Pysia

Ooooh this looks fantastic!

Well amidst a burning hellscape, the almost-not-a-toddler-anymore graciously set up a foot soak spa for herself, myself, and the guest of honor - Princess Anna Skeleton.

Princess Anna Skeleton was also allowed and hand fed delicious earl grey cookies. These were forbidden for mere mortals.

Seriously!! Genuinely had the fantasy for a few brief lottery tickets.

Absolute jam 30 years later.

Any downward facing dog has my toddler assisting by laying down under me and pushing both of her feet against my shoulders to “help hold Mama up with my super strength!”

Ooooof I hope that it calms down all the way soon.

It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war!

How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!

There’s no processing, coming to terms with, and moving on from rejection if you’re kept in emotional limbo. Blegh. Not fun.

Woohoo!!!

GO. A. WAY.

NO.

*door slam*

The threenager soundtrack. The silliest has been the “go away” angry door slam followed by an upset and whimpering “did you forget about me?” not two minutes later. Sweet baby, I literally stood still outside your door.

Nothing like a toddler to keep any ego in check.

Husband comes up the stairs to say hi to The Child. All it took was an inhale and the start of a happy “Hey!” for her to vehemently cut him off with “NOPPPPE.”

Impressively plosive delivery though.

What does an indie game studio cost anyways? A few dozen eggs? /s

The arts are simultaneously an escape and a means of fighting for social change/resistance. Wish it didn’t feel so “the dark ages playbook” to see the arts rapidly defunded as a whole.

Yes. If it’s a game that I’m already spending $50 on, then the ability to actually play without the frustrations of consistently losing progress bc a little gremlin needs attention is worth the $10. Otherwise it gets put into the “I’ll maybe play this in 13 years” category.

Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.

hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...

so special ed programs are getting gutted because their internal documentation used the term "transition" when talking about helping disabled kids enter the working world. they're literally striking at that word wherever they see it.

"Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.' -J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit, pub. 1937

Happy birthday! This is a gorgeous picture.

Thank you so much for the time and vulnerability it takes to share and answer questions! It was wonderful to read and learn.

Been feeling a bit low lately, so my friend stole me for a day which included a super cool Chinese tea room followed by a romance bookshop. She then plopped me onto a fluffy couch with a selection of blankets, a lap cat, and hydration station to read.

I am so eternally grateful for good ppl.

You’ve got this!! 💪🏻

Misread this as writing the horrors and heard in my brain “the axe goes chop, chop, chop, and the blood goes splash, splash, splash” set to the “wheels on the bus” melody.

My favorite time of toddler sickness: she began to seem better, then I got sick, and now she’s worse again.

Did I get something different from her? Is her gremlin magpie Larfleeze self deciding to be sick again bc being sick is HER thing and how dare I try?

Ooof it is rough when they just piggyback illnesses all the time.

Reposting for visibility! The market is rough so any traction I can get is appreciated

The elderly around cute little wee ones usually are. It’s the baby rabies.

What the FUCK

NGL, there’s a chance I might have hip checked granny reflexively. Ugh. My child is not up for everyone’s consumption.

Sparks memories from childhood & ppl invasively grabbing my face for kissing. While culturally in Poland the three cheek kisses was the norm, I didn’t want it.

TWICE

Look, I'm not a fancy CEO guy, but if someone said to me "the key to this successful single-player IP's success is to make it purely a multiplayer game. No, not a spin off: fundamentally change the DNA of what people loved about the core game" to me, I'd probably, like, quit that job or something.

PNW life = fog & rain.
Somehow the toddler finds it magical each time, runs to put on her space unicorn boots, grabs her umbrella that changes color in the water, and rushes out to sing made-up rainy day songs.

So if you see a haggard, haphazardly clothed lady singing in the rain, that’s why.

This made my day. Absolutely picked up what you put down.