Useful Idle

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To the surprise of no one, I woke up at 3. I let Lady Miss Friday outside, played some video games, and when 5 am rolled around, I rolled out of bed and headed over to the store. I wandered a bit, I waffled a bit, but I got everything I went for - vodka, trash bags, and Q-Tips. Since I had vodka, I couldn't use self-checkout, but a young lady walked over and directed me to her lane. I felt sort of shitty about Ralph's not being willing to pay someone - just one person! to watch the checkout lanes, making it so I had to take someone's time out from other responsibilities. Look at me, correctly assigning responsibility! "Sweet Dreams/Beautiful Nightmare" by Beyonce came on, and I offered to just hang back and lip sync for a while if she had other priorities. She just sighed and said "Good morning." And that it was never too early for Beyonce. It was a beautiful, hilarious exchange, even if it was only me who desperately needed it to be.

My big thing for the day was to write the declaration for Julian. But by splitting my day in two, I gave myself permission to pick up right where I left off last night. Only now with booze. Sure, it would be great if I didn't look to Escape every battle with so much as being conscious. But given that the desire isn't going anywhere, how do I mitigate it? Since I haven't found a Magic Drug, I think I'll stick with Weed Plus.....literally any and everything else that isn't in the G and above categories. One of the things I'm looking to reclaim is sex. I'm not sure it was ever really mine before my addiction, but it definitely snapped off during. So that'll probably be the next campaign. Or at least a side quest. Navigating to vids I'd jerked to while high as a kite was as bizarre as it was terrifying. But I'm taking them back, and if there's one thing I excel at, it's blocking things out. Any danger there can wait until we're open, and we will conveniently open for business as soon as that danger becomes manageable. I forgot what time FHA said he'd zap me, but just so I'd be ready, I plugged in both of my lasers. It's good to do no matter what, so I can zap me in my free time. Bonus, Lady Miss Friday was pretty wild about the star shirt I found while I was looking for chargers.

I did manage to sleep for a bit, though Tim called while I was out. He didn't leave a message, so I imagine it was just about coming down to see Pupple and feed the birds, tuppins and all. FWIW, I did have a brief duel with myself over being such a monster as to abandon Pupple and leave the birds starving. None of that is actually happening. Feeding the birds is a common pastime at the marina, and as long as I don't let things go too long without seeing Pupple, I won't trigger his abandonment issues. I finished my declaration for Julian and fortunately kept the Goal in mind. I'm not trying to prove his case, I'm just pointing out holes in their story. It's highly unlikely he'll keep his UI, I'm just trying to help him not have to pay anything back. Mitigation is my middle name. Not really, it's Dusty, and it's the best, despite recent shadows cast. But Mitigation can wait in line.

FHA messaged that he'd be late, but I was worried about making sure I hit the ground running in the morning, so we swapped it for next week. My fur isn't going anywhere, and my screeching over not being a twink literally cannot get any louder. Picked up a little more, started filing a complaint with the govt over FB. It was a good, productive day.