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1. What is a common ear worm that you get?
2. How long do they last?
3. What do you do to get rid of them?
4. What is the worst ear worm you've ever had?
5. Do you get some guilty pleasure in passing the ear worm along?
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2. How long do they last?
3. What do you do to get rid of them?
4. What is the worst ear worm you've ever had?
5. Do you get some guilty pleasure in passing the ear worm along?
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No matter what I do, my hair isn't returning to its previous thickness. I'm loathe to ask my GP for any of the prescriptions that are supposed to help with that because I'm already taking eight prescription meds daily, plus the "as needed" ones, plus around nine or ten OTC supplements, so I don't want to add to that list.
So! I've decided to return to wearing a hat any time I leave the house. I just refurbished my black straw top hat; it now has a large plume of black ostrich feathers, a large antique lace bow with an antique rhinestone buckle, and pink faux roses tucked around the bow. I'm still dithering about if I want to make it even MORE over-the-top by adding a bat chiffon veil that would trail down from the back of the hat.
I'm also refurbishing all of my wide-brimmed hats, as carrying a parasol while using a cane probably requires more dexterity than I have. Everything is getting more veiling, and I'm dithering about if I need to order a few more crow skull replicas.
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Thanks to some things rolling across my IG feed, I've learned about the world of Kitchener Style Essences, which supposedly help you learn "where your style and personality blend!" So a more elaborate version of finding your color season. (Good lord, Color Me Beautiful is still going strong. What a flashback to my teens.)
In October of last year, a "lost" essence was "found"/created: Oneiric. "A softer, more melancholic edge that merges mystery and muted darkness. Something that had never been fully acknowledged, at least not widely." Do you mean: Romantigoth? Doing more reading about it, why yes, they mean Romantigoth. But of course, the people who have latched onto it are quick to say it's not goth. Of course, what a surprise. But it's fun to read about, and is a source for more makeup inspirations.
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Speaking of makeup, let me direct you to this post on Tumblr, where an absolutely adorable young lady demonstrates how to do a ghostly and haunted makeup look for folks with darker skin. Perfection.
So! I've decided to return to wearing a hat any time I leave the house. I just refurbished my black straw top hat; it now has a large plume of black ostrich feathers, a large antique lace bow with an antique rhinestone buckle, and pink faux roses tucked around the bow. I'm still dithering about if I want to make it even MORE over-the-top by adding a bat chiffon veil that would trail down from the back of the hat.
I'm also refurbishing all of my wide-brimmed hats, as carrying a parasol while using a cane probably requires more dexterity than I have. Everything is getting more veiling, and I'm dithering about if I need to order a few more crow skull replicas.
---
Thanks to some things rolling across my IG feed, I've learned about the world of Kitchener Style Essences, which supposedly help you learn "where your style and personality blend!" So a more elaborate version of finding your color season. (Good lord, Color Me Beautiful is still going strong. What a flashback to my teens.)
In October of last year, a "lost" essence was "found"/created: Oneiric. "A softer, more melancholic edge that merges mystery and muted darkness. Something that had never been fully acknowledged, at least not widely." Do you mean: Romantigoth? Doing more reading about it, why yes, they mean Romantigoth. But of course, the people who have latched onto it are quick to say it's not goth. Of course, what a surprise. But it's fun to read about, and is a source for more makeup inspirations.
---
Speaking of makeup, let me direct you to this post on Tumblr, where an absolutely adorable young lady demonstrates how to do a ghostly and haunted makeup look for folks with darker skin. Perfection.
The only problem with yesterday's power outage napping was that was a couple of hours that I wasn't working on getting rehyrated from last weekend. I've been drinking like a drinking thing, and while my pee is an appropriately light shade, my joints still feel like they want to be better lubricated. It's been a while since I've done a blazing hot two day event. Apparently faire hangover gets worse when you're older?
Hail Hydrate!
Hail Hydrate!
My blogging schedule has been a little out of whack lately, partly due to my day job schedule but mostly due to just not being in the mood lately. I'm not giving it up, I think I just needed a bit of a break so I could get used to all the day job stuff (new store, added hours, learning new processes, waking up early, etc.). Things are slowly going back to normal however, so I'm sure I'll get back to it all eventually.
Meanwhile, I'm finally getting things back in order. Our taxes have finally been done (I usually never start this late!), I've made some serious headway in the Theadia revision, and I'm actually getting some well-earned sleep lately. Can't complain.
Meanwhile, I'm finally getting things back in order. Our taxes have finally been done (I usually never start this late!), I've made some serious headway in the Theadia revision, and I'm actually getting some well-earned sleep lately. Can't complain.
I didn't have any Birthmonth celebrations this year, other than a mini cake my mother bought from walmart that we stuck some candles in. I just didn't feel like it this year, especially with the winter funk I've been in. I'm hoping I'll get out of the funk and have a party in May for no reason, because I want to see my amazing friends who I don't see often enough.
I've been making flower granny squares. Repetition is not usually my thing, but I've been using the crochet as soothing and I love playing with all the color change yarn combinations.
My shoulder is almost better, but still can't kip yet without getting angry.
I did my first head stand since my neck seized up a decade ago and was surprised how easy it was to get inverted. There were no ill effects, but I think my neck is still messed up enough that shouldn't do it as a regular thing.
The foot is still slowly getting better. I'm able to mostly do everything I once was, but I still have to be careful how much I do. Last night was the first time pushing my endurance in TKD in a long time and I still had it cardiovascularly, but the foot was angry after.
I've been making flower granny squares. Repetition is not usually my thing, but I've been using the crochet as soothing and I love playing with all the color change yarn combinations.
My shoulder is almost better, but still can't kip yet without getting angry.
I did my first head stand since my neck seized up a decade ago and was surprised how easy it was to get inverted. There were no ill effects, but I think my neck is still messed up enough that shouldn't do it as a regular thing.
The foot is still slowly getting better. I'm able to mostly do everything I once was, but I still have to be careful how much I do. Last night was the first time pushing my endurance in TKD in a long time and I still had it cardiovascularly, but the foot was angry after.
a thousand beaks, a million talons, ten billion eyes. RIP Ms. Beakman, you beautiful bird
I haven't used Spotify in a few years, ever since I realized Youtube Music fit my needs a little bit better. But still, I had some playlists I'd made or had been in the process of making when I pivoted, and I just wanna list the songs here for future reference just in case I wanna recreate those playlists in the future. These playlists are primarily selfship related ones, haha. S/Is and F/Os and some of the Sabrina ships~
( Dami (S/I) )
( Sabrina (S/I) )
( Kamek (F/O) )
I had an unplanned power outage at Frogholm today. Right around 1:00, so thankfully I'd already eaten lunch. I was in the bathroom when the lights went out, because of course I was. So pants around my ankles, in a room with no windows and ZOT! The lights flickered and tried to come back on once or twice, so I was hoping it was one of those times when the power goes out and then comes right back on. But by the time I got back out to my desk, it was clear that I was in the dark.
I checked the outage map for National Grid on my phone, and there were a couple of small (5 person) outages across town, but nothing on the map anywhere near Frogholm. So I tried to enter the outage on my phone, but they wanted my account number and I don't know that off the top of my head. So I called. And the automated system still wanted my account number, so I stumbled around to find a flashlight and was rifling through my mail when they dumped me into the queue for a human. I found a bill just as I got a human on the phone, so I filed my report. Turns out we did have a known outage in the area, but power was going to be out until at least 3:00pm. So I texted my BFF at work and asked her to post on Slack that I'd lost power and internet. And then I took a nap. Because I was exhausted, and what else was I going to do? Not work, not laundry.
When I woke up, there was a text updating that power was going to be out until 7:30, so it was just as well I'd caught a couple hours of sleep. Power actually came back on a little after 6:00, but it's been a while since I've had an outage that wasn't related to a major storm.
I checked the outage map for National Grid on my phone, and there were a couple of small (5 person) outages across town, but nothing on the map anywhere near Frogholm. So I tried to enter the outage on my phone, but they wanted my account number and I don't know that off the top of my head. So I called. And the automated system still wanted my account number, so I stumbled around to find a flashlight and was rifling through my mail when they dumped me into the queue for a human. I found a bill just as I got a human on the phone, so I filed my report. Turns out we did have a known outage in the area, but power was going to be out until at least 3:00pm. So I texted my BFF at work and asked her to post on Slack that I'd lost power and internet. And then I took a nap. Because I was exhausted, and what else was I going to do? Not work, not laundry.
When I woke up, there was a text updating that power was going to be out until 7:30, so it was just as well I'd caught a couple hours of sleep. Power actually came back on a little after 6:00, but it's been a while since I've had an outage that wasn't related to a major storm.
Anyone have any ideas how I could politely ask my neighbor "Is there any way that it would be possible for you to enter and leave the building without tears and loud conversation with your toddler EVERY FREAKING TIME?"
Seriously. We have to talk about how we don't touch things (packages) that don't belong to us. We have to ask if he wants to climb the stairs or be carried. Or we're telling him that he has to walk the stairs himself because she has her hands full. And 50% of the time, the conversation ends in some form of tears and loud wailing. Getting the child into the house should not involve loud drama every time.
Seriously. We have to talk about how we don't touch things (packages) that don't belong to us. We have to ask if he wants to climb the stairs or be carried. Or we're telling him that he has to walk the stairs himself because she has her hands full. And 50% of the time, the conversation ends in some form of tears and loud wailing. Getting the child into the house should not involve loud drama every time.
So ever since two Sundays ago when I realized that writing haikus was easy, actually, I've been writing one-ish a day. I'm planning to do so until I get bored or forget or something (nevermind that I've already forgotten to do it yesterday ^^;). So here's all the ones I wrote last week!
( Haikus here: )
( Haikus here: )
Ezra, an Ojibwe teenager, has to flee Minneapolis when the home of the racist teenager who bullied him burns down, and he becomes the prime suspect. He goes to Canada to run traplines with his grandfather.
Where Wolves Don't Die is mostly a coming of age story; the thriller/mystery element is present but minor. It was recommended to me "Like an Ojibwe Hatchet," which definitely captures a lot of the vibe though it's about learning in community and family rather than isolation. Ezra goes from boy to man while he learns the old ways with his grandfather, who he loves. It's engrossing and moving. I liked that Ezra actively wants to stay with and learn from his grandfather rather than resisting it and having to come around.
Content notes: Hunting and trapping is central to the story.
Home again from my visit to Jamestown, VA. I am dehydrated, sunburned, and exhausted, which just means it was a VERY good weekend. Some highlights, but I do intent to do a big writeup for this trip, because there is so much I want to remember.
* Guess who forgot to pack a neutral bra and wore her black and rainbow bra on the drive? I had to go braless both days at the event, but luckily gowns back then were cut to give bust support, so I was quite comfortable.
* I almost got the Klingon gagh recipe from the Las Vegas Star Trek experience, but when the fellow came back on Sunday, we missed each other.
* Tom and I yakked the whole 10 - 11 hour drive down, I talked all day for the two days of the event, and Tom and I found even more to talk about on the drive home. I am almost hoarse from talking. =P
* Part of the allure of this event is driving South into Spring. Saturday was warm, in the mid seventies. Sunday was even warmer, we must have hit the mid 80s, because during teardown (after 6:00 pm) my car thermometer was still reading 82. And we drove home into snow flurries. *cries*
* Guess who forgot to pack a neutral bra and wore her black and rainbow bra on the drive? I had to go braless both days at the event, but luckily gowns back then were cut to give bust support, so I was quite comfortable.
* I almost got the Klingon gagh recipe from the Las Vegas Star Trek experience, but when the fellow came back on Sunday, we missed each other.
* Tom and I yakked the whole 10 - 11 hour drive down, I talked all day for the two days of the event, and Tom and I found even more to talk about on the drive home. I am almost hoarse from talking. =P
* Part of the allure of this event is driving South into Spring. Saturday was warm, in the mid seventies. Sunday was even warmer, we must have hit the mid 80s, because during teardown (after 6:00 pm) my car thermometer was still reading 82. And we drove home into snow flurries. *cries*
Also reviews for the latest episodes of Scrubs and the novel The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials: Book Two.
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Austin is over for his usual Monday datenight, made harder by both of us being very _very_ worn out.
(the weather is not helping. the fascism definitely not)
We had a little bit of a "blaaaah what do" and then Austin asked "what do you want to do" and I paused a long while and admitted that what I wanted to do was play video games and not think. And so he pointed out that Slay the Spire 2 has just come out in early release and maybe we could try it? I hemmed a little (I don't like the idea of playing games in early release) and we read some of the literature, and I decided "sure, let's give it a shot".
(I still have steambux from my da, and certainly Slay the Spire original is one of those games that I have put a staggering number of hours into1 so I do not at all begrudge giving the makers another round of dollarbux in thanks)
And so we went ahead and hit play and cooperated and chatted and balanced our different playstyles and charged on through. And won! We won very satisfyingly, by mostly creating a good deck vibe (all combos around casting vulnerable) and then immediately blowing that up when given a super powerful artifact at the end of act II.
It was a really lovely balance between "this is extremely familiar" and "this is new and exciting". It's very funny playing my obsessive games with other people, because like, I don't think of myself as being an expert in this game or anything, but I suppose yes, I do immediately know what the cards do or which cards are new. There's definitely some intriguing new options popping up and I look forward to doing some replay.
The timeline is going to be absolutely lovely to find out more about --I like me a little bit of explicit lore sometimes! I mean, I do enjoy the scraps and fragments of the story that you get in the first game, but it's _so_ barebones sometimes that there's nothing really to hang onto.
And it's nice that being cozy and silly and collaborative was able to really turn my mood around at least, and hopefully Austin's as well. Now I can go to sleep feeling a little bit better about my universe (in which my last two workdays were 9.5(today) and 12.5(Fri) hours of active work, and the rest of the week is not looking milder.)
The world is bad but sometimes escapism can be quite nice! Especially when done in good company! I hope you are finding some of that too.
~Sor
MOOP!
1: According to a quick skim of my steam library:
1st place: Crypt of the Necrodancer, 631.5 hours
2nd place: Slay the Spire, 416.8 hours
3rd place: Stardew Valley, 388.9 hours2
4th place: Heroes of Might and Magic III, 324.8 hours3
5th place: Rogue Legacy - 293 hours
In summation, I am not a _broad_ video game player, I am a _deep_ video game player. This is why I am still running through the steambux from my da from two years ago, I just don't buy games very much.
2: Please do not observe that the first time I played this game was like, end of May 2025. The rest of these times are on much longer timeframes (like, multiple years apiece).
3: Heroes should be much higher, there's been lots of times where I've owned this through GoG and emulators not through steam, and I should get that set up again because I miss having phoenixes (and the Steam version doesn't have the expansions, sigh.) It's basically been incomplete playing since I switched away from my mac, so like, since 2019 since I've played it "proper".
(the weather is not helping. the fascism definitely not)
We had a little bit of a "blaaaah what do" and then Austin asked "what do you want to do" and I paused a long while and admitted that what I wanted to do was play video games and not think. And so he pointed out that Slay the Spire 2 has just come out in early release and maybe we could try it? I hemmed a little (I don't like the idea of playing games in early release) and we read some of the literature, and I decided "sure, let's give it a shot".
(I still have steambux from my da, and certainly Slay the Spire original is one of those games that I have put a staggering number of hours into1 so I do not at all begrudge giving the makers another round of dollarbux in thanks)
And so we went ahead and hit play and cooperated and chatted and balanced our different playstyles and charged on through. And won! We won very satisfyingly, by mostly creating a good deck vibe (all combos around casting vulnerable) and then immediately blowing that up when given a super powerful artifact at the end of act II.
It was a really lovely balance between "this is extremely familiar" and "this is new and exciting". It's very funny playing my obsessive games with other people, because like, I don't think of myself as being an expert in this game or anything, but I suppose yes, I do immediately know what the cards do or which cards are new. There's definitely some intriguing new options popping up and I look forward to doing some replay.
The timeline is going to be absolutely lovely to find out more about --I like me a little bit of explicit lore sometimes! I mean, I do enjoy the scraps and fragments of the story that you get in the first game, but it's _so_ barebones sometimes that there's nothing really to hang onto.
And it's nice that being cozy and silly and collaborative was able to really turn my mood around at least, and hopefully Austin's as well. Now I can go to sleep feeling a little bit better about my universe (in which my last two workdays were 9.5(today) and 12.5(Fri) hours of active work, and the rest of the week is not looking milder.)
The world is bad but sometimes escapism can be quite nice! Especially when done in good company! I hope you are finding some of that too.
~Sor
MOOP!
1: According to a quick skim of my steam library:
1st place: Crypt of the Necrodancer, 631.5 hours
2nd place: Slay the Spire, 416.8 hours
3rd place: Stardew Valley, 388.9 hours2
4th place: Heroes of Might and Magic III, 324.8 hours3
5th place: Rogue Legacy - 293 hours
In summation, I am not a _broad_ video game player, I am a _deep_ video game player. This is why I am still running through the steambux from my da from two years ago, I just don't buy games very much.
2: Please do not observe that the first time I played this game was like, end of May 2025. The rest of these times are on much longer timeframes (like, multiple years apiece).
3: Heroes should be much higher, there's been lots of times where I've owned this through GoG and emulators not through steam, and I should get that set up again because I miss having phoenixes (and the Steam version doesn't have the expansions, sigh.) It's basically been incomplete playing since I switched away from my mac, so like, since 2019 since I've played it "proper".
