geoff

@kookaburrasakura.co.nz

he/him • ne mæg werig mod wyrde wiđstondan / ne se hreo hyge helpe gefremman

"How's the siege of Wintergate going" if we had a nickel for every time a boulder landed one hex short of crushing an entire stack of militiamice, we'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but we also only have the two stacks

I'm learning about therapy horses, which is interesting because it seems like a big part of how they can work is horses (prey animals generally probably) don't believe you when you say everything is fine when you're not fine, so they're sort of a visualizer for your inner turmoil.

SIXTY-SEVEN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OUT OF DOORS: ah marvelous, a warm spring day. I could ride my bike or read a book or simply enjoy this sun shine. SIXTY-SEVEN DEGEEES FAHRENHEIT IN DOORS: this hungering cold is beyond human endurance.

Sometimes I get mad at computer and I use strong language like "hey what the fuck" and my little dog gets up and leaves the room and it makes me feel TERRIBLE each time

Unintentionally found myself in a Radio Yerevan joke, that went, roughly Radio Yerevan was asked: why is this operation so complex? It is not worth optimizing because it is rarely done. Radio Yerevan was asked again: but don't we do this commonly? Yes, but each time we only do it once.

I was like "a quota? that's what it cawsts to make a phone cawl in Bawstun" and then I realized that payphones are extinct and started to panic. A quota is... all da Patriots need ta win da big gayme? I'm lost at sea! Fuck!

My little dog loves to lie on the stairs to guard me from e.g. FedEx guys, but she also wants to dig up the carpet at that particular spot. I have installed a little bed there, and we are now at an uneasy truce.

A little dog lies in a pink bed on some stairs

I'm chunking my way through Ancillary Justice by Ann Lecke and it's doing pretty good at hitting the unreliable narrator notes that I love so well despite the narrator probably being, like, mechanically unable to doublethink

whenever i hear some variation on "but what if trump does X or Y or Z" i think of this ulysses s. grant remark to a subordinate during the wilderness campaign.

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I was like, "what is the etymology of ammunition vs. munition" and the answer is, older French was like "ah oui oui, «ze war shit», c'est «la munition»" and middle French was like "aha, certainement vous avez dit «l'amunition»"

So a vile assassin left a screw in the road to harm and oppress the pickle van, but I REMEMBERED my driver's ed classes and I can change my own tire and I felt like Danny Champion of the World anyway do you realize that spare tires can go flat? feels like there oughta be a rule against that.

ME: alright I've got pre-commit fully configured, got all these hooks in place, this time I'll have good coding habits for sure PRE-COMMIT RUFF HOOK: hey man you forgot to document this function ME: I'll kill you and eat your body

DM: everybody, roll perception WAYNE, DRUID ASSASSIN: nine WAX, ROGUE DIPLOMAT: six ROSE, CATSPAW OF A MONSTROUS DARKNESS: eight RENONA, DRUID OF A THOUSAND SHAPES: ten ABIGAIL, SECRET POLICEMAN SORCERER: ten DM: [choking on tears] the DC... was eleven...

EGO: (HAS LAID OUT ALL HIS ITEMS, IN UNDERWEAR) COATL: I do not see the cursed item here, it's still on you DYNAMO: it's not here, did you eat it EGO: Ego is in his underwear! ATANAH: You can eat things in your underwear, it's called depression

COUATL: only the most CLEVER of your band could solve this riddle DYNAMO: here comes INT 18 em effers I'm a COLLEGE GIRL (rolls a one) WILLOW: keen elf senses will pierce this riddle (rolls a one) ATANAH: uh (rolls a four) EGO: [still kicking a hole in a wall] COUATL: COUATL: what the fuck guys

Shout out to Dr. Khan and her bomb-ass rose gold stethoscope, don't know why it never occurred to me that doctors could choose to accessorize with their paraphernalia, anyway it looked great let's all look great forever

Among my various crimes, I am constitutionally incapable of serving base form Kraft Mac 'n Cheese, so here's today's Kraft Dinner feat. cherry tomatoes, garlic powder, oregano, basil, parsley, red pepper flakes we had no spinach :(

It's mac and cheese, with allies