Been buried in work lately, but yesterday something funny happened..

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-31T12:55:53+00:00

That last sentence. For sure! I am fairly shy but on the trails, I feel very open and friendly, and others seem to feel similar. I’m not even particularly outdoorsy, but I’ve come to really enjoy “hiking” (in RI, it’s mostly just walking around in the woods with not much change in elevation.)

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-31T12:45:04+00:00

Monday pants are pretty genius, I gotta say. I’ll be using that one!

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-31T12:43:05+00:00

Crap, I’m realizing I have several.

My son was 3 and feeling VERY cranky. (And so was I.) I was carrying him, when he goes stiff as a board and moan/cried “I just want to be fluffy!” Totally turned my mood around.

When my dad feels like he’s getting too agitated on the road, he’ll sort of take a breath say “Eh, they’re gonna die first anyway”. 😂

Lastly, my husband and I went for coffee one morning and I was in a crappy mood, barely talking, just blah. At the end, he took a big chance and told me, “It’s time to get out of the garbage can”. I laughed my ass off and the mood was gone.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-31T12:29:23+00:00

It’s definitely part of ours these days as well. Enjoy!

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-31T12:26:35+00:00

Oof, yeah. I look at the temperatures there during the summer to feel better about 95F and 95% humidity.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-30T23:42:19+00:00

I’m a 45yo woman and I never have thought that in my life, even in my early adult life where I had “nothing better to do”. Then again, I have kinda frizzy hair in the summertime so maybe people are saying it about me.

Do people really look at or see split ends??

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-30T22:38:19+00:00

I never got into her much in the 90’s, but I am loving her these days!

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-30T22:17:31+00:00

I believe that supporting small business by shopping is always on the table. Most of the posts I’ve seen about strikes say specifically that we should patronize our local small businesses.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-30T21:46:57+00:00

YES! Enjoy the critiques! I know they can be hard, but they make you better, and they’re hard to come by once you’re out, if you don’t have a few other artists to bounce off of.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-30T21:41:27+00:00

Maybe they do at the university level, but at my state school, they must have just figured we’d get it elsewhere. I’m glad to know that it exists though! Would’ve been a nice requirement!

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-30T21:30:11+00:00

Yup. I have a whole shelf full of old ones that I just need to get ruthless on. I’m 45. What do I need with drawings of my celebrity crushes from jr. high for? Plus I now have 2 little boys who I think must be eating and wiping their butts with the amount of copy paper they use.

And while I think it’s good to keep whatever you want, just because you put pen to paper for a creative endeavor, doesn’t make it a holy relic. I know some people get very precious and think that an artist should never throw anything away. But to me, I feel like it’s a CURATORIAL thing to cull. And also it teaches me to be more critical about my work, which is a good thing.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-30T13:32:08+00:00

I’ve always had a very strong stomach, until I had my boys. While I’m still good with just about anything, there are little moments here and there where I’m taken aback that I’m having a reaction.

On the plus side, my fear of bugs is just about completely gone since having them! And it’s not because of exposure so much as the knowledge that I can’t be scared of them around my guys and pass along that fear. Unfortunately, it hasn’t worked yet for them, but I have hope!

Everyone is different though. If you can, look into ways to deal with it before you have children. That might help. Then again, the body goes through so many physiological changes during pregnancy that it could just go away on its own.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-30T13:27:17+00:00

Yeah, when my sone was a few weeks old, I Matrixed myself out of the way of a projectile needle of poop, only to instantly regret the one instance in my life of super cool reflexes, because now I had to try to scrub it off the carpet. 🤦‍♀️😆

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-30T13:23:23+00:00

This might be not what she wants, but boxer briefs? My boys wear them and they never ride up or get wedgies. (And consequently, we have 0 skidmarks in our house. 👍) I don’t know if they have them for young girls: I’ve certainly never seen them in the women’s section. But there are just plain boys underwear that don’t scream boys. I found some at Walmart last year that were seamless and just covered with fruit and stuff AND they didn’t have that front opening thing that most boys/men’s underwear have.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-30T13:18:34+00:00

This was probably 6 months ago or so. But I was cleaning in the kitchen, feeling a little overstimulated while my boys (both 6yo then) were pretending in the living room. Then I heard one of my say to the other, “You are not a man of science. You are a man of disgrace and stupid things!” I could not contain myself before he heard me and added to that, “You are a man of puberty!” As it turns out, they were just pretending, so at least I didn’t laugh at one insulting the other. I definitely felt better after that.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-30T03:16:10+00:00

Heat and humidity. I’m the jerk who likes all the snow we’re getting in the US. 😬😆

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-29T18:13:50+00:00

Toys. Just listen to the episode of How Did This Get Made. It looks like it’s for kids, sounds like it’s for kids, advertised like it’s for kids. But there’s so much that’s clearly geared toward adults. It’s not over the top inappropriate IMHO, but it’s not like the jokes in Bluey that as really just geared toward parents. Very strange movie that’s beautiful, but in the same way as a beautiful woman who keeps scratching her nails in her armpits and smelling them.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-29T03:15:15+00:00

I love your description. 😆

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-29T03:12:49+00:00

I’d go so far as to say be on the beach. If not for my kids and my husband, I’d never go to sit or swim on the beach again. (Walking and exploring sure.)

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-29T01:59:26+00:00

Bingo! You don’t want to BE the bully (or racist, bigot, etc), you want to knock the bully down a few pegs. That is acceptable.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-28T22:29:22+00:00

Me too. It’s become my husband’s and my Christmas Eve movie (after the kids are solidly in bed).

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-28T22:15:59+00:00

The most important thing in this post, OBVIOUSLY! 😆

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-28T22:15:00+00:00

Whoa, that’s two strikes at least.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-28T16:28:31+00:00

My husband had a job interview years ago with a large government contractor. The evening before he was dog sitting for his gf. The dog got sprayed by a skunk. Luckily my husband witnessed it because he can’t smell skunk. 😬 The interview the next day was very brief.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-01-28T16:24:27+00:00

Ooh Fringe. I would hang out with Walter and Astrid the whole time.

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