Raving mad and somewhat slightly dazed

Due to listening to Welcome to Night Vale...almost constantly... at work, plus having a Lot of Feelings about the current arc, what writing I have gotten done has been about those things.

Plus, Tamika Flynn is amazing.

Into the Chihuahuan
Tamika Flynn speaks with her God.
Features: Mix-and-match mythology, one incredibly badass teenaged girl.


( Because Set )
 The Chihuahuan Desert is close to one of the places I grew up.

First reaction was this: 

…so, at my new job.

In the Engineering department, where I work, there is a men’s bathroom is 12 feet from my desk.

The only women’s bathroom, on other hand, is down a flight of stairs. Next to the secretaries and hr.

Well then.


with the tag "is this what they call institutionalized sexism"

edmondia responded, " Yes it is. Perhaps this should be pointed out to people."

My mother, who for the record is far more conservative than I, described it as “presumptive” which I thought was a nice polite way of putting it.

She also advised me that perhaps I shouldn’t bring it up my first week on the job, which while irritating is kind of valid. There’s no point in raising the issue when I’ll just be ignored. I will bring it up, once i’ve built up some credibility.

hahahaha so today.

manager (male) and coworker (female, one of three on the floor) were chatting in the cubicle next to mine. manager was telling a story. story went like this:

His girlfriend didn’t like that he went out without telling her, so she called the police and said that he beat her. he then said, and I quote, “and police always believe the woman, especially in a small town.” then female coworker replied that yeah, she hated girls who did that and went on to talk about a guy she knew that couldn’t have beat his girlfriend, because he was so nice.

and then my brain made the record scratch noise and  i put my headphones so I didn’t have to listen any more.

 

An aside on white privilege: it took me three minutes to notice there were three girls in the office. it took me three days to realize that everybody was white.




nothing quite that awful has happened since, but there's still a pervasive aura of it

 

eeeeeee

terrified. excited, but terrified.

My dog, my little furry monster who I love to pieces, has managed to injure himself.

We're not sure how. We're thinking he's pulled a muscle, or possibly injured his hips. He's having trouble walking, sometimes. He'll be fine and then he'll freeze up in pain. The vets were all closed for the holidays but we'll probably take him in tomorrow.

One of the pain instincts of dogs, apparently, is to hide. Find a nice safe cave and hide out. Well, there are not any caves in the house, so Kit has been improvising. So far we've found him underneath the end table, inside of a closet, behind the tv stand, behind the toilet, and just now, in the back of the pantry behind several heavy containers. I'm not sure how he managed that one without phasing through objects.

I hate that he's in pain. I just want to fix it, and take it away. I hate him suffering. But I am a little impressed.

Will update later with news.

edit: aaaand i dropped my laptop on its side. the side with my flash drive in it. my flash drive exploded.
I got everything off it and will replace it tomorrow.

Today, why.

Last piece. Didn't feel right without having Riku.

Yay, familial awkwardness.

previous chapter at  http://splinteredstar.dreamwidth.org/109986.html

but stupid pairing may own my soul

so as some of you know, I played Pokemon X recently. And Lysandre/Sycamore caught me in the knees and I fell over into a puddle of feels. Because Guh.

So. Fic exists. Unedited but you know.

"Heat"
Pregame
Lysandre/Sycamore
PG
Was going to be silly and fluffy and then feels happened.

Lumiose City is hot in the summer. Professor Sycamore has his ways of dealing with it. Lysandre is not amused.




edit: this now has a proper edit at archiveofourown.org/works/1039858

...but only sort of.

got an email back from the place in interviewed with last week. they said no.

my financial aid got fucked up, and before I can register for the spring I owe a little over 3grand.

At least I got better grades on my tests this time.

I had three tests this week. I know that I got a 76 on one of them, which is pretty damn good considering that I got a 50 on the last one I took in that class. I am mostly attributing this to not having had a career fair immediately before taking the test this time.

Haven't gotten the other two back, but, promising.
 
As previously stated: I have an interview! I am currently researching the company. Slightly terrified, because it's an honest to god real interview but. Am currently trusting that I will not explode in the process.


Every semester there's a children's book sale in the education building. As is traditional, I spent way too much money on whatever young adult fantasy caught my eye. I then spent the rest of the week inhaling them several of them. While this year did not result in anything as marvelous as Whales on Stilts, which is still one of my favorite things ever, I did find some fun things.

I read The Shadows, which is something like off-brand  Coraline. Which is perfectly allowable of course, especially since Olive is smart and stubborn and inventive, all of which are things I approve of in a YA female protagonist. Also it actually had me guessing at points as to what was going on, which was more than I had expected.

I also read Villain School: Good Curses Evil. Despite it's appalling cover art and occasional blatant plot device, it is a lot of fun. Basically: sometimes evil parents find that their children aren't quite evil enough for their liking. Thus, the send them to what amounts to a Reform School for Young Villains. It is led by Professor Snape. I mean, his name is Veldin Deadthorn, but trust me, it's Professor Snape. Not!Snape has a son who attends this school, the lead character, who longs for his father to approve of him. But since he can't Evil his way out of detention, the chances of that are somewhat slim.

It's adorable and cheesy and kind of ridiculous, but a lot of fun. I think I'll grab the next one in the series some time.

After that I've been rereading Thud and Snuff, two of my favorite Discworld novels. Because Vimes ftw.

Finally, the second piece of this series is done. Took me a while to edit, but I think it works, now. Kairi is difficult and Namine more so. If I messed them up, let me know.

First piece is here: splinteredstar.dreamwidth.org/106264.html

Post KH2
Kairi had always been different, but this was even stranger.