Now I need to decide whether I'm going to have to rescind my RSVP which is WHY I WANTED TO KNOW ALL OF THIS BEFORE I RSVPed IN THE FIRST PLACE

Bossager was so very very explicit that his own dietary needs meant he always made sure there was something safe for him like steak and chips on the menu, which made me feel like I would be safe with whatever he chose because that's fine for me too, but, alas,

Also none of the food on the example menu is suitable for my dietary requirements anyways, so. Cool. It's all like: Lamb! --> excellent Glazed in the sweetest soy sauce you've ever tasted in your goddamn life --> am I eating this meal from the restroom or

I'm not doing badly at my job! I just have bad self esteem! It's not awesome for me to go into The Work Panopticon as a weekly microtorture!

He has very reasonable reasons behind it, but because the core of it is "let's assess how you're doing and how you could be doing better," my mentality every week going into it is "I've done something Wrong and Bad and now I have to Justify it or else I will be fired." Which is not... great.

I really like my data entry/web admin job. Work from home, mostly talk to my coworkers about project related things, and because I was so bad at scheduling and pricing my art I'm still making way more per month than I was doing art even though my hourly rate is technically less.

They make some toys I've liked and I enjoy the intellectual challenge of knowing everything about them including the things they lie about.

If this was pre-2014 or so then sure, I'd probably be hard pressed to not be a little in love with the company. When they were building their reputation they put out good product and did a lot of good deeds. But now nooooo way man, I am not even a little bit a Build-A-Bear reverer.

They're always so apologetic about it too! They're like "Sorry but I just don't like the store that much," or "My kid doesn't care much for her Build-A-Bear" or whatever. No man, don't worry, it's not about me liking them, it's about me consuming them from the inside out.

Omg I was thinking so hard about Mira I forgot how to spell Zoey's name I'm sorry Zoey 😭

I love Mira with all my heart but she is NOT a tomboy. Zoe is more of a tomboy than Mira. Mira is slightly edgy and has a deep voice.