Reminder Reminder
This does, somehow, actually seem to work. The more memory traces there are attached to something, the more likely one of them survives for long enough.
2023-04-14 11:10:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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Vacation days
Needless to say, easter vacation passed uneventfully.
2023-04-12 10:17:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe Moon of My Life
And yes, this was about A Song of Ice and Fire. In my defense I never watched the show, I just read the books.
2023-04-10 13:34:19 +0000 UTC View PostSketches, paintings and doodles!
Have a pile of random doodles, sketches and other paintings! These are the ones I've gathered over the past few months, the earliest being from my christmas break! They're not in any particular order, and just drawings and paintings I've done for fun while taking breaks from more serious and intentional work.
2023-04-09 17:39:48 +0000 UTC View PostSunny spot
Our balcony - with the glass panels - heats up like a greenhouse whenever the sun shines on it, and it's a special treat to go there after a shower to sun dry like a spanish tomato. Bliss.
2023-04-08 10:57:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Daytime moon
Based on another actual conversation we've had! I admit I partially drew this in hopes that someone in the reader crew would know the real answer.
2023-04-04 09:34:55 +0000 UTC View PostVirpojat - the easter witches
Translation of the finnish text:
"May we bless this house?"
"You may."
"Thank you!"
I wish I had my own photo of the easter willows, but like I said, we haven't had any in years. ;__;
Morning cuddles
I'm trying to resist the urge to do that, now. It's a powerful force, but making his least favourite part of the day any harder than it needs to be is the opposite of what I want to achieve.
2023-03-31 09:13:37 +0000 UTC View PostSupernatural summons
Fun fact: both finnish and apparently some germanic languages have a "missing word" for bear - myth has it that if you speak out the true name of the beast, it will arrive to see who called for it. The current word for "bear" is one of the euphenisms used in its stead. The true name was avoided so carefully that it was actually forgotten, and therefore lost to history altogether.
2023-03-29 10:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostAnxiety
Sometimes your brain just goes off the rails and starts getting scared of things you'd otherwise understand are completely irrational. It's like being in a dream - you can't tell whether you are or not, because in both cases you'll think you aren't.
2023-03-27 10:27:37 +0000 UTC View PostMissing middle part
I grew up surrounded by other people with ADHD. He hasn't.
2023-03-25 13:17:18 +0000 UTC View PostBaking bread
I try to not make too many complain-y passive-aggressive comics, but this time I lost the battle.
2023-03-23 11:31:58 +0000 UTC View PostLove and trust
I can understand that my forgetfulness can be hard to believe sometimes - but if I was genius enough to calculate that kind of sabotage to ruin everyone else's day, I would have figured out some way to not keep ruining my own day as well.
2023-03-21 12:49:11 +0000 UTC View PostRejection sensitive dysphoria
I am aware that I'm not rational, but getting people to like me is how I've survived life to this point.
2023-03-19 10:41:52 +0000 UTC View PostControlled chaos
My work desk is partially on the floor - I alternate between sitting at a desk and the floor - and if I don't see where something is, I can't find it. And sometimes I do see the thing, and still don't see it.
2023-03-17 13:59:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe Life Ahead
When I was 19, I was terrified that I'd be running out of time. But the older I get, the more I realise that there's still plenty of it, more than enough.
2023-03-15 10:49:32 +0000 UTC View PostOptimism
As a life philosophy, I'm personally an epicurean hedonist when I'm happy, and a stoic when I'm not. If I'm happy and having a good day, this is good because I have no greater duty than to do so, and when I'm not, I have no greater duty than to fulfill my duties the best I can. There are no days that are bad, just different definitions of good.
2023-03-13 11:14:22 +0000 UTC View Post
The sound of music
Once again based on a true story: he really didn't know people can literally get goosebumps from good music.
2023-03-09 10:49:16 +0000 UTC View PostPhantom tickles
This actually works, somehow. Sometimes when he's reaching for it when we're cuddling, I can somehow sense it long before his hand is even hovering above that spot on my lower back (left side). Somehow the specific spot migrates slightly, but is always just as sensitive.
2023-03-07 11:31:12 +0000 UTC View PostFast walkers
I went to see my friends yesterday, and showed this to the friend with the arthritis, just to check she wouldn't be insulted by the punchline. She found this hilarious.
2023-03-05 11:57:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe demonstration paradox
This, fascinatingly enough, also applies to mischievous and oddly behaving animals, who stop doing The Werid Thing They Always Do as soon as someone else is there to see it.
2023-03-03 11:46:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe Ants and the Grasshopper
I always hated this story, even as a kid, though I couldn’t put my finger on why. Though society rests upon their shoulders, not everyone is a planner or a builder, and I have certainly personally never been one. I didn’t get diagnosed with ADHD until far into adulthood, and through my life I’ve always had to rely on other people helping me out when I mess up with something or forget something important, and I’ve had to learn to be good company in order to have companions. And now, as...
2023-03-01 10:15:27 +0000 UTC View PostOut of the smoke
We visit my boyfriend's parents quite often, and often go have a little fire at their backyard, with my partner's little brother joining us. I'm quite fond of the little guy.
He wasn't wary of me the first time I visited his parents. I remember thinking I'll want to get to know this kid as much as I can before the spark goes out and he shuts off from the world. For a few years I thought it's any minute now, any minute now before the light is gone and he stops talking. He's 14 now and t...
Survival
I know that teeth are not made for package-opening, but I'd still rather go feral than submit to using tools.
2023-02-25 13:48:15 +0000 UTC View PostTask division
When it comes to team/group projects and dividing tasks, the most important thing is to assign the simplest task to the simplest person.
Or be the first to volunteer for a specific job, and grab the easiest one. Nobody can call you lazy since you volunteered for a task, and you still get away with the least.
Cookbooks
We did, indeed, do this! I've never played either game and my partner only played Warcraft briefly, but the nerd things do creep into this household nonetheless.
2023-02-21 12:47:17 +0000 UTC View PostDispute
This is 100% an argument we've had, and word-for-word the answer that my partner's little brother gave. He is literally the only one who agrees with me about this, all my friends side with my partner here. I even made a poll on my casual blog about this, and 28% of people agree with me, and 72% agree with him.
2023-02-19 14:26:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe mystery of the increasing cans
Fun fact: I did not actually do it. It wouldn't have crossed my mind, but damn it would have been funny.
2023-02-17 12:49:19 +0000 UTC View Post