Cantras @Cantras@octodon.social

I don't know what set you off on this path, but yes I do have a plan if I was surprise pregnant and it was too late to do anything about it. Drew & Holly would have first dibs because they are good friends and great parents. Zach would have next dibs because he wants to adopt and then hey you gave your parents a grandkid. After that, ask Mom if she knows anyone. And if I still haven't found a taker, an agency or something. Please stop now. I have an IUD. This is pointless.

Do people in Canada appreciate Trudeau the way that wistful/covetous American liberals do?
Or is it like when you (with neglectful/abusive parents) tell your friend that their (affectionate, involved, supportive) parents are so cool, and they say "eh they're alright I guess"?

[Insert here one of the pictures of Trudeau cheerfully celebrating pride, welcoming refugees in person, etc]

https://octodon.social/media/pwpwodvKdieNeRfDqNM Here's one at least.

That was supposed to include a picture of my squirrel, but uploading seems to be on the fritz. You will have to use your imagination.

Booboo, I am not for nibbles. Booboo, my phone is not for nibbles. Booboo, my shirt is not for nibbles.

New people have been added to team, survivors of a layoff at another site. I am sometimes baffled when they ask me things -- like, what kind of show were they running over there that the page is marked done and yet you have asked me twice if you can send it? And how are you you amazed at how fast I work, when you spent 40 minutes waiting for me to tell you I was done (until you ask because being marked done is apparently meaningless to you)?

Today, while in the bathroom, I had the thought "hey it's quiet in here I could work in here" and I think that is further evidence that I should never have children.
(The house is loud today because the dog keeps going "mom mom look at me mom i need to go out in the 90F heat and sniff things again mom" and the squirrel keeps rattling its cage because it knows I will eventually feed it formula which is much tastier than vegetables and rodent kibble.)

@craigmaloney i told a door-to-door JW last week that when I'm feeling spiritual, i believe in reincarnation, and when I'm not, I still think I'll go back to 'just' being stuff made by stars and that's also pretty cool, and I think that must have been one she hadn't heard before.

@bradlibum we used to have a CO detector that would loudly self-test evry few months -- WAAAAH, WAAAAH, ATTENTION ATTENTION: HIGHEST CARBON MONOXIDE LEVEL WAS ZERO PPM -- with a light sensor so that it didn't do this at night, in theory. In practice I worked nights and when i came home at 2ish a.m.... We put up with it for far longer than we should have, but it is replaced now.

And also this makes me feel very old because, since sleeping late is not an option, the only way I can make up the lost sleep is by going to bed early on weekends. (Or napping, but naps tend to mess up my entire day.)

Lately I cannot sleep in, or even sleep until my alarm goes off at 9, because I wake up 8-8:30 needing to use the bathroom. Should I get up and go right away, or does that teach my body that I surrender? Should I hold it until my alarm goes off, or does that teach my brain that bed is a place for lying awake? WHAT DO? (And I already go to the bathroom before bed thanks)

Mastodon is useful for cross-checking internet trends. Is everyone still talking about the orb? No, just one of my friends and his circle. Is everyone talking about covfefe? Yep. How long was that tweet up before it got deleted?

I avoidant-procrastinated on work last week. This morning I got an email from the client, steeled myself to open it... he assumed I missed the email where he agreed to my price. I answered cheerfully that I was glad we could agree and I'd get to work ASAP. I feel like the sword of Damocles dropped off-balance and is now safely, harmlessly stuck in the wood of the throne.

Thing I am looking forward to as I try to get new job: no longer sitting across from my current boss, who is a great guy but makes irregular throat-clicking noises.

@Talyaa I'm still mad at skittles over this green = apple nonsense.

@Talyaa The ears started as a random muscle twitch and took a bit to get entirely voluntary, not doing their own thing when I flexed them. The toes are pretty minimal (a smidge of down/up for big toes, out/back for left pinky, right pinky can do a lot but it drags the other toes, not sure if that counts) but I remember completely derailing one morning when I asked if anyone else could do it.

@Talyaa yes, both, no, yes(together or independently!), kindof? Only certain motions, certain toes.

The resume/cover letter for my current job was written in a rage when I was dicked around by HR of a job I was overqualified for. Maybe I need my boss to tell me raises aren't in the budget, or something, so I can rage-focus on this one.