Tiny Octopus

I guess, sometimes we're all 8 again, and just want our parents to make us a sandwich, cut diagonally, with a side of potato chips.

Why on the diagonal? Because it tastes better.

It is patently ridiculous that one of the reasons why I will get fast food or take out is not because I don't have food at home.

It is instead because I just want to pretend for a moment that somebody else is taking care of me.

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Nothing makes me feel like I've succeeded more than when I see the spark of understanding in my daughter's eyes after we've spent time going over math she isn't sure of.

Also, that was a long ass sentence.

A Jell-O geoduck!

When you said murse, I thought of Paul Flowers from Scrubs, and I was with you.

Then you veered off into handbag land, and I'm still with you.

I have a crossbody pack that holds everything I need and lets me keep my wallet accessible and mostly pick pocket proof.

Had a small leak at the therapy session today. It almost was ugly, but I managed to keep it together.

Because that's what men do, right? Keep it together.

(that's sarcasm, btw, and I'm looking forward to the day I trust myself enough to let it go. That's gonna be a day.)

Well, I'm still excepted, so still covered, but that's still a load of horseshit, honestly.

That would be nice. I've never really talked to other adopted kids.

I do know that my fear was validated, which is kind of funny in that therapy way of "humor is the way we cope", because I was unadopted at 10, which is why I was at a group home a couple of years later.

I have no idea why this took off. Algorithms are weird. 🤔

It's not that terrible. Adoption is a wonderful thing. I just hope that people who adopt toddlers or older are made aware that there's going to be some underlying trauma that needs dealt with. I don't think my adopted parents were ready for that. I've made my peace with that.

The guy who cooked was a chunky retired Navy cook who would bring in this big cast iron waffle pan once a month. It was an earned privilege if you were level 3 and above that you could pick out what kind of waffles would get made.

Patrick Group Home, Oak Harbor, WA. I'll never forget them.

I sometimes wonder about other adopted kids and if they ever felt the pressure to be "better" or a model kid, like you weren't allowed to have insecurities or express trauma or you might get sent back.

Just me? Okay then.

#adoptedkidthoughts

Having a 90s morning, reminiscing what it was like to be a kid growing up in a group home, listening to Jewel and making chocolate chip waffles for the other kids.

As an excepted (vs. exempt) federal employee, I say, hold the line.

I may not use the subsidies now, but others do, and I remember my days of budgeting furiously, living on $10/hr, to make life livable for me and my two daughters.

Taylor Swift's multiple versions of her vinyl and cds remind me of the comic book heyday in the 90s when every issue had six variant covers and you weren't a true fan unless you bought them all.

Still, am I listening to The Life of a Showgirl?

Yes. Yes I am.

Critical Role season 4 in 104 minutes.

I didn't need to go to bed. Who needs sleep? I can sleep at my desk tomorrow!

Time to primary US Representative Jared Golden of Maine.

Number one cause of a traffic jam on your morning commute? State Trooper on the highway in front of you going the speed limit.

This scratches so many itches I didn't even know I had.

As an "essential" government worker, I still get to make that awful 34 minute commute though.

At least the line through the security checkpoint will be shorter.

As someone who works for the federal government and will be impacted by the shutdown, I am okay with this as long as something good comes from it.

I have about two months worth of savings, which I know makes me extremely blessed and fortunate, and I'm an essential worker, which is a two sided coin.

Well, at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if their only dev is a vibe coding intern doing it for exposure.

I should be asleep instead of pondering mortality and entertaining the ghosts who visit at 2 a.m. in all their Dickinson-ion glory.

Thank Cthulhu for coffee because I'm going to be absolute rubbish at the 0830 sprint review

I think you should learn more about Groypers. Ten years ago, people were forced to learn about incels. Today, it's Nick Fuentes and his followers.

But, yes. Extremism of any kind can be dangerous. And political violence is something that should only be reserved for nation-states obviously.

Magda Goebbels made great strudel.

Are you referring to the meme language written on the bullets (the Helldivers 2 code to drop a bomb in game, the anti-furry message, etc) or the manufacturing stamp from Turan?

For as dirty as Afrasiabi did Sylvanas in BfA, that intro cinematic was pure molten fire and still gives me chills to this day.

Although I maintain that Anduin did some bullshit hack to drop combat so he could cast mass rez.

Look, I'm sorry, but seeing serious serious news casters reading "If you read this, you are gay" and "notices bulge. OwO" is hilarious.

And watching them misinterpret a Helldivers 2 meme. Also pretty hilarious.

Aaaaanyway...

Oh no. Anyway.

Also. I'm not celebrating, but I'm sure as fuck not going to mourn him.