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alexhaist

@alexhaist@wandering.shop

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul. she/her/queer #ADHD #UrbanForestry #wolves #coyotes #furry #SFF #disability

Avatar: Picture of Alex, a 30s woman of Euromutt/Ashkenazi Jewish descent with short dark hair.

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An odd part of the last few years is my realization that I am living in a culture where the bad guys won and are still largely dictating policy. The odd thing about it is how much better it makes me feel to just accept that, and to accept that we are living in dystopian times. It allows me to pull strategies from those stories like Fallout, where people find crumbs of kindness and morality in a wasteland...

alexhaist,
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The acceptance that I am small and powerful only on a small scale has been a relief from the imposter syndrome of... being able to save the world if only I try hard enough. I can't. I'm not a hero, and I'm not that powerful. It makes me think more within my small power, and what I can do with that.

Catlynn, to random
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I have a weird fascination with HOA’s, they seem like such a weird thing to me. I have never lived anywhere where there is an HOA and never would but I enjoy hearing stories about them. Are you guys pro or anti HOA’s? Or no opinion? Any good stories?

alexhaist,
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@Catlynn in Walnut Creek, CA, I lived in a rancid little HOA that was very concerned with maintaining high property values by upholding the aesthetics of the most unpleasant people with the most free time to be on boards and such. We built a fence with a corner an inch over the required height, and they insisted we lower the corner. I didn't like myself living there--I has too much contempt for my neighbors.

alexhaist,
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@Catlynn likewise, with the exception that I think no one should be allowed to use leaf blowers.

alexhaist, to random
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Been a rotten week, but I did see my first ever indigo bunting, which was a little flash of electric blue in the trees, so that's a bit of all right.

alexhaist, to random
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Wife just texted: THE WHIPPOORWILL. Every year he perches on the grate in our bedroom that is open to the outside. He sings into it. We have a dome house, and the round domed room functions like an amplifier. He has learned how to have the loudest voice in birdlandia.

alexhaist, to random
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Anyone known of seed/nut mixes for birds that are based on plants native to the area? I'm specifically in the northeastern USA. I want to be able to shower the ground with native plant seeds and have some get eaten and some sprout up. I know for sure we have hickory nuts because a sapling is growing in our septic field, and I need to stop being a baby and remove it.

purplepadma, to random
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I feel very, very unwell. Tom keeps talking about “resilience” and how I have to talk to myself saying that I will come out of it soon and life will be worth living again, but I just can’t believe it. I can’t remember how it feels to be happy, and self-talk doesn’t cut it

alexhaist,
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@purplepadma I'm so sorry. Would you like any of my weird little coping scripts to give your brain another thing to chew on?

alexhaist,
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@purplepadma ask where in my body it hurts, where I feel it most. Put a comforting hand over it. Apologize like I would to a frightened animal at the vet. I'm so sorry, I'm sorry it hurts, I'm sorry you're scared. Over and over.

alexhaist,
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@purplepadma I hope you take care. It sounds awful for you right now.

alexhaist,
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@purplepadma good. Your body is going through some chemical badness right now, and surviving it is fucking brave (even if desperate bravery).

purplepadma, to random
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I have had just about enough of this!

alexhaist,
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@purplepadma I say that all the time about my health, too. Welp, that's enough of that! ...alas.

alexhaist, to random
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Me after reading Jade Legacy and A Strange and Stubborn Endurance: time for some less grim and bloody entertainment.
Also me: I hear Solo Levelling is good.

Catlynn, to random
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Whoa, who are you? The house finch looks as surprised as I was! What a beauty!!

The grosbeak is on top of the feeder looking down on two house finches eating from it, one finch seems to look up in surprise at this unusual visitor

alexhaist,
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@Catlynn whoa, great shot of those back feathers.

alexhaist, to random
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Our neighbor let her dog bark at us for 20 minutes while she was right out there in the garden, so I started barking and howling back, which seems to have shamed her into shutting the dog up. It was fun to let loose and make a ruckus regardless.

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Have you ever met someone who lies all the time, but doesn't seem to realize they are lying?

alexhaist,
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@RickiTarr I have met a person who may have been telling their emotional truths, but they did not match reality.

ahermitforhire, to random
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why aren’t there any late night bakeries and patisseries?

alexhaist,
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@ahermitforhire Amherst, MA has a place called Insomnia Cookies that I believe does very good business at night.

alexhaist,
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@ahermitforhire I'm glad you are not entirely without midnight baked goods.

alexhaist, to random
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Wimsey has been thwarted.

Same tuxedo cat with white underbelly and chin is lying back in a swoon with her chin to the sky and whiskers forward. The squirrel is just on the other side of the window, unbothered.

RickiTarr, to random
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Sometimes you realize what a dirty gossip you are, I saw this pop up on YouTube, and thought, "Yeah baby, tell me that Filthy Yarn Scandal."

Y'all I don't knit, I'm not involved in this, but now I kind of want to be. Please everyone guess what the drama is!

alexhaist,
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@RickiTarr You may enjoy the podcast Normal Gossip if you're into absurd tea like this.

alexhaist,
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@RickiTarr It has left me in tears of laughter repeatedly.

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alexhaist,
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@mishellbaker calling me out over here!

futurebird, to random
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bad bad bad little ants
sneaky little ants

There is always one that gets out when I give them water and then she's sitting there wanting to be let back in like a cat 5 min later.

The next ant that does this is getting a green dot on their gaster.

alexhaist,
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@futurebird oh gosh it would be so amazing it was the same ant!

alexhaist, to random
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An ant drowned herself in my sugary tea. Rest in sweetness, worker girl.

alexhaist,
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@Loukas truly I can relate because I am not going to drink (more of) the ant tea.

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