Yarn and D&D

"Oh yeah, we have an outdoor Corgi, he just gets so bored cooped up inside all day. He knows to stay off the road. Don't worry, he's way too smart for coyotes and the neighbor's know to look out when they drive past."

So my FIRST piece of information if you’re still a teen is that genuinely as you get older it will get easier to regulate your emotions. During adolescence our brains are undergoing a lot of growth and change that genuinely does make it harder to do this, on a scientific level. However, practicing emotional regulation skills can still help a lot and if you can find something that works it will make life easier going forward

Nephew's 4th birthday party yesterday. Did it in my parents apartment, like twenty kids and a corresponding number of parents squeezed into a tiny space. Pandemonium. Then. The magician shows up. Magic Al. He's been doing this for decades (he did MY fifth birthday party. He said it was good to see me again and gave me a hug 😭 🥹. Thank you Magic Al love you Magic Al). He puts on the coat. takes out the wand. Thirty five kids are ENRAPTURED. They are cheering and yelling and SITTING DOWN for an HOUR LONG SET. There's a real dove. He sneezed out two donuts. He's basically doing Kid Standup Comedy with a little sleight of hand. Parents are amazed – "I can't get her to sit down for three minutes, how is she still paying attention."

"Claws like sharpened bananas shot toward me."

a lot of people are very angry with me over this, but I'd just like you to sit down and imagine a banana. maybe a green one so it's extra firm. if you need it to be harder, you can toss it in the freezer.

I hope this comes across as positive/complimentary: I'm reminded of the art teacher who is quoted somewhere on tumblr as saying approximately

Couple + Sibling/relative third wheel is honestly an S-tier trio dynamic and I wish we saw more of this in media.

Bonus points if the non-related half of the couple is just as committed to keeping the third wheel around as the related half.

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