#musegaarid

I got a mattress shipped to me and it was way heavier than I expected.

Yeah, my parents got a king from Helix that I helped them install, and it was close to 110 pounds, so I at least had some warning; I checked the weight on the website and this one is 65, which is manageable if not easy for one person. I definitely fucked up a shoulder muscle getting it settled in the frame. 

musegaarid on this post

Not trying to start any drama here, but the Helpy Selfy and Heapy Cheapy at least strike me as somewhat racist, especially since Asian Americans were often stuck opening laundries or grocery stores. Maybe I’m reading too much into it, though. The other rhyming ones seem harmless.

It’s possible -- there aren’t any images of the exterior or interior decor of the buildings themselves, nor any photos/mentions of the owners. That said, in this case I think it’s somewhat unlikely, if only because it’s a super small town in ultra-rural Texas and the Asian population of Texas, especially in 1939, outside of major urban areas, was not large. I’m inclined to think they were probably simply both owned by someone in Quemado who liked rhymes. :D But yeah, can’t rule it out. 

nindylou on this post

Photopea is a perfectly lovely free web-based photoshop alternative. Give it a whirl!

fwiw, my boyfriend is a paramedic and he says they never look at people's bracelets to see if they're diabetic or whatever. Apparently it takes too much time and he can pretty much tell what the problem is immediately anyway. So, buy the bracelets if you want, but don't rely solely on them!

Yeah, I’ve heard the same -- it’s more so that, if you’re say out running early and didn’t bring a wallet with ID, they have a way to figure out who you are quickly and reach your next of kin. It’s less for medical conditions and more for like, “Got hit by a car and is now a John Doe.” 

i was trying to explain fandom censorship issues to my mom the other day, and it made me realize if Those People had Their Way i wouldn’t have found SH when i did. i know you had the kid version but that is... not... what i read first

I read my first explicit fanfic when I was 14 or so, I think? It was the real wild west back then. And yeah I’m sure if I were writing and posting SH/LC I’d be in a lot more hot water for stuff like the kids experimenting with romance and sex as young teens, but like...I was. Most people I knew when I was 14-16 were. 

forlorn-kumquat replied to your post “Your tags make it sound like the vet gave YOU sedatives for the stress...”

considering they're indoor cats and you're really strict about making sure they don't get outside, I don't think you have too much to worry about with a late rabies booster

No, but I worry a bit that if I ever had to, absolutely had to board them, I wouldn’t be allowed because their shots aren’t current. And if Deebs did flip out again and bite someone and her Rabies wasn’t up to date, even if she had no possible way of having it, that could go really really badly for her. 

tienriu replied to your post “An intriguing new twist, I think – it appears that if someone comments...”

how do you even mark that your tumblr has sensitive content? I can't find the setting any more.

I think at this point it’s just something Tumblr does TO you. 

enthusiasticconsentacles replied to your post “Do you have a latino market by you? All the ones I've been to in my...”

Northwestern Cutlery not taking in sharpening anymore? Last time I was at Sur La Table they offered sharpening services, too, and you didn't even have to buy anything. Sharpening by Dave does the Farmer's market circuit - next one in the city is Lincoln Square on Tuesday mornings.

Oh, they’ll still do sharpening and I might start mailing mine in, but they’re moving out of the city, way out to the burbs where it’s tough for me to get to. 

musegaarid replied to your post “hey, sam, seeing as how you're just getting started with the ozyverse,...”

Your plot makes sense to me, Sam, but I take anonymous's point as well. unCourt feels clunky linguistically, and you could still set up a dichotomy without saying un- or non-. How about Court vs. Blanks, or Court vs. Provs (short for provincials) or some other term that still means us vs. them without saying specifically not-us?

Just to support the "lee" pronunciation... I live in Roswell, New Mexico, which was once owned by a Captain Joseph Calloway Lea. So everything is named after him and it's definitely pronounced "lee" here. The locals made fun of me when I arrived and said "lee-uh" (even though that's how it's spelled!)

I still get made fun of for pronouncing Goethe Street in Chicago with the German pronunciation rather then “Go-eh-th.” :D Thanks though, that’s good to know! 

theahole replied to your post “Me: *watching youtube videos* Dearborn: *soft mew on my lap* Me:...”

aw. tell her I love her?

She knows all who witness her must love her. :D 

hxans replied to your post “Me: *watching youtube videos* Dearborn: *soft mew on my lap* Me:...”

You still gave her pats tho right?

Of course! I’m not a monster :D Anyway that’s her “pet my belly” posture more or less -- she doesn’t like being stroked on her back, but if she’s on her side with her head turned she usually wants belly rubs. She’s just not usually quite so weird looking about it. 

col1999 replied to your photo “I mailed out the masks from the fundraiser this past weekend! They are...”

I got mine yesterday! It's one of the larger ones I have, which is nice since it covers more face. I only tried it on for a minute but I have hopes that the ear loops will not make me look like Dumbo - which would be So Frickin Nice for a change. Even my mom laughed at how most masks make my ears stick out. :/

Oh sweet! Yeah, some of the ones I’ve made make my ears stick out a little too, though I find that if you hook your finger under the elastic, run it all the way around your ear and down to your chin, it sometimes helps “Settle” it. Also, google “ear saver” for cheap hooks that can pull the elastic away from your ears! 

I’m working on a new design now for R, which involves using a piece of leather or thick yarn looped through the masks and secured with a toggle instead, because R has the same issue with his big giant head :D

daroos replied to your photo “You know what gets me is the TWO CANS. Two CANS of Beef Broth, one CUP...”

it would just be so salty

Ugh, I'm pregnant with bad seasonal allergies I can't really treat, which has resulted in some secondary infections. Plus my husband has bad cabin fever and won't admit he has what I'm 98% sure is mild but chronic anxiety. So there's been a lot of me coughing horribly and him "just asking" if I'm *really sure* it's a sinus infection.

Man, that sounds awful. One of my colleagues is set to give birth in like a week, and she’s miserable enough without allergies. 

It may be helpful, given anxiety often isn’t rational but I’m sure it’s tiring to keep being asked, to discuss what you’d be doing differently if it WAS covid. Like, a sinus infection is basically treated in the same fashion because most of them are viral too, correct? And even if you are taking antibiotics, that’s not going to harm you if it is covid. So it may help to point out that even if it isn’t a sinus infection, you’re still treating “covid” when you treat the sinus infection. Between that and having or making a concrete plan for if it does end up being covid and you take a turn for the worse, that may settle him somewhat. My mother was very relieved when I told her I had an ER “go bag” packed in case I get very sick very suddenly; now she knows I’m prepared and there’s a plan in place.

musegaarid replied to your post “Sorry I missed stream last night guys! I honestly lay down on the bed...”

Actually, this is how the coronavirus manifested for my partner. He's just really lethargic and unable to taste or smell anything. He's also got a minor cough and runny nose, though those might be allergies. Anyway, he's a paramedic so he got tested and sure enough, he's got it. It's strange to say that I hope you have it, too, but if this is the worst it gets for you and then you get immunity, that seems like a pretty good deal. Feel better soon!

I did hear that losing a sense of smell/taste was a symptom, but fortunately it’s not quite that -- I can still taste food, like I had a chicken sandwich this morning and could taste the chicken and the avocado, it’s just I got no enjoyment from it, and was very unenthused about even making it. I keep thinking “Oh, I want something hot, I want something made for me” but then I run through the list of foods I could order in, which in Chicago is a lot of options, and I just can’t come up with anything. Even pizza, which I will almost never say no to and which is so close I could go pick up so I wouldn’t have to deal with delivery, I’m just like “Meh. The cheese will upset my stomach.”

col1999 replied to your post “Sorry I missed stream last night guys! I honestly lay down on the bed...”

God, you totally articulated my thoughts. Especially the nose running all winter - is this normal runny nose or Corvid 19 runny nose? I'm hot - do I have a fever or is it because the sun is shining on me at my desk right now? I have to keep calming myself down, or maybe if not 'calming' at least settling myself down. And the ENNUI is killing me. I feel like I'm having mild panic/anxiety attacks about work, but they are so flattened...I guess that's good, I guess. ��

When I was younger and reading the “Death” series of Discworld novels, I remember Albert (Death’s servant) was described as perpetually having a drip at the end of his nose, and I was like “Gross, how does that even work? I’ve never had a drip at the end of my nose, that must be like a joke” and this past winter I have had a perpetual, INFURIATING drip at the end of my nose. Getting older is terrible. 

I figure, I know the main symptoms, and I know which of them I tend to have anyway, so I discount those, and as long as I don’t have a fever it doesn’t matter anyway. So I’m just slowly wearing out the battery on my digital thermometer. 

tienriu replied to your post “Sorry I missed stream last night guys! I honestly lay down on the bed...”

I think you and I are in the same weird space (also got my masks and extra toilet paper ahead of the panic buying for completely different and long running reasons so lol). Hearing everybody else struggling I keep finding myself second guessing my own 'fine'. If everybody isn't fine, is my 'fine' somehow a manifestation of not being fine? I have finally decided to just stop asking myself if I'm truly fine and just letting the anxiety hit me when it decides to arrive.

Yeah, I ask myself if I’m in denial like 2-3 times a day, but I feel like if I were in denial I wouldn’t have been able to hold up against my onslaught of asking this long.  :D

eimearkuopio reblogged your post and added:

I needed this. I had a slightly elevated temperature and sore throat last week and so I’ve not gone out since just so I wouldn’t risk making other people sick, but I wasn’t sick enough to really “feel” sick, except that I’ve also been unable to concentrate and work even when I was trying and my boss said it was fine and to just not force myself to work instead of recovering, but today was meant to be my (self-imposed) “back to work” deadline and I stayed up until 2 playing video games and am now lying in bed paralysed with stress over WHAT TO DO. Do I go for a run? Do I fold the giant pile of clean laundry that has built up? Do I tidy my desk? Do I shower and get dressed, or should that wait until after the hypothetical run? Do I just force myself to turn on the computer, log in to the server, and open the appropriate code?

Aw, I’m sorry you’ve been sick! And it’s super hard to get back to work at the best of times. I’m lucky that I’m expected to be “at work” for very specific hours, and to set my away message when I’m afk, which gets me working on time, but it’s still rough. 

Sam, if you search on Spoonflower using either "doctor Who" or "police box", there's tons of awesome fabrics available!

Oh, good idea! Spoonflower is generally a little pricy for me, and there is plenty of Who fabric on Etsy, but I’ll remember that if I’m looking for something a little more specific....

musegaarid replied to your photoset “adventurelandia: Modern Inventions (1937) This is one of my favorite...”

At first, all I could see was the top gif without the subtitle and I thought that the hyperventilating robot was a really good image to represent us all in 2020.

Isn't this the plot of Avenue 5, the new Hugh Laurie show?

Is it? If so I’m missing out, that sounds amazing.

sofiaottoman replied to your photo “Every once in a while I discover something that just makes me wish I...”

why does the male banana have a face but not the female one??? people actually buy this??

I mean. Considering the food industry, the specific oil/fat is probably just partially hydrogenated vegetable oil.

The ingredients list says soybean and palm, so six of one, half dozen of the other I suppose, but it’s pre-melted into the bread in a way that I’ve found difficult to duplicate. I should watch a How It’s Made or ask Bon Appetite to help or something. :D 

bears-official replied to your post “Sam you mentioned frozen garlic bread was a splurge for you. Have you...”

I LOVE THAT GARBAGE SO MUCH

A) Sometimes you just want garbage food! and B) NEVER HAS A COMMENT BEEN MORE ON BRAND FOR A USERNAME

Also I had no idea how many people loved shitty freezer garlic bread. Truly I am among my own kind. 

docbeeski replied to your post “The Vanishing Of Schultheis”

I'm so keen for the Tamam Shud story to be solved one day. It's got everything - the Cold War links, the missing labels on the clothes, the mystery numbers and texts in the book, the state of his shoes, all the clues being found and tracked down and leading to nothing...

Not to mention one of the main investigators on it now married the granddaughter of the nurse they’re pretty sure was involved with the dead man! 

 musegaarid replied to your post “niennanir replied to your post “The Vanishing Of Schultheis” ...”

Just because I know you like trivia and language: the word "Mayan" refers only to the language that the Maya speak. It's a really common error. (Is there a word for something that is said incorrectly more often than it's said correctly?) Anyway, there's your fun fact for the day. ;)

I had no idea! Thanks for the info. I couldn’t find a term for a word used incorrectly more than correctly, but I would like to suggest mallitera which has the added bonus of sounding like one of the most wrongly used words in English, “Literally” :D

vr-trakowski replied to your post “The Vanishing Of Schultheis”

I read "sorry about the bananas formatting" as the bananas were doing the formatting, and something like the Muppet Show instantly formed in my head. Now I want felt bananas formatting. Something.

I can picture a felt muppet banana at a typewriter SO CLEARLY

kink-tomato replied to your post “niennanir replied to your post “The Vanishing Of Schultheis” ...”

I found one source claiming his remains were found in November 1956 but there’s no citation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Interesting regardless! Lay a link on me if you got one still! 

themarchrabbit replied to your post “niennanir replied to your post “The Vanishing Of Schultheis” ...”

I meant he was a spy for the United States. The US was...very horrifically involved in politics in that general area at the time. So my thought was that he got 'disappeared' and everyone in both governments was just kind of...."who?"