It’s In The Name

something i really liked about project hail mary is that Rocky and Grace are both equally out of their depth and about as competent as the other. theyre both the smart one. theyre both total dumbasses. neither knows whats going on. they both think the other is an idiot baby. they both admire the other's intelligence so much.

explosion at health potion factory 0 dead 0 injured

idk how to explain it but im never truly comfortable with the way people insinuate that all older folks are inherently bigoted. it always feels like it kind of hand-waves away personal responsibility like ohhhh grandpa cant help homophobic, hes old. well ive met plenty of older folks who are normal about gay people. i think grandpa could be better. i think we should hold grandpa to higher standards.

My grandma is a dyed-in-the-wool Southern Baptist and I admit I was nervous about coming out to her as trans, so my auntie (who is more like a big sister to me) offered to tell her. And my grandma's response was "Well I don't understand it per se, but I'm proud of you for being who you are." And then she went to my auntie, who is a doctor, and was like "so clearly things have changed since I was last in biology class, explain me how this works because clearly there is a gap in my education here and I want to understand." (which my aunt did, s/o to my aunt who works at a children's hospital and has had trans patients). Like did I think my grandma would freak out? No. Was I still nervous? Yes. But her response was so awesome and heartening, and this is a woman in her late 80s.

"you should be at the club" i should be in the woods. performing the ritual.

hello i would like everyone to know that sometimes you can sob your eyes out and have an existential crisis one moment and then suddenly you're booking your driver's test and applying for jobs and crocheting a blanket and maybe life isn't so bad anymore!! maybe you can feel awful and fix your life anyway!! maybe you're allowed to be a wreck and still be good enough!! i am a full on adult and have avoided getting my license for years but now i'm finally doing it because i've grown around the fear!!!! the world didn't crash and burn when i was fifteen!! i did this for myself and i'm going to be okay!!

the way i am shaking with tears is an understatement I'VE BEEN QUOTED

I'm printing it and taping it to my mirror BTW

I'll be making sure we still have engineers and machinists haha

I just have to lock in and get through my to-do list and then I'll start my new system with a clean slate and everything will be better.

I'll set a calendar event for two weeks ahead of time and two days ahead of time so I won't forget.

If I just remember to do it every day it'll become a habit and I won't have to think about it.

I'll just stay at my desk until all of my tasks are done for the day and then they won't build up.

That's important, let me write it down on my hand so I can't ignore it.

If I skip lunch I'll catch up a little bit and I won't have to stay late or start early to stay on top of things.

I think if I work late all week that'll get me through the backlog and then I just have to keep up.