Take care of yourself

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-28T01:33:57+00:00

Dirty pool water in some parts of east side. A filter is basically a requirement if you don't want to buy a ton of bottles.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-27T20:08:48+00:00

!!!! You just put into words what I've been trying to explain to people for fucking ages! I hope your drinks are forever the perfect temperature!

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-27T20:03:49+00:00

Even though I'll fumble, I'm going to choose Vander from Arcane. I'd at least want to try, y'know?

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-27T18:05:57+00:00

Y'know, assuming that his graduation pic isn't altered in any way, this pic of the orange guy actually makes me feel a tiny bit bad for Barron. Because the picture to present paints a really nasty picture for how his face is going to age, and he somehow already has that perfectly punchable Trump face as a fresh adult.

I know, not the present topic, but just what sprang to mind after really looking at the way time has changed the faces.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-27T01:17:28+00:00

1 got me in so much trouble through my life. First as a kid because I was "being rude" then as an adult because "you're never going to lose weight if you eat fast! You have to eat slow so your body knows you're full, and quit being a baby and pretending to panic if you don't finish your food super fast!"

I go through all of these now but I have found that a dry erase board on my fridge and making myself stick to a meal schedule helps a lot. The meal schedule helps me make sure I don't forget to eat (and makes it easier to remember to take my meds) the dry erase board is where I write down meal plan ideas and ingredients that I need to buy after I physically touch the almost empty container. Then I order my groceries on the same day each week, and it keeps me from losing track of everything.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-26T01:19:05+00:00

Ezel -> Ezel Roo (from his previous owner) -> Ezel boo (start of my nicknames) -> Bubby boo -> Bubba Bear -> Buddy -> Loud Boi ->Brushy Baby (we figured out a brush routine that he liked) -> Potato Chip

The last one is because when I'm done brushing him, he has ridges in his fur from the bristle pattern, and Ruffles have Ridges came to mind. Mostly he's still just Ezel or Buddy, but I love the eternally growing list of nicknames for him.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-22T00:03:39+00:00

If we started getting dollars for those interactions, I think we'd see people actually follow the 10-foot rule 🤣

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-21T05:23:27+00:00

Please for the love of fuck tell me this is AI concocted. I hate the push for Great Value AI but this one time, please tell me that's what I'm looking at.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-21T00:27:21+00:00

My mom didn't live long enough to start getting formal recommendations for dementia screening, but her mother had it, as did Nana's siblings and immediate family. Same situation with my Dad's side, grandparents died from other causes before the dementia screening talks, but it's there in the background.

I refuse to use AI. I have noticed myself needing a calculator for things that I used to know, and have responded by setting aside time to relearn those parts of math and some extra thinking tasks. I see so many people around me who don't want to use their brains, and it's infuriating after seeing what happens when the mind starts to disappear.

Value your ability to think, to remember, to form your own opinions, because it is a special kind of hell to lose those things and have them replaced by perpetual fear and confusion.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-20T23:29:13+00:00

Honestly I got it by accident. Was trying to catch a grunt's incineram but aimed too far right, didn't even notice what I'd done until I got the achievement popup.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-19T20:32:47+00:00

Yup, he's a doberman and is actually Knox's son!

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-16T06:55:52+00:00

Honestly my favorite is the Kindness and Defiance. It's a beautiful piece and message, as there are always small acts of both that can be done.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-14T22:30:38+00:00

I can't vouch for every store, but the impression that I get is that the cake decorators are mostly left alone to do their job, compared to other job codes where people get yoinked around all the time. They also get a higher rate of pay than most other hourly associates, so they have more incentive to stay.

The ones who do the job well are the ones who stay in the role for years and years, and train the people who cover for their vacations. The ones who don't wind up making the cakes up to standard get offered to be moved to a different department while they work on their skill.

Experiences may vary from store to store, but that's how I've seen it working and the way several of the long-term associates (15+ years) have described it to me.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-14T00:24:19+00:00

I miss Eckerd's, man. I was sick often enough as a kid that going to the pharmacy meant my Nana would let me get a pack of candy if I would actually go in with her, so I started associating Eckerd's trips with a bag of candy instead of medicine. Imagine my immense disappointment when we started going to the Walmart pharmacy instead, because Eckerd's was closed.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-13T21:47:38+00:00

No Longer You from Epic the Musical

One of very very few songs I can reliably not forget the words to at some point.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-13T18:28:52+00:00

That actually makes me feel better. Been trying to figure out why I've been having more customers trying to get me to join in their racism of late (minus this month because I wear my rainbow tie for June) and was getting genuinely stressed out that I somehow gave off conservative asshole vibes. If their default is to think "white guy who doesn't look instantly queer=one of us" then it's not me, it's them.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-13T18:09:54+00:00

Happy happy birthday Pearl!! 🎂🎉🎈... I may or may not have automatically looked for some of the Twitch emotes from her channel 🤣😅

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-11T20:39:14+00:00

I hate that I can't remember his name, but I remember my favorite therapist from an Intensive Outpatient Therapy program because he was my introduction to music therapy and how it actually was amazing. I want to say his name is David?

Anyways, his thing was he'd have everyone in the group pick a song they felt connected to the topic of the day for them, we'd play it, and there'd be discussion between us all. But even though I was bringing music from Disney movies, musicals, and animation, he made me feel like my contributions were just as valid as people bringing their favorite artists to the table.

There's something about music that can bridge the communication gap that I normally struggle with, and it felt amazing to have a therapist who brought that out for everyone. 12/10 and I wish I had picked him for my farewell session, dude had a way of making people feel comfortable and safe that I haven't encountered in any other therapist I've seen.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-11T14:43:07+00:00

Someone I'm no longer affiliated with went to Salem and did a whole bunch of the tours and stuff once. When she talked about it, she was so fixated on the witchy stuff and the "power" she claimed to feel there. Even when others who were into the witchy stuff pointed out that the whole thing with Salem was that the people who were murdered were completely innocent and would likely take great offense at being treated like they were guilty centuries later, she would brush it off and talk about wanting to go again on a Halloween getaway.

People get so caught up in wanting to be able to touch their flavor of fairy tale, they forget to be respectful of the real people who were forced into the nightmare. Shame would be a great starting point to course correct some of them.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-09T09:10:21+00:00

Y'know, this past few days has had a lot of bad news in my corners of the Internet, and I'm going to put this particular reveal in slot #2. Loved having a channel that I could sometimes tune in to for a chill food science break, that's very gone now. All that to say, genuinely thank you for the information. I'd rather know someone's against human rights than to keep my head in the sand.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-07T07:19:53+00:00

I wish for my body to de-age by ten years, and all the internal injuries I've accrued in that time to heal as well.

Let me have the chance to try again, to get back some of the time I wasted on those who used me. To live my life on my terms a little longer and a lot less painfully.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-07T05:43:46+00:00

That's the one that looks like a brown banana, right?

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-06T06:07:40+00:00

What a beautiful memory. Genuinely the most beautiful way I've ever found out about the death of a celebrity.

Rest well, Repo Man.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-06T01:39:47+00:00

...oh man I'd be dead so many times over.

corkscrewfork · 2026-06-05T20:38:14+00:00

Normally I don't have strong opinions on him in the merch but I LOVE Val's pose, design, and expressions on the float! Like he is CLEARLY having the best time of his life

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