There was a mic'd up street preacher in town today, declaring that "the reason so many women have trust issues is because they give their bodies to too many men".
Can I report that as misogynistic hate speech?
At what point does Christian street-preaching cross the line into hate speech?
I managed to get in at 7am this morning, when there were only ~15 people in. Guess I'm going to have to get back into the habit of super-early mornings for a while.
Even now, after 11pm on Friday night, there are at least 50 people in there.
It's my turn to go, dammit!
Why are there so many people in the gym this week? I check the app to find the best time to go, and there haven't been fewer than 50 people in all day (45 is my cut-off point for it being uncomfortably busy).
In my last job I did shortlisting and never saw anyone's demographic information, but I know other employers don't use the same systems. It also means I now have to gauge the right time to share pronouns or ask about reasonable adjustments.
But I do find it strange that my first invitation to interview came from the first application I didn't share any demographic information.
Here's an interesting thing: after months of applying for jobs without even getting shortlisted, I've started changing all my Diversity Monitoring answers to 'prefer not to say' and suddenly I'm getting interviews.
It could be coincidence - maybe I'm just getting better at application statements.
"Go for It, Nakamura!" will debut on April 1, and the staff have revealed a new promo video.
We survived!!!
The folks are all moved in - I left them ordering dinner and choosing a dvd to watch as their Sky and Internet aren't connected yet.
I am back in my own flat where it is quiet and there are no sad dogs or sad parents, and I can finally relax.
The movers are finally moving their stuff into the new house, after a few hours of us sitting around waiting to exchange keys.
I am looking forward to getting back to my own flat this evening. Might even treat myself to a takeaway as a personal reward for surviving everything.
We are into the home stretch. My family have been generally well-behaved - 99% of the stress has come from external factors over which we have no control (annoying buyers, a delay with money and let exchanges, and a flat van battery).
We survived day one.
Just about everything that can be packed is packed - there's still stuff to pack in the morning after breakfast - but no one shouted or threw a strop and we had plenty of rest-breaks.
Now I just have to get through tomorrow.
My sister and I are spending today and tomorrow helping our parents move out of the house they've lived in for the past 44 years.
I'm not stressed about the packing and cleaning: I'm stressed about having to manage three grown-ass adults who don't know how to manage their stress.
What is "glass skin" and why are ads suddenly telling me I need to have it?
Thanks! It really is the most random and uncurated collection, mostly from blind-boxes, gifts, and Loot Crates, but the space looks so bare without them!
Bookshelves full of manga and an eclectic mix of anime figures and plushies.
There, that looks so much better!
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Yes, I know it's lunar new year, but fireworks echo off of buildings like gunshots and explosions, and sudden explosions outside your window without warning are not fun.
FUCKING FIREWORKS
Today I had to move all my silly little anime figures off my bookshelves so that a contractor could put down dust-sheets, and the shelves look so sad and empty without them. Makes me feel better about keeping them.
I really want my next one to be a Yuri On Ice tattoo, but I'm still struggling to find something. It needs to be small and simple, preferably not with character faces or text, and recognisable as YOI.
And another!
I would buy this as-is (and I'm kinda jealous that I didn't have this idea myself!).
Maybe a different background colour to make the AO3 logo pop
Photograph of individual Yorkshire Tea teabags in a hotel room, alongside individual milk cartons.
This hotel gets it.
Jen's first holiday in almost a year!
Okay, it's a three-day city break, but it counts.
(I was making glazed tofu and the heat must have been too high because the glaze started to char as soon as it hit the pan. Oops.)
Well, I just set the smoke alarm off for the first time since moving into this flat.
At least I now know it switched itself off and doesn't make the whole building evacuate.
Iron Lung bay-bee!
(There's no posters or promo in my cinema, but I'm here and the screen is full!)
Just booked my ticket to see Iron Lung at the start of Feb! Kudos to everyone responsible for getting UK cinemas to pick it up!
