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blue, 21 hours ago to boardgames

Had a nice Snack & Play, in the "easy going boardgames"-Edition.
We played Fantasy Realms, Qwixx, Quacksalber and Hey, That's My Fish, to cool down from the hot weather 🐧
#Brettspiele #Boardgames

Quacksalber, a game where you collect ingredients as chips and then brew a potion
Hey thats my fish. Plastic penguin figurines collect fish tokens

Cassandra, 1 day ago to random

A thing that I truly do not enjoy about apparently cishetsexual relationships is how often I've found myself saying “do you have any movies with women in them?”

blue, 15 days ago to boardgames

Finally played Expeditions (the thematic sequel to Scythe) 😊 It's not as intuitive as Scythe and I was a bit confused by the card management and where to trigger the actions. But once into the game, I liked it. Quick to play (60-90min), awesome artwork and a lot of possibilities to combine your cards. Hope to play it soon again. #Boardgames #Brettspiel

blue, 21 days ago to boardgames

Today we tried Qwirkle for the first time, what a nice game. I love the bag that the travel edition comes with 😄 Then my first time playing Cartographers Heroes with other players, way more fun than playing alone. And of course as a finisher the Clever variants 😄 #Boardgames #Brettspiele

Cartographers Heroes. A drawing game with a fantasy medieval theme
Clever 4 Ever. A roll and write game.

ashleyspencer, 23 days ago (edited 23 days ago) to random

I’ve been alone my whole life.

All I’ve ever known is being alone.

But the autistic community gave me a sense of belonging and a place where I fit in.

I know how awful it feels to be unloved and uncared for, and as autistics, the world can make us feel that way.

All I’ve ever wanted is to do my best to create a sense of community and bring fellow autistics together. And the fact I’m doing that is a dream come true.

So I’m glad we have each other.

I am truly grateful.

#ActuallyAutistic

blue, 23 days ago to movies

Just watched "Swiss Army Man". I'm not that into fart jokes, which was a main thing in the movie. But the rest of the movie was actually quite ok. A guy strands on an island where he discovers a kind of magical corpse and tries to find a way home with him. Their journey is absurd and funny, definitely a very crwative movie script by the Daniels (they also made "Everything Everywhere All at Once").

#film

blue, 1 month ago to boardgames

We wanted to play "Trade On Tigris" from our Pile of Shame so that we could sell it. But then we really liked it 😂 I don't usually like games where you have to trade with other players, but this game was fun and entertaining 😊 So it can stay and will be played again. #boardgames #Brettspiele

blue, 1 month ago to random

Currently watching Shameless where (lacking) health insurance in the USA is a huge thing. People having to pay amounts like 60.000 $ or more to survive, it's so horrible. I tried researching what kind of (public) health insurances there are but it's very confusing. I'm paying 300€/Month, a certain % of my income, and mostly everything is covered (complex dental stuff and glasses are not, this sucks).

blue, 2 months ago to books

I'm stuck with two books. Both are from the library. I have to give back the audiobook in two days, so this is gonna be a speedrun. Good that borrowing books comes with this pressure to finish on time 😄
(Iron Flame and House of Sky and Breath, I kind of enjoy the worlds but the plot is going way too slow for my taste)
#Bookstodon #Books

blue, 2 months ago to random

Still not comfortable/used to this "new" social media situation since the Downfall of Twitter. I miss Twitter, especially the circles feature. Mastodon still feels either clumsy or too much, and certainly not like the tidbit-thingy that Twitter was to me. Mastodon feels more like a microblogging platform where every post has to have some "essence". On Twitter I posted a lot of pics, I don't do it here because of alt-text, I don't have spoons to give good alt-text for every pic. (1/2)

ashleyspencer, 2 months ago to random

I warned the bakery staff I was taking photos of plushies. They thought it was so cute.

This lady at the coffee shop was like “Omg those are so cute!!” Told her about the stores and Facebook page. She was like “Omg you sell those?? How much??” Told her the prices said I have business cards and she was like, “Yes give me one.” lol so gave her my card.

Coffee shop said to leave business cards here on the tables if I want to. I’ll make some different ones for that.

Small red panda enjoying a salted caramel cupcake.
Extra small red panda enjoying a salted caramel cupcake.
Both red panda plushies sitting behind a mocha coffee in a big mug with a little cream leaf design on top.

blue, 2 months ago to Autism

I finished "Neuroqueer Heresies", a collection of essays by Nick Walker. I cannot identify with labels that much but I like the idea of "neuroqueering" as an act "with the aim of reclaiming one’s capacity to give more full expression to one’s uniquely weird potentials and inclinations."

I also liked that Nick defines #Neurodivergence broadly, applying it to anyone who struggles within the neuronormative society.
You can read some of her essays on her website: https://neuroqueer.com/essays/

#autism

blue, 3 months ago to random

It's this time of the year, Carnival.... love it or hate it, I'm with the last option 😅 But at least we get a day off from work on Monday and I have some nice plans with boardgames, an art exhibition and some tasty Berliners (the pastry, not the people).

blue, 3 months ago to boardgames

Yesterday we had a puzzly boardgame night with Dorfromantik and Planet Unknown 😊 #boardgames #brettspiele

Dorfromantik. Players have tiles with wood, wheat, railroads, rivers and villages to puzzle together

blue, 3 months ago to random

"A perfect balance of opposed and equal neuro-divergence."

So, I'm reading a scifi book where a type of animal evolved to surviving only as pairs. One of the pair a detail-seeking one, "the recognizer". The other the treat-seeking one, the "problem solver". Alien-Animals as Autism-ADHD pairs 😄

The author has an autistic son, so I guess that he may have thought about human neurodivergence when writing this.

It's from "Children of Memory" by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

blue, 3 months ago to animals

I've been living in Cologne for 11 years now. It has never snowed that much since then. The dogs are so happy and enjoy their playtime in the snow very much 🥰 And I don't have to be afraid of ruthless people on bikes nearly running over them. #dogsofmastodon #dogs

Two black dogs running through the snow
Early morning, grey light, everywhere snow and a dog in a coat with a light on it.

blue, 4 months ago to books

Using a book ban list from Florida, USA, as an inspiration on what to read next. Weird times.
(It's "Yes, Please" by Amy Poehler. A memoir by a comedian.)

https://pen.org/books-banned-orange-county-florida/

#books #Bookstodon

blue, 4 months ago to boardgames

I played two games of Turing Machine and I love this game 😄 I managed the first riddle in three turns and the second in two. It's a logic puzzle where you have to deduct the correct code from 4 to 6 hints. You can play solo, competitive or cooperative. Perfect game for anyone who likes logic puzzles 😊
#Boardgames #Brettspiele

blue, 4 months ago to random

Trakt says that I watched 513 hours of tv shows this year. It seems quite a lot with this being almost 21 days. But I don't regret anything 😎