Love keeps her in the air

here is a map of the path of the eclipse (from timeanddate)

Is it worth it, for such a brief moment? ABSOLUTELY! Trust me, you will remember that moment for the rest of your life.

Totality in a parking lot. (My photo.)

It's ONLY safe to look at the sun during totality — even in the seconds before and after, you can damage your eyes without eclipse glasses. But you DO want to remove your eclipse glasses during totality!

But if you're in that less-than-100% area and can't travel to see totality, it's definitely still worth going outside for! Wear eclipse glasses! Or you can quickly make a simple pin projector with two sheets of paper and a pin/thumbtack, or just grab a colander from the kitchen, take it outside and you will be able to see the eclipse indirectly.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The sun will be low in the sky during this eclipse in sub-polar regions.

"This means that across the European continent—and particularly in Spain—skywatchers will need to make sure they have a clear line of sight toward the western horizon. There is a risk that people’s view of the eclipse may be blocked by hills, buildings, trees, and other obstructions." (x)

More info at:

I went, "What. no. she/her."

"How does that work? With she/her/hers and they/them?"

I stared at her. "What are you talking about?"

"Well you came out as-" and I said, "I'm asexual."

She replied, "Like an amoeba, I know."

"Oh. My god. No. Mom. It doesn't- it's not the asexual you learned about in biology. I didn't come out as a single celled organism."

With heavy relief, she said "Oh, it has a different meaning?"

https://wheelofnames.com/ry4-3s4

The wheel is completed but if you the mod want to change it at all feel free and I couldn't figure out how to get the link to work properly even un-anoned.

Thanks, have a nice day and drink some water

You have just lost use of this random kitchen item/implement!

This is not entirely unusual for me, as I have hEDS. It was, however, a bit more extreme than I am used to.

Tuesday night, I went to stand up and every muscle in my body completely noped out. I collapsed on the floor, and could not get up, as none of my muscles was working at all. I flopped and sort of inchwormed out of my room and down the hall to find Jonathan. About 60 feet of impossible movement. I'm sure I looked both alarming and comical. I'm still not sure how I made it, but the only other option was to die where I was, which seemed like an unpalatable choice. Our tenant has had nursing training, so I sent Jonathan to get her. She took one look at me and immediately called an ambulance. In the ambulance, the 3 EMTs were wonderful. They immediately started an IV and hooked me up to an EEG (EKG?)

I deal with crises through a combination of terrifying competence and humor. Samples of dialogue from the ambulance ride: EMT: I've established an IV. 22 needle in the hand. 22 in the hand. Me: ...is better than 2 in the bush. EMT: I can't find a pulse. No pulse detected. Me: I suppose this is a good time to tell you I'm an organ donor... EMT: (trying to distract me from the Unpleasant Things her colleagues were doing to me) What made you choose to become an organ donor? Me: Oh, I'm just really into recycling... We arrived at the hospital, and I spent 23 hours in a hallway, with one trip to the CT scanner. No water, no fluids, no bed pan. My muscles were still AWOL, so I was completely helpless. It was...unpleasant. When my bloodwork came back, it was determined that I had so little potassium in my body that it didn't even register on the tests. No one could explain how I was still alive. I spent a further 5 days in the hospital, and gradually regained control of my muscles. I'm now back to my normal, which isn't very, but at least I can shuffle around and wipe my own butt again. Small victories. :) Early next week, I have to see a doctor and get another blood panel done, to make sure my potassium and CK levels are stable. This is going to cost me around $350 out of pocket. I don't have anywhere near that much money. If anyone can help, I would be extremely grateful. Reblogs are a huge help! I've just listed more magnets in my Etsy store.

https://mardigoth.etsy.com

It is also not lost on me the disproportionate spotlight female characters in the MCU get, but sure put this misogynist bum who goes out of his way to associate with Hollywood abusers and predators of women in everything Feige!

And the amount of women in the Marvel fandom continuing to shamelessly support this man especially on here 🥴

I give myself deadlines, and it works. but — and this is important — I personally do not recommend this to anybody. not because I want to gatekeep it but because it’s not exactly healthy. and I am aware that it’s not healthy. because, assuming you’re talking about fanfics, fanfic writing is a hobby. so I still think it’s better to just go at our own pace. since we’re doing it for ourselves and our own enjoyment.

but yeah I still do give myself deadlines. and that’s mostly how I got my chapters (or my one-shots) done. is it healthy? not really. do I put unnecessarily pressure on myself? absolutely. but does it work for me? unfortunately yes.

Word minimums are great. You write 500 words? 250? 100? That’s doable right, and if you feel like it you can keep going!

But the keep going bit would trip me up. Suddenly it didn’t feel like 100 words. It felt like if I started, I had to do the whole chapter.

Enter word maximums. If I have a word maximum of 1000, and I’ve hit my minimum of 250, well I’m a quarter of the way there and that’s not so intimidating. If I want to stop after 250? Well I’ve only lost an opportunity to write another 750, not an entire chapter.

Also if I got to 1000, and I had more in me but had to stop, it made me more excited to return to it the next day.