TotallyArbitrary @TotallyArbitrary@octodon.social

@kellycrow@mastodon.social I found the instance thing confusing, and I get a little paralyzed by decision-making, so choosing one was hard. Once I got on, it's been smooth sailing.

I asked someone for the favor that I have been spending the past two months avoiding asking for. Social anxiety sucks.

@BlueIris Nah, he's real. However, having looked at his Facebook page, I think it's possible that he was trying to be sarcastic. I'm going to let it go.

Urgh. Someone responded to a comment I made on the state Indivisible Facebook group with something about how Christ died on the cross for all of us. And I'm Jewish, so..... I can't decide if I should say something. It's a bit of an ongoing issue, and people have pointed out in the past that members shouldn't assume that everyone in the group is Christian, but I also don't want to alienate people or look like one of those whiny Jews who makes everything about them. Sigh.

@solotoro I am so excited about Halloween that I have already bought decorations, a pumpkin, two kinds of candy, little toys for children with food allergies, and a teal fake pumpkin to signify that I have non-food things for kids with food allergies. I may be going a little overboard. #AdventuresInFirstTimeHomeOwnership

A thing that I said twice today: "the worst outcome here is not that you don't get into med school. It's that you go to med school and wake up one day when you're 35 with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt and a job you hate but can't quit. Let's stop talking about whether you can get into med school and start talking about how you can figure out whether you want to be a doctor." Not sure that they wanted to hear that.

The hardest part of my job is not giving in to the temptation to tell certain students that they are too smart and curious to be a business major.

I have had two drinks on an empty stomach, and now I'm back at work, and remind me not to send these emails until I have had a chance to read them over sober tomorrow morning.

Ok, here goes!

Let's play a game, to help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.

#knitting
#podcasts
#feminism
#HigherEd
#AdventuresInFirstTimeHomeOwnership

I am so tired that I can't think of any interests that I have to hashtag. I feel like most of my hobbies are mostly just normal life things. I like to shower! I sometimes read novels and do the dishes!

I would be less annoyed about working 11 hour days next week if my bosses didn't all leave promptly at 5 every day.

@odinsdream I, too, am really liking the Tootle app.

I finished my regex homework, so now I'm back to having one problem.

I am still seething about the frigging STEM program that won't meet with my student until she's applied and been accepted. (She has applied and will be accepted, but not until after students register for classes, and she has questions about what she should take.) They're all like "perhaps we could get more young women interested if we made it about fashion and nail polish." And I'm like "perhaps you could show an interest in the young women who already are interested, you fucking shit-weasels."

Sub-toot: if you really want more women in your program, one thing you could do would be to be a tiny bit welcoming to qualified women who express an interest in transferring. For instance, agreeing to talk with them before they're accepted would be a good start!

@lady3jane There is a small chance that I am eligible for Austrian citizenship, but that feels like jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.

My goal for today is to finally learn git, because it's stupid to cobble together my own version control system when smarter people than me have tackled this issue.

I finished my homework, because apparently I am incapable of slacking on things that don't matter very much, like this class that I am taking for fun, but totally capable of slacking on important things, like my job.

I am thinking about not turning in my CS homework. We can drop the lowest two, and I've gotten 100% on all of them so far. I can probably get it done before it's due at midnight, but I really don't wanna.

@lady3jane I am very jealous! Malta looks lovely and sounds interesting.