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not_funwhew so yesterday when we got back from western mass i immediately took a micro nap on the couch, didnt have the energy to post.
western mass? yeah last minute change of plans - alph's sister would have had to drive another hour and a half to our house, so we sort of split the difference and the siblings met up in amherst to catch up. it was really nice, we got mexican at one of the many good hole in the wall joints in the town and then we went to mt sugarloaf's lookout point. it was /right/ before college started so the town was busy but not crazy, mostly taken over with parents and grandparents bringing their freshman in for the first year away from home. there was also a little carnival on the green but none of us were too interested in that.
finally heard back from my prison penpal! there are apparently more issues cropping up with the corrlinks email system. i think it's probable that all these fucked up targeting-blue-state budget cuts may have lead to sysadmins being laid off. so i'm glad i sent her a paper letter to check in. it's cheaper for inmates to use corrlinks than buy a stamp (tho they still pay...) so hearing back on that platform isnt unusual. it doesn't sound like anything is getting uniquely or more dsytopian on the inside. but she did get her website off the ground! it's still a massive WIP and she warned not to try to buy from the shop because it's not at ALL ironed out yet, but check it out. i need to make a little 88x31 button and put it on my site to link to her asap
tired today, sluggish, but that's kinda expected from 3 very busy days. mostly emailing doctors and cleaning up pokemon stuff out of con boxes (since they arent going to worcester pride) and running laundry. the weather is on the verge of rain, so i probably won't get out to the woods today. my acorn squash plants are producing their first squash. excitingggg
wow tho the doctor, doctor Wright, in shirley jackson's the bird nest?? asshole. what an asshole! WHAT an assshole!!! like if The Yellow Wallpaper were written from the POV of the protag's husband, it'd be this guy. jackson is amazing at crafting this distinctly old controlling masculine voice that has decided itself an authority on all subjects. what a gross creep, he sees elizabeth as positive and viviacious and even sexy when she's under hypnosis because she's only SLIGHTLY more outgoing but also VERY people-pleasing and agreeable, never says no. but ohhhhh god forbid her "bad" personality show up, he calls her all kinds of horrible things. and all she's doing is demanding to establish boundries! challenging his theories! laughing!! being, really, kind of the woman her aunt was described as being in her youth. though tempered with a little bit of a childish behavior that a lot of uhm. traumatized people who grow up kind of unevenly due to trauma have. her calling him Dr Wrong got under his skin so much lol especially when she actually got him to call himself that. i can't help but notice that when Elizabeth's boundries aren't respected (ie, forcing hypnosis) and she gets sick after he's like WELL THATS INEVITABLE but if /she/ pushes back on /his/ boundries, lacks respect for him and fails to obey his every command and /he/ gets sick he's like UHMMM ITS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME AVOIDING THE PATIENT ALTHOUGH IM TOTALLY AVOIDING MY PATIENT
also holy hell his description even of his office. he thinks its relaxing and homey. it sound dark, dirty and gross. smell of cigar smoke by his own admission because he encourages male patients to smoke with him to relax and tell their stories. imagine being like 20something mentally ill anxious and you're just forced into this mancave w a stranger who's like SO WHATS YOUR DEAL. this was always going to go badly, jackson makes very clear. but now elizabeth has escaped containment and run away from home :o where will she go what will she do. probably, buy some clothing that isn't picked out by her aunt. that is my guess. a tiny gasp of individuality.
still riding the high of being told i have the best organized pokemon card binder/boxes of all the convention vendors selling them. especially when lots are like, full on shops!!! like brick & mortor stores!! and i didn't even do anything special, i just tried to keep them together by type and ev lines for my /own/ organizational needs. cmon fake geek boys, step up your game. get your types together. lmfao
mirrors for the scooter came, but figure i'll get things dropped off at the post office without them. it's not a very active road and i walked it without mirrors many times. so i really should get to packing stuff for folks.
later
western mass? yeah last minute change of plans - alph's sister would have had to drive another hour and a half to our house, so we sort of split the difference and the siblings met up in amherst to catch up. it was really nice, we got mexican at one of the many good hole in the wall joints in the town and then we went to mt sugarloaf's lookout point. it was /right/ before college started so the town was busy but not crazy, mostly taken over with parents and grandparents bringing their freshman in for the first year away from home. there was also a little carnival on the green but none of us were too interested in that.
finally heard back from my prison penpal! there are apparently more issues cropping up with the corrlinks email system. i think it's probable that all these fucked up targeting-blue-state budget cuts may have lead to sysadmins being laid off. so i'm glad i sent her a paper letter to check in. it's cheaper for inmates to use corrlinks than buy a stamp (tho they still pay...) so hearing back on that platform isnt unusual. it doesn't sound like anything is getting uniquely or more dsytopian on the inside. but she did get her website off the ground! it's still a massive WIP and she warned not to try to buy from the shop because it's not at ALL ironed out yet, but check it out. i need to make a little 88x31 button and put it on my site to link to her asap
tired today, sluggish, but that's kinda expected from 3 very busy days. mostly emailing doctors and cleaning up pokemon stuff out of con boxes (since they arent going to worcester pride) and running laundry. the weather is on the verge of rain, so i probably won't get out to the woods today. my acorn squash plants are producing their first squash. excitingggg
wow tho the doctor, doctor Wright, in shirley jackson's the bird nest?? asshole. what an asshole! WHAT an assshole!!! like if The Yellow Wallpaper were written from the POV of the protag's husband, it'd be this guy. jackson is amazing at crafting this distinctly old controlling masculine voice that has decided itself an authority on all subjects. what a gross creep, he sees elizabeth as positive and viviacious and even sexy when she's under hypnosis because she's only SLIGHTLY more outgoing but also VERY people-pleasing and agreeable, never says no. but ohhhhh god forbid her "bad" personality show up, he calls her all kinds of horrible things. and all she's doing is demanding to establish boundries! challenging his theories! laughing!! being, really, kind of the woman her aunt was described as being in her youth. though tempered with a little bit of a childish behavior that a lot of uhm. traumatized people who grow up kind of unevenly due to trauma have. her calling him Dr Wrong got under his skin so much lol especially when she actually got him to call himself that. i can't help but notice that when Elizabeth's boundries aren't respected (ie, forcing hypnosis) and she gets sick after he's like WELL THATS INEVITABLE but if /she/ pushes back on /his/ boundries, lacks respect for him and fails to obey his every command and /he/ gets sick he's like UHMMM ITS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME AVOIDING THE PATIENT ALTHOUGH IM TOTALLY AVOIDING MY PATIENT
also holy hell his description even of his office. he thinks its relaxing and homey. it sound dark, dirty and gross. smell of cigar smoke by his own admission because he encourages male patients to smoke with him to relax and tell their stories. imagine being like 20something mentally ill anxious and you're just forced into this mancave w a stranger who's like SO WHATS YOUR DEAL. this was always going to go badly, jackson makes very clear. but now elizabeth has escaped containment and run away from home :o where will she go what will she do. probably, buy some clothing that isn't picked out by her aunt. that is my guess. a tiny gasp of individuality.
still riding the high of being told i have the best organized pokemon card binder/boxes of all the convention vendors selling them. especially when lots are like, full on shops!!! like brick & mortor stores!! and i didn't even do anything special, i just tried to keep them together by type and ev lines for my /own/ organizational needs. cmon fake geek boys, step up your game. get your types together. lmfao
mirrors for the scooter came, but figure i'll get things dropped off at the post office without them. it's not a very active road and i walked it without mirrors many times. so i really should get to packing stuff for folks.
later
