Amanda

@refinedladybug.bsky.social

Likes: Pastries, yarn, glitter, math, and the Carolina Hurricanes. Finally having my ska phase. She/her ❤️

Happy Friday, bluesky friends! Are any of y'all out there in the tech world looking for a senior dev/software engineer? Preferably fully remote, but we are in Apex, so some local-to-the-Triangle in-office time would prob be okay...? Putting out some feelers for my other half. 👨🏼‍💻❤️

Had to walk out to the car in the rain after trivia, and was trying to figure out how to protect my hearing aid. J immediately offered his hat, which I took...but I had to put it on sideways so the brim was over the processor. Like this, but significantly less cool. 😅

Robin Williams Says Wazzup?

Alt: Robin Williams in the birthday party scene from Mrs. Doubtfire. He's wearing a red plaid shirt and a sideways baseball cap, and is laughing as he says: Wazzup? He looks ridiculous, but it's very charming and funny, because he's Robin Williams. I'm pretty sure my look was just ridiculous.

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I definitely worked way too hard on my trip, and am physically paying for it today. But I also got to do some things I haven't done in a long time, including some things I'd forgotten that I'm actually really good at. So all my muscles are angry and tight, but my mind is happy and quiet. 🥰

Actually, this seat was pretty good and chill. Not a lot of bathroom traffic, and kind of quiet because I wasn't in a sea of people. A little cramped getting my backpack under the seat, but otherwise totally fine. And Chicken + Beer was happy to box up my order to go, so everything worked out.👍🏼

Amanda@refinedladybug.bsky.social · 3w ago

Womp womp. I've had pretty good luck with the seat lottery on my few flights, so I guess it balances out. And it could be worse. At least it's the aisle. 🤷🏼 How long does it take to board a plane that size? (By which, I mean, how long do I actually have to eat my food?)

Screenshot of my assigned seat on the airplane's seat map, for my flight from Atlanta to Raleigh. 

I'm in the aisle seat, in the very last row, way in the back of the plane. Right next to the bathrooms.

Womp womp. I've had pretty good luck with the seat lottery on my few flights, so I guess it balances out. And it could be worse. At least it's the aisle. 🤷🏼 How long does it take to board a plane that size? (By which, I mean, how long do I actually have to eat my food?)

Screenshot of my assigned seat on the airplane's seat map, for my flight from Atlanta to Raleigh. 

I'm in the aisle seat, in the very last row, way in the back of the plane. Right next to the bathrooms.

I was so pleased with my perfectly reasonably sized dinner portions, I ordered dessert to go... And then let out a very audible "Oh my God...?!" when I picked up the bag, because it was so heavy. No banana, because I'm out, but I have a banana bag, so that's the scale here.

The three now empty plastic bowls, stacked up on the sheet pan.

My banana bag, which is an ugly cute mishmash of different plaids, is on the table behind the tray for scale. The smaller bowls are about the size of my palm (not shown), and obviously smaller much than the little crossbody bag.A lidded styrofoam quart container, next to the same banana bag on the passenger seat of the rental car. The container is humongous next to the bag.

Sometimes you just need to get out of town and speed run a different city. I'm probably more than slightly dehydrated, sore from dancing, and now full of biscuits and coffee. 😂 Thanks for an awesome time, Charlotte! 👑 🤘🏼

"Tulsky was born in Philadelphia, growing up a sports fan. He'd watch Mike Schmidt and the Phillies at The Vet and still lets an occasional "Go Birds!" slip out during NFL season." Congratulation to Eagles fan / analytics nerd Eric Tulsky on his first Stanley Cup. www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...

How the Hurricanes' jock-nerd alliance won the Stanley Cup

Coach Rod Brind'Amour and GM Eric Tulsky blended the perfect recipe, creating a team that won its first Cup in 20 years -- and will be back for more.

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