Masnadies
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Terminally online since 1993, in search of a place in the world. From Tolkien, Star Trek, Doctor Who, McCaffrey, Alexander, Good Omens, music with Lyrics, and everything else, mostly books. Not at Liberty to disclose much more, online for community.
I like a Starbucks gift card-- at least, I used to. I hope their strike is successful so I can get a treat there again.
Though I don't get presents like I used to get with younger kids. And my daughter always offers to help use any gift cards I don't need, so-
Though I don't get presents like I used to get with younger kids. And my daughter always offers to help use any gift cards I don't need, so-
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I like a Starbucks gift card-- at least, I used to. I hope their strike is successful so I can get a treat there again.
Though I don't get presents like I used to get with younger kids. And my daughter always offers to help use any gift cards I don't need, so-
Though I don't get presents like I used to get with younger kids. And my daughter always offers to help use any gift cards I don't need, so-
Trying to nap. Did not happen.
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Trying to nap. Did not happen.
Yes, I was just saying we were reading the same fics, I felt pressured!
It's lovely so far but the narration is lacking - is the word "prosody"? Pace, rhythm, intonation, emphasis.
I will very occasionally even wonder at a choice of Michael's but he's excellent and I'm so spoiled
It's lovely so far but the narration is lacking - is the word "prosody"? Pace, rhythm, intonation, emphasis.
I will very occasionally even wonder at a choice of Michael's but he's excellent and I'm so spoiled
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Yes, I was just saying we were reading the same fics, I felt pressured!
It's lovely so far but the narration is lacking - is the word "prosody"? Pace, rhythm, intonation, emphasis.
I will very occasionally even wonder at a choice of Michael's but he's excellent and I'm so spoiled
It's lovely so far but the narration is lacking - is the word "prosody"? Pace, rhythm, intonation, emphasis.
I will very occasionally even wonder at a choice of Michael's but he's excellent and I'm so spoiled
Yes, it was very upsetting.
I'm glad you understand.
The guilt for Being This Way can ge a little much, but it's easier when you're not alone
I'm glad you understand.
The guilt for Being This Way can ge a little much, but it's easier when you're not alone
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Yes, it was very upsetting.
I'm glad you understand.
The guilt for Being This Way can ge a little much, but it's easier when you're not alone
I'm glad you understand.
The guilt for Being This Way can ge a little much, but it's easier when you're not alone
So, your advice for those of us on e3?
What point is the s2e6 of Stranger Things, where sensible people ought not to tread until we have part 2?
What point is the s2e6 of Stranger Things, where sensible people ought not to tread until we have part 2?
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
So, your advice for those of us on e3?
What point is the s2e6 of Stranger Things, where sensible people ought not to tread until we have part 2?
What point is the s2e6 of Stranger Things, where sensible people ought not to tread until we have part 2?
We were very into Shakespeare when I was 10. We studied the Tudors and Macbeth, and we did all sorts of stuff with the Globe, and I'm now decades into wanting to go, and if I had any sense at all I'd be making a list and that would be on it.
Sounds like so much fun and a great atmosphere!
Sounds like so much fun and a great atmosphere!
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
We were very into Shakespeare when I was 10. We studied the Tudors and Macbeth, and we did all sorts of stuff with the Globe, and I'm now decades into wanting to go, and if I had any sense at all I'd be making a list and that would be on it.
Sounds like so much fun and a great atmosphere!
Sounds like so much fun and a great atmosphere!
that's not fun.
It would be interesting to try a few times to see life from the other side, but also it could be quite damaging.
And if it were such a simple thing that could always allow someone to act NT-ly, it would be everywhere, so...
But still so interesting, to be able to cross that divide
It would be interesting to try a few times to see life from the other side, but also it could be quite damaging.
And if it were such a simple thing that could always allow someone to act NT-ly, it would be everywhere, so...
But still so interesting, to be able to cross that divide
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
that's not fun.
It would be interesting to try a few times to see life from the other side, but also it could be quite damaging.
And if it were such a simple thing that could always allow someone to act NT-ly, it would be everywhere, so...
But still so interesting, to be able to cross that divide
It would be interesting to try a few times to see life from the other side, but also it could be quite damaging.
And if it were such a simple thing that could always allow someone to act NT-ly, it would be everywhere, so...
But still so interesting, to be able to cross that divide
that would be rough. Like he sees one of his kids and how he's doing things maladaptively.
Just reading that made me feel awful about myself because, as I said, I don't mask well enough and kind of a spotlight on what I don't do, I don't care about status but not being able to be what others need
Just reading that made me feel awful about myself because, as I said, I don't mask well enough and kind of a spotlight on what I don't do, I don't care about status but not being able to be what others need
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
that would be rough. Like he sees one of his kids and how he's doing things maladaptively.
Just reading that made me feel awful about myself because, as I said, I don't mask well enough and kind of a spotlight on what I don't do, I don't care about status but not being able to be what others need
Just reading that made me feel awful about myself because, as I said, I don't mask well enough and kind of a spotlight on what I don't do, I don't care about status but not being able to be what others need
Oh yes, natural things seem like obvious go-tos, but they aren't, any more than anything else.
It could very easily be addictive. And harmful in other ways, if you are effectively blind to some things in your normal state, like I said (maybe not here?) the effect of seeing how you normally are
It could very easily be addictive. And harmful in other ways, if you are effectively blind to some things in your normal state, like I said (maybe not here?) the effect of seeing how you normally are
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Oh yes, natural things seem like obvious go-tos, but they aren't, any more than anything else.
It could very easily be addictive. And harmful in other ways, if you are effectively blind to some things in your normal state, like I said (maybe not here?) the effect of seeing how you normally are
It could very easily be addictive. And harmful in other ways, if you are effectively blind to some things in your normal state, like I said (maybe not here?) the effect of seeing how you normally are
I hope that dip rights itself soon!
November 30, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I hope that dip rights itself soon!
Hey, people writing about masking and aging, have you seen this? It's been haunting me all day. I wrote a reblog about it but this is the original so you don't have to read my blathering (if the link works)
Is this even true? I've never heard of this.
www.tumblr.com/krakensdotti...
Is this even true? I've never heard of this.
www.tumblr.com/krakensdotti...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Hey, people writing about masking and aging, have you seen this? It's been haunting me all day. I wrote a reblog about it but this is the original so you don't have to read my blathering (if the link works)
Is this even true? I've never heard of this.
www.tumblr.com/krakensdotti...
Is this even true? I've never heard of this.
www.tumblr.com/krakensdotti...
Working in a school means I come home and have nothing left. On a good day, I can manage some fanfiction comments and dinner and 15 minutes when my kid comes talk to me on her way out.
Never this bad.
I wish we could go complain over cocoa if we were slightly closer. But could we even? Sigh
Never this bad.
I wish we could go complain over cocoa if we were slightly closer. But could we even? Sigh
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Working in a school means I come home and have nothing left. On a good day, I can manage some fanfiction comments and dinner and 15 minutes when my kid comes talk to me on her way out.
Never this bad.
I wish we could go complain over cocoa if we were slightly closer. But could we even? Sigh
Never this bad.
I wish we could go complain over cocoa if we were slightly closer. But could we even? Sigh
Probably discards? We dump hundreds of books a year, especially science because it goes out-of-date so fast.
None of children ever had a textbook before college (except AP classes) and the youngest is nearly 17 and yours get the same per-student spending mine got.
But theft is more entertaining.
None of children ever had a textbook before college (except AP classes) and the youngest is nearly 17 and yours get the same per-student spending mine got.
But theft is more entertaining.
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Probably discards? We dump hundreds of books a year, especially science because it goes out-of-date so fast.
None of children ever had a textbook before college (except AP classes) and the youngest is nearly 17 and yours get the same per-student spending mine got.
But theft is more entertaining.
None of children ever had a textbook before college (except AP classes) and the youngest is nearly 17 and yours get the same per-student spending mine got.
But theft is more entertaining.
I'm so sorry! You heard what it was like out west here the last couple of weeks (and maybe still?)
It's so hard on everyone, workplaces closed, kids scared to come to school and if you see something maybe you can do something but can't fully counter the fear. Take care of each other over there!
It's so hard on everyone, workplaces closed, kids scared to come to school and if you see something maybe you can do something but can't fully counter the fear. Take care of each other over there!
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I'm so sorry! You heard what it was like out west here the last couple of weeks (and maybe still?)
It's so hard on everyone, workplaces closed, kids scared to come to school and if you see something maybe you can do something but can't fully counter the fear. Take care of each other over there!
It's so hard on everyone, workplaces closed, kids scared to come to school and if you see something maybe you can do something but can't fully counter the fear. Take care of each other over there!
I think it's demanding and we just don't have the spoons with everything else. I definitely masked better (if never great) pre-COVID for some reason and now am exhausted
And it makes everything mental and emotional worse
Stupid hormones
And it makes everything mental and emotional worse
Stupid hormones
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I think it's demanding and we just don't have the spoons with everything else. I definitely masked better (if never great) pre-COVID for some reason and now am exhausted
And it makes everything mental and emotional worse
Stupid hormones
And it makes everything mental and emotional worse
Stupid hormones
That's my hope! London used to be so cheap to fly to, and I do have a decent airport nearby. I must find a way.
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
That's my hope! London used to be so cheap to fly to, and I do have a decent airport nearby. I must find a way.
The odds that I'd ask about one or more books however are still high.
If I thought he'd have time to have learned more Welsh I'd throw some of that in as well.
I'm impossible. But if you can't be normal, what can you do?
If I thought he'd have time to have learned more Welsh I'd throw some of that in as well.
I'm impossible. But if you can't be normal, what can you do?
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The odds that I'd ask about one or more books however are still high.
If I thought he'd have time to have learned more Welsh I'd throw some of that in as well.
I'm impossible. But if you can't be normal, what can you do?
If I thought he'd have time to have learned more Welsh I'd throw some of that in as well.
I'm impossible. But if you can't be normal, what can you do?
It's hard in the US and not near a major city. If I still lived in CA, I could imagine that he'd visit as he lived there so long, and if I lived in NYC, he has friends, but the comicons are there, not here.
I'd like to. We can't really afford it but it's about time I do something I enjoy
I'd like to. We can't really afford it but it's about time I do something I enjoy
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It's hard in the US and not near a major city. If I still lived in CA, I could imagine that he'd visit as he lived there so long, and if I lived in NYC, he has friends, but the comicons are there, not here.
I'd like to. We can't really afford it but it's about time I do something I enjoy
I'd like to. We can't really afford it but it's about time I do something I enjoy
Well do I know there's something wrong with me!
If I ever met Michael (please!), I'd forget to say something like his portrayal of Aziraphale got me through challenging years, but what would come out is
"You were reading Thomas Covenant during Staged, tell me your thoughts on the series"
Hopeless
If I ever met Michael (please!), I'd forget to say something like his portrayal of Aziraphale got me through challenging years, but what would come out is
"You were reading Thomas Covenant during Staged, tell me your thoughts on the series"
Hopeless
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Well do I know there's something wrong with me!
If I ever met Michael (please!), I'd forget to say something like his portrayal of Aziraphale got me through challenging years, but what would come out is
"You were reading Thomas Covenant during Staged, tell me your thoughts on the series"
Hopeless
If I ever met Michael (please!), I'd forget to say something like his portrayal of Aziraphale got me through challenging years, but what would come out is
"You were reading Thomas Covenant during Staged, tell me your thoughts on the series"
Hopeless
Ah, shy with me??! I am like Aziraphale if he were exactly as he seems, (but longer hair). A wanna-be.
How could I not like someone who hangs out with you and Michael Sheen?!? Stellar recommendations.
And yes, so much of my relating w/people/characters is through their book choices. I always look.
How could I not like someone who hangs out with you and Michael Sheen?!? Stellar recommendations.
And yes, so much of my relating w/people/characters is through their book choices. I always look.
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Ah, shy with me??! I am like Aziraphale if he were exactly as he seems, (but longer hair). A wanna-be.
How could I not like someone who hangs out with you and Michael Sheen?!? Stellar recommendations.
And yes, so much of my relating w/people/characters is through their book choices. I always look.
How could I not like someone who hangs out with you and Michael Sheen?!? Stellar recommendations.
And yes, so much of my relating w/people/characters is through their book choices. I always look.
No, that's lovely!
Different batches of cookies all over the house, and you have like tins full of them everywhere and like 20 different kinds and traditions and such.
It's the best way!
Actually it's kind of weird my family has never. And why I only know cookies-to-ice and peppermint bark
Different batches of cookies all over the house, and you have like tins full of them everywhere and like 20 different kinds and traditions and such.
It's the best way!
Actually it's kind of weird my family has never. And why I only know cookies-to-ice and peppermint bark
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
No, that's lovely!
Different batches of cookies all over the house, and you have like tins full of them everywhere and like 20 different kinds and traditions and such.
It's the best way!
Actually it's kind of weird my family has never. And why I only know cookies-to-ice and peppermint bark
Different batches of cookies all over the house, and you have like tins full of them everywhere and like 20 different kinds and traditions and such.
It's the best way!
Actually it's kind of weird my family has never. And why I only know cookies-to-ice and peppermint bark
It's usually the kids that others think are weird or unlikeable, and they need that. Or the kids that nobody notices because they are quiet and not popular.
So they need someone too.
I mean, in my day teachers didn't relate to us by asking personal stuff. At least to me. And I'm not the best at it
So they need someone too.
I mean, in my day teachers didn't relate to us by asking personal stuff. At least to me. And I'm not the best at it
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It's usually the kids that others think are weird or unlikeable, and they need that. Or the kids that nobody notices because they are quiet and not popular.
So they need someone too.
I mean, in my day teachers didn't relate to us by asking personal stuff. At least to me. And I'm not the best at it
So they need someone too.
I mean, in my day teachers didn't relate to us by asking personal stuff. At least to me. And I'm not the best at it
(well, usually). By being fair and kind.
And I feel so useless because some of the teachers are so popular and they are pointed out as better than me (don't even ask about churches where popularity and social ability is also the criteria for judgment of worth).
But those kids I do bond with?
And I feel so useless because some of the teachers are so popular and they are pointed out as better than me (don't even ask about churches where popularity and social ability is also the criteria for judgment of worth).
But those kids I do bond with?
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
(well, usually). By being fair and kind.
And I feel so useless because some of the teachers are so popular and they are pointed out as better than me (don't even ask about churches where popularity and social ability is also the criteria for judgment of worth).
But those kids I do bond with?
And I feel so useless because some of the teachers are so popular and they are pointed out as better than me (don't even ask about churches where popularity and social ability is also the criteria for judgment of worth).
But those kids I do bond with?