Vampire Harpy @thindol@octodon.social

Reminder to myself today: Don't let the world take away your softness. Be kind, be vulnerable, for the world needs love and empathy far more than hardness and steel.

Don't wanna talk about capitalist shit anymore, have my adorable cat who refuses to move even when I stack books on her.

Mood has been better, so I've been cooking heavily to use up food/eat better. Some mixed results however - nutritional yeast is very strange in spinach dip.

The latest Supreme Court stuff is really getting me down.

Sat down and focused most of the day to get #DnD prep accomplished. I ended up rewriting the next 1-2 sessions of material, but I think we'll be better for it. Plus, I get to finally make good on intrigue...

Just remember kids, old D&D modules often have fantastic maps, descriptions, villains, unique monsters, etc that you can mine for material. For example, the original Dragonlance campaign has fantastic Dragon Lairs and traps.

I need like... One vacation day from Men's Bullshit and Unpaid Therapy. Get on it, life.

I feel immense pressure to perform thanks to variations on, "You're really smart, so solve our problems." Which led to a bit of an existential crisis, in addition to not really knowing what I, myself, want in life.

My answer has been, "to live quietly and contentedly" but people don't like that answer. We are all expected to constantly achieve and build careers, and I just want to get by, read books, and pet cats. No wonder I'm so distressed.

Went yard sale hunting today. Managed to find some lovely kimono at an estate sale, which are now airing out after decades of storage with some interesting scented moth repellent.

I am finally working toward my Soft Cybergoth Grandma style. Now I just need some good boots, a few belts, and maybe some raver pants for those amazing pockets.

Finished catching up with Saga (the comic.) I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it's a fun romp so far.

I've been down on myself today (the usual depression fuuuun) but I'm comforting myself with a reminder - my D&D players keep coming back.

That's pretty amazing: I'm doing a good enough job that people want to come back and spend another 4 hours with me.

Here is a very young Molly sitting on a CRT monitor, LIKE YOU DO when you're a cat.

The world sucks, have a picture of my cat/a cat sitting on luggage.

I'm not surprised by what's been happening and the Latest Outrage. This is America, full of racist xenophobes.

I'm just really upset by how many are justifying child abuse. I thought, of all things, that would be a line. Yet here we are, Republicans have actually fallen to the "hurting babies" level of morality.

I was really looking forward to pickles, but my expected pickles did not arrive. Terrible misfortune.

As a reminder, which I had to give myself today: You don't have to be friends with people who tire you out and don't give anything back. You can unfollow people for any reason and it's okay, even if that reason is just because you don't feel like dealing with them.

I went back to #Fallout 4, needing some attention grabbing games to get my mind off upcoming school stress.

The game is fun, but ultimately disappointing, having lost the clever commentary and humor of predecessors. It's not Fallout anymore - it's a shooter with some RPG elements in a dull landscape.

I think Far Harbor is closer to the "Fallout" feel than the rest of the game is, but even then it doesn't have much to say except "decisions and consequences?"

Every time I'm over on Facebook, I'm reminded of two things: 1) a lot of people weaponize their ignorance, then are very upset when you don't take them seriously. 2) the propaganda of libertarians and corporations has outpaced civic education and empathy to the detriment of American society.

This summarizes 80% of my interactions with acquaintances and strangers on FB.