scarletjedi

[scarletjedi]

I have found that my biggest culprit of black and white thinking is when it comes to numbers and money.

I was just sketching out a rough budget, and made some estimates for how much I can save each month, and have been low key panicked about the amount I have left to spend.

But, like, I don’t need to be.

Most of my money is spent on, like, monthly expenses, gas, and food. So, I calculated that and then made some estimates for savings- and then panicked that i *wouldn’t have enough for food* because my old way of budgeting merged food and fun money.

Like- I’m not gonna starve. The food is already in the budget.

But my brain is like “no one can live on this little money” and like- that’s not what’s happening. That’s my monthly fun money. It’s not a lot, but it doesn’t need to be. But try convincing my brain of that.

#sj in real life

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They were on my bookshelf in my office! I’m gonna scream.

I still can’t find no man’s land vol 4 and 5, but now I’m wondering if I ever had them. I thought I did, but I could be wrong.

I am vexed:

I’m starting to get back into DC comics (Tim Drake, my beloved) and I know I own the trades for Cataclysm, No Mans Land, and Contagion- they were gifts from my wife while we were dating. Recently, they ended up in my attic to make room for other stuff- and now I can’t find the box!

Granted, I should look in the daylight and not at night with a flashlight, but still!

The search continues….

[scarletjedi]

I went back up and found some of them

I found no man’s land 1-3 and city of crime, but not the ones I’m looking for.

The worst part is that I can remember packing the box. I’ll look again in daylight.

I am vexed:

I’m starting to get back into DC comics (Tim Drake, my beloved) and I know I own the trades for Cataclysm, No Mans Land, and Contagion- they were gifts from my wife while we were dating. Recently, they ended up in my attic to make room for other stuff- and now I can’t find the box!

Granted, I should look in the daylight and not at night with a flashlight, but still!

The search continues….

[scarletjedi]

I am vexed:

I’m starting to get back into DC comics (Tim Drake, my beloved) and I know I own the trades for Cataclysm, No Mans Land, and Contagion- they were gifts from my wife while we were dating. Recently, they ended up in my attic to make room for other stuff- and now I can’t find the box!

Granted, I should look in the daylight and not at night with a flashlight, but still!

The search continues….

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[scarletjedi]

Have migraine

Take migraine medicine

Migraine medicine has caffeine

I am *frustratingly* awake right now. I don’t have to be up for another *hour*

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I found out years ago now that the radio station that I listened to every day throughout middle and high school had a streaming site, and every once in a while I remember and turn it on, and man- it’s like going back in time.

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Benton Fraser is a perfect example of someone who is naturally chaotic good (there is an objective good that occasionally overlaps with but is not the same as the law) who has learned to be successful by convincing everyone else that they are lawful good through *malicious compliance with the law*

Ok thanks @marley-manson you fab post just made me realize something I didn't clock at all in the times I've watched Pizza and Promises. Because you mentioned the eaves-dropping in Chinatown, I'm like bah, Fraser complains about the ethics and doesn't follow rules for solving a case the lawful or normal way at all EVER. His ways and whys to solve are always personal moral reasons equals best. Wait... his ways to solve are... like mostly getting Ray to sanction his illegal pursuits under the idea of law. Harkens back to why he came into Chicago, and liaising to cover his own pursuit. And here he was, so judgy calling what Ray was doing entrapment in the Pilot.

Wait... like...

Ray and Fraser's final plan to catch the car thieves in Pizza & Promises.

Which was totally entrapment. With cars this time.

HAHAHA.

#due south

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I’m currently doing two things I don’t want to do: if I alternate between them, it’s like I’m getting a break, right?

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In unrelated news, I have finally started a hexagon quilt. Have I ever quilted before? Nope! But I’ve been hand sewing since I was like 10 and I have that adhd crafting confidence. You know the kind. Anyway, here’s my progress so far (two nights work)

Aren’t those flowers cute? I’m planning on making a bunch in different combinations (from the stack of fabric there). And these are the paper hexagrams I’m using- they’re maybe 1/1.25 inches big. I’m using Elmer’s stick glue to tack everything down before I stitch it together. My fabric is from my stash, but was originally from Walmart, same as the cheap ass thread I have. The hexagrams I printed (search “tesselated hexagrams” and you’ll find a bunch you can print).

I fully expect the fabric I have won’t be enough to finish the full quilt, and then I have to decide if I want to mix in other fabric from my stash or if I want to get more from Walmart. I’m planning on thrifting something to work as the backing, but I’m not getting that until I decide what the final pattern will be.

Progress will be sporadic, but I’ll update as I go!

#sj crafts #quilting #hexagram quilt #sj in real life

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Sometimes I eat because I feel hunger. Sometimes I eat because I feel woozy. Sometimes I eat because my stomach feels *sick* and that’s the worst because then I have to remind myself that my stomach feels off because it needs food and the crackers/bread eat to calm it down are not enough. Having poor interospection is a *trip* y’all.

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$50,000 immediately dropped into my bank account wouldn't improve EVERYTHING but boy it sure would be a grand, sexy little start to a good, happy life path, don't you think

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This is actually already in place in many countries around the world. Students get $900 a month to attend college in Denmark.

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In my research for a non-fanworks writing project, I find myself fascinated by the legalities of death- particularly the shifting legal status of the deceased and the deceased’s families. A corpse is neither a person (because dead) nor an object (because was person) but some other, third thing. Transport of remains is both very specific but also incredibly mundane. American culture keeps so much hidden, but also, can be incredibly pragmatic.

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I found an original delia’s button down at the thrift store today, and it was *too small* and I am so mad.

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Neither of our dogs like getting bathed (shocker) and I usually deal with this by taking them to the professionals- but we ran out of time for company tomorrow which means, in the middle of everything else, we need to give them baths.

Merlin was up first. He kept trying to leave, but a slice of cheese kept him in the tub, and he got a little pup cup for being so brave.

Archie is next, and I need to prepare myself