TheJen

TheJen, 1 day ago to random

Was awoken with a start around 4:30 this morning because I smelled burning rubber or plastic.

It was only after running around the house in my underwear clutching my yoga pants did I realize there was a thunderstorm happening at that moment, and the petrichor in this part of the desert smells like creosote bush.

Yes, there is a plant here that covers the desert floor that smells like friggin petroleum. Lmao.

It's fine. I went back to sleep after. Hahaha

TheJen, 2 days ago to random

If you're out here promoting nuclear energy but assume that New Mexico is super cool being your fucking toilet for the waste, you got another think coming.

I will fight you on the beaches, on the landing sites, in the streets, in the hills...

Assholes.

TheJen, 2 days ago to random

This place only serves to make me angry. I have plenty of that already.

TheJen, 2 days ago to random

Welp. The electricians I have been trying to hire refuse to answer the phone, don't even have a proper voicemail greeting, and apparently refuse to call potential customers back. Gonna have to find someone else.

Fucking hell.

TheJen, 2 days ago to random

Jalapeño cornbread and pork & beans for dinner tonight :)

TheJen, 3 days ago to random

Scrubbing and sealing grout today. While the previous owners did a more or less competent job with the installation, light gray tile and white grout on the floor in the desert is a fucking nightmare.

TheJen, 3 days ago to random

I put down my more involved needlework projects while I'm doing heavy work on the house in favor of quick and dirty cotton string grocery bags. Fed up with the ones I can buy, it's much easier for me just to make them. They're mindless, in the round, net bags that I can just unwind with while waiting for sleep. I'm also hoping that if I actually make them, I won't forget them at home. ;)

TheJen, 3 days ago to random

Yanow, it's really hard not to feel outrage when everything is fucking outrageous.

TheJen, 5 days ago to random

When we moved into this place in Socorro, several folks commented about putting down roots.

That's bugged me ever since. Why? Because I HAD ROOTS ALREADY in my home state. In Texas. A place I loved.

But everyone there lost their goddamned minds, and we had to leave. I had friends, a community, a neighborhood, family, everything.

And it was STOLEN.

I'm not interested in putting that much work into a place ever again. Fool me once, and all that.

So no, I won't be putting roots down here. Or anywhere. I'll die where I die. I no longer care.

TheJen, 6 days ago to random

Well that's a kick in the balls. The ONE TIME in my life it may be possible to see the aurora from central New Mexico and it's FUCKING CLOUDY AND RAINING.

LOLOLOL

TheJen, 8 days ago to random

It's really a shame the worm died. It probably would have been more reasonable.

TheJen, 8 days ago to random

Made dinner reservations in Santa Fe for the boy's upcoming 19th birthday. He requested we go up specifically as we have spent the last 10 or so years doing just this for special occasions. Santa Fe is still magical for us. :)

He also requested we visit the violin shop while there. I think he wants a viola as even full size violins are now too small for him. He is a beanpole. Long and lanky. But he can tear up a string instrument. He's pretty good. :)

TheJen, 10 days ago to random

Once more, huge shout out thank you to @GottaLaff for aggregating and live posting the various reporting on the trump trial.

It saves me so much time having to flip between reporting.

It's so nice.

TheJen, 9 days ago to random

The worst part in this whole Stormy Daniels saga for me is the part where she overcame enormous challenges in her home life and earned a full ride scholarship to Texas A&M because she wanted to be a veterinarian, but couldn't go because the associated expenses were too much.

This is a TRAGEDY.

This also holds true for every kid who has the stuff to make it to university, but cannot because of shit like money.

How many doctors and poets and other genius have we missed by concentrating on sending the most mediocre fuckers on the planet to school, instead of people like her?

Hundreds of thousands. Millions, probably.

Disgusting.

TheJen, 10 days ago to random

Macron says China has agreed not to sell weapons to Russia.

Will believe that when I see it.

TheJen, 10 days ago to random

Told the hubs to pull anything he has at stack overflow, and his response was, "That place has been full of garbage for YEARS. I never go there or contribute anything."

Okey dokey then. Heh.

TheJen, 11 days ago to random

It is so fucking insidious how Facebook in particular has tricked business owners into thinking a Facebook page or Instagram is a proper substitution for an actual website. There is a crochet designer I love, but she is ONLY on Meta products, which means I CANNOT SEE YOU BECAUSE I DO NOT GO THERE.

Fucking leaving money on the damned table because you refuse to make an actual site.

Bad business, that.

TheJen, 12 days ago to random

I'm not interested in Mother's day until every woman who wants to be one, can and every woman who doesn't, shouldn't be forced to.

Until we are all full citizens, shove your fucking flowers.

TheJen, 13 days ago to random

Yup. Better off with bears.

TheJen, 14 days ago to random

Dear Rep Cuellar: Pound sand. Seditious twatwaffle.

TheJen, 14 days ago to random

Explained the bear v man meme to the hubs. He shrugs and said "yep, bear. Men suck."

You see why I married him?

TheJen, 14 days ago to random

I gripe about New Mexico and trying to get anything done, but credit where credit is due. Maggie Toulouse-Oliver, our Secretary of State, has done an incredible job fortifying and modernizing our voter registration and voting systems. I was able to change my voter registration online in 5 minutes. Securely. Big fan.

TheJen, 15 days ago to random

Went out front with our measuring tape and decided we will build a shipping container shop to one side in the front of the house. The house really isn't anything special curb appeal-wise, but a shop would add tremendous value. We have tools. A lot of fucking tools. :)

TheJen, 15 days ago to random

Fix your own shit, then. Posting it again just to be a dick.

https://news.itsfoss.com/mastodon-link-problem/

TheJen, 15 days ago to random

Here's the solid oak table and chairs prior to reassembly along with the maker's mark. :)

@Catawu

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