Oh man you got a plan for what to make? I love a good banana bread but admittedly that does require prepped bananas. Cookies always are a good call too! :)

When I heard the abuse that Hitchcock put Tippi Hedren thru, and the cold cruelty inflicted on Shelly Long by Stanley Kubrick? Fuck those guys, and anyone who says the performance was "worth it." Also crediting the director for what the ACTOR did? Wtf. Basically chopping down a tree to get an apple.

I hate auteur bullshit so fucking much. It's caused so much grief in my industry (videogames) as well. What I value now as an experienced dev is not "oh this lead has a VISION," but "this lead can work with people worth a good fuckdamn"

Handling all the NWN2 items prepared me for naming item stuff in the most useful way ever
I felt like naming all the stuff in MotB was like NOW YOUR SKILLS ARE TESTED
Gloves? GAUNTLETS. GRIPS. GRASP. WRAPS. HANDS. FISTS. KNUCKLES. No matter the armor type I got one for ya!

It was the origin of Finch, and it was George Zeits' encouragement that he become a full character one day - sadly it was just at cohort level but it was still cool to do :)

I still remember the joy I felt when I asked you if I could name a hat a "chapeau" and you were all "sure"

It felt like such a triumph at the time

I also finally got a name for "demisexual" and going OH SHIT OTHER PEOPLE ARE LIKE ME I AM NOT BUSTED UP IN THE BRAIN AFTER ALL at THIRTY-EIGHT

The fuckin lag on this shit, jeeeeeeeeesus

Yeah! Like you motherfuckers where was this shit when I was 13? Or even 26 when I got diagnosed with anxiety? So many theories therapists and folks tried to apply to me about a bad childhood (mine was great!) or some other reason I am mentally wonky and like "oh no it can't be ADHD, you're not XYZ"

I will always feel I have failed somehow and my own standards for a good gift are "it made me smile!" BUT I MUST DO BETTER

...yes I was a "gifted kid" why do you ask

I just collect lists of things people might like and the second they are empty I hit the PANIC button
If I MAKE a thing holy shit I panic from the BEGINNING

PRIME? Shit man I never thought of my Manhattans as secondary until now. Dang. I hope it still tasted delicious and next time you are in company of classy folx of your choosing what appreciate a good Manhattan (especially a PRIME ONE)

To be clear, I KNOW this is the internet we're talking about, and I do not just up and believe every little thing some lady on YouTube says, but like enough shit *clicked* that I'm like well my therapist gonna have to hear about THIS shit on Thursday FOR REALS

That looks HELLA tasty. Manhattan?

OH YEAH???

In the almost 45 years I've been around it pisses me off that I've lived through way fewer moments of "wow cool, this is historical" than I have intense large scale "for the books" moments of utter bullshit that are scary or stupid or a hideous combo thereof

I love giving presents to people and making them neat stuff but that doesn't mean I won't be WRACKED WITH ANXIETY ABOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS

Just like a dope stick! Sometimes you just gotta be like dude, that stick is rad as HELL

dude WHAT