✨Ben Hamill✨ @benhamill@witches.town

I'm moving my account over to @benhamill. I don't wanna get into the details, but if you're really interested, I guess DM me over there. I'll import my follows momentarily. A bit sad to go because I love a lot of people on this instance.

#introductions

Uh. I like to kindpost, I guess. It's a new skill I'm learning, anyway. Also real bad joaks.

I try to learn about intersectional social justice and am trying to develop the habit of taking concrete, real world action about it more often.

I've got a linguistics degree that I don't use professionally (I'm in software), but I love to talk about words and things.

I think play and playfulness are super important. I enjoy roleplaying, board and video games.

I'm a mod on #WitchesTown. Ask me if you have questions (though I only speak English, do I'm not much help to our large population of French speakers).

My family afforded me a brief nap today. I dreamed I was playing a game a bit like Journey, but there was voice chat and more people playing together than 2. I fell in with a gang of unbearably cool French anarchist kids who all mostly knew each other IRL. We got to a part where you skate/boarded downhill in twilight and they were doing all sorts of awesome tricks while making up raps about the black block and shit in a mix of English and French. I was amazed they tolerated my presence, but they were so nice.

I'm pretty sure this was a dream about #WitchesTown.

Mornin', witches and wicks.

Told both children that I was changing their names to Okra Farts.

6yo: No?
Me, trying not to laugh: Yeah.
6yo: No? Why?

How I get the 3yo to blow big into a tissue: "The power of fire bending comes from the breath."

That's a lotta dots, y'all.

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Mornin', y'all. 🌇

Some highlights of my day so far:

The 6yo and 3yo deciding that "high fiving" themselves in the face is hilarious and good to do. A lot.

The 3yo singing the Imperial March, but with "meow".

Been busy today and mostly radio silent. But I hope you're having a great day. 💖

This evening's brainstorming session: A flying (rotors), amphibious, submersible shark car.

Got a note and a picture from the 3yo's teacher: "Used paper... giraffe art... blah blah. Used the color yellow to make the face parts." And I'm like 🤔

GET EQUIPPED WITH
COLOR YELLOW

Guuten Morgen, Hexen und Hexer.

This is my mech, DAY OLD MEMES.

There's a random Windows machine near my desk hooked up to a giant fuck-off monitor. My teammate asked why we had Bing up on there. The browser was just open to the default homepage or whatever. I figured, as long as we're gonna have random ads in the corner of the room... and loaded joinmastodon.org.

Mornin', y'all. 🌇

I have set up to get a haircut after work. I am so bad about setting stuff like this up. It's been, like, 8 months and I am too scruffy. For context, I normally get my hair cut with the #2 trimmer guard, so where I am now as a percentage of where I like to be at is ✨ridiculous✨!