Hi everybody! Your friendly neighborhood corgi here again, wishing you all the best! How have things been for you lately? Got anything cool going on you wanna tell us about?
Or maybe things aren't so great and you need a space to vent? Remember, you are loved, and let this be that space :stalin-heart:
Not a ton going on here! Hitting the music hard now that we are done with shows for the winter, and my partner is gearing up to start producing shows of their own!
Hope youre all well!
Shiny hunting = Pokemon, right? Haven't been involved with the series since...I think the original version of Gold?
And yeah, I was debating writing an effortpost about DeSantis last night. Shit is scary.
oh my god i need to quit my fuckinnggg joooooobbbuh :chomsky-yes-honey:
Better! Moneys a little tight, work is slow, there’s some other anxieties I have circling one of my projects, but apart from that stuff I’m mostly good and have been enjoying time with my partner when I can.
I’m making progress with my language studies so that’s been fun and rewarding.
I need to get back to working on my music bc my subs are starting to ask about it but I can’t really find the will power for it rn.
My closest friend is getting married soon. His fiancee and I hate each other. What's more is that she's friends with a bunch of people who don't respect me.
On one hand, I don't want to be around those people. On the other, I do owe it to the guy to be at his wedding.
Sounds like a sticky situation. Maybe you can talk to your friend?
He's said he understands if I'm not there. But I want so badly to be present for his wedding.
Considering going with duct tape over my mouth.
Do you think your friend is better off not marrying this person? Asking cause I've been in relationships where my closest friends didnt like or understand why I was with my partner, and I SO wish I had listened to them earlier in life.
I'm not sure if he's better off not marrying her. He could certainly do better, but I don't blame him if he doesn't want to put in the effort. She's fine to other people.
Ultimately I'm just convinced she doesn't respect me. She's always (metaphorically) poking and prodding at me, trying to figure out whether or not I'm a fundamentally decent human being.
Example: Recently, I made a sarcastic comment about the gendered pay gap. The only way I could make it clearer I was joking was if I plucked my eyeballs from my skull and rolled them across the table like dice.
She looked at me with genuine shock on her face and asked me to clarify that I was joking. She's known me the better part of a decade, but thought I might be a secret misogynist.
Edit: I should add that one of her friends is married to a Nazi and another once told me they view all their female friends as property.
But, of course, I'm a cis straight white man so I'm the lurking threat. :yea:
Sending love and good vibes :meow-hug:
IDK my cancer stages, but I hope stage 4 isn't too far gone, and that they're able to make a good recovery.
things are pretty good and I've gotten used to doing a bit of cardio every day and eating appropriate portion sizes
so I'm down 8lbs in Jan
I'll keep this up for Feb and then hit the gym and focus on weights
making good money, getting fit, lonely (kind of by choice), and really fucking miserable most of the time
honestly my hobby (woodworking) is the shaky foundation that I rely upon the most, it's essentially what gives meaning to life... otherwise, what the hell are we even supposed to do? work, pay bills and then die? there's gotta be something more to life than just doing the boring shit you're told to do
sometimes I wonder how people manage to live their lives dedicating at least ten hours of their days to work... honestly, at this point I think I'd rather die than have a normal office job like most of my friends
being self-employed is nerve-racking sometimes, but I'm privileged enough to be able to work for six or fewer hours each morning and dedicate the rest of the day to doing exercise and trying to build cool shit in my workshop (and mostly failing so far)
Sounds like you're not doing too badly! Hope things look up mentally!
I'm a colonization facilitator, in other words, I'm a private English tutor
I used to teach at language schools, but that's seriously a starvation-wage job where I live, so I said fuck it and went off on my own... I have no bosses but also no colleagues, it pays well but it's lonely as fuck and I have zero benefits, so I'm kinda trying to find a way to become a professional woodworker eventually (but I'm learning by myself and I still suck at that lol)
Better but still not great. I stopped smoking weed a few months ago so that's good, but my drinking has massively increased to compensate. I'm deeply unsatisfied with my work and I've got my resume in order but I'm not sure if I want to stay in the same industry (not that big of a fan of it but I'm pretty good at it) or if I want to switch it up completely even though I have no education that would allow it.
I'm finally out of credit card debt which feels nice. It was never too much and only happened because of several months of repeatedly late checks from work but not having that hanging over my head and being able to save again is a weight off my chest.
My brother isn't speaking to me though which does feel bad. Him and my mom got into an incredibly stupid fight that I still don't even really understand but for some reason he's blocked my number. It's extra shitty because I was the one person constantly on his side and giving him the benefit of the doubt/arguing in his favor.
So yeah, all in all a mixed bag.
My work laid off 30% of the company, back to the job hunting mines :stalin-gun-1: :stalin-gun-2:
Learn to code my ass
I love being a downwardly mobile transsexual. oh well, time to tidy my apartment and shoot some estrogen :sicko-yes: . Also maybe I'll join the gym near me since I'll have plenty of time
I've been sick for the past three days and at work I've landed in the middle of a dumpster fire of a project that they're blaming me for (not completely unjustified I'm afraid).
And then there's the usual stuff like my personal finances being Pandora's box of unpaid debts and how I never feel I have the time to do anything I like.
Other than that I'm doing okay'ish I think.
Not great... constantly seeing trans women equated with predators is really starting to wear on my psyche.
Was misgendered by the 6sigma consultant, fucking corporate bullshit, in the hall on Tuesday, "HEY DUDE! HOW YA DOUN MAN!" Like I get it I don't pass, I have come to accept that, but it still fucking hurts, and your apology doesn't make it better. Was crying off and on all Wednesday, at least everyone left me alone at my bench while I cried, I don't think I could have handled sympathy from cis people. I also got into a fight in reddit with an "atheist" terf tuesday evening. It is really is wild how some atheists jettison their belief in God, but keep all the unconscious assumptions and biases of Christianity while substituting scientism for God. Like they kept talking about how there isn't an overlap between genders, and when I pointed out the many overlaps those suddenly didn't count. Then they would just arbitrarily redefine terms and concepts to fit their preconceived notions. Was really frustrating.
Feeling better today, still emotionally drained but I feel less shitty. Hopefully the weekend is quiet, planning on baking as much as possible, maybe go to the range.
PS. I deleted reddit, going back was a mistake.
Sorry you've had to go through that. Sending good vibes. Whatcha gonna bake? That sounds like a lovely weekend!
I have been working on my glass bread recipe, I havent been able to get it to come out right yet, but it always results in yummy breb.
Its basically cibatta on steroids. You have a bread that's more air than crumb it's so open with a super crisp and delicious crust.
Ohhh that sounds great! Send a recipe once you find one you like!
