Qwyrdo @Qwyrdo@witches.town

@kacealexander Uhm, if you're trying to cosplay as a Pict, I believe they used woad... *not* tar. ∑;ᴈ

One troubling thing: when I went to the writing center's calendar to double check the starting date for the worldbuilding class, I could not find it.

Waiting to hear back from them. Hoping that it was taken down because the class was full, not because it was cancelled...

On a related note, one of the local orgs I was looking at has a web site straight out of 1994 >_<;

*That* I would not volunteer to fix. But if they had enough budget to *pay* me...

Just met with my ARMHS worker. Starting to think of the whole "what does work look like"?

I anticipate I will need to make a "day job" out of writing copy. In order to get clients, I'm going to need a portfolio and probably some job history.

Had the idea: reach out to local LGBTQ+ organizations to see if they have any needs I can provide for. E.g. editing newsletters, writing for their web sites, etc.

As it happens, Saturday, a local Queer-focused library is hosting a resource fair...in which a heaping handful of these very organizations will be participating.

The Stars are shining brightly for me of late!

@kacealexander Way back when I was using Mac and iTunes, I used playlists to sort my music by sub-genre.

My "All Baroque" playlist was about 3 days long...

@kacealexander Ooh, thanks!

Perhaps soon I shall have to make a Spotify account... 🤔

@AliceinCrystalTokyo Mmm, vexilloligie délicieuse... ∑:9

@kacealexander Inferring from that the answer is "no" ∑;ᴈ

And to answer your counter-question: yes! (Sometimes.)

@kacealexander That depends. Will it make my ears bleed?

@gobham I think I got mine at Nordstrom?

@Qwyrdo Oh yeah: C is coming over to do laundry this afternoon, too. I might ask her to come shopping with me.

ARMHS worker should be here in about an hour. Lots to update on.

Got to schedule another lab, whee.

Trying to get on an earlier, more regular schedule. Mixed results so far.

Need to start working on work. Web site, portfolio, maybe a blog?

Also, need to come up with strategies to differentiate "work time" from "play time". And figure out what "work" looks like until I get some clients.

@alli *Happy kitty nuzz*

Yeah, the latest nerve impingement seems to be improving, already!

I'm still being *real* careful with my back, of course. The underlying problems have yet to be addressed; the last week has been *all* about acute care.

Really, really lucked out with the timing on this, TBH. Preventative care turned into acute care just in the nick of time, and now I have 5 more sessions of PT scheduled to work on *healing*.

Luck? Actually, maybe not. I think I'm just *that* aware of my body that I knew something was going on. The lucky part was just... things going acute just before I started PT, as opposed to afterward.

... are delivered!

Now I can shift to other things and start winding down, f'reals.

Hrrm. How to make shanks for these button blanks, which have one central hole…

Well since I have only a vague idea of when my meds will be delivered (within the next 4 hours), I don't want to attempt writing; that is something that doesn't really lend itself to interruption, for me.

So I guess I'll putter at covering buttons in fabric for my "pirate" costume.

Qapla'!

@Maenad I have previously railed against insurance policies not covering massage treatment.

I think it stems from the messed-up Puritanical notions infused in Western, particularly USian, society. Massage is seen as a luxury, not as a part of good health care.

If this weren't the case, I'd probably be on the table at least once a week, and would probably have much better physical health.