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September 22, 2025, the day that... I shared my writing with someone who knows my legal name.

Things that made me happy today

The system being down for the first couple of hours at work today and getting to socialize!

Daily Smiley: ⊙﹏⊙

Quotes of the Day

"I'm just tastin' words!"
--Jordan Holmes, Knowledge Fight #1079

Dreams

None that I can remember. But yesterday and the day before, I slept in (I called in yesterday and stayed in bed for too long) and dozed in and out of sleep so I remembered a few dreams at the time but I don't remember them now.

Things I Bought

Nothing today, but yesterday I went to Dollar Tree to get cash and bought a bottle of alkaline water to take to the register.

Accomplishments

The socializing seemed to go well! JD even said it was nice talking to me! I shared my fanfic DW with C and Y and Y said she'd read some of it when she gets home. (I'm so nervous!)

Food

Morning: breakfast shake. Throughout the morning: iced coffee from home. Breaks: Cosco "Lunchables," 2 mozzarella string cheese, a Godiva truffle. Dinner: 2 corn dogs with ketchup, Seagram's Escapes

Today I wore:

Purple T-shirt and work pants.

Movies/TV Shows/Books/Podcasts

Podcasts: Knowledge Fight; The Skepticrat (I totally missed it yesterday! Glad I had it at work!); Cognitive Dissonance. Tried to read some of Into the Void but got distracted by daydreaming.

Friends

JD, C, Y. W was on the call-out board so I won't see him again until next week.

Music I Loved Today

"Back in the High Life Again" by Steve Winwood was stuck in my head for most of the day because it's the song that was playing on The Bridge

What I Learned Today

Re-learned that sharing your writing with someone who knows your legal name is nerve-wracking! But I trust her not to be too harsh or to share it with anyone else (she promised).

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September 18, 2025, the day that... getting up at 8:00 am was still sleeping in.

Things that made me happy today

My printer/scanner still works!

Daily Smiley: ₍^. .^₎⟆

Quotes of the Day

"Sir, the best apology is changed behavior!"

From a Reads with Rachel video about the Shadow and Bone series, talking about the male lead.

Dreams

I know I had at least two dreams but I don't remember any details.

Things I Bought

Nothing. Stayed in my apartment all day.

Accomplishments

I reorganized the toiletries on the shelves next to the sink in my bathroom! (Still need to actually clean, and when I go to Walmart tomorrow I'll get more surface cleaner.)

Also I cleared my work table and set up my printer/scanner! And they still work, though I had to use the Windows Store scanner software. The original software had more features, but it also would scan and then multiple files of random squares from the same scanned page as if it was so proud that it had guessed that I only wanted those parts. Originally I had to tape a manilla folder to the underside of the top of the scanner so that it would scan the entire page, and I'd just crop out the manilla bits. The Windows Store software doesn't pretend to be "smart" and all it does is scan the entire rectangle every time, but considering the alternative I am so okay with that.

Anyhow, I scanned all of three binders of papers from grade school to close to the present and most of a fourth.

Food

Brunch: frozen pancakes with butter and syrup. Snack: Trader Joe's Spiced Chai prepared as directed. Also lots of half-alkaline/half-filtered water. Early dinner: Cheeseburger (yay for the Costco microwaveable hamburger patty!) and fries (the little 4-minute microwave box from Walmart). Evening: Some Seagram's Escapes.

Today I wore:

Gray T-shirt and black straight-leg yoga pants.

Movies/TV Shows/Books/Podcasts

Books: Read a little bit of Into the Void. Podcasts: The Scathing Atheist (I'd been looking foward to the "Son of a Bitch-uary" for shmurshmur but the PIAT guys were right to not do one for a guy who was murdered, good call probably mostly Noah); Cognitive Dissonance. (Mostly watched YouTube videos while in front of the computer scanning stuff.)

Friends

Just my parasocial relationship with the Puzzle in a Thunderstorm folks. (I'm looking forward to seeing Noah at a CFFC event

Music I Loved Today

I just looked up the closest planetarium and tomorrow they're doing a Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon show so now that's in my head. Didn't actually listen to any music outside of some YouTube videos today.

What I Learned Today

To give up on Windows being consistent (I tried to have the folder the scans went into be sort by date added, descending but new stuff kept going to the bottom) and find another way to get stuff done.

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