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sideways1) Always a little fascinating, and sometimes perversely satisfying, to take a look at what's in the top kudos'd category of a fandom and conclude none of it's what you're after. RIP to 3,000 odd strangers I guess but we're clearly different people. (Other times it's exactly what I want and I am one of the triumphant sheeple. Ever a gamble. The best strategy ofc is finding someone who writes what you like and raiding their bookmarks ad infinitum.)
2) Weather's been absolutely stupid. Slightly cold for two days. Sudden rain, in June. Hot again! Wait, shit, it's still winter. Uh, mildly warm? Fuck it, hot.
3) Had my first home repair incident because I went to the loo in the middle of the night and put my foot in a puddle. Spent an embarrassingly extended few seconds trying to figure out if the roof was leaking or if I had somehow wee'd on the floor before concluding the toilet itself was the problem, and then commenced the journey of trying to get a plumber in, which was also a rather meandering process. Seems good now though, fingers crossed.
4) Honestly this time of year is awful financially, I feel like my bills are lining up to kick me around in a gutter and loot me for spare change. Peacock dryly reflected that you know you've crossed out of a certain life bracket when you go from "tax return, whee, free money!" to "tax return, whee, QUICK PAY THE CAR REGO".
5) Had a nice "oh I have come a ways" moment at work when I held my own in an argument over grass species. The old Winger could not have thrown down about the fact that white speargrass is, despite the common name, Aristida, and what's more there IS more than one species of Heteropogon commonly found in our region! Listening to people argue grass ID sounds is so funny though, there's a reason this image decorates my desk. We're trying so hard and guessing so much.
2) Weather's been absolutely stupid. Slightly cold for two days. Sudden rain, in June. Hot again! Wait, shit, it's still winter. Uh, mildly warm? Fuck it, hot.
3) Had my first home repair incident because I went to the loo in the middle of the night and put my foot in a puddle. Spent an embarrassingly extended few seconds trying to figure out if the roof was leaking or if I had somehow wee'd on the floor before concluding the toilet itself was the problem, and then commenced the journey of trying to get a plumber in, which was also a rather meandering process. Seems good now though, fingers crossed.
4) Honestly this time of year is awful financially, I feel like my bills are lining up to kick me around in a gutter and loot me for spare change. Peacock dryly reflected that you know you've crossed out of a certain life bracket when you go from "tax return, whee, free money!" to "tax return, whee, QUICK PAY THE CAR REGO".
5) Had a nice "oh I have come a ways" moment at work when I held my own in an argument over grass species. The old Winger could not have thrown down about the fact that white speargrass is, despite the common name, Aristida, and what's more there IS more than one species of Heteropogon commonly found in our region! Listening to people argue grass ID sounds is so funny though, there's a reason this image decorates my desk. We're trying so hard and guessing so much.
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Date: 2023-07-06 01:42 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2023-07-06 02:01 pm (UTC)Every day I wake up grateful I am not a plant taxonomist. What a fucking nightmare (and I say this as someone who loves grasses, but also recognizes the harsh reality that boundaries are fluid and categories permeable and the plants themselves don't care). Sometimes you just have to say, "fuck it, Setaria spp." and move on.
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Date: 2023-07-06 02:13 pm (UTC)Also, I am impressed I managed to view that tweet given that Twitter has been so erratic lately, and I don't have an account. But I'm very glad it worked, because it was funny!
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Date: 2023-07-06 11:38 pm (UTC)Yeah, I knew the Tweet was risky so I'm glad it managed to let you through, ahah.
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Date: 2023-07-06 06:30 pm (UTC)This is the only way I go after fic these days! I'm too picky, maybe, but also [shrug]
Yay for work milestones! <3
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Date: 2023-07-06 11:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-07 02:42 am (UTC)3) Oh noooooooo! D: MY NIGHTMARE. I'm glad it's sorted and hope sincerely it stays sorted!
5) The image made me giggle in sympathy, despite it being very far from my area of expertise. Congratulations on your successful argument-holding! \o/
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Date: 2023-07-07 03:36 am (UTC)Plumbing problems are the worst T-T I'm just glad I didn't leak into the apartment below or anything.
It's such a good meme. I point to it often.