A Missing Week
Nov. 4th, 2024 01:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouse Sorry about that, you all. I did not, in fact, drop off the face of the Earth. I have, instead, been in a quiet panic brought on by the up-coming elections. So that does, in part, explain my complete absence from all things social media and internet.
We had a lovely Halloween. Here's the picture that Shawn took of our house dectoration and the pumpkins we carved.
Chez Roundhouse, Halloween 2024. Many pumpins and lights.
The only other thing of note is that I have a new, highly seasonal job with the City of Saint Paul. I signed up to be the person who puts those annoying tickets under your windshield when you fail to move to the correct side of the street during a snow emergency. Fun times! But it pays, and my writing really doesn't. Plus, given how LOATHE Saint Paul is to actually call snow emergencies who knows how often I'll even work.
I am weirdly excited by this job? I don't know why. I think I'm intregued to see how it all goes and I'm kind of thrilled at the prospect of being out in the world when very, very few others will be, you know?
Otherwise, I have been completely ignoring the world and spending my time populating the various worlds of the role-playing games I'm running. I made actual MOVIES of found footage that my players *might* encounter. There's something seriously wrong with me. (I mean, I know what it is. It's stress over a potential second Trump presidency.)
I'm also working on a crazy quilt for Shawn. I finished piecing it a couple of days ago, and now I'm on to hand quilting it.
Image: Quilt with many squares and rectangles of floral patterns.Nearly invisible Rhubarb for scale.
So that's me. Still above the ground. So far.
How are y'all holding up?
We had a lovely Halloween. Here's the picture that Shawn took of our house dectoration and the pumpkins we carved.
Chez Roundhouse, Halloween 2024. Many pumpins and lights.
The only other thing of note is that I have a new, highly seasonal job with the City of Saint Paul. I signed up to be the person who puts those annoying tickets under your windshield when you fail to move to the correct side of the street during a snow emergency. Fun times! But it pays, and my writing really doesn't. Plus, given how LOATHE Saint Paul is to actually call snow emergencies who knows how often I'll even work.
I am weirdly excited by this job? I don't know why. I think I'm intregued to see how it all goes and I'm kind of thrilled at the prospect of being out in the world when very, very few others will be, you know?
Otherwise, I have been completely ignoring the world and spending my time populating the various worlds of the role-playing games I'm running. I made actual MOVIES of found footage that my players *might* encounter. There's something seriously wrong with me. (I mean, I know what it is. It's stress over a potential second Trump presidency.)
I'm also working on a crazy quilt for Shawn. I finished piecing it a couple of days ago, and now I'm on to hand quilting it.
Image: Quilt with many squares and rectangles of floral patterns.Nearly invisible Rhubarb for scale.
So that's me. Still above the ground. So far.
How are y'all holding up?
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Date: 2024-11-04 07:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-11-04 08:54 pm (UTC)I'm basically just beside myself and perhaps weirdly, perhaps not, tackling vaguely icky household tasks that I've been putting off. I guess it must be distracting. Or some kind of underlying belief that if I do unpleasant things I'll be compensated by a good election result.
P.
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Date: 2024-11-04 10:57 pm (UTC)I, too, am finding ways to avoid the world in order to stave off panic. Rewatching my favorite k-drama is my current technique to Not Think About It. Also, I have whipping cream in the house. It can be both celebratory or comforting. ha.
Did I mention that I like those pictures you posted? Really fun to look at.
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Date: 2024-11-05 12:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-11-05 03:41 am (UTC)K.
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Date: 2024-11-05 05:55 am (UTC)WE ARE NOT GOING BACK!
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Date: 2024-11-05 06:32 pm (UTC)ELECTION SOLIDARITY.