Tired Guy
@astandupguy.bsky.social
Supremely Tired. Teacher. Voice Actor. D&D. Pokemon. Not much more to say.
Venmo: @Guy-Messer-Li
Venmo: @Guy-Messer-Li
I am too tired to continue being awake today
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January 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I am too tired to continue being awake today
People keep saying 'you have to make time for yourself'
I'm working to get us out of the red every month
My professional day begins at 7 (though it necessitates arriving a little earlier to prep) and often ends between 5-7. Sometimes later
I make sure the family is fed, then pass out
So:
I'm working to get us out of the red every month
My professional day begins at 7 (though it necessitates arriving a little earlier to prep) and often ends between 5-7. Sometimes later
I make sure the family is fed, then pass out
So:
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January 13, 2026 at 1:27 PM
People keep saying 'you have to make time for yourself'
I'm working to get us out of the red every month
My professional day begins at 7 (though it necessitates arriving a little earlier to prep) and often ends between 5-7. Sometimes later
I make sure the family is fed, then pass out
So:
I'm working to get us out of the red every month
My professional day begins at 7 (though it necessitates arriving a little earlier to prep) and often ends between 5-7. Sometimes later
I make sure the family is fed, then pass out
So:
I think I'm pretty tired of working a minimum of 53 hours a week (not counting preparation time, and since it is attached to multiple jobs, no over time) across working responsibilities, and barely keeping the family's head above water.
And then getting judged by people for money-saving tactics!?!?
And then getting judged by people for money-saving tactics!?!?
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January 13, 2026 at 1:19 PM
I think I'm pretty tired of working a minimum of 53 hours a week (not counting preparation time, and since it is attached to multiple jobs, no over time) across working responsibilities, and barely keeping the family's head above water.
And then getting judged by people for money-saving tactics!?!?
And then getting judged by people for money-saving tactics!?!?
Trying to figure out self-talk. I feel like some days I'm a little too tired to fight off the negative gremlin hanging out in my head. Most days I can but I need strategies for when I can't just say:
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December 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trying to figure out self-talk. I feel like some days I'm a little too tired to fight off the negative gremlin hanging out in my head. Most days I can but I need strategies for when I can't just say:
This post was ghost written by @hahanimation.bsky.social
I personally think that Americans wildly over-cinnamon their apple pies. the prominent flavor of an apple pie should be apple. The acidity of the fruit mixed with too much cinnamon ends up tasting kinda sicky
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I feel like when glass is smashed in movies, they never show the people picking glass out of their bodies for hours afterwards.
Like I dropped a jar yesterday, my friends and wife all worked together to clean the kitchen, I took a shower, and I woke up this morning with a piece of glass in my foot!
Like I dropped a jar yesterday, my friends and wife all worked together to clean the kitchen, I took a shower, and I woke up this morning with a piece of glass in my foot!
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November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I feel like when glass is smashed in movies, they never show the people picking glass out of their bodies for hours afterwards.
Like I dropped a jar yesterday, my friends and wife all worked together to clean the kitchen, I took a shower, and I woke up this morning with a piece of glass in my foot!
Like I dropped a jar yesterday, my friends and wife all worked together to clean the kitchen, I took a shower, and I woke up this morning with a piece of glass in my foot!
Right now I feel like I'm walking through life seeing everyone around me and wondering:
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November 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Right now I feel like I'm walking through life seeing everyone around me and wondering:
It can be hard to rally your mind during a difficult time. But, a lifetime of ignoring my feelings for the sake of others has trained me well.
Being a people-pleaser folks!
It's:
Being a people-pleaser folks!
It's:
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November 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It can be hard to rally your mind during a difficult time. But, a lifetime of ignoring my feelings for the sake of others has trained me well.
Being a people-pleaser folks!
It's:
Being a people-pleaser folks!
It's:
Not me turning the last of my honey upside down so it can pool in the lid so I can just drop the lid in my tea.
Sure micro plastics. Also...
Me to myself:
Sure micro plastics. Also...
Me to myself:
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November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Not me turning the last of my honey upside down so it can pool in the lid so I can just drop the lid in my tea.
Sure micro plastics. Also...
Me to myself:
Sure micro plastics. Also...
Me to myself:
#D&D is not just creative writing
It's:
- Collaboration
- Improvisation
- Empathy
- Fun in failure
- Strategy
- Math, Science & other academics
- Safety
- Identity
- Adaptable to kids & adults
Between my home games & student games, I see people grow, access emotion, & explore themselves
It's:
- Collaboration
- Improvisation
- Empathy
- Fun in failure
- Strategy
- Math, Science & other academics
- Safety
- Identity
- Adaptable to kids & adults
Between my home games & student games, I see people grow, access emotion, & explore themselves
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November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
#D&D is not just creative writing
It's:
- Collaboration
- Improvisation
- Empathy
- Fun in failure
- Strategy
- Math, Science & other academics
- Safety
- Identity
- Adaptable to kids & adults
Between my home games & student games, I see people grow, access emotion, & explore themselves
It's:
- Collaboration
- Improvisation
- Empathy
- Fun in failure
- Strategy
- Math, Science & other academics
- Safety
- Identity
- Adaptable to kids & adults
Between my home games & student games, I see people grow, access emotion, & explore themselves
I gave my level 5 #D&D 3rd-8th grade players the opportunity to strategize against a Lich encounter!
The lesson was, not all encounters end with 0HP
They discussed restricting V/S (grapples/silence/darkness) stealing the component pouch & burning legendary resistances to enable Suggestion
Amazing
The lesson was, not all encounters end with 0HP
They discussed restricting V/S (grapples/silence/darkness) stealing the component pouch & burning legendary resistances to enable Suggestion
Amazing
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November 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I gave my level 5 #D&D 3rd-8th grade players the opportunity to strategize against a Lich encounter!
The lesson was, not all encounters end with 0HP
They discussed restricting V/S (grapples/silence/darkness) stealing the component pouch & burning legendary resistances to enable Suggestion
Amazing
The lesson was, not all encounters end with 0HP
They discussed restricting V/S (grapples/silence/darkness) stealing the component pouch & burning legendary resistances to enable Suggestion
Amazing
@samreich.bsky.social @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
New season idea for @dropout.tv and @dimension20.bsky.social
Kids playing D&D. Chaos, brought to life by Rick's help/SFX. Hilarity ensues
I DM kids 3rd-8th grade 2x a week Crazy Improv, unique gameplay!
Dropout D20 Season: 'Stay in School'
New season idea for @dropout.tv and @dimension20.bsky.social
Kids playing D&D. Chaos, brought to life by Rick's help/SFX. Hilarity ensues
I DM kids 3rd-8th grade 2x a week Crazy Improv, unique gameplay!
Dropout D20 Season: 'Stay in School'
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
@samreich.bsky.social @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
New season idea for @dropout.tv and @dimension20.bsky.social
Kids playing D&D. Chaos, brought to life by Rick's help/SFX. Hilarity ensues
I DM kids 3rd-8th grade 2x a week Crazy Improv, unique gameplay!
Dropout D20 Season: 'Stay in School'
New season idea for @dropout.tv and @dimension20.bsky.social
Kids playing D&D. Chaos, brought to life by Rick's help/SFX. Hilarity ensues
I DM kids 3rd-8th grade 2x a week Crazy Improv, unique gameplay!
Dropout D20 Season: 'Stay in School'
@dimension20.bsky.social #VivaMasVegas was truly a wonderful show. So grateful to @elainelee.bsky.social
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social & Rick Perry are awesome human beings, some of the hardest workers on the planet!
I look forward to all your next work
For now, safe travels, Intrepid Heroes!
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social & Rick Perry are awesome human beings, some of the hardest workers on the planet!
I look forward to all your next work
For now, safe travels, Intrepid Heroes!
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November 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
@dimension20.bsky.social #VivaMasVegas was truly a wonderful show. So grateful to @elainelee.bsky.social
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social & Rick Perry are awesome human beings, some of the hardest workers on the planet!
I look forward to all your next work
For now, safe travels, Intrepid Heroes!
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social & Rick Perry are awesome human beings, some of the hardest workers on the planet!
I look forward to all your next work
For now, safe travels, Intrepid Heroes!
Sincerely grateful to have had the expertise of @elainelee.bsky.social in my classroom today, helping students use the world of D&D to craft unique narratives
They experienced the expertise of an author, and saw the importance & value of collaborative storytelling
Adventure Week is on the horizon!
They experienced the expertise of an author, and saw the importance & value of collaborative storytelling
Adventure Week is on the horizon!
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October 30, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Sincerely grateful to have had the expertise of @elainelee.bsky.social in my classroom today, helping students use the world of D&D to craft unique narratives
They experienced the expertise of an author, and saw the importance & value of collaborative storytelling
Adventure Week is on the horizon!
They experienced the expertise of an author, and saw the importance & value of collaborative storytelling
Adventure Week is on the horizon!
Just finished Indigo League with my kid, and started Orange Islands and let me tell you.
Pokemon Themes are such bops man.
Pokemon Themes are such bops man.
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October 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just finished Indigo League with my kid, and started Orange Islands and let me tell you.
Pokemon Themes are such bops man.
Pokemon Themes are such bops man.
Just watched the first few episodes of #Pokemon Concierge.
So...this is a crash course in how to deal with anxiety right?
Love it.
So...this is a crash course in how to deal with anxiety right?
Love it.
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October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just watched the first few episodes of #Pokemon Concierge.
So...this is a crash course in how to deal with anxiety right?
Love it.
So...this is a crash course in how to deal with anxiety right?
Love it.
Hey #McDonalds I don't get what's triple about this burger. Every time I order triple cheeseburger no cheese, I keep getting two patties. By the time I get home it's too late to do anything about.
This like the 5th time. I don't eat mcds that often.
Now I'm just sad :(
This like the 5th time. I don't eat mcds that often.
Now I'm just sad :(
October 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hey #McDonalds I don't get what's triple about this burger. Every time I order triple cheeseburger no cheese, I keep getting two patties. By the time I get home it's too late to do anything about.
This like the 5th time. I don't eat mcds that often.
Now I'm just sad :(
This like the 5th time. I don't eat mcds that often.
Now I'm just sad :(
Annoyingly, I used to have a first edition of the first book of @dereklandy.bsky.social 's Skulduggery Pleasant series. Then one of my students borrowed it and never returned it. Now I have an incomplete collection, and cannot find the initial edition anywhere, and the new ones don't match my set :(
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October 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Annoyingly, I used to have a first edition of the first book of @dereklandy.bsky.social 's Skulduggery Pleasant series. Then one of my students borrowed it and never returned it. Now I have an incomplete collection, and cannot find the initial edition anywhere, and the new ones don't match my set :(
Posting this here for myself as a reminder
I've uninstalled Pokemon GO & Sleep for this week. The daily requirements of each is feeling more like stressful chores than actual joy
Maybe when my child's walking I'll reinstall & we can go enjoy the park
Let's see how I do
For now, for my brain:
I've uninstalled Pokemon GO & Sleep for this week. The daily requirements of each is feeling more like stressful chores than actual joy
Maybe when my child's walking I'll reinstall & we can go enjoy the park
Let's see how I do
For now, for my brain:
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September 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Posting this here for myself as a reminder
I've uninstalled Pokemon GO & Sleep for this week. The daily requirements of each is feeling more like stressful chores than actual joy
Maybe when my child's walking I'll reinstall & we can go enjoy the park
Let's see how I do
For now, for my brain:
I've uninstalled Pokemon GO & Sleep for this week. The daily requirements of each is feeling more like stressful chores than actual joy
Maybe when my child's walking I'll reinstall & we can go enjoy the park
Let's see how I do
For now, for my brain:
I have committed to slowly purchasing the Pokemon DVD box sets. Gotta watch em all (in order ofc)
My son loved Indigo league but we can't afford all the different subscription services they're all on
DVDs are just better anyway and likely to have some cool bts or extras stuff
Season 1-3 ordered!
My son loved Indigo league but we can't afford all the different subscription services they're all on
DVDs are just better anyway and likely to have some cool bts or extras stuff
Season 1-3 ordered!
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September 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I have committed to slowly purchasing the Pokemon DVD box sets. Gotta watch em all (in order ofc)
My son loved Indigo league but we can't afford all the different subscription services they're all on
DVDs are just better anyway and likely to have some cool bts or extras stuff
Season 1-3 ordered!
My son loved Indigo league but we can't afford all the different subscription services they're all on
DVDs are just better anyway and likely to have some cool bts or extras stuff
Season 1-3 ordered!
You know I get so many student family members reaching out to me and thanking me for my class, communication, connections with students, and so much more, and I don't know how to tell them
'Could you tell my boss please?'
'Could you tell my boss please?'
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September 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
You know I get so many student family members reaching out to me and thanking me for my class, communication, connections with students, and so much more, and I don't know how to tell them
'Could you tell my boss please?'
'Could you tell my boss please?'
Here's the thing. I love Wendy's. But I can only afford to have it once in a while to treat myself.
So when that treat includes cheese on every burger despite me asking for none, and is missing a patty from the one triple burger I ordered, it just makes me sad.
So when that treat includes cheese on every burger despite me asking for none, and is missing a patty from the one triple burger I ordered, it just makes me sad.
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September 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Here's the thing. I love Wendy's. But I can only afford to have it once in a while to treat myself.
So when that treat includes cheese on every burger despite me asking for none, and is missing a patty from the one triple burger I ordered, it just makes me sad.
So when that treat includes cheese on every burger despite me asking for none, and is missing a patty from the one triple burger I ordered, it just makes me sad.
I don't know that the inventor of the @otterbox.bsky.social had a one year old with the throwing arm of a quarterback in mind, but I gotta say (about the phone case, not the child):
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September 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I don't know that the inventor of the @otterbox.bsky.social had a one year old with the throwing arm of a quarterback in mind, but I gotta say (about the phone case, not the child):
Some people don't get that, even if it is true, it doesn't make it all over. It'll just get worse. #IYKYK
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September 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Some people don't get that, even if it is true, it doesn't make it all over. It'll just get worse. #IYKYK
The magic of 'hating yourself' is that it's sort of satisfying that, finally, the person you hate actually knows that you hate them, & can feel every ounce of your hatred
Can't feel that when you hate anyone else
It's an oddly gratifying feeling
In definitely unrelated news, it's been a bad month
Can't feel that when you hate anyone else
It's an oddly gratifying feeling
In definitely unrelated news, it's been a bad month
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August 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The magic of 'hating yourself' is that it's sort of satisfying that, finally, the person you hate actually knows that you hate them, & can feel every ounce of your hatred
Can't feel that when you hate anyone else
It's an oddly gratifying feeling
In definitely unrelated news, it's been a bad month
Can't feel that when you hate anyone else
It's an oddly gratifying feeling
In definitely unrelated news, it's been a bad month