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@crazylemon ah, that sounds really cool! speaking of dreams, I think it's time for me to head to bed, but I've enjoyed talking to you tn 🙂

@crazylemon you'll get there! I've done it twice I think - one time I fell asleep on a slightly swaying garden swing, and I think the movement may have helped? I demanded "elephants!" and there was a stampede of elephants

flying dreams are the best! you flutter-kick to fly? I've heard everyone dreams of flying differently - I sort of fall a bit and catch myself with my arms to swoop forward.

@crazylemon you've solved it! or just have a computer you never connect to the internet, or plug any flash drives into, or attach a microphone to, or, or, (computer security makes me so so tired)

I tried logging my dreams for a while, but a lot of my dreams are heavily plotted science fiction dystopian nightmares, and it turned out I didn't actually want to remember them :/ have you had much luck with lucid dreaming?

@crazylemon yeah, I mean, I'm going to use a notebook because I'm deeply in love with notebooks, but this does seem like the sort of thing where an ongoing file would work really well. editing is definitely an advantage!

you could always encrypt it - idk about other systems, but ubuntu had a really easy to use encryption tool which would let you encrypt anything in a directory. computer security is kind of the worst in so many ways, but it's better than nothing.

@crazylemon huh, that's an interesting idea! I'd agree that I perceive time as running faster than I used to, but I feel like a big part of that for me is just having a really regular routine - if nothing of note really happens in a day, it sticks out less as time passing and a week can just kind of blend together.

do give it a try! it'll give me motivation to actually do it myself, haha. are you thinking of using a notebook as well?

my girlfriend knows how long we've been dating, but I Do Not and I feel bad about it lol (it just keeps getting longer so it's very confusing)

I'm thinking about making a timeline of my various life events bc I've been finding it hard to remember the order of things sometimes, and I'd like something to refer to. I want to include major things, like when I started dating my girlfriend, but also stuff like when I started using linux and when my favourite colour switched.

I want it as a hard copy, maybe as a notebook? I've kept diaries sporadically in the past, but I tend to veer really hard into recording absolutely everything that happens and getting stressed when I miss stuff. but I think this would be low key enough I wouldn't get stuck in that.

ah, I got a really positive response to one of the emails I sent last night, yaaaaaaay

one of my favourite tropes is "fantasy that's secretly science fiction" but the trouble with asking for recommendations based on that is that's pretty much always going to be a major spoiler.

but it's /so good/ when it's done right...

@crazylemon haven't played any of those, but I'm intrigued by the names! I generally like exploration+crafting games (with some combat but not usually as the main focus) - recently I've been into Starbound and Don't Starve, but I've played a lot of Terraria and Rimworld as well. I really liked Aquaria, and I'm also really excited for Subnautica - it's still in beta, but it's an underwater exploration game and it's gorgeous!

@deem yeah I'm planning on writing a short letter and putting it in the card. and maybe printing out some stuff from PFLAG bc neither of my parents know how to use the internet

@distelfliege I can imagine! socks are about the smallest circumference I want to deal with.

a local knitter here actually made a pattern which had webbed fingers, so you could do individual finger holes without having to do tiny tubes (but I can't seem to find the pattern atm...)

@distelfliege @cassolotl oh wow they look great! I love the look of the variegated purple with the other solid colours. I've never managed to knit gloves with actual individual finger tubes, so I'm very impressed 👌

@distelfliege hi! awesome! are you knitting anything cool atm?

I've started some socks...just barely... https://witches.town/media/fYQ7KlE-f_YDEPChk7o

hi! I didn't do an #introduction so here goes:

I'm 29, cis lesbian in Canada (she/her pronouns)

I have a lot of hobbies and I tend to cycle through them, but the big ones are:
#knitting #drawing #piano #ukulele #videogames

I have a bunch of mental health ~stuff~ going on, and I'm working very hard to be an emotionally stable person. I tend to do a lot of emotional labour and can get intense about things.

in school I studied knowledge integration, math, and art, so I know small bits about lots of different things.

I teach beginner knitting (which I love) and do tech support for my day job (which I hate)

I want to make friends, so talk to me!

ok well I have written several drafts of this and they all sound like shitposts bc emotionally vulnerable is not a safe thing to be with my parents

HOWever I have found several options for notecards so I've made ~progress~

(I think the "fries before guys" one is a terrible idea but would be kind of hilarious)

https://witches.town/media/P9COuPjgRxGDVyRX5gc