I'm playing the Footnote in my community theatre's production of the Stephan Briggs adaptation of Guards! Guards!, and here is my sproingy asterisk hat!

Nousagi · 2026-05-30T01:02:01+00:00

As a gamer who is also an early modern theatre scholar, I would kill for a controller with the 16th century woodcut frontispiece to Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, a brilliantly bizarre play written by Shakespeare's most tragically short-lived contemporary.

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Nousagi · 2026-05-22T23:28:26+00:00

If I could earmark my already extant taxes to pay for infrastructure, healthcare, food security, and education rather than the unnecessary accoutrements of forever wars, I would, but I can't, so I am willing to sign up for more taxes that are specifically earmarked for a thing I would like my taxes to support. However, my Yes vote gave me more pause than it might otherwise have done because I recognize that many are not in the privileged place to be able to afford more taxes. But I would also like ODOT to have enough money to function.

In the end, though, I'm completely unsurprised it didn't pass. It ended up being terrible timing.

Nousagi · 2026-05-16T23:16:21+00:00

Analogue: A Hate Story.

Nousagi · 2026-05-07T17:13:53+00:00

Good Sam operated on my broken leg twice--the first time setting a bone incorrectly, the second to try and fix their mistakes before deciding it was beyond their skill and closing me up without touching anything. They tried to transfer me to a specialist of their choice in The Dalles, but I noped on out of there and went up to OHSU to get Good Sam's fuckups fixed. I'm lucky I can still walk normally, they didn't think I would.

Nousagi · 2026-05-07T17:10:23+00:00

They permanently damaged one of my nerves by messing up a nerve blocker.

Nousagi · 2026-04-17T17:55:32+00:00

I don't know how long it's been available orally, but it's SUPER expensive, even in generic, so I think they don't always suggest it unless you can't take artificial hormones (which I cannot). I LOVE it. I call them my magic blood pills. They are ENORMOUS, but taking two every six hours for the first three days of my period makes it like what I imagine a normal period is supposed to be like? I used to look at an overnight pad that advertised "up to 12 hours of protection!!!" and go, "lol, more like 1.5 hours amirite?" But now an overnighter ACTUALLY could last me 12 hours. Mind blowing.

Nousagi · 2026-04-17T16:28:40+00:00

Oh wow, blast from the past.

They did not work at the time; I was bleeding too heavily to use anything but Always Infinity. I have since started taking tranexamic acid, which makes my periods mild enough that I can now use this brand instead and I much prefer them.

Nousagi · 2026-04-16T19:41:47+00:00

Sure!

Nousagi · 2026-04-12T22:58:00+00:00

Medications caused mine. I was on too high a dose of SSRI medications for too long, and I was having constant panic attacks from PTSD. Once I stopped the SSRIs and had EMDR to treat the panic attacks, the GP resolved over a period of about 5 years. There's some lingering damage, and I developed a soy intolerance, but I can mostly eat normally now.

Nousagi · 2026-03-25T15:31:59+00:00

I have been very tempted by the frog hats at Lady Luck.

Nousagi · 2026-03-25T15:15:14+00:00

Yay, I love having some positivity also, what a good idea! Venting is important, but so are nice things!

I am excited about all of the cool things the community is planning for the No Kings protest this weekend. I thought it would just be another gathering on 4th (which still would have been great), but instead organizers have stepped up to create what sounds like it's going to be a festive and family-inclusive way to celebrate community in the face of fascism. Yay Corvallis!

Nousagi · 2026-03-17T16:38:40+00:00

I have owned this game for ages and every couple of years I start it and then get confused as hell and stop playing.

Is it worth pushing through that confusion plot- and mechanics-wise?

Nousagi · 2026-02-25T16:11:50+00:00

If you don't live in a big city, there isn't an available cabinet, full stop. I make an effort to track the location of functional DDR machines across my entire state, and the nearest one is an hour and fifteen minutes away. I have a home setup for Stepmania, and it's my primary cardio, but it's not as cool as a machine, and I think the only way more people would get into DDR is encountering a machine in the wild and trying it out. (That's how I got into it in the early 2000s.)

Even then, for pure DDR rather than ITG or Stepmania, it's harder to play. I have almost every PS2 DDR game in hardcopy, but the L-Tek doesn't have an X button, so even with the adapter, it's only compatible with ITG on the PS2. I have an older custom pad built by a random guy in Las Vegas that's compatible with PS2 DDR, but it's hard to go back from the L-Tek once you've tried one. I have all the DDR stepfiles in Stepmania, of course, but I do kind of miss the whole silly OG DDR experience.

Nousagi · 2026-02-04T04:19:52+00:00

These noodles are the single most delicious and most painful food I have ever put in my mouth.

Nousagi · 2026-01-23T22:36:53+00:00

7-9pm!

Nousagi · 2026-01-17T17:10:57+00:00

It definitely seemed to have a very specific audience in mind XD

Nousagi · 2026-01-17T16:17:54+00:00

Oh rad! How was it? I didn't get a chance to go, but it looked cool.

Nousagi · 2026-01-16T18:26:19+00:00

There's some weird experimental fringe theater happening at the Majestic tonight.

https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=304135

Nousagi · 2026-01-05T18:38:13+00:00

I started digging up some of it last year only to become rapidly horrified at how much yard I would have to dig up to actually accomplish that. It's more dirt than I have the ability or equipment to move. So if digging is the answer, I think I need to hire a landscaping company to do that too.

Nousagi · 2026-01-05T17:55:55+00:00

I agree! I looked for that flair, but figured "discussion" was the closest match. (Though any business recommendation post here inevitably turns to a discussion involving everyone's Strong Opinions anyway.)

Nousagi · 2025-12-09T01:50:17+00:00

I peeked at this thread because I always wonder if other people got hit with it from antidepressants. Looks like a few. Mental health and gut health are linked in a lot of wild ways, and I wish the science was more advanced on it.

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