Worked my first whole week at a new job that doesn't make me wanna gouge my eyes out. Also, from my desk I can see the little fortress of web dev on the horizon and I think -- soon. Not today, but soon. For now? Head down, nose clean, eyes straight and workworkwork and practice practice practice.
@Cupcake This is becoming kind of a guidebook.
@Quinn said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Advocate for yourself though, as with anything!
My dentist buddy is Seroquel. Thanks, science.
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@Aria said in RL things I love:
@Cobaltasaurus said in RL things I love:
On the upside of life: I ordered my first perfume from BPAL and it's amazing. It came with a sample that is ALSO amazing ... so I guess I'll be buying more perfume on my next payday, lol.
Take care. BPAL quickly becomes a string of wildly irresponsible orders that builds into "I need a box for this", she said three boxes later.
Allow me to make it worse. Here are a few more places with smell-goods that I've thrown money at:
https://sixteen92.com/
https://arcanawildcraft.com/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Alkemia
https://www.poesieperfume.com/
https://www.hexennacht.com/products
Resources:
Names: https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/
http://www.20000-names.com/
https://surnames.behindthename.com/
Inspiration: http://www.soulcraft.co/essays/the_12_common_archetypes.html
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/adjectives-personality-positive.htm
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/adjectives-personality-negative.htm
Development: https://www.writingclasses.com/toolbox/character-questionnaire/gotham
https://writerswrite.co.za/the-character-questionnaire-you-need-to-complete/
After conducting my own search, I am just going to leave this here and slooooowly back away.
You've been warned.
Irk: My brain's sometimes like a really shitty roommate -- like one that doesn't clean up after itself, doesn't pay things on time, and says the worst things at the worst opportunity -- but in my head.
All the fucking time.
This is how I wind up (yes, even when on medication that mostly works) re-recording my responses to an automated interview until about the tenth or twelfth time when I finally mess up and skip a question (Why are you interested in this position? BECAUSE I NEED AN ENTRY LEVEL JOB IN THIS FIELD and shit --) and then I want to stare blankly at someone that's just 'a little OCD' because they like to color coordinate their books or whatnot.
I am never going to disrespect someone else's mental health tribulations because that's such an asshole thing to do and while I can be an insensitive jerk (once in a while) I just want -- or wish, maybe, although that's not the best word choice -- that I could have a brain that just made me do THAT. Instead of, you know, hand-washing every single time I get stressed out because I can't control the world, only my responses to it, and my brain's telling me that it's PERFECTLY OK to wash my hands in odd numbered increments as a response.
Even though I know better.
They made a movie? Huh. No, nah, nope. Must have been at Lake Laogai during that.
@aerianyx I also think Cee Lo. Or T-Pain, for that brief autotune clue.
I reenacted the sled down the stairs scene from Home Alone.
@dreampipe We'll have to play on SL sometime!
