Well you know what they say, the camera adds 10 lbs.

My favorite is when I go through this, think I didn’t make it, then open the microwave to see my cup of now cold tea.

The first draft is stream of consciousness

Just hammer it out until it is done

Sentence structure? Doesn’t matter.

Punctuation? If you feel like it.

Spelling? Fcuk it, wing it.

Do the editing and later

Think of the first draft as a rough hunk of marble you carve out of a mountain. You bring it back to the shop to do roughing passes until you can find David within.

Literally this last weekend I hammered out 10,000ish words in one of the many story projects I’m working on. I’ll finish one at some point, I just need to stop hammering these things out at 2am when I need to get up at 9am.

I feel you friend, my meds ain’t working as well as they should anymore but the closet appointment I can get for adjusting them is still weeks out

One of the “perks” of my job is that is basically pure chaos when you focus on the little details. Big picture you’re just loading and unloading trucks with a forklift, but in the thick of it you’re positioning pallets, identifying what kind of freight it is, confirming the paperwork is done properly, determining position for each type of shipment, balancing the trailers, and on, and on. Not to mention that every single trailer throughout the day is a clearly defined goal that I can see the progress of constantly as I approach finishing the trailer.

That chaos for me helps (as crazy as that sounds) because there’s so many little details to track and check that it’s a constant stream of new details.

The only problems I’m having at work really is getting there on time, taking my breaks on time, and leaving on time. The actually grind I’m doing fine at… mostly… at least not bad enough to draw attention… currently.

I think a big factor for why my boss is understanding is that his son has ADHD and he knows what that like.

Now my personal life on the other hand, that’s a trash fire currently due to the ADHD and the meds needing adjusting.

NGL it really is

Plus you get the perks of doing them with other people, which is hella nice

I’m trying, honest!

I just get paralyzed right as I try to start!

It fucking hurts when I finish a day, can’t muster the energy to start on one of my projects, then just sit there hating myself while I waste another day doing shit I don’t enjoy (scrolling memes) rather than doing something I do enjoy (ANY OF MY GOD DAMNED HOBBIES!)

Tomorrow though, tomorrow I’m starting a print job for film holders for my new (to me) 4x5 camera and hell or high water putting at least one brush stroke on my Orc Marauders Battle Truck model (it’s for One Page Rules, an approachable tabletop war game)

And the overwhelming urge to take a nap before the dryer is done rocking.

I eventually got a second bed set just to help me out on that front

But unfortunately they’ve got a different thread count so they have a different skin feel then the old ones so I absolutely can’t mix the sheets with the other ones because the difference is too jarring

Not to mention also hoping that it doesn’t just bounce out of your brain when the next thought pops in

NGL though sitting under a tree and watching the clouds drift by in this state is pretty nice

It’s like I shift into a different gear.

The chaos in my head falls silent.

The cool of the shade I’m sitting in, the whisper of the wind in the grass and leaves, the chill of the grass on my skin and the soft caress of the wind in my hair, the soft smells of earth and damp moss, the sight of the clouds twisting upon themselves.

The clouds dancing to the sounds of the wind.

It’s a moment of peace before something pulls me back.

I didn’t put any on the inside as I could feel them when I tried, the pants aren’t tight I’m just really particular about the feel of what touches my skin.

These pants have basically been a learning platform for patching things lol

I hadn’t done any patches before this pair of pants and at this point I’m getting pretty quick and good at it. There’s some seams that I can still stitch up (somehow, I’ll figure it out) but they’re improving.

Jokes on you I nest those things too (sometimes sentances need some extra extra (like this one))

There’s a lot of hobbies you can start your free

Trust me, I’ve got a lot of free dead hobbies under my belt

Thank you!

Thank you!

Nope, I wish I could get to their level someday

I feel you friend

I had the same problem with a solar eclipse that happened recently. I drive about 800 miles and then slept through it.

It was raining sideways for me most of the day, and hailing off and on as well. I thought I was going to miss it like most other astronomical events that happen.

The rain about an hour before it started and picked back up just before it’s peak but I was happy to see what I did.

Most of the time I just see clouds for cool events.

Hopefully for the next cool astronomical event you’ll be able to catch it. I’ve been trying to get a specific astro photo for 2 years now because things keep going wrong; one year was a forest fire, the other it was raining. I’m going to try again this year but I’m not holding my breath.

Like maybe cut those executive salaries down a significant amount to start Mozilla because holy shit does Mozilla pay it’s executives a lot vs how much the company makes.

Hell I know 2 aromantic people and they both had different ways of seeing it and expressing it but the one thing they had in common about it was saying that it sucked having to explain it each time.

Like I’m biromantic and demisexual, which everyone seems to have questions about IRL so usually I just leave it at “I’m Bi”. But a brief explanation: I’m romantically attracted to a lot of people but sexual attraction isn’t something that pops into my mind quickly, typically. In general I have to get to know people a bit before my brain basically goes “You know…” In a sexual way. But I’ll much sooner be like “Damn I wonder what kind of flowers they like?”.

I’d say TPU

It’s a lot less gnarly than ABS and depending on the hardness you get can it can be anything from a pain to a cakewalk to print.

Plus IMO it’s got more uses due to it’s durability.