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I woke up much more ready to tackle the day and try to accomplish things in the new year. First stop was Ralph's, and I even wrote a list! I still had to convince myself to go, because I was mostly going for creamer, and my Depression Era Butchness tells me to just Man Up and drink black coffee so I can save that roughly dollar or so per week. It was finally the idea I could combine it with Discount Tire that pushed me over the edge. Naturally, when I got there, I realized I'd forgotten my list. And a mask. I was going to just put a cumrag over my face, eventually found one in one of the seat spaces (a mask, not a cumrag). One side was broken, but I was able to wrap it around my ear and get through it. A little while ago, I'd gone to Ralph's but left my phone at home to charge. I heard a track I wanted to Shazam, and while I'm happy I went ahead and asked the employees, it was ultimately unsuccessful. I heard another track this time, and this time I'd brought my phone! But it was ultimately unsuccessful. I'm not as upset over this one because it was closer to Okay than Great, but I'd thought that maybe it would be like Body Language or Clairy Browne. I also heard Shake Your Groove Thing in one of the aisles, and was as delighted as I was surprised to hear such a high energy track at 7 am when most of their music is significantly calmer. Turns out it was the employee standing behind me playing it off his phone or something. We had a good laugh and positive interaction. The mask convinced me not to try Discount Tire, but at least I resisted buying booze or candy.

Lenny messaged me again and it was a much more balanced conversation than yesterday. He's a gymnast, but broke his wrist and didn't have the medical coverage to get it taken care of at the time. He's gonna come take dance class with me & Amanda when we can again. My mom called, and it ended up being a two hour conversation, but only had a few awkward pauses. We're both working through ish we didn't even know we had. The topic of my addiction came up, and we went over again the absurd amount of patience Tim had to have to get me through it. I don't recall getting vicious with him, but she's mentioned it before, and brought it up again. She apparently wanted to fix it somehow, but everyone told her to leave me alone. I'm back to that complete befuddlement over where the line between enabling and helping starts. I found my way back into my Myspace, though a bunch of my photos are now gone. I also downloaded Marco Polo because she asked me to, but I don't see any real difference between it and any of the video clip apps out there. At least I managed to give her some advice about addressing her health, her insomnia, etc. Lady Miss Friday kept meowing at me, so I laid down with her. She ate breakfast - it is like the sweetest thing ever that it's not enough for me to be in the room, she wants me laying down while she eats. Or she just doesn't like me being on the computer because I was such a mess when I was using. Then she slept right next to me, and it was so touching I took like...a dozen pics.

It hadn't been quite a full month since I checked in on Justin, but I messaged him anyway. I wish he'd message me. Even when we were seeing each other, I pretty much always had to initiate contact, so maybe that's just him. Or maybe he's just not that into you. The conversation started brief, but I got him to open up some. He recently watched The Matrix, noted that it was a trans allegory, and has been considering the theory that none of this is real. There's some astrophysics theory that points to it as well. He dropped out of the conversation shortly after, but it at least gave me the chance to re-examine the film, my interpretations and takeaways, and the psychological implications involved. And doing so made me realize I'd allowed my apathy (bordering on resentment) of the rest of the trilogy color my view of the first one.

It was a very interesting day for Diplomacy. One of the trails I hunted down in the morning talked about motivational interviewing, and that led me to a reminder to work on my diplomacy. I picked the wrong week to stop biting people. I tried really hard to find common ground with people before educating them, and tried to educate them as gently and diplomatically as possible. One elderly gent huffed away when I asked for a clarification. But he also missed the sarcasm in my retort, and maybe we get along now? Willow had Copy/Pasted some Christian nonsense pretending to be oppressed. I mostly let it go previously, but some garbage started ranting at me, complaining about separation of church and state. When that didn't work, both of them started flat out lying. Paul, a really really attractive leather boy I got to fuck at one of Sean's parties, had been lamenting the mob mentality on the gaysovercovid IG, and posted some dystopian prediction that even after covid-19, no one will be "allowed" to celebrate anything or party. On the plus side, I finally learned how to use tag groups. And some dickhead tried to come for me over my AOC group. Ultimately, I think he was my favorite on account of his sheer ineptitude. Trying to retort to studies with Youtube clips and claiming (clearly and provably wrongly) that there is just as much violent extremism on the Left as the Right.

Ending the note on a purely positive note, Alan, who lives in LA and had previously worked on a documentary about sex workers (which is how we met), had posted an article referencing Heston and cancel culture. At some point I'm going to do a little more research on the topic in general, because there have been occasions where someone's faux pas has resulted in an internet mob making it impossible for them to find employment for years to come. But today was not that day, and tomorrow doesn't look good either. Heston's presence in the article alone should have been a giant red flag, because while I guess he used to be progressive, he flipped around 1970 and became the poster child for whiny privileged dolts throwing tantrums. I politely and diplomatically informed him the article was trash, and he messaged me. He's been depressed over the alienation and economic fallout over the last year. And he got a guiche. I'm not in any position to diagnose whether a person needs meds, therapy, or just lifestyle changes, and told him so, but I was able to talk him through the storm he was facing. As you're aware, I'm very open about my depression, and we touched on that time I ran out of my meds. I'd read a thing that defined toxic positivity as internalized relative privation. The idea that others have it worse, so we should just toughen up, not seek help, etc. That definition is incorrect, but it was useful in that moment, and I'm not sure what to call that phenomenon in reality. I had to tap out shortly after, because it was somewhere around 2am or so. In spite of my "diplomacy" resulting in almost just as much venom as I normally spit, I was really happy with my efforts from the day, and relaxed into sleep on the cloud of Lady Miss Friday snoring and Merryweather running around in my room.
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I stayed in bed with Lady Miss Friday, but when it became clear after a few minutes that I was extremely awake, I finally got up and took care of things for Tim. Mostly pills and repositioning, nothing huge. Tootie picked him up, just so he could get out of the house. Which some people like. Lady Miss Friday seemed overjoyed to have the house back to herself. Y'know, for a cat. Eventually, I laid down with her and she slept under the covers. My mom called, so I got up and moved to the living room. It was a short lived conversation as Tim came back shortly thereafter. I lamented never being able to get high enough on weed, and touched on the temptation with G, since the chem itself was so easy to buy in bulk. He noted that even with G, I developed a tolerance, and I was taking massive amounts by the end.

For some reason, when I remember things on 33rd/at their worst, I mostly think of afternoon sunlight. But there were so many times waking up in the middle of the night, stumbling around, and concerned that Patrick or Justin were spending the night and would be disturbed. Neither of them ever visited that apartment, much less crashed there. I suppose realiti itself was touch and go at that time.

Tim, on learning that I was waiting for a space heater to arrive for Lady Miss Friday, lamented again that I've taken one of the most low maintenance pets you can have (a cat) and turned it into a full time job. And later lamented my grocery shopping, or lack thereof, as I try to save a couple dollars here and there....in the face of bills that are much higher and the loss of a side job, since I don't escort any more. Choose your battles, Tim, because those two are unreachable.

At a minimum, I had no trouble keeping my fangs sheathed. I'm pretty secure in my devotion to Lady Miss Friday, I'm a helluva lot better about groceries than I was when I would eat a can of garbanzos for a meal, and given his various ills at the moment, his crankiness is more than understandable. As the night wore on, he developed a headache. If it was a fever or due to covid, he couldn't get his surgery tomorrow. He grumbled that I didn't have a thermometer, but Tootie also doesn't own one, so I don't feel as bad. Tami wanted me to get a covid rapid test from CVS, but Tim complained that I'd need to Lyft there. She said she'd do it, but then called back later to tell us to get it delivered. She seemed flustered, Tim only brought up my car to pressure me into fixing it, and there are no OTC covid tests. That last part makes sense, seeing as how OTC STI tests are a just now emerging tech. He still needed a thermometer, so I said I'd get it from Ralph's. I needed a few things as well; coffee and such. I walked over, managed to get everything on my list (for $30, which is a much better use than the 10 packages of tortillas), avoided the *very* strong temptation to buy wine, and actually felt ambivalent about the walk. As opposed to my usual loathing. It did take me forever to find the thermometer, though. There was nothing by the pharmacy, nothing in the headache pills aisle, nothing in the first aid section....the best I could find at first was children's thermometers in that section. Eventually I managed to find a digital thermometer just sitting on the shelf, so I didn't let it stay there. Tim's temp was the high side of normal, but still within the normal bounds. He thought it would have been higher earlier....um....cool? He did, at least, laugh because my very clear goal when I got back was to get back to Lady Miss Friday.
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Zipped over to the store in the morning again, and they were out of Mocha Mix. Again. The veg sushi was BOGO, so I treated myself to it. $6 for two orders is about what they charge at restaurants, really. A random account on Dreamwidth Granted Access, and I'm certainly not shy. In reading, I found some of that homophobic nonsense about how the LGBT community are the *real* bullies to everyone else, but they ran away when confronted.

My mom called, and I fought back the Hermit Urge to not answer. It was actually a lovely conversation, for all that I must have been stoned by then. It reminded me that at some point, I'm going to make that "I may not know my flowers...!" into a ringtone.

Tim texted me a joke or meme, and I took the opportunity to apologize for last night. Lorde knows he's seen me worse, and he called to tell me he was fine and no apology was needed. I remembered him taking video one night on 33rd, and some day I'll watch them. I initially asked to view them privately, but he's obviously seen it before.

Lady Miss Friday asked me to lay with her in the afternoon, and it was fortuitous, as some depression waves hit me. Between her as my life raft and the various substances I could take (no G), I managed to Numb myself to safety.
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I woke up to some missed calls on FB from Julian, and a mysterious Grumpy text message. I felt like I should probably clean, since my place was getting bad, even for me. But then decided I'd do it tomorrow, and just to drink and smoke instead. Tim called requesting a visit at his marina. I figured it would maybe push me to clean when I got back, and there is life outside my apartment, however much I might pretend otherwise. I got cleaned up, had a drink but took my pen with me, and zipped down. Unfortunately, I was in a pretty terrible mood, and for all that I kept my fangs sheathed, I was not very nice. We walked Pupple, I got to see Tami, but I did forget Pupple's cheese and Tim's gift card. Tim insisted that people not actually part of an online discussion or argument, no matter which side they're on, don't pay any attention to the substance of what's presented, instead just writing it off as a mess. From my viewpoint, I've seen people not part of a discussion demonstrate their passive involvement in Likes and such, but sure, it could be worth seeing if there are any studies regarding it. I dropped off my Ancestry kit in the mail down there, since I kept missing the mail at home, and headed home after.

I avoided the store, both because it was Saturday and because I have this stupid thing where I try not so spend money in between paying my credit card and the new statement period starting. Unfortunately, I didn't clean when I got back, and felt....off all day. I numbed myself down, but felt a memory tickle.... Some track where teens cheat on each other at a party, then one gets a DUI. Unfortunately, even Patrick couldn't remember, just thought it had a famous actress.
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Shockingly, I had a friend request from the gent I'd shredded over marriage yesterday. Always suspicious, I messaged him, but he confirmed his request to be Friends. We'll see how long he lasts. I also got a message from Eli, apologizing for losing his temper the other day. He did not re-Friend me, but I'm glad we're on good terms again. I thought more about Julian, and wondered what I should do there. Unable to decide on a plan of action, I did nothing.

Tim had said he wanted me to take him to Plumeria for his birthday, but they're only doing take-out, so he decided to come over instead. I'd been putting off a lot of chores, and even basic hygiene, so it was a very good opportunity to catch up on that. I stopped short of mopping, because that always takes so long, but did go above and beyond for everything else. I even moved the couch to vacuum under it....except in moving it back, I accidentally dragged it over my toe, and there's a bunch of blood under the nail now. Lady Miss Friday growled at some noise I couldn't hear and hid under the bed. I used that as an opportunity to ask for recommendations for a mobile vet, because I'll need one eventually. When Terry and I were talking to one another, he'd spoken several times about taking me with them when they move, as a roommate. I'm happy not having roommates, but the very first thought was how unhappy Lady Miss Friday gets when she's taken out of our cave. I won't put her through that again, and as you know, I still scream at myself, very loudly and very frequently, for not giving up G for her earlier. Keagan texted me to check in, and I was...me, and asked what I posted that made him check.

Scrolling FB after cleaning, I saw a post from DeAnthony discussing classical vs electronic music. The consensus was that classical music was three dimensional and electronic music lacked "soul." I wasn't entirely sure what was even meant by that, but I started browsing some tracks that I thought might fit. I ended up creating a playlist for it, so that I didn't end up just spamming the thread with link after link. I could, of course, have just posted all the links in one comment, but I actually hate when I have to do that and only the first one gets a preview. Doesn't feel fair to the others. The playlist spanned genres, realistically, but since the qualities I was hunting for were so vague, that's unsurprising. Here's the link (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWGgbQUduaUnN2fpfLEujcRobEGIsKbKu), and in case any of them get deleted or similar, here's a list: Bakermat - Teach Me, Armin Van Buuren - Shivers, M83 feat. Suzanne Sundfor - Oblivion, Tom Hangs feat. Shermanology - Blessed, Disclosure - You & Me (Flume Remix), Flume & Chet Faker - Drop The Game, Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing, Avicii feat. Audra Mae - Addicted To You, Avicii feat. Audra Mae - Addicted To You (Avicii Remix), CVRCHES - Do I Wanna Know? (cover of Arctic Monkey's track from Like A Version), Miike Snow - Silvia, Galleaux - Tether Me, Claire Guerreso - Ashes. I didn't think to add them at the time, but In This Life and In My Heart by Moby also go there (as does much of Moby's music, come to think of it), and I'll probably continue to add to it. I take music *very* seriously. There was some Goal Shifting, and he noted that it was the classical *elements* in the electronic tracks and vocals that contributed to the "soul" there. I kept my fangs sheathed, but pointed out we were talking about overall genres, not elements, and added him to the Music Group instead.

I was very very very frustrated that my Skywalker wasn't working for me, but thought I could help it along by adding a few drinks. It did, for a bit, but somewhere in the back of my head, I knew I was going to get drunk. And I felt Depression stalking me under the waves. Tim came over with Pupple a little after 6, we ordered from one of the delivery services - they had a $10 off coupon for first timers, so it actually ended up being slightly cheaper than getting it directly. It's a stupid thing, but I always try to tip in cash. I've heard of companies taking part of the tip when it's done via credit card, and of course when it's cash, the it's not noted for the IRS. Tim was absolutely *determined* to have a good time, forgave me for drinking, and spoke rationally about saving my life last year (he insists he just opened the door for me to save myself), and noted that my intended new religion sounds a lot like Buddhism. He's certainly endured worse from me, but on the celebration of his birthday.... After dinner, I decided to re-watch Boys In The Band (yet again), and apparently had never seen it before. I took that as my opportunity to post about it on FB. I meant to post about their lip sync to Heat Wave, but...booze. I did, at least, give somewhat realistic analysis on who I identify with, rather than just Mary Sue-ing myself as Harold.
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I thought and thought about what to do with my day. Spent the morning reading next to Lady Miss Friday. I was pleasantly surprised, if very confused, at how much affection my post about her yesterday was getting...until I remembered the *many* times I've openly, publicly admitted she was the only reason I hadn't killed myself.

I started smoking and watching Lucifer, but even the Skywalker wasn't doing anything. 400 mg of edibles and a few cocktails later, I was much better. I managed to get my journal updated from Friday, and clearly should have started on today's, but happened to stumble on someone positing that same sex marriage isn't marriage. He was wrong, of course, factually, historically, and linguistically, and I was not nice about correcting him. Some day, I would not mind at all if one of those internet laws like Godwin's Law, Poe's Law, etc., measured in the length of fangs/proportion of venom that builds.

I watched Lucifer in the afternoon, briefly scanned the process for starting a religious organization, briefly considered "Symbism" as a name, since the whole thrust of it will be how important it is to adopt animals and help people. Making life less shitty for others is the literal meaning of life. I'll figure it out.

I did remember to unwrap the menorah, take a photo, and share it on FB. No clue if the recognition and public feedback was important to Xochi, but if she's anything like me, she'd assume the worst if she heard nothing back. I considered sending an email at work, instead or in addition to, but I got suddenly scared of the expectations that would come with it there.

Tom posted that his Jeep died, and he was trying to come up with a name for the new one. I've never understood naming, much less gendering, your vehicle, but since his were all plays on words (Frida Kahrlo, etc), I got more into it. I even found a play on words for my contribution, "Selina Karyle."
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I got the news that my mouse mask had arrived, and it's cute. Not perfect, but cute. I also got the notification that Steve gave permission for me to steal his mental health check-in post. Not that I needed it, but it was a good reminder. Since Mandy and Colleen asked for pics of the new mask, I went ahead and combined the two. Naturally, I spent some time clucking at myself for sending a mixed message - mental health check on the one hand, new mask on the other. That went away, mostly, after a few responses started coming in. Folks commented appreciating the mask, but many more commented or messaged me with actual need for life help. I think I gave thoughtful answers, when possible, without oversharing. That, of course, is a relative statement for someone who already has no secrets.

Potmatess was still out of Alpine's Northern Lights, and I refuse to buy more weed until they're having a sale again. I know. I finished my previous preroll, smoked another, took edibles...I was on a mission. Eventually, I resorted to smoking carts that had tiny bits left. I was finally grateful for the Kingpen's lasting so long.

While doing my usual swap between Lucifer and music, Justin commented "My Queen!" as a reply to my note that I voted. For some reason, I couldn't think of the word "abdicate," and when I did, it seemed wrong. I decided it wasn't that important to let him know about my drama getting my ballot in, but thought his comment might be an invitation to communicate. Even though he'd Seen but not replied to my research on Name Changing, I messaged him again, just checking in. He was short with me, and didn't reply after giving a single response.

I torched a few trolls. One of my Libertarian Trump supporting friends had previously tried to condescend to me, and to "sealion" or whatever the kids are calling it these days. I am as patient as I am vicious, so of course his plan was unsuccessful. He's getting increasingly frustrated with me, and goes from rational discussion to flame war increasingly quickly. As funny as that is, I actually find it a bit frustrating. I don't just want to win, I want to dominate, and watch them burn. I know.
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Stayed focused in the morning; I initially forgot about the schedule change, so the eservice was a little late. Potmatess had a 5g/100 sale on Alpine and Kingpen carts, but they were still sold out of Alpine's Northern Lights. I considered just trying 5 different Alpine carts, but 1) I really don't think wanting at least one Certainty is unreasonable, and 2) 5g/100 is a great deal, but not as good as the B2G1, which comes out to just a little over 16.50/gram. I texted them about it, and they're supposed to let me know when they get them back in.

I saw my ballot still sitting in the outgoing bin, and rather than cluck about the sky falling and conspiracy theories, I just dropped it off at the library. They were very friendly, and wanted to make sure I'd signed it and whatnot appropriately. I saw some folks walking their pups, nearly shouted to them, but then I saw it was Terry and Taka. I do feel bad that I won't get to see Gohan anymore, but not so bad that I'd make an overture to Terry.

One of the tagged threads from Laugh Reacting had some persistent villains. One, in particular, had said I was lying about the number of deaths in the U.S. from COVID, then ran through just about every logical fallacy in the book. Goal shifting, red herrings, ad hominem attacks, straw men, and whatever you call this Right Wing Cult nonsense of expecting everyone to just believe what they write, with no source or citation. Somewhere in the back of my head, I thought I should not feed the trolls, but that simply wouldn't be like me. For better or worse, I'm like my dad's Left Wing doppelganger. It was also excellent practice for me, to be able to track and call out fallacies.

I saw a post in the evening about still providing basic needs to addicts, and while it was met with general approval, Eli and Stuart both jumped in with stories about all they've suffered from addicts. I tried my best to still be kind and diplomatic, but Eli ended up angrily blocking me because I wouldn't let him cuss out some other friends, and that meant I couldn't reply to Stuart, either. I left it, though, because I'm happy with my responses. I also saw a few posts saying it was Pronouns Day. I thought I saw that a few weeks ago, and there are conflicting reports. I went ahead and posted mine (any), but at least remembered to phrase it in a much nicer way.

Keagan posted regarding a horrid neighbor, and even referenced Elaine Stritch and vodka stingers. I don't have any Cognac, so I made Eric Juice (vodka + crystal light) instead. Took a couple hundred mg of edibles, and since it still wasn't working, popped open one of the joints that come free when you order enough weed. It was enough.
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Dove into work in the morning, but I didn't have much, so I borrowed from others. I didn't think they'd mind. Our server has been impossibly slow all week, and even without weed, everything feels......slow. I cooked up some tofu I'd taken out for Julian's visit. I'm at sort of a perfect nexus, because even my nonproduce foods are nearing their expiration date, but I've also figured out that if I can just avoid spending more (say, grocery shopping) before I pay my credit card next week, I'll come out ahead. To say nothing of when my HSA finally fucking pays on the claim they've been stalling on.

Colleen Liked the song I posted, but that little voice is back, telling me she doesn't really like it, was just doing it to win points. A new member commented on it, and posted a song of their own by San Ilya. I didn't care for it, but I'm grateful enough for the post that I will go through their entire fucking catalogue to find one I do, and thank them for it.

In the afternoon, I watched some Lucifer, then went hunting for a Mazikeen shirt. I didn't find one, but I did find a Reddit devoted to Lucifer, and it got me thinking about Sandman again. Yes, two paragraphs after talking about saving money, I considered spending nearly $200 on the complete collection. And considered ordering Mongolian stir-fry sauce online, since Ralph's only carries Mongolian BBQ. I also stole more claims, and then found one where the AOB had been caught in the spam filter. I always check it in case there's anything important, but clearly I'm not everyone. I sent an email to the other paralegals about it, noting also that I've been receiving mail that was filed days ago, and then spent the next 30 minutes terrified I was going to get in trouble for doing other's work.

Jae had messaged me earlier, but I didn't check it, and they messaged me again, asking me to please register, and noting there was a stipend for those who need it. It's a conference or similar by DecrimCA for sex workers. I registered for both days, but declined the stipend. I have a day job that pays my bills, for all that I'm still haunted by Depression Era Syndrome, that money should go to those who really need it. Jae also asked for help, as they're trying to set up a Sex Worker's Outreach Project in San Diego. I haven't forgotten that Jae was going to take over SWORN, then flaked and just ignored all messages. And I never will. I was willing to help though, as this is larger than my grudges, but all Jae said was they need help organizing. I asked them to be more specific, and....poof. No response.

Julian's dad left, and I guess he had to get up early, then couldn't fall asleep. Lorde knows I've got plenty of Seroquel if he wanted it, but he was grumpy and short with me, and declined.

I texted Tim after, to ask how his session with Candace went. It went well, and she said he should give me more credit. I was tipsy enough to fight that, but that knee-jerk reaction of disgust is obviously something I should probably deal with.

I also saw a post from Justin, labeled Justice, and messaged him about it. He wants to change his name. Apparently that was his original name, and since it's more gender neutral, he's going to swap to it. I didn't ask again about his gender identity - if there's news, it's his to share. I know it's a fairly simple process in CA to change your name, and offered to look into how to do it in Texas, but he's still registered here, so going to do it when he comes back to visit. Works for me.
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Warren had messaged me with Kelly's cover of Billie Eilish's Idontwannabeyouanymore. Surprisingly for Kelly, it's *very* faithful to the original. I checked on him - he's been out of work for a couple days. He got laid off or something. He asked about my recovery, and of course I'm always honest about things. He wanted to know if a therapist could help me figure out why I got so hooked on G. I knew I was prone to addiction, but didn't know when I started using how dangerous and addictive GHB was.

I wasn't very productive at work, but I remind myself that 1) thanks to Lynelle's leadership and my ideas, we are *vastly* more efficient than we used to be, and 2) I do a fuckton of work.

Aimee posted a fairly neutral query on Trump, and requested that I not eat her friends who support him. I complied, but made sure to let them know I'd have destroyed them if not for her. A stranger Laugh reacted to my article citing extensive evidence that Blue Lives Matter is pretextual for racism, but since he was a stranger, I couldn't tag him in my reply. It might have been an accidental React, or I might have eaten him. But since he ran away.....

I saw a side note about farmers being delivered chicks that died, and while I still haven't wrapped my head around mail delivering live species, weighing whether they are better off starving to death or having their beaks cut off and shoved into battery cages until they're slaughtered started my head screaming.

I didn't end up eating anything all day. Maybe I'll just fast every other day?
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Julian let me know that he finally told his mom about the visit. I was starting to worry he would just like...text her from the plane or something. I also got back to Jacob's friend. Within 5 texts, he sent me a dick pic, and when I sent him my porn info, said he didn't want to date a porn actor. Poor, happily single Squeak.

I cleaned more on my break - mostly just kitchen and y'know... Myself. I still need a haircut, I'm just not looking forward to struggling with my clippers. Started drinking after work, and ended up educating a few trolls. Someone made a comment that since covid hasn't affected him or his family, he doesn't care what happens to everyone else. I stayed polite and respectful, but it really does not take much provocation for my fangs to come out. The OP on one of the posts asked us to stop, tagging me in particular, so I did. But then they kept coming, and one of them even tried to come for my mice. I'm not really sure there was anything left of him by the time OP deleted the post.
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Spent some time with Lady Miss Friday in the morning. She actually laid next to my shoulder for a bit. It was magical. Got into work okay, took care of the NOAs for Kathy. I'm behind on claims and working up NOAs, but got everything else done.

My mom's response to my commentlessly posting a factual citation was to lament that I trash everything she does. I thought my reply was the very height of maturity and diplomacy.

Julian didn't get the job, didn't get unemployment, and hasn't heard from EEOC. Korky needed another transfusion, but the vet gave them a break, and the deposit from the fundraiser covered it. I found a gif I'd seen before, of a sable yawning and stretching, and decided to post it. I'm trying to keep a balance between sharing important news and more lighthearted things.

I was going to not eat again, but I started, and ate almost a whole serving of soy curls. I keep thinking about buying a scale.
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Julian had texted me around midnight, but didn't respond after I woke up. Much better day. I got all of yesterday's mail entered (just in time for today's batch to arrive), joined in the meeting, though I was distracted for most of it. For all that I'm anxious AF about my house of cards coming tumbling down, I also keep retreating to the knowledge that I actually do *a lot* of work here. In sort of a pleasant flip, that same mistrust of surface expression got me to thinking whether she occasionally drops in comments about that as a boost. Zipped over to the store on my lunch break, as I was out of Crystal Light and protein powder. There was a line for TJ's, so I just picked it all up at Ralph's.

I did have a brief scare in the morning - I went to check on the kids, and could have *sworn* I saw one of the girls in with Houdini. There is a crack in one of the corners they I guess might have been able to squeeze through. Being me, of course, I figured any damage was already done, and didn't want to disturb them, so didn't put her back upstairs. I started thinking about being a grandparent, the number of additional cages I'll need, etc....then a little while later, I moved Houdini's cage to the coffee table, and he was alone. I haven't started a new drug yet, could you wait a bit, Brain?

I managed to clean some, finally vacuuming both my room and the living room. Just at the end of work, a nice young lady called me because I signed a petition to get Costco to stop selling meat from factory farms. It's likely not to do anything, but you may not have the stage, but you still have a voice. I thought for sure she was calling for money, but the current Thing is just trying to put economic pressure on Cargill, the meat seller, to fight deforestation like they said they would. They wanted me to write a comment on Costco's page, and when I checked with her, she started gushing about what a great writer I am. I'll certainly take it.

In scrolling FB, I saw my mom post a meme with Bill Clinton, claiming he's a pedophile. Naturally, a quick search verified the meme is lying, and I shared it with her. I'm nervous about venom dripping out, but so far I've avoided any personal comments, just posted citations.
I rehydrated some soy curls in the fridge, but didn't find myself hungry in the evening at all. I had a few pretzels and a protein shake. I do this a lot, this sort of hovering around the edges of obsession. And I tell myself every time that I'm not going to fall in, and then... Scottie messaged me, as their pup had fallen ill again. He didn't ask for money, but I'm here. I had a couple glasses of wine and watched some Community next to Lady Miss Friday, and it was med time before I knew it.
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I did some research for Julian - he was fired, and suspected both the firing and another job's refusal to rehire him were orientation based. Discrimination is hard to prove, and in my very limited experience, folks who've been fired tend to ruin it by talking too much. Even if it doesn't work out for him, it should cause enough trouble with the companies to be worth while. If he's successful, I started researching pro bono firms to help him, but I don't wanna get ahead of myself.

In the evening, Colleen commented on the song Hugo recommended, and I'm going to send the Amelie soundtrack to both her and Megan. I also started listening to the Amelie: The Musical soundtrack, though I didn't care for it as much.

I also saw a post of my mom's. A meme suggesting the Watts riots were brilliantly and immediately solved by law enforcement just opening fire on everyone. As much as I'm trying not to fight her, that's both incorrect and horrible. I'm honestly (kind of) shocked at the rabid support for martial law I'm seeing from so many on the Right. Only kind of, because as long as the victims are their Out Groups, they'd probably be an easy sell for genocide. My mom's response was that history is a lie. I backed off after that.
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I actually thought it was the weekend when I woke up. I did manage to get to work on time, but my remote connection did a weird thing where just the desktop was remote connected. All the shortcuts at the bottom still went to my home computer, etc. I managed to find a workaround so I could do eservice, but couldn't actually upload anything. Restarting my computer fixed it, eventually.

I had an order confirmation from a shirt place....apparently squeaked Squeak screencapped the video and made a shirt after all. I hope it comes out okay, but...I've spent more on less either way. I got a notification a few days ago that Alanis released a new single, "Reckoning," and it's okay...but then Youtube suggested another single, "Reasons I Drink," and I fell in love. Chris, who I only ever knew by his FB name "Tiffany Haddish," messaged me on Instagram. He had an Adderall addiction, but has since gotten clean. We talked about addiction and about music - he associates Fiona with me, the same way Richard associates Kelly with me. I'm delighted. He's also a fan of Nikka Costa, and shared an artist called Jay Som with me. She's *very* 90's, and I'm gonna listen to more of her stuff....as soon as I'm done listening Reasons I Drink. Just a few minutes, I'm sure. At one point, he asked me if I felt like my addiction had to happen. I said for a long time that I was an addict looking for a substance, so...yeah, kinda.

I got an email from some foreign pharmacy, but I couldn't find anything that looked fun to do. I might buy Wellbutrin from them, though, since my doc stopped my prescription.

Julian had messaged me. He fucked a guy in his back yard, and apparently the nerves in his eyes are dying, and he'll be blind in 5 years. Genes, and there's nothing to be done about it. Jacob also messaged me, but after talking more, he's not going to come out. I hadn't realized 1) that he grew long hair and 2) he looks sort of like Julian. And Nicholas messaged me again, wanting to hook up. I was honest with him about being embarrassed about the state of my room. And I messaged Kenneth to hire him to organize it. He agreed to do it for $100, which is cheaper than I was expecting, but I have no idea how much it should cost. He's gonna come over tomorrow after work. Sebastian also messaged me, since he'd come on over my first Guybone scene (literally). I was very honest with him about my anxiety over shooting it, since Stephen is in such great shape. I also invited him to the Music Group, though he declined, and we got to talking about RPGs. He feel the same way I do about Rose from Legend of Dragoon, and also wants Meru's outfit. It brought to mind the Necrophim from Nightbane again, and I do still hope to write a story incorporating that philosophy.

I meant to download more porn and beat off, but since I was already listening to Reasons I Drink..I drank instead. Got snarky AF with a couple Trumpets, and fools supporting the gestapo. I also downloaded some new games. Apparently some company made a game based on Dragon Heroes, but not a shmup, just a more advanced version of the Arena. Mostly just made me miss the original, tbh. I did manage to find a fantasy shmup, though, and I played that a lot. Squeaked Squeak wanted to share the new Alanis song with *everyone,* and of course I started with FHA. I hadn't realized he had a quote from Fiona's "On The Bound" on his profile. Wonderful.
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Tim called me in the morning, asking me to come down and visit. And while I tried to hedge, he wanted a yes right there, so I couldn't back out. Damn friends, knowing me so well! But given that yesterday, I found myself in that dangerous "bored" space that would ultimately lead me back to GHB, I got cleaned up, dressed in my Annie: The Day Planner shirt, and headed down. I forgot his Last Unicorn shirt though...and he even (correctly) noted that when he forgot it, I'd think he didn't really like it. It was good to see him again, and *WONDERFUL* to see Pupple again. I hadn't realized how much I missed him. We talked some about Julian, and about my addiction. He noticed that I lost interest in...pretty much everything but getting high. Which I guess is what addiction is all about. Pupple curled up on my lap back on his boat, and Antoine joined us a little later. Even though he gave Pupple cheese, Pupple kept giving him side eye, and would snarl at him if he got too close to me.

When Tim went to use the bathroom at the...whatever you call the admin building of the marina, Antoine and I took that as a good place to exit. As nice as it was to see them, I was also missing Lady Miss Friday something *fierce.* It had been a whole two hours! I meant to clean up and organize my music, or maybe take advantage of the Practicing Law Institute membership through work...but I just ended up drinking and ripping people apart online. I tore the fuck into some fool getting mad at me for supporting adoption and rescues over breeders, and used a few obstinate Trump supporters as scratching posts. Since I was so identifying with my new profile pic, I messaged FHA to get my new profile pic turned into something I could put on a shirt, but calmed down my extreme self. I also started looking into organizational services, but ultimately (and drunkenly) decided that I should just do it myself. Even though I'm terrible at it.Oh, Squeak.
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For having gone to bed so late, I had none of the iron-exhaustion from last night. Ashley texted me - apparently somehow the shirt I ordered for her a week after the main order got there first, but her shirt also started losing its image. I gave her TeeFury's email, but let her know I'd just buy her another one if they won't replace it. The Appointment signal from Outlook reminded me to put on a shirt in time for the weekly meeting, and it was lovely, in spite of Lady Miss Friday's absence. Kathy commented about how we'll be splitting up Lindsay's work after she leaves, and complimented me in the process. Someone brought up the Anti-maskers, their aversion to facts, and the exhaustion that comes from trying to explain very simple things to them. Always the giver, I requested they tap me in if they get tired. Apparently Lynelle can be just as condescending as me, which I might even believe. She's an impressive woman. Funnily enough, I kept minimizing the Meeting window to educate some poor fool online, posting a fucking Youtube video as "proof" that Dr. Fauci lied. I explained what Dr. Fauci had *actually* said, and he ran away.

The eservice was late enough that we had to split up Lindsay's work, and I was very happy I've been so caught up on my claims. Another friend got into a tiff with his dad, in response to his dad's making some tangential comment about the "fascist left-wing." I very politely chewed him up and spit him out, and my investigation re: riots and political violence came in very handy. Or at least, it would have if his response hadn't been "nu-unh." I guess that's the logical conclusion of the combination hyperpartisanship and anti-intellectualism. Perhaps in support of this, he had several people jump in....but just to shout "Merica, Fuck yeah!", not to provide any sources or citations. My mom keeps posting Right Wing nonsense, but a) it's rapid fire. I wouldn't have the time to address all of them. And b) even with my fangs put away, it would feel...hostile.

It turns out Megan is also a fan of that TikTok video with people using catphones to lip sync to Sandra Oh from Princess Diaries, and in the discussion, she coined the phrase "Lazy Miss Friday," and Tim mentioned he'd seen foie gras eat less. Hilarious, but...heavy. I watched some Community and drank in the evening, but I kept thinking about music, so I eventually paused it and went to listen in my room. Lady Miss Friday was initially upset with me being on the computer, but calmed down once I put a shirt I put out for her. It's....still an uncomfortable idea that anyone could like me without me giving something to them. I sent Richard a message, thanking him more directly for telling me she likes sleeping on my shirts. It was a little weird at first, because he didn't remember doing that, which says something about relative gravity...that TV has already said for many years. But he also asked if I'd done more porn, and it led to me admitting my sex was largely compulsive, dissociative, and most of my validation.
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I woke up before my alarm, but I stayed tired all day, despite several vats of coffee. Zipped over to the store - TJ's was out of soy protein powder, and I did manage to find a substitute at Ralph's, but....Gawd, why didn't I just get their Hemp or Pea protein and add a multi-vitamin? Oh, Squeak.

My work computer went wonky in the middle of the day, and I missed Lindsay's Going Away Party/Babyshower. I caught up with absolutely all of my work, so I moved on to working on other folk's claims digits. Nicholas hit me up in the morning, but I was still working. My Soy Curls arrived, and I took the opportunity to clean up a bit. Put the new mouse food away, took out the trash and recycling, picked up the living room, vacuumed, put my dirty clothes in the hamper, took a shower....The place is still a mess, with lots of stuff not really having a place to go, but I think it's getting better.

Some neighbors had another screaming fight in the afternoon, and it might have gotten physical. I guess I'm grateful to be the relatively Normal neighbor here. I tapped out of meeting with Nicholas in the evening.

My mom has been posting *lots* of Richt Wing nonsense, and even with my fangs put away, I know she's delicate when it comes to that. And I think we're delicate, given all the info that's been coming out about family, and my friendship with Colleen. I stayed up too late watching Community, and even did have a drink at the end of the night, though I'm not even sure why, since I knew I was going to bed soon.

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Jul. 9th, 2020 05:00 pm
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Woke before my alarm, and had a very productive start to the day. I took care of all my claims to be tagged, NOAs to be worked up, and managed to avoid the temptation to drink coffee. Julian had texted me Vogue and What You Waiting For around midnight (my time), then texted me and some 479 number I didn't recognize, then texted me again around 9, to say he *loves this show.* I figured he was still on Pose, and during the conversation, I mentioned that I'd fucked up my esophagus from vomiting so much. I'm owning having been bulimic, as I might have mentioned before, because I only resisted because I wasn't "bulimic enough." But his response to my admitting (again) both drug addiction and bulimia was first to ask if I'd fucked up my esophagus from...someone fucking me too hard, and then to ask (again) if I was still using. I didn't mention the small amount of leftover G I found, because I haven't used it.

My endoscopy was the same crew that did it last time, except the anesthesiologist was *gorgeous!*....Probably, under his mask. It was over fairly quickly, and I woke up fine, but while I kept my fangs hidden, I was not shy about my thoughts on the policy that patients *have* to wait for a wheelchair ride downstairs. Really, I could have driven, no problem. Tim stopped for Starbucks on the way back, and I held on to my gratitude to him for giving me a ride today....and even though FHA has said we're even, I still feel like I need to pay him back for everything with my addiction.

After work, I discovered that FB Jail flags last a year, so my Jailing was only a couple days this time, and next June it will reset. AWESOME. I vaguely recall posting Kelly Clarkson (Run Run Run) vs Deniz Koyu vs Don Palm mashup by Craig Vanity for someone yesterday, but damned if I can recall.

Kathy messaged me later in the evening to tell me that The Last Unicorn book and movie had shown up in "my" inbox, but she hadn't gotten around to reading or viewing either. I fucking love my co-workers so goddamn much.

You're not supposed to drink for 24 hrs after sedation, but....well, you know me. I also happened on a Friend's post about his step-mum following him on Insta. I'm an open book, so I shared at least a tiny bit of my migration there, but he didn't respond. As I've learned and demonstrated, you can't help someone more than they're willing to be helped.

I beat off some in the evening, but didn't cum or get any of it on video.
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Waking in the middle of the night again. I didn't freak out about it, though. Let Lady Miss Friday out for a bit, played some video games....a few days back my fear of home invasion came back, and I snagged a Teddy Knife. Thanks to sleeping pills and Lady Miss Friday snoring peacefully next to me, I managed to get back to sleep before work. I was tired, but not as exhausted as I was yesterday.

I got a call from Scripps in the morning, screening me for symptoms and such, but...I already filled out all of those questions online. I thought about cancelling both the COVID test and the procedure, but my doc and everyone else would be upset with me.

Again, I got all my NOAs done, files ordered, mail processed, etc, but I'm just keeping afloat on the 4 digits of claims. I saw a post making fun of someone asking for more Broadway shows to be available online. Calling her Karen, Entitled, etc. In responding (no fangs), I noted that there are lots of business models to make it happen (sorry, Mariah, no need to get down on your knees and pray to the Lorde), though people kept jumping to say, Hamilton as to how much it would cost to make a show available. Hamilton, of course, set records due to its popularity and is kind of like saying indie theatres are not feasible because they can't spend as much to get Star Wars. Desperate to win, they tried to say that the streaming network would get the money, not the show. Y'know, like every broadcast ever.

I ate lunch, but not dinner. Beat off a few times, but didn't tape any of them. I almost missed my hearing, but called back just before she closed my case. It...did not go as planned. She seemed much more focused on my prior drug use than say, my safety driving and the fact that I'm not epileptic. She's mailing me a form to give to my doc, and the three month mark is next week.

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