i am working with people to co-launch a new social media platform and that launch happens tomorrow so we’ve been putting the finishing touches on it all week and it’s been incredibly busy. hopefully it will not be starting tomorrow-ish
Appalachia is flooded and tons of people can’t get clean water or evacuate due to roads collapsing. Opened Tumblr, saw a smug liberal practically orgasming over “you Trump voters” getting what we deserve.
I guess I’m fighting with my only friend again. I told him I explained something badly and he misunderstood it. He told me he’s too stupid to have serious conversations with. I reiterated that the communication failure was on my end, and he’s not stupid. He suddenly flipped the script and said I always make him feel stupid and that I think he’s lesser than me. Even though he was calling himself stupid and I was trying to reassure him? I attempted to comfort him and asked what I could do better, since I actually really admire him, but he hasn’t replied.
It’s almost time to return my library book and I’ve barely touched it. I carry it everywhere with me, but we’re so busy I have to work through my breaks and I pretty much fall asleep when I get home. I guess it’s more of a hobby for well off people.
Maybe next week will be remotely decent.
Appalachia is flooded and tons of people can’t get clean water or evacuate due to roads collapsing. Opened Tumblr, saw a smug liberal practically orgasming over “you Trump voters” getting what we deserve.
That shit pisses me off so bad. Different part of Appalachia, but I lived in WV for a year and will go off when someone makes a comment about the people there. There are a lot of great folks fighting the good fight.
It’s so stupid, ain’t it? The logic is so broken when you think about it. So the south has oppressive laws. You think that’s bad, because people deserve better, right? Except then you hate people for being oppressed, so much that you want them to suffer further punishment.
So you don’t actually hate oppression, right? So then why don’t you like the south?
Liberals are some of the stupidest creatures alive. (I’m a leftist)
Have you tried audiobooks? I don’t read much paper nowadays, but I still find time to listen to at least a book a month. All for free through my library!
Also, what book is it?
I tried, unfortunately I get shuffled between relatively solitary jobs and customer service on a moment’s notice. I think last time I tried I was listening to something gory and didn’t have time to pause it before helping a little kid find clothes. Sorry if I looked traumatized, kid.
I could probably find more opportunities to listen at home while doing chores and stuff, though. I have a tendency to want to take in fiction in big blocks of time instead small chunks split across the day, but it’s not always an option.
And the book is The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy! I picked it up kinda blind because I’ve had both friends and Lemmy users recommend books by him, but the library didn’t have any of the ones that were suggested to me.
Most of my listening is while commuting and chores, usually at least 15 minutes of listening for each. I would prefer to listen for at least an hour each session but my schedule doesn’t really allow for that.
I added that book to my holds list, only 13 hours! Thanks a bunch, I’ve never read anything by him!
Went on a coffee date with someone that went quite well, we’re even making plans for a second date.
She’s also been sending pictures of some of the rocks in her collection to me, which is awesome!
She has this barely-contained-chaotic-joy about her that’s just awesome to see. We were talking intermittently for a few weeks before I got a glimpse of that joy, then we were talking quite a bit more. And then we went to get coffee which turned into lunch as well.
NGL last week was pretty great. Only the second successful date in the last 4 years for me, but I’ll take any win I can.
Edit: Nevermind.
I mean she wants to be friends which is cool as she’s an awesome person so having her among my very short list of friends (which has only shrunk over the years) would be great but she’s not interested in me in a romantic kind of way which is a bummer. Guess it’s back to the Gauntlet.
Having her as a friend will be great that’s for sure (we’re planning to go rock climbing next weekend which will be awesome!)
The main bummer is having to go back to the Gauntlet to see if I can find a romantic partner.
That shit sucks so goddamned much.
I definitely understand! Part of what I meant was that she may have other friends which may make the search a little less difficult!
Not beehaw, but I hope I’m welcome to share my weekly worries anyways…
I’ve been taking on a little more tasks at work this past half year, but it’s slowly starting to pour out of my agenda. This week is the start of another big task to add to my agenda in exchange for some other, “less important” tasks. It might be time to say “no” more, but I’m not very good at that. I wasn’t very good at asking for help either, but I’ve learned to do that more because I had to. So I hope I can also learn to say “no” more in these coming weeks. Specifically to those people who depended on me for those “less important” tasks.
I’ve been in your exact situation, and I’ll tell you what was once told to me by someone older and wiser than myself. When you determine that your plate is full, you ask your manager to help you prioritize the tasks you’re being assigned. You lay out all the shit that’s been dumped on you, and ask for the order in which they want it done.
If they understand, they’ll stop piling on and you’ll get some relief.
If they don’t understand or say something like “you’ll figure it out” look for the door and find another job as quickly as possible.
Last weekend was Folsom weekend, so right now I’m eepy and recovering from staying out far too late each night.
I just finished creating a chatbot trained off Microsoft’s dialogpt, and it felt really weird talking to it. I asked it if it had any plans and it responded with going to the beach in the south of France. I then shut it off.
It just felt weird to talk to it and hearing its response. Yes, there was a 3 sec delay, but I think I’ll just put it aside for now.
Besides that, everything else has been going well. I’ll be heading on vacation next week to see NASA’s rocket launch to Europa.
Oh man, that sounds exciting! Getting to see a NASA launch sounds like a cool vacation. I hope you enjoy the trip!
