckily the +1.25 glasses I already had seem good enough for computer use at my standard font size and distance).
Weird news: I had thought the cataract in my right eye wasn't objectively that bad, but it turns out it was only subjectively less bad than the one in my left eye. I didn't know how yellowed everything was until my left eye stopped being yellow yesterday.
I have enough contacts left to get me through the three weeks until I have surgery in the other eye, but it's going to be a weird three weeks. For multiple reasons my contact prescription wasn't as good as my glasses prescription, but having one good eye and one sorta-bad eye (with a contact) seems like maybe a less bad choice than wearing glasses with one lens popped out. I'll find out tonight when I have to take that contact lens out!
posted by fedward at 1:32 PM on September 7, 2022 [3 favorites]
Today, I learned there is a racehorse named "DirtyOldTown" and now I am seriously considering getting into betting on horse races.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:29 PM on September 7, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:29 PM on September 7, 2022 [4 favorites]
Mittens: Some flan is heavier duty than others and almost has a crust on top. The place near me has that kind, I don't know what magic is in their recipe which makes it act like that. I have seen a number of recipes for a cake / flan combo where the flan stays on the bottom and the cake rises in a bundt pan. Chocolate Flan Bundt Cake
posted by Oyéah at 8:12 PM on September 7, 2022
posted by Oyéah at 8:12 PM on September 7, 2022
If anybody is looking for a story to do a FPP about, I'd love to learn more about this tawdry mess in Mississippi (the state of Mississippi apparently used > $70 million in funds meant for welfare on things like a new volleyball complex for a state university and a million dollar payment to Brett Favre for speeches he didn't actually give) but it seems to have been buried under bigger news on other topics.
posted by Nerd of the North at 1:38 PM on September 8, 2022
posted by Nerd of the North at 1:38 PM on September 8, 2022
I did get in contact with the tap teacher (she sounds lovely) and emailed the studio about how to pay for drop-in classes (haven't heard back). I may go shopping for tap shoes on Saturday.
I have officially quit my previous volunteer job, which I haven't been to since pre-pandemic. I can't really do it and theater at the same time. I didn't want to Officially Quit, but they asked and it got forced upon me that I must give an answer, dammit. I'm sad. I wish there was a reasonable way for me to keep my hand in both, and this especially feels ironic since I probably won't be doing any shows in 2023 (at least not at this theater for awhile since I don't like the next 3 shows coming up, nor do they have parts for me). The fourth show on the docket is Sweeney Todd, which everyone is crazy about, I haven't seen, but strongly suspect I would not love because I am more of a Buffy/Supernatural horror person, not a HORROR person :( I may look for shows elsewhere though, if my old theater comes back again circa winter/spring. Plus auditioning at Theater I Probably Won't Get Into, Hence The Tap Thing.
I am getting my BA5 booster tomorrow. That is also the opening of my next show. (I don't react to shots, so no concern on that.) As usual these days, I'm the only one who wears a mask in the entire theater and I'm feeling tired of being The One Freak Wearing A Mask AGAIN in a show. I stopped wearing it during Evita so I could stop feeling like that, then of course people got it and I went back to mask wearing for the last show since I knew someone was still testing positive despite 10 days. Now I have this issue coming up yet again, sigh. I pretty much have to decide in a few hours for pictures--I told them I wasn't planning on removing it and they're fine with that and would never harass me about it, but getting the booster is literally as good as I can possibly get for mask-free safety now so it may be worth considering. Ugh. I am a big fan of paranoia and not letting my guard down or else I jinx myself, but I just feel so damn weird being The One Freak onstage about it, too :(
posted by jenfullmoon at 2:59 PM on September 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
I have officially quit my previous volunteer job, which I haven't been to since pre-pandemic. I can't really do it and theater at the same time. I didn't want to Officially Quit, but they asked and it got forced upon me that I must give an answer, dammit. I'm sad. I wish there was a reasonable way for me to keep my hand in both, and this especially feels ironic since I probably won't be doing any shows in 2023 (at least not at this theater for awhile since I don't like the next 3 shows coming up, nor do they have parts for me). The fourth show on the docket is Sweeney Todd, which everyone is crazy about, I haven't seen, but strongly suspect I would not love because I am more of a Buffy/Supernatural horror person, not a HORROR person :( I may look for shows elsewhere though, if my old theater comes back again circa winter/spring. Plus auditioning at Theater I Probably Won't Get Into, Hence The Tap Thing.
I am getting my BA5 booster tomorrow. That is also the opening of my next show. (I don't react to shots, so no concern on that.) As usual these days, I'm the only one who wears a mask in the entire theater and I'm feeling tired of being The One Freak Wearing A Mask AGAIN in a show. I stopped wearing it during Evita so I could stop feeling like that, then of course people got it and I went back to mask wearing for the last show since I knew someone was still testing positive despite 10 days. Now I have this issue coming up yet again, sigh. I pretty much have to decide in a few hours for pictures--I told them I wasn't planning on removing it and they're fine with that and would never harass me about it, but getting the booster is literally as good as I can possibly get for mask-free safety now so it may be worth considering. Ugh. I am a big fan of paranoia and not letting my guard down or else I jinx myself, but I just feel so damn weird being The One Freak onstage about it, too :(
posted by jenfullmoon at 2:59 PM on September 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
Hello fellow tapper. I started to take classes again last fall. We start up again next week. I hope these stupid CDA classes aren't on the same day as my dance class.
posted by kathrynm at 4:22 PM on September 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by kathrynm at 4:22 PM on September 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
You do you jenfullmoon.
My child, (current pronouns unclear), was in a show at her University last year. They were the only person wearing a mask onstage. But their character was a physicist, so it kind of made sense, given the times.
I was very proud of the stance.
posted by Windopaene at 8:23 AM on September 9, 2022 [1 favorite]
My child, (current pronouns unclear), was in a show at her University last year. They were the only person wearing a mask onstage. But their character was a physicist, so it kind of made sense, given the times.
I was very proud of the stance.
posted by Windopaene at 8:23 AM on September 9, 2022 [1 favorite]
I didn't wear one for photos last night and I am boosted as of this morning. We'll see how it goes, I suppose. I note that this is a show about being a weirdo (and visually I am on Team Normal People Shaming The Weirdos, which is certainly new for MY life) and I just hit my limit on "She doesn't quite fit in," I guess.
I will note that Belle actually came up to me at intermission and said, "You're BEAUTIFUL." Which is literally something that has never, ever been said to me before. Go figure.
posted by jenfullmoon at 5:52 PM on September 9, 2022 [4 favorites]
I will note that Belle actually came up to me at intermission and said, "You're BEAUTIFUL." Which is literally something that has never, ever been said to me before. Go figure.
posted by jenfullmoon at 5:52 PM on September 9, 2022 [4 favorites]
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Duting the most recent edition of Bornhack, which was otherwise quite excellent, Stoneshop and I found out that for various reasons, tent camping is not really a comfortable option for us anymore. So, after a bad night, we searched for other ways to camp that would work better.
We did not want a camper van (too spendy and just too clumsy in several ways), and I vetoed a caravan (too large to drive around with, or too small for comfort, can even be both). First we considered a Rapido (folding caravan) but soon we found out that there was such a thing as a CombiCamp. The fact that they're Danish, and we want to go camping in Denmark, seemed like a pointer.
Now these things are pretty neat. While driving, they're a small trailer; low, lightweight, and you can put things like bicycles on the top. When you arrive, you unfold the legs, then open the trailer and unfold the tent... it opens to twice the floor space of the trailer. Your bed is in the trailer, so it's already made and a very decent size. It's also at a normal bed height which is quite comfortable.
The lid of the traller becomes the floor of the sitting area. You can go to bed right away without needing to do anything complicated.
The next day or whenever, you can put up the awning, which doubles the floor space. It has removable walls so it can be as open or closed as you like.
Another point in their favour: CombiCamp trailers can be stored on their side. If you are lucky enough to have the space, you can just stick them in the garage at home.
So once home, we set out to buy one. And we found one from 1994 that needed small repairs and cost < 300€. We liked what we saw, we took it home.
And now I'm happily making those small repairs. I found and bought a 160x220 cm mattress and slatted bed frames to match. I enlarged the inner tent to fit the new bed. I replaced missing zipper pullers, and added loops for hanging up lights and other small conveniences. And I found a sprayable fabric paint that I'm using to restore the original, very much faded beige & maroon color scheme.
I'm very much looking forward to using this thing!
posted by Too-Ticky at 3:20 AM on September 5, 2022 [19 favorites]