Ash <3

It's my first day back at work after a three-week holiday and I am ready to go back on holiday

The Intrepid Heroes have a new favorite NPC: Wealwell

#CloudwardHo

I've only had the crew of the Zephyr for one episode but I would die for each and every one of them

including Wealwell

yeah ive been trying to but it takes a while to become a natural step of the process and I hate having to jump through hoops I didn't ask for and can't get rid of 😔

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question). an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question: "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.” there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

applying for jobs again

a heaping helping of go fuck yourself to google's ai overviews which have now reached me. my work involves straight up dozens of searches a day. LET ME NOT GIVE CONSENT TO THIS GARBAGE

fiancée and i spent last night and this afternoon playing a cozy game together and listening to both of our favourite new albums. 12/10 perfect date im so in love with her

oh my GOD CAN AI PLEASE BE AN OPT-IN THING STOP FORCEFULLY SHOVING IT AT ME

I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.

god I love being absolutely devastated by sleep token first thing in the morning :) /gen

the fiancée used the word "handful" to describe a large number of small birds

the best part is the birds were tits

a handful of tits

either that or remove my knees

can someone hit the breaks on the conga line of physical injuries because I feel like I haven't been healthy and fit since January

The Caterpillar has been experimenting with various ways to wake me up early (so I'd give her breakfast). Today's method involved trampling all over me, purring directly into my ear, and pressing her cold, wet nose against my temple. I was held at the world's cutest gunpoint

reread some of my writing from two years ago and i now miss everything about that time viscerally

first sunglasses morning of the year❗️ im frickin unstoppable

two computer screens. on the left one, Brennan Lee Mulligan in episode 13 of Fantasy High. on the right one, Brennan Lee Mulligan for WIRED's D&D Support.

had to hit pause on my Brennan to watch some more Brennan

NOISE BOYS NOISE BOYS NOISE BOYS

it might be that i am sick and therefore vulnerable but MAN misfits and magic gets me teary at every fucking turn!!!!!! @dimension20.bsky.social my favourite comedy show (entirely sincerely)

Cronch, a mostly black calico cat, sits on a brown door mat next to a rubber hot water bottle in a knitted blue sleeve that has white stars, a moon, and the words "good night" on it. she is loafing next to it, her butt grazing against the bottle.

today: my fiancee's hot water bottle. full of water. she's getting stronger. i'm scared

1) cemeteries are so nice!
2) OMG CATS?!?!

one day id love to get back more from this company than i put in 💀💀💀💀💀💀

im trying to reserve judgment until I speak to her directly and not through my direct superior but holy fuck????? the alternative to the lighter workload is a sick leave and id be happy to do that instead if you think that's more fair for everyone

I pray that our CEO simply has not received the information that i requested a lighter workload because of wisdom tooth surgery and not for fun, because otherwise, her "this does not seem fair to other employees, maybe we should discuss a pay reduction" is a straight up quittable offence

Doodle of a black cat with its head tilted upward and appears to be screaming. The background is black with repeated lines of the letter "a" throughout the entire thing.

Screaming into the void

the Caterpillar, a white-chested tabby calico cat, is sitting on a bed, staring adoringly towards the left of the image, eyes huge and pleading. Not pictured: my fiancee eating my birthday cake, increasingly uncomfortable the unblinking scrutiny

you may think she is a sweet perfect angel posing but in fact she is intently and unblinkingly watching my fiancee eat birthday cake in bed

family trivia night featured the question "what is the French word for rabbit" and i would like to thank A Crown of Candy and specifically Chancellor Lapin Cadbury @dimension20.bsky.social

Cronch, a mostly black calico cat, sits on a brown door mat and presides over her hoard assembled overnight: a pair of black socks and a purple velvet drawstring pouch containing a deck of tarot cards.

one day i will share with you the long list of things Cronch has dragged into our hallway for some mystical reason, but just know that this morning, i added my fiancee's tarot deck onto that list

Presentlydean on April 3rd, 2024 online communities are so strange because people slip away so easily. you can be on here for years, folding people you've never met into the fabric of your daily life, and then they disappear, leaving only ghost posts scattered across tumblr behind. or their blog stays dormant, for weeks, months, years, until you're only still following them because you remember that they love sunflowers or they were kind to you when they didn't have to be or the last thing they posted as sad and raw and you still worry about them sometimes. and sometimes they come back when you least expect it, years later, even, and there's this sudden rush of relief like there you are, there you are, even though you barely knew each other. there's a strange kind of love to it. i don't know you and i want to hold your hand across miles and time zones and oceans. i can still see the imprint of you in this community you left. you don't think anyone will notice or care when you're gone, but we notice and we care and we wish you well. i hope you're all okay out there. i hope the sun is shining on your face and you are breathing deeply. i miss you.

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I miss you, lost friends. I hope the sun is shining on your face, wherever you are.

im looking at murph so respectfully. damn that long hair looks good. and has me hoping for a starstruck odyssey season 2