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I am Back from traveling, whew! The ADHD is raging today, so this will just be a random grab bag of things I've been thinking about:
- I am writing...very much not the thing I'm supposed to be writing, but I'm having fun. I am MAKING SENTENCES, and that's more than I was able to do just a few months ago. There's something incredibly freeing about writing shortform again and just tossing it out into the universe (and it's probably healthy for me to at least be writing something I'm not trying to make perfect, or constantly agonizing over). It's been interesting too revisiting an old fandom and remembering what I liked about it back then, but also seeing how my tastes and thoughts have changed in the years since and how much I've grown in relation to it.
- I signed up for a writing class that is slated to begin sometime next year; I do think the structure will help me focus better, and I'm looking forward to having an excuse to make day trips for writing research, haha.
- I also said yes to giving a talk at my alma mater next year, as a favor. God. I think I've reached a point where I've stopped trying to relate to the youths(tm), so I'm capable of just saying my piece and answering questions and not caring about being liked. If they get something out of what I have to say, then great; but if not, then it's neither of our faults, and there will be someone else out there who can teach them what I can't.
- I've started using Plurk more, and I'm really liking it; it's a quieter, far less algorithm-dependent space, where I can see what my friends have been up to and share idle musings without feeling pressured to Be There all the time -- which is ironically why I'm there more than I am on Twitter these days. (Also I have a horse picture as my homepage background. can elonsite do THAT? i don't THINK so)
and now--we are ready to make! more! sentences! we are ready for FALL OUT BOY AND KARAOKE COSTUME PARTY DECEMBER, baby!!!!!
Recent media: Suzume no Tojimari, The Banshees of Inisherin. Ongoing: Replacing Chef Chico, every Detective Conan movie in chronological order.
- I am writing...very much not the thing I'm supposed to be writing, but I'm having fun. I am MAKING SENTENCES, and that's more than I was able to do just a few months ago. There's something incredibly freeing about writing shortform again and just tossing it out into the universe (and it's probably healthy for me to at least be writing something I'm not trying to make perfect, or constantly agonizing over). It's been interesting too revisiting an old fandom and remembering what I liked about it back then, but also seeing how my tastes and thoughts have changed in the years since and how much I've grown in relation to it.
- I signed up for a writing class that is slated to begin sometime next year; I do think the structure will help me focus better, and I'm looking forward to having an excuse to make day trips for writing research, haha.
- I also said yes to giving a talk at my alma mater next year, as a favor. God. I think I've reached a point where I've stopped trying to relate to the youths(tm), so I'm capable of just saying my piece and answering questions and not caring about being liked. If they get something out of what I have to say, then great; but if not, then it's neither of our faults, and there will be someone else out there who can teach them what I can't.
- I've started using Plurk more, and I'm really liking it; it's a quieter, far less algorithm-dependent space, where I can see what my friends have been up to and share idle musings without feeling pressured to Be There all the time -- which is ironically why I'm there more than I am on Twitter these days. (Also I have a horse picture as my homepage background. can elonsite do THAT? i don't THINK so)
and now--we are ready to make! more! sentences! we are ready for FALL OUT BOY AND KARAOKE COSTUME PARTY DECEMBER, baby!!!!!
Recent media: Suzume no Tojimari, The Banshees of Inisherin. Ongoing: Replacing Chef Chico, every Detective Conan movie in chronological order.
Recent reads: oh god, probably LunaDarkside's entire bibliography by this point. also this essay by Kelly Barnhill, about writing after a brain injury, which resonated deeply with me (something something writing after trauma). Ongoing: The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto.
DND state of the nation: Screed uses caginess and a bad pun, it's super effective...?; Blue takes the conversational gamble of the century; Panko the pankoporcupine has butter on his back :(
Guitar: "Cruel Summer" and "Out of the Woods" by tswizzle, "Steal the Show" by Lauv. My own guitar sounds disappointed in me when I strum it. I need practice.
Dream journal: There was a parody show of Downton Abbey called "Worthington Park" and it was my new favorite show.
Dream journal: There was a parody show of Downton Abbey called "Worthington Park" and it was my new favorite show.
Current concerns: doing a snap change is not like riding a bicycle; I spent a full 20 minutes looking for a TN filler only to finally find it...already inside my TN; how many times can I recycle the same AU premises until I actually use one of them; Indie Movies About Dads.
