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Beginning the End of the Holiday Season (and 2017)
December feels like a taking-stock month for me. It's typically pretty hectic, and the weekdays are pretty impossible in terms of doing anything social, so the weekends get packed quickly. We still want to see The Shape of the Water, probably today. There's still Star Wars, I guess. And we've got another movie we'd rented, plus, if it's possible, ( Read more... ) -
Time is Arbitrary, but Scheduling Less So
Went to my good friend's wedding this weekend - problems that typically would have been extremely minor held us up to the point that we were late enough that the reception was the quickest we could make it. We definitely scrambled to make it there, at least, on time! It was a little difficult because I was just getting over something and I honestly ( Read more... ) -
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I realized my posting in general has slowed down, and I'll probably stop cross posting to LJ very often because I don't see all that much point in it. I'm not closing it down, but I don't see too much point in retaining it. My journalling alternative is friends only, so if you're not already reading this on it, you can send me a message anywhere ( Read more... ) -
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I'm not up to much. Went to see a $5 matinee for the movie Jigsaw, which isn't normally my thing but it is, in my opinion, still Halloween Season until AT LEAST December so I went with Kay. I hate gore, so I spent a lot of the movie looking away like a kid, it's true. I actually have to say it was pretty alright and I feel cool because I used my ( Read more... ) -
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It's about 9 AM, I'm drinking tea. Last week, I was kind of re-instituting nap time at around 7:30, but I missed my window for today, and just figured I'd see how the day goes. Our carafe broke - the glass spout snapped neatly off on Thursday - so I went to Bodum's site to order another since the three cup wasn't in stock at local retailers. ( Read more... ) -
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Saturday was chill, but Sunday was pretty busy. We watched the Blade Runner on Saturday night, the shorts on Sunday morning, and were out of the house at about 1-ish to go to one of two theatres on this side of the river showing 2049. We ran some errands, got our refill of bulk looseleaf tea, got a knife sharpened which direly needed it, and saw ( Read more... ) -
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People with privilege - white people, men, cis people, straight people, wealthy people - don’t appreciate that others will pre-judge them based on their appearance or identity. One of the benefits of privilege is having the ability - and the responsibility - of being able to assume to the best about others.
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I slept really badly last night, but got up pretty refreshed. I held off making coffee this morning, thinking I might go back to bed after I heard that my partner was making it into work okay, but although I'm bedraggled, I'm too awake to feel good about returning to bed - so I might nap later if I'm dragging badly.
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On the "Gamer" Demographic
I've been thinking for a while - and I'm not clear on this - but that the demographic of "gamer" is kind of a cipher.
I suppose there was a time when it sort of made sense, much like any other demographic largely characterized by a media obsession that was *also* obscure. Today, though, almost everyone is at least familiar with video games, and it' ( Read more... ) -
October
This week's been strangely difficult, probably because Kay had come down with a bad cough on Saturday and stayed home on Monday. Yesterday, I developed the same thing, and I'm coming out of it today, so that seems to be how the week's going. It was minor enough that I was able to tackle minor grocery shopping but enough that I was kind of unhappy ( Read more... )