Friday Night No-Trump Dance Party: Open thread for not talking about Trump

So I got off work today and went to Walmart to do some grocery/stocking stuffer shopping for roommates, since they’re out of town for the day.

I found their big box of two dollar blind bags, which I thought they got rid of but they simply moved it to elsewhere in the toy section. I got some for the roommates’ stockings and a couple Deadpool ones for myself.

And I found the Borderlands Triple Pack for thirty bucks, but it rang up just shy of twenty, to my delight.

The Triple Pack has the three main games (Borderlands, Borderlands 2, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel), and all their DLC.

For 20 bucks.

So now I’m sitting here on the couch installing ALL THE DLC for Borderlands 2.

And I have a week off from work starting today.

Today was an eeeh day that ended up great. I think I used up some of my stored karma.

I’ve been replaying Fallout New Vegas and I’ve noticed there’s a lot of agave but no tequila.

And then I got to Honest Hearts and there’s tequila.

It’s craftable with agave. I don’t even think there’s agave in Zion.

Bread can be very bad for kitties. I had one that loved crunchy things, especially pizza crust, and the vet warned me not to let her eat it, so after I learned that she’d just look sad at me while I ate, then steal it if I wasn’t looking.

Things are grim for my family right now

If anyone here has ever struggled with that thought about how you’re fated to be foreveralone because of your bad feature X and conquered it, please share your wisdom

My mum’s in hospital and won’t be out for Xmas Day

Now it’s Christmas and we’re all just miserable and sad…

I don’t know how to stop thinking about it and enjoy the moment enough

Apparently the flu a few weeks ago wasn’t enough, now I gotta deal with a stupid cold

lost my dad to cancer a year ago last October and my favorite aunt in two months ago

Love and Hugs, everyone. It ain’t much, but it’s what I have. And I know that to somebody, it could mean everything. People are listening. People care <3

@Sinkable John

I’m alright with not dreaming at all/not remembering any dreams (still unclear which one it actually is).

Word. They were trying to add PTSD to the list of conditions for medical mj in my state because of the fact that there’s evidence it interferes with REM sleep and helps with flashback nightmares along with possibly aiding in the extinction of traumatic memories, but fucking Rauner blocked it. Things aren’t looking pretty with anti-mj Trump coming into office, either. But on the plus side, legalizing recreational has support among a majority of millennial Republicans and nearly half of Gen-X Republicans, and maybe Trump will be too busy trying to nuke us all to death to keep us from being high while he does it!

Stay strong !

You too, my friend! The tide is turning, it’s just taking its sweet time about it.

@Scildfreja

I really hope things work out for you guys. My suggestion’s certainly pie-in-the-sky, but if I didn’t believe in sky-pie I wouldn’t be a researcher of artificial intelligence today – I’d be a slowly dissolving phone jockey in a warehouse somewhere.

You can do the thing! Go get your sky-pie, it’s delicious.

Thank you so much! I’ve tried to talk him into doing freelance stuff, but he gets super anxious about his own work. I should keep on him about it, because he is an excellent writer and knows more about his subject than I’ve probably ever known about anything. I’m just never sure how to go about motivating him without coming off as “naggy” or controlling.

You’ve inspired me to go after my own sky-pie, though. I’ve been teaching myself game development for the last several months. It’s coming along well, but I’m just as anxious about my work as my partner is about his so I get discouraged sometimes. I’m going to take your words to heart and keep pushing forward 🙂

@All

I hope things get better all around. Holidays only recently started being good for me, and I hope someday they can be happy times for everyone.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/anti-white-filth-will-get-you-shut-down-twitter-racists-melt-down-over-interracial-couple-engagement-ad/

So, another company has released a commercial portraying an interracial couple, and once again, the alt-right has blown up and vowed to boycott it. And in other news, the sky is blue.

@Abars
Oh man, they’d lose their shit over these:

http://theseattlelesbian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ShaneCo_SeaLesbian_300x250-Oct_Bridal.jpg

Happy Saturnalia, one and all!

I’m currently with my father’s girlfriend’s family. We are devouring more canapes than have ever existed before in the world. The dogs are hovering underfoot, convinced that if they look innocent enough then they will be given people-food as well.

Just came home from an enjoyable Christmas dinner with wonderhusband and both of our sons. Another local Chinese restaurant. The younger son is fifteen now and really becoming fun to be around (note: not sarcastic). Then home for some of husband’s excellent apple pie.

Seasonal decoration didn’t happen this year, *but* husband took two full days off in a row. That hasn’t happened for months, and it was all I really wanted.

@Dust Bunny;

I want to offer some support, because I’ve been going through something similar and it’s starting to look better.

My girlfriend of nearly two years (my longest relationship) broke up with me in June, and a big part of the reason was my depression/anxiety as it manifested through my incredibly introverted personality. Her best friend had similar problems but was extroverted and more likely to cry on her shoulder. My girlfriend could make sense of that. I tend to isolate myself and stop going outside. Since my girlfriend is an extrovert, that was difficult for her to deal with. She wanted to help me, but we ultimately had very different expectations. I would want to stay inside and watch movies while she wanted to go out and mingle with her high energy friends. We couldn’t make each other happy.

But I cared about her a lot, and even though it’s been six months I still feel skittish and sad. Being ace and pan on top of it all makes dating difficult to navigate. But I have met someone who is introverted, ace, struggles with depression as well and doesn’t like binary gender roles. Everything that I thought made me too broken to date are things he has struggled with too. Both of us have a lot of insecurities to deal with, but since they are struggles we share it’s been nice getting to know him. Every time I think I’m going to scare him off because I don’t have enough energy and have to remove myself from crowds periodically, I find out that it’s not weird to him.

I don’t know how it will all work out. I’ve been feeling so down lately that I just don’t feel like I’m being my best self. I jokingly call myself a freak and mean it, because I feel so isolated. But at least to one person who is interested in me romantically (and a handful who love me platonically) I’m not strange at all. I’m relatable, have a good heart and stalwart convictions in spite of it all. When we have depression we need to look more actively for what’s good and desirable in ourselves, but it’s there. I look to the people who believe in me to see it.*

*I know this can be a dangerous mentality, but I was raised by an abusive manipulator who was completely blind to her own flaws and bad behavior, so I always fear becoming that sort of unreliable narrator. The people who live outside my head seem important to listen to, to make sure I avoid those pitfalls, even as I must remember a lot of them are intolerant toward those who suffer mental illness. It’s not an easy tightrope to walk.

Zales has a commercial out that has two women getting married.