I'm a very chilly person who loses dexterity fast. I find some quick exercises warm me up pretty well.
But yeah you've got to heat your space to a minimum of comfort
Zonal heating what what. My home office is the cat office during the day.
Personally I'd rather woke slop to straight slop - at least it's clumsily including different narratives, rather than just clumsily reinforcing the same old narratives.
Obviously I would rather no slop, and I would rather artful représentations of all characters, but writing is hard - even moreso when you've got producers, investors, and a committee working as editors.
Very apt poem to come across as I'm also awake in the middle of the night, reading
Life goals. I don't drink, but if I could become consistent enough I think I could achieve this at the local coffee shop (apple fritter + earl grey).
...but I love variety so much. How do you do it?
So we've entered the terrifying undefined behavior era
What's a good parent distro in your opinion? I've been eyeing Mint since that's how I started
I second dog. Also just walking to and from a local shop is better (for social opportunities) than driving or biking.
I would also add gardening. I've got a front yard and I met more people in one summer digging it up than I had in the previous five years. If you don't have a front yard to dig in, a community garden would also work, or maybe even some guerrilla gardening.
That's the tricky part. School or work are the usual avenues. There's also dating. I ended up marrying my extrovert.
Don't folks get gender affirming / plastic surgery for free or something? I think I heard it was covered because it lets military surgeons get practice for when they go work for private sector after their bit
Watching anyone else's terminal flow is my personal hell.
But then when you do find someone else who gets it and you start swapping runcoms it's like the most beautiful thing.
Mentally swap the word "yourself" for the name "Yousef" for hours of sensible fun
I've been getting away with this for many years, and would like to pass it on to you now. It's like an intrusive thought, but a fun one.
For instance when writing to a friend:
> Make sure to save yourself some Halloween candy!
Take a moment to muse over the modification:
> Make sure to save Yousef some Halloween candy!
Who is this Yousef and why does he get your friend's candy?? Take a moment to enjoy this incongruity, then send the original message. Congratulations, you've just had a moment of whimsy, and no one's the wiser.
You'll find there's no end to what these Yousefs get themselves involved in. May also work with variants of the name like Joseph, I haven't tried.
Okay. Enjoy!
Coming to Terms With Climate Fiction
What once seemed like a subgenre of science fiction is actually much bigger
So I had it all wrong when I thought of "cli-fi" as a subset of sci-fi. The article makes a good case for normalising climate fiction - after all, climate change hasn't been only speculative for a long time.
Writing Club - November 2024
Welcome to the fifth writing club update!
As I'm sure is the case with many of you, the news on my feed has been getting greyer along with the clouds outside, and so I find myself looking to solar punk as a glimpse through those clouds, at a better possible present.
I hope you are keeping safe and warm, and that your projects have been a source of strength and comfort for you.
Onward to our Participants!
- @JacobCoffinWrites - October goal
- @hazeebabee - October goal
- @grrgyle - October goal
- @okasen - October goal
As always, anyone and everyone is extremely welcome to comment or share their own work. And if you'd like to be included in the next writing club update, simply say what you're working on this month.
Have a good November, folks. :)
Writing Club - October 2024
Welcome to the fourth writing club update! See previous writing clubs here. I hope you have all been able to charge up your batteries in the sunshine, and got the chance to step on some extra crunchy leaves.
Here are our participants! People who have stated their writing goals in the previous writing club post in September:
Participants!
- @JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net - September goal
- @grrgyle@slrpnk.net - September goal
- @hazeebabee@slrpnk.net - September goal
As always, anyone and everyone is super duper welcome to comment or share their own work. And if you'd like to be included in the next writing club update, simply say what you're working on this month.
Have a great October!
The definition of an evil toilet is one that makes you stand up to wipe
Just something I heard years ago, and it's been rolling around in my head ever since.
Hoping to pass it along. Rid myself of it.
Writing Club - September 2024
Welcome to this our third writing club update! See previous writing clubs here. As always I hope you have all had a great month, with a good balance of outdoors and indoors activities.
Here are our participants with stated goals from last month, although anyone is free comment with their own writing progress. If you'd like to join this list of participants, just say so in a comment, with a description of what you're working on and what you'd like to do this month. Easy as pie!
Okay, without further delay, our...
Participants!
Post pink cloud trigger: Dodged
Hey sobernauts out there on the clear dry seas lol. The pink cloud is gone, so now I'm just in the daily living part (7mos), but even still, had a bit of a realisation recently.
I got unexpectedly laid off from my job recently, which previously would have been a big trigger to hit the bar. But this time I was thankful that I didn't drink anymore (or smoke for that matter). Not even for the money (although that is one factor), but that despite all my problems at least I don't have to deal with the ravages of booze on top of everything else. I can move forward with real world solutions to my actual problem with a clear head.
It especially hit me when shortly after my layoff, a friend came over with a "care package" of junk food and a light beer, saying to my partner "c'mon not even one beer." But I realised that I wasn't even tempted (though the inertia from old habits could have easily led me to drink).
Anyway, this friend doesn't know how much I value my sobriety (we used to drink together a lot a lot), so I thanked him for the thought, but gave the beer to another friend of mine.
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That's the story. My physical addiction to alcohol isn't that great thankfully, so it's not that dramatic, but it still felt like a nice reinforcement that I'm on the right path.
Writing Club - August 2024
Welcome to the second writing club update! (See the previous update here.) I hope you've had a pleasant month, and are managing to stay cool (this is me presuming northern hemisphere anyway). One short month ago, a month seemed like such a long time. But now I see it for a just a couple of weekends, and a sprinkling of free evenings.
I'm keeping this update brief, since I'm behind on my own goals. But it's raining here, and I don't have to go to work (at my job anyway) today, so I'm excited to get back to it! May you be similarly blessed with dreary weather and lack of responsibilities on this Monday.
Participants
- @JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net - July goal
- @grrgyle@slrpnk.net - July goal
- @hazeebabee@slrpnk.net - July goal
- @Pip@slrpnk.net - June goal
As always, there is no pressure to have completed your goals. But sharing how your month went is super beneficial not just personally, but for the rest of us. Additionally, participants and guests are encouraged to chime in with any comments or questions they may have on project projects, writing club, etc.
Writing Club - July 2024
Welcome to the inaugural writing club update! This is a brand new writing club, first proposed here. I have some ideas about what I want from this club, but where we go from here is open ended.
So feel free to start new posts or spinoffs in between my monthly posts, as long as they jive with the rules in our gracious host community's sidebar, you have my full support. :)
On to the whole point of this club! The following brave things set to text concrete goals for themselves (linked beside their names, just below). If you'd like to join their number, simply say so in the comments, along with your goal for this month. Okay, here are the stars of our show: 👏👏👏👏
Participants
- @JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net - June goal
- @grrgyle@slrpnk.net - June goal
- @hazeebabee@slrpnk.net - June goal
- @Pip@slrpnk.net - June goal
You don't have to share any of the actual material you've worked on unless you want to (you could even use our local Etherpad to share writing stuff - for example).
Here are some questions to start you off. I'm genuinely interested in your answers, but don't feel you need to follow my script. This is just a prompt:
- How do you think you did on your goal(s)?
- What would you like to accomplish for our next check-in in August?
- Is there a part of your project that you'd especially like feedback on?
- Is there anything about this writing club you'd like us to do differently?
No stress if you didn't accomplish everything you set out to (I fell short and I'm still here hehe). I would love to hear your updates no matter how things went!
I'll share my own progress in a comment below. What I'm hoping from this step is that we treat this as part check-in, and part conversation. This is your chance to really dig into each others' projects (and if someone has done so for you, maybe it would be nice to return the favour and take an interest in their own project? ;))
Writing Club
Update 2024-09-05: The writing club is underway! I'll keep this post updated to act as a hub for any further WC related materials.
Writing Club posts:
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I've never been in a writing club but I'm interested in trying to get one going. Would anyone else be interested in giving it a go? I don't have to lead it, but will do so if no one else wants to.
What I'm picturing:
- Monthly check-in cadence
- Everyone sets a personal goal, and then talks about how they did the previous month
- No pressure other than what you want to take on to motivate you
- Maybe some "assignments" in the vein of a creative writing class
- I volunteer to send members reminder DMs to motivate them :)
I was thinking I'd just start with this post - come up with a goal for myself to accomplish by end of June, and then check back sometime in the first week of July. If that sounds interesting to you, feel free to join in and comment with your goal, and any details you want to add.
PS Also very open to writing club discussion meta. I'm new to this so wide open to suggestios, comments, critique, etc.
Getting up today after failing yesterday
Screenshot of Mario Kart for SNES with text reading "give up?" And two choices shown: "yes" and "no." The option "no" is selected. Luigi is also pictured on the lower half of the screen.