Homestar Blade Runner 20X6

love too teach for four hours straight and then just dissociate for 10 or 30 minutes

how we all doing today? bad? ok just checking

it's in upgrade from when I was in Taiwan and many public restrooms wouldn't have toilet paper at all, or you'd have to pay for it (you get used to carrying tissues around)

had a dream that I was teaching my ESL students the word "fuckery"

I don't want to start a thing because my brain is like the bus from Speed. Don't get on that bus!!

Plenty of people talk about perfectionism as a root cause of procrastination, which always made intuitive sense to me, but this feels like something subtly different--though overlapping--and it's a nuance I've had to tease out for myself

I get hyper-focused on a problem or a task and I can't let it go until I've solved/finished it to my (often perfectionistic) standards. I will push myself past the point of exhaustion, even when I realize that it's counter-productive. Even if I TRY to take a break, my brain stays fixated

If you're a chronic procrastinator, you're probably used to thinking of yourself as lazy or lacking motivation, but the more I reflect on my own lifelong struggle the more I suspect it's connected to my inability to *stop*

I'm an American citizen living in China, how do I get this paid gig

lmao

fighting an uphill battle against AI slop in, of all places, my TESOL curriculum

Oh I see how my post could be read in a different way than I intended now lol. Hope you get more sunshine! ❤️

Motion-activated toilet paper dispenser on the wall

So a common feature in Chinese public restrooms--besides the squat toilets--is the communal toilet paper dispenser located outside the stalls. Enjoy predicting how much paper you're going to need while everyone watches/listens ✌️

sickos dot jpg

a tweet by me (@checarina) from June 24, 2018: If you didn't wanna be around brown people, all you European motherfuckers had to do was stay home. Just sit your ass down and stay on your own continent. That's it.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

they think everything is theirs!

Tomorrow, my son's school will be having meetings with all students discussing how ICE kidnapped their schoolmate and his family and sent them to Colombia.

jesus

Always repost the Fixin' to Die Rag

Text saying "You've read your last free article."

Jacked action hero with goon in headlock, in raspy yet firm voice:

??

sign in a Subway restaurant window advertising "Better Italians" with pictures of sandwiches

Super Mario Bros. vis-à-vis Mario Bros.

this one came to me in a dream

People are being weird in the replies to my noodle post I stg I'm throwing this whole app in the trash

you know those days where you're like "I am never getting out of this bed", and your neighbors are like "yes you are or we're calling the cops"?

Big bowl of very red soup with tofu, egg, minced pork, etc

The first time I had this hot and sour noodle soup it wasn't very spicy, but there was a jar of chili paste on the table if I wanted to spice it up. This time I got it to go and I think they put the whole jar in there. I'm fighting for my life

i think this is an important point - not just the way ai coding tools can affect an individual programmer, but the way it interrupts a social practice / a community of people making software

Listen how else are kids supposed to learn about *peers out window* mm. ah. never mind

sign in a Subway restaurant window advertising "Better Italians" with pictures of sandwiches

Super Mario Bros. vis-à-vis Mario Bros.

a must-read to understand so much of the current shitshow