how's your week going, Beehaw

hello Beehaw, it’s a sleepy morning–and i did not get very much sleep. luckily i have no social priorities so this is not a big deal. currently reading a number of books after completely crashing out of doing that for the entire month of June. i think i can get about 3 in before the end of the month, we’ll see

alyaza,
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just finished two books today: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer and The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time: The Arctic Mission to the Epicenter of Climate Change. i have concluded that i dislike most true crime and that i mostly derive amusement from such books because they display how incompetent a lot of cops are. i would recommend The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time if you would like to know about what it takes to do a scientific mission in the Arctic

Parsnip8904,
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I finished the book on Endurance by Alfred Lansing which was pretty amazing. TGPEoAT sound pretty cool, will definitely be checking it out :) Thank you. Have you read In Cold Blood (?) by Truman Capote which is supposed to have basically started true crime as a genre?

alyaza,
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Have you read In Cold Blood (?) by Truman Capote which is supposed to have basically started true crime as a genre?

no, already have a huge backlog (400+, even at a pace of 40 books a year) so i have no idea when i’d get to it either lol

Parsnip8904,
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Lol I know what you mean. Looking at my audiobook catalogue gives me anxiety sometimes 🤣

Nyla_Smokeyface,

I’ve read In Cold Blood for school in high school junior year. WOW that was a good and heart-wrenching book.

Parsnip8904,
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It was, but not just that I’ve read somewhere that the book managed to influence the jury who was hearing the case because it was so popular.

verbalbotanics,

Thanks for these posts, it’s a nice little reminder to check in with myself. Ups and downs, but mostly good. Feels so nice after a long day to relax playing the new Zelda. I don’t care if I ever beat it, I just want to run around gathering mushrooms and stuff, it’s so soothing for me.

EponymousBosh,
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Been a weird one, ngl

nihilx7E3,
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decent so far, spent all of yesterday with family. hope everyone else is having a good week too. good luck on the book goal @alyaza & make sure to get some more rest!

LoamImprovement,

My dad is going through DTs and I’m on the other side of the world on a business trip. I hope the withdrawal doesn’t kill him before I get to see him again.

iamhazel,
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Not sure what DT is but I hope he can get some help and you see him as many more times as you’d like.

Parsnip8904,
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I’m guessing Detoxification from some addictive substance?

BricksDont,

Delirium tremens- serious withdrawal symptoms

iamhazel,
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Ah, thank you!

curiosityLynx,

In short:

Very hot weather & no AC => window open at night => getting woken up at 5:30 in the morning by early morning trains => tired af

iamhazel,
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It’s okay. I hit a new weight high of 129 lbs (I am 5’11" so hitting as low as 119 is fucked) but now the idea of eating even more is extra nauseating and unappealing. About to see my therapist though and they’ll be thrilled with the gains. Anyone else fucking despise food and eating and biological needs??

GandalfDG,
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My wife has struggled with disordered eating, and it’s been a long journey for both of us. She is also tall and got to a really scary place. She’s doing much better now, but it continues to be a process. Keep up the great work and don’t give up!

SeafoamRobin,

It’s been going well! I received my passport yesterday so I’m planning a trip to see some friends in Canada for later this year. I’ve been struggling with my book goals lately too but I’m ~250 pages through Priory of the Orange Tree and loving it.

Kahizzle,
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Looking forward to my two weeks holidays starting next week.

Really dragging this week out knowing I’ll be off though.

Have so many games and shows to get stuck into. TOTK has been neglected for too long.

drwho,
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Pretty much like the last couple: Not fast enough during the work parts, the weekend will probably fly by so fast it’ll feel like I didn’t have one. Rinse, repeat.

JCPhoenix,
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Massive windstorm came through my area last Friday afternoon. Had like Cat 1 hurricane winds. In the Midwest US. So it knocked down trees and powerlines all over the metro area. I was out of power from 4:00pm on Friday through 8:30pm Monday.

So it was a shitty weekend. I (and my brother who’s visiting) stayed in my apartment on Friday night, which was sweltering. Humidity and like 85F (29.4C) temps inside, even with windows open, made it miserable to sleep. Saturday, we spent like 7hrs at my company’s tiny office (we’re actually full remote) charging up phones and battery banks, while just hanging out and enjoying the AC. But we stayed in my apt again on Saturday night, which was just a bit cooler, but enough that I was able to sleep like 8hrs. Sunday during the day was OK, but then it rained again and got sunny afterwards, driving up humidity. We finally decided to get a hotel room. On Monday, after checking out, we hung out at the local library to work (I could’ve gone to my office, but I knew a couple co-workers w/o power at home were there). Monday evening was a little cooler again, so we braved the apt, and then the power came back. Even through Tuesday, there were still like a thousand customers in the metro without power. I think the utility is back to normal ops now.

Overall, it just a wasted weekend. It sorta felt like homelessness, especially when going to my office, then to the hotel, then going to the library. At my apartment, it was sorta like camping but way less fun.

At least I had no property damage or injuries. Driving around, I saw lots of trees on houses. I saw at least a few vehicles that looked totally destroyed since trees fell on them. So it could’ve been worse for us.

Mandy,

Last week my gf and her friends gave me the chance to do something different, so I quit my job (on the grace period right now) and we are starting to figure law stuff out cause we are international

Parsnip8904,
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Best of luck :)

Mandy,

Thanks Buddy

Ignacio,

Dealing with my executive dysfunction. I managed to study for 90 minutes this Monday morning, and I tried to continue that same afternoon, but I couldn’t do more than 30 minutes.

I need to put my head in order to avoid those situations, but I can’t.

DJDarren,

On the other hand, you’ve managed two hours of study this week, and that’s ok.

Nyla_Smokeyface,

I’ve been playing Tears of the Kingdom a lot which is great!

But today I’m suddenly feeling pretty sad. I have really bad executive dysfunction and ADHD and there’s a lot of things I want to draw. There’s Art Fight and also this July art prompt list for a fandom I really want to do some art for, but I don’t know if I have the time or motivation to do it. Not to mention there’s an art commission that I haven’t finished and they’ve been waiting a while. They have been so patient but I’ve been planning to get it done this summer and it feels like it’s almost over. And like, I have hobbies outside of drawing so that makes it harder.

Also r/place starts today. I loved r/place last year. It was incredible to participate in and see. But all the shit Reddit has pulled and how bitter I feel towards it has really put a damper on it and I feel sad just thinking about it.

I’m also pretty bummed out about how…empty the fediverse feels in a lot of corners. Even the communities that have opened as a substitute for other subreddits are often empty or inactive. There seems to be a lack of a fandom on Fediverse which means it feels pretty lonely and even if I made stuff relating to that I feel like it wouldn’t get a lot of attention.

xMotivee,

As a wow player, I started my 3 day weekend and accomplished getting a new raid mount, and one I’ve wanted since I started playing! I’ve only been playing since around September, but it’s a 1% chance of dropping so I’m grateful!

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