A Geek in Girl's Clothing

Keith Haring, May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990.

Some nights even filling up the kettle and setting an empty mug out for my morning tea felt hard. But I was always thankful for it in the morning.

Other nights, one thing would lead to another, and I’d wake up in a clean house with everything ready to go.

And, on a rare few nights, the one thing that I could do to make my morning easier was going straight to bed and allowing myself to rest.

Octo-Girl／蛸乙女

The Octo-Girl print is available in my Etsy shop! 

*Please note* U.S. orders ship once a week on TUESDAYS due to limited access to a faraway drop-off location.

Wanting something requires dopamine signaling, but liking something doesn’t.

If you have a mental illness/disorder that affects dopamine, you might feel that you don’t want to do the things that you like. You do still like them. You will appreciate having done them.

Let your likes guide you.

(If you want to read more, here’s one experimental paper about it. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5171207/ This theory called the incentive-sensitization theory was originally created to explain behaviors in addiction but can be applied elsewhere as well)

The library where I lived in 1998 got this, and I checked it out then multiple times because the projects were Just So Modern. I acquired the book from a thrift store a few years ago, and the projects are indeed Very Late 90s, and also very...ah...beginner friendly. Sometimes I think of getting rid of the book, but it's still highly amusing, and it occurred to me that others may enjoy The Incredible 1998ness of it