Because isn't that what life's all about? The little things? Do I think it's going to fix anything? Oh god no. But I'll get some small and recurring joy from it, at least. For reasons that I'm not quite sure how to understand, I'm becoming very into the idea of retro tech. Part of it, I am sure, has to do with my brain wanting a safe space to decompress in, and to give me some anchors to latch ont... » Continue Reading
So, for a while now, I've been pretty enamored with the Physical Media Revival and things in that vein (old internet, dumbphones, mp3 players, etc.). I really like the idea of disconnecting from the Hungry Internet Machine and the 24 hour news cycle to reclaim our attention and our lives. For myself, that means shifting gears and looking into disconnected tech, because i'm gonna be real, my phone ... » Continue Reading
I'm looking to go somewhat old tech this year, because I want to gain back my independence from my phone and the dopamine slot machine that it is. I've been looking into a flip phone, Garmin, and mp3 players. Since my brain will get excited and latch like a crocodile onto whatever it seems as a new focus, I spend a ridiculous amount of time trawling eBay and comparing tech pieces and tallying up h... » Continue Reading
(My cat is laying on my arm, so i'm typing this one handed, ha-ha.) Yesterday, i got given a used laptop for free, which was great as my 12 year old laptop shit out a few months ago. I got to spend today dicking with the settings and getting it tweaked to my liking --although this reminds me, i need to find a suitable background picture now. In between copying over music and movies that I still ha... » Continue Reading
What the fuck, my dudes. I know that in all reality, the changing of a calendar doesn't really do anything to the universe. Time as we understand it is a human construct, and has no place in the Real real world. But it would have been nice for the hope to have lasted just a little longer. Locally, yesterday, a fire ripped throug » Continue Reading
I don't have a terribly bad life. I have a job and a place to live, and a car, and a sweet partner, and cats and family, I haven't developed any chronic diseases yet --and I stress *yet*. But I feel like shit. I'm sad and angry and frustrated and lethargic, I feel like I'm running on a hamster wheel, and like I'm running too hard at that. I feel impotent and wasted and lazy, but I also feel like I... » Continue Reading
Thought I was just having trouble with my medication making me extremely thirsty and dried out, but it turns out that I was coming down with a sore throat. It doesn't seem to be strep as I was afraid of (I keep checking my throat in the mirror though!) so it's sort of just a waiting game. I made strong cinnamon tea with garlic and honey, and it helps, even when I've let it go cold. Might have to a... » Continue Reading
Man, it's been an eventful day, apparently. So, my partner and I are living with his mother, and have been for two years -- see previous rant blog post for more details -- and the one thing we specifically asked her to do in lieu of rent was the dishes. We don't ask her to sweep, we don't ask her to vacuum, we don't ask her to clean the bathroom (this is relevant). Like, if she drops something we ... » Continue Reading
In my post last night about making bread and stew, I made a throwaway comment about how I'll post when the next round of Joys or Horrors rolls around, naïvely thinking that it would be at least a few days Whelp. Associated Press reports Trump and Hegseth tells top military brass to follow political whims of the administration, o » Continue Reading
IT'S SOUP SEASON! Well, sort of. Start of, at least. The rain isn't lasting for more than a few hours, currently. I got up hella early to go to the DMV today to get my license renewed --three days before time, no less-- and by the time I left 45 minutes later, it was absolutely bucketing down rain. So what's my first instinct? Soup and bread. Tossed everything in to the crock pot, and left the bre... » Continue Reading
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