Normally Frida’s school features five different dogs, but this month she’s the sole focus and it’s cracking me up. This dog is pretty much the only thing keeping me going.
Something I am struggling with: cruelty, in all its forms, appeals to a whole hell of a lot of people. There’s not much to the GOP apart from vulgar cruelty and still they’re viable basically everywhere. No hope, no message, no answers… just stepping on vulnerable people for the thrill of it.
Me finding out that not only has my former manager who lied to me about layoffs been laid off himself, but so has his boss who laid me off and was an absolute penis about it.
I took a trial lesson with a Spanish teacher the other day, and I hadn’t had a chance to schedule more classes yet. She wrote me a message asking for advice on learning programming, but she opened by saying I must’ve found a better teacher. I think she was joking, but I feel like an asshole.
Lotta dog stories in politics: the politician who tied one to the roof of his car (Romney), the politician who shot one (Noem), the politician’s son who tortured one to death (Huckabee), the politician who ate one (Kennedy), and the pundit who wants to legalize having sex with them (Uygur).
I decided to stop taking medication the other day, but wait! It’s not as nuts as it sounds. I’m only on one medication for depression, and honestly it’s of no help to me. I’ve been talking to my doctor about discontinuing for awhile. The other meds are different, but I promise there’s logic there.
I spend a lot of time trying to be nice but man this week is testing me. I’ve come so close to cutting ties with people I’ve known and loved for years and years. I need to chillll. I keep writing and deleting the meanest shit. It sucks.
One of the best adjustments I've made in life is no longer loaning money to people. I used to do it a TON in my youth, and it was really sad how often people ended up resenting me over their guilt about owing me money. What I do now instead is just give people money. No expectations, no conditions.
I don’t ever want to be someone who takes delight in the misfortune of others, but I just saw that my former manager who lied to me about coming layoffs was laid off himself. So you know. There are some complex feelings there.
Something a moot said got me thinking about forgiveness. If we want to be kind and compassionate people, which I hope we all do, part of that requires forgiving ourselves for our fuck ups. You can’t be kind to others if you’re not kind to yourself.
I was looking for games I get with Game Pass and saw Crusader Kings 3 was included. I looked at a guide for getting started and holy shit that sounds like work. Back to jumping on turtles.
Hearing people talk politics is generally a recipe for depression, but there’s a special misery in hearing otherwise sane sounding people be utterly deranged about immigration and immigrants.
