Tag: response

lynati
replied to your post “There is somewhere in my apartment a four inch binder full of the…”

I’ll take a copy when you’ve got it together.

I am working on retyping everything, since I’m pretty sure the original files are on one of the old zip discs that got tossed because I no longer have a drive that will read them. And mostly eliminating the blurbs, because oh, the wincing at the lack of research.

(This was last printed in 2004, in my defense, and I was younger, stupider, and had fewer resources to use.)

Also, a couple author names got chucked because nope.

lynati
replied to your post “*loud internal screaming*”

Ugh, I hate that. Any chance a physical activity would help? Get you out of your head a bit?

Sometimes it does, but I couldn’t even manage cleaning – which is my go to physical activity, because if my body screams at me to stop, I’m not having to keep going to get home or something. I ended up sorting my jellybeans by color and getting rid of the ones I don’t eat (grape and strawberry flavorings have absolutely no correlation to the flavor of the fruits in question and to me taste foul). Still can’t focus for shit on any particular story, but hey! Something got done. Am currently scrolling tumblr and am being very tempted to snark on a post, because dude, there’s a reason for the one thing they’re rolling their eyes at.

💝 If you receive this you make someone happy. Go on anonymous and send this to ten of your followers who make you happy or someone you think needs cheering up. If you get some back, even better! 💝

This is fantastic, and I kept in my inbox a while because it made me smile. However! Time to post this, because everyone should get this. 🙂

And this goes to all y’all who follow me, because the fact that you’re here and put up with my complaining interspersed with multi-fannish stuff, and how things have changed on my blog over time, and just. I’m glad to know you’re willing to stick around (and if you’re blacklisting some stuff in order to stick around, go you for managing your internet experience!).

theotherguysride
replied to your post “Morning, 23 Mar 17”

*offers tea and a hug*

*accepts both, because both are needed*

Just got home, because mom had a dentist’s appointment and we did some shopping between the two scheduled appointments and then after hers.

I say scheduled because the doctor’s office lost the appointment, and I wasn’t in their system. And while it is nice that I now have all the paperwork I needed to fill out and a new appointment in two weeks, I’m still cranky that they lost the appointment, because dude, now the anxiety is likely to repeat itself.

Damnit.

Also, I really, really do not like the implication that gender is binary and that I am supposed to pick one of two, and no. No, nope, fuck you, my gender is not either option you presented and I refuse to play your binary bullshit. I do not care if you don’t like it, my gender is not binary.

Anyway. Home, have some treats, more vegetables (both fresh and frozen), other groceries, a pack of new underwear so I don’t have to do my laundry until the weekend, and a new pair of jeans that need hemmed but otherwise fit. Hemming I can do. Jeans that fit and have pockets are the important part. Granted, the absolute upper limit of the sizes available, but still. Fit, and should continue to fit for a while unless my body is an absolute brat.

layered-like-an-onion
replied to your post “(1/3)Kinda in-line but opposite your trek/wars crossover, i had the…”

Huh. I…..didn’t even think about all that at all. The pure /dichotomy/ of the positions each universe is in mentally!

A lot of that comes from the universes being created by very different people for different purposes and different – if related – media. They’re both fine bodies of canon with plenty to play with, and with their own issues, but they do come from different ideas.

Star Wars is a fairy tale with sci-fi set dressing. It very much relies on destiny and fate and Good v. Evil, and it follows the tale of one family over multiple generations, with the rest of the galaxy just a backdrop for their shenanigans that’s along for the ride.

Star Trek is social commentary with sci-fi set dressing. People make choices and deal with the consequences come from those decisions, and it is a story of a portion of a galaxy, as told through the lens of the crews of ships and stations. There are places where there is a sketch of destiny or fate, but it’s not fixed.

scrapdragonstudio
replied to your post “I totally agree with that post you reblogged about abuse and feeling…”

Watto wouldn’t have needed to notice. I imagine that Shmi, wanting to make sure her son stayed safe, told him not to show people he was angry. But she was a good mom, and I don’t think it would have been “don’t feel these things” but “you can’t let anyone know you feel these things except when you’re with me” type messages.

Then you put him into a situation where he’s calling someone new master. Shmi’s not there. And it’s not the same KIND of master, but …

*nods* Which isn’t entirely healthy for him in the long run, but in the short term would help.

But it still is going to go to the same place as any slave master, and Anakin isn’t going to trust it’s safe to show Obi-Wan any anger at all. That it will get him in trouble, and get him punished, and he has no idea what that might mean among Jedi.

He might even worry that it will get him kicked out and sent back to Tatooine. And even if this is a new set of masters, he’s still in a better place to survive than he was before. Which, no matter what else, survival is at the top of his priority list. So he tries to make himself into what his new masters want him to be, what they expect him to be, and anger is definitely not something they’ll ever want to see – not only because showing the Master he’s angry is dangerous, but because they told him that.

Not necessarily so bluntly, but Yoda’s little thing about fear leading to anger to hate to the Dark Side and their initial rejection of him because of fear? That certainly would have told him that anger is not allowed by these masters, any more than it was safe on Tatooine.

And then when he’s with Padmé, and when they are on Tatooine, he breaks a little. He feels safe enough around her to show he’s angry.

This has been sitting in my drafts awhile, and since I’m clearing those out, here, have some meta.

Response, and Morning 5 Feb 17

shinyrock6498
replied to your post “Bedtime 4 Feb 17”

omg, i’m glad you finally warmed up; that’s awful. *hugs* for you

*hugs back* Thank you. 🙂

Don’t have the spoons to try to do response and then a separate post for morning post. Cut for length and me being a cranky tired person who is in lots of pain.

Woke up at 5something this morning crying in pain. Hello, new thing, let’s not become standard. 800mg advil on an empty stomach and an hour to get back to sleep. Another 800mg at noon because I was starting to cry again because everything hurt and my hands felt like they were being broken, in terms of pain level. (800mg every six hours because the advil is currently working, and it does at least take the edge off enough I can, with effort, do things. It does not mean I don’t hurt, or even hurt only a little. It just means I am able to move while I whine and whimper.)

This is the second nasty flare of pain this winter, both involved having gotten chilled.

And I can’t just crawl under my covers and sleep, because tomorrow I head out of town for six weeks. I have to finish my laundry, get my clothes packed (most of the rest of it is pack already, or won’t get packed until morning, because sleeping in my bed, not out in the RV, tonight).

First load of laundry was done yesterday, and is mostly folded and brought back upstairs for me to pack or put away as I chose. Second load is in the dryer and should be done in about half an hour.

I have fed the cat her morning kibble-in-a-thing-to-chase. I have had cinnamon buns for breakfast, and my lunch is in the microwave. Hair is up so it does not snag and make me shriek at the pull on my scalp (scalp has always been very sensitive to pain, it’s just gotten worse as the pain has gotten more). I am pushing water and other drink to make sure I am hydrated, as well.

Pantry bin is packed. Candy tin needs some of the newer starburst put in it. Thread bin needs the stray balls of thread and three stray cones, and it is ready. Clothes will not be done until after laundry is as far as I’m going to get it done. Bead box needs moved out to the kitchen so I do not forget it.

Dishes will either be done later today or tomorrow morning before leaving. Bedding will be dealt with in the morning. Portable altar will be packed into a bin with appropriate accoutrements in the morning. Likewise, electronics don’t get packed until morning.

Need to locate all the spools for rope braiding, so I can pack them. In the thread bin, perhaps.

Probably need a nap soon, too.

There won’t be more time-traveling Boromir today, because pain means everything is taking longer than usual, and the packing comes first. I will have time while traveling tomorrow to work on things, and hopefully queue things up for tomorrow or Tuesday.