Previouslyamy

Given the current political climate, I hereby invoke my great grandmother's ethnicity and will henceforth identify as Latina.

Well, if Murphy is an imp of the perverse who's bound by Law to make things go wrong, then exposition is his cousin. So let's call this 'Dan's Law" 😆

Reminding myself of the foundation of my belief system.

I only work woe in order to prevent greater woe. In working woe, I may be working my own doom. I have promises to keep before I can do such a working. Therefore I will work only weal.

For now.

It's possible that this was a bad idea. I'm about to find out.

Jesus fuck. Who the hell told boomers that Joe Biden is cobra commander and has a fucking weather dominator? My mother believes that shite

I'm downloading rednote. Not because I expect to use it but as an act of defiance in protest of the TikTok ban. I never used TikTok either.

Doesn't everyone?

I like this place a lot more than the zucchini's site, but I miss my groups.

He should just admit he's illiterate and go to a library for literacy classes.

I also have strong, positive, and implacable opinions about the Oxford comma.

Oh man, yall have to read this entire thread.

I want so badly to make a strong cup of coffee and work on my book, but I have to dig out a busted pipe tomorrow. I have to get some sleep. Working in freezing temps is gonna suck enough without adding extreme fatigue to the mix.

The reason we decorate Yule trees is because a thousand years ago Vikings used to celebrate solstice by wrapping their enemies' entrails around a tree and hanging the skulls on the branches.

Is that really true? No but it's funny.

Having finished my first novel, I now have 2 choices. Edit and polish it or start the second one. So I'm going to go wash my underwear. Because I am the monarch of procrastinating

I FINISHED my WIP. I wrote a book. All by myself. It took over a year, but I finished it

I am within 5 paragraphs of finishing my WIP. I've never written a novel before. I'm kinda excited

From your post to the gods ears.

Wow, a romance I would actually watch

The local cowboy store has chosen to appeal to my high-school aesthetic. I wonder if they have my size.

a woman with purple hair is holding a wooden stick in her hand Alt: Original alt text: "a woman with purple hair is holding a wooden stick in her hand". NOPE. That's Jinshi from the Apothecary Diaries. He's a very pretty manly man who does manly things while being pretty.

Realizing bisexuality can take way longer when standard masculinity is presented in ways you don't find appealing.

"Nah, I don't find men attractive."

"Behold Jinshi."

"...I want to go to there..."

As someone who hates audio books, I actually agree with this. Audio books count as reading

I kinda like that I can use my real name instead of my government name. It's nice.