wildforce71

My workplace is great at saying things that sound like things I very much agree with, but I have learned to check and DOUBLE CHECK the fine print, because so often they present us with things like this:

work: HEY let's do something fun! [literal text says "it's time to take a moment to relax, renew and refresh!"

me: that sounds good, right? relax, renew, refresh -- heck yeah, I'm so on board!

work: join this challenge! two weeks!

me: a challenge to relax?

work: haha it's a step challenge! [the literal text says employees can: "push themselves to new limits"]

me: but that doesn't sound refreshing OR relaxing

work: also it's a competition; the only measurement is number of steps

me: ...I'm still stuck on how that's relaxing

work: nobody likes a loser, so TEAM UP and CRUSH THE COMPETITION

me: but our competition is... also our coworkers? I don't see how this helps us reach ::checks text:: "a shared goal of wellness and community"

work: WHY ARE YOU ASKING QUESTIONS WHEN YOU COULD BE STEPPING UP FOR YOUR TEAM

*Sat down to write a post an hour ago, got distracted

*Came back to the post, got distracted again

*Feels like it's just going to be one of those days

It is sooooo hot and humid this week that we've been running the AC units constantly, along with a variety of fans. Which is LOUD. And breezy. And creates a Very Noticeable temperature differential from the front of the house (where window AC units live) to the back of the house (ten steps away, lol).

Anyway, I've dealt with this by pretending I live on a spaceship,* which has been surprisingly fun and effective! Highly recommend as a strategy for dealing with 'inside conditions are not ideal; outside conditions are even less ideal' weather!

(*sure, it sounds silly when I say it like that, but you could call it 'practicing mental reframing of the physical conditions' and it sounds way more like a clever meditation technique!)

Okay, so I LOVE having the radio on, just, all the time. BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR MY LIFE, YES PLEASE. (Unnecessary backstory cut for time.)

My go-to station is WXRV THE RIVER, heck yeah! But it's gone to at least 50% static the last few weeks, and I haven't bothered to try moving my radio around to see if I can improve the reception. (I know, so old school: an actual radio!) And then we lost the power for a few minutes over the weekend, and I had to reset the radio station anyway, so I just picked one nearby to WXRV that came in well.

I think it might be the local university station? I don't think I've recognized a single song, which is genuinely great, although there have also definitely been times when I've walked into the room and thought 'WHAT in the world is this music???' In the cinematic experience of my life, this sure is a thematic shift!

I've now written 100% more fics in July (aka: 1 fic) than in the entire first half of the year (0 fics). YAY!!! Love that fic exchange energy.

*discord is now on my phone, will I regret this choice?????? NOT YET!!!!!

*trying out ellipsus for writing; so far it's fun! pretty! no offline mode, but that's been fine

*weather looks like it's going to be Extremely Summer this week, which means staying inside as much as possible to write will feel like an even better choice!

reasoning made lucid and cool, by The_Onion

“I brought you here to act as Iris’ security consultant,” it said, like Iris wasn’t three floors down from us doing kegstands. “If you manage to unpack something while we’re here, that’s all you.”

Had an absolutely wild dream last night that one of my coworkers was doing the Battleship Exchange and somehow we both found out that the other was participating, and they kept trying to message me about it on the team chat...

And sure, 1) don't cross the streams, everyone knows that; but also 2) consider this: it was hilarious.