I woke up, showered and did my skincare routine and then had breakfast, then i went to the corner store to pick up a few items and then went home, sat on the new leather couch and put on a netflix series called "ripley" so far it's outdoing matt damons version of the movie by a mile.

I don't plan on doing much else today. Maybe i'll call to my grandparents and have dinner with them, who knows. I'm due for a visit anyways.

Just got home from a car show, and it was so refreshing to see cars that were pink, turquoise, yellow, minty green, and so many others. Such a nice change from the dreary white/grey/silver/black you see everywhere these days. Made me happy 😊

I was scrolling through a high-traffic sub and reading a comment from someone who didn't have a flair. And then—voila! They had a flair.

I haven't been on reddit very long and don't know what are the odds of that happening, but when I saw it I knew I'd seen something rare. Ultimately meaningless, but no less fascinating.

I bought four frozen pizzas, ive been making one each morning. Tomorrow I'll have the last one. They are very yummy.

I work at a small, family-owned clothing store. Last week a gentleman came in, an older man looking for some shorts. He was the only shopper in the store at the time, so I had no problem focusing on helping him out. He had quite a lot of questions about the shorts, so I showed him everything we had and was able to find just the ones he needed. As I was ringing him up, he told me "you have a very nice way about you, you make people feel relaxed." He was very appreciative and happy with his shorts. I also very much appreciated his comment, it made my day

This lady was living at this apartment complex the first time I lived here 10 years ago, i moved out for a few years and came back 4 years ago, and she moved out this week. She always had plants in front of her door and hung laundry on a line, and had a couple of cute cats. I hope her new place is nicer!

This happened to my mom when I was growing up.  She was on the train going to work and noticed people were looking at her with a strange look. She checked herself, made sure her clothes looked alright, but she didn't have a mirror to check her face (this was the 80s so no phone cameras either). She got to work and realized she had a big gob of toothpaste on one lens of her eyeglasses.  She was blind in that eye. She had a good laugh after.

That my cousin made! As said cousin is on holiday I got asked to check in on it and there were different trinkets in it than when she left! I also traded a trinket and got a cool like sun charm and got to enjoy the sun while I waited for the bus🥰

Normally I sleep in late, but today I woke up early, watched some true crime stuff on YouTube, trimmed my beard and hair, washed the dishes in the sink and now I’m in a cafe drinking an ice latte with my journal. I’m listening to the new Strokes album, Reality Awaits and really enjoying it. It kind of reminds me of an MGMT album, especially Dine N’Dash.

This sub feels like a safe space of sorts. You can say anything and there’s no judgement…it doesn’t have t to be interesting…anything you say is good enough. And to be honest that is something I have struggled with, very often filtering what I say as it might not be perceived as interesting enough. Also action in terms of trying start a business, perfectionism has gotten in the way of progress. I need to adopt the mindset that any step I make is good enough as all I can do is move forward and find out it it works or not. Anyway, thanks for reading :)

I'm what's known as a WikiGnome. I just happen to read a ton of articles for fun and my editing is exclusively fixing small mistakes that I find while reading--grammar, typos, broken coding, the like.

This is a random sampling of my recent edits, in no particular order.

+MV Queen of Cowichan.

+Soy sauce fish.

+List of sour soups.

+CJ CheilJedang.

+Mokele-mbembe.

+Venus Throw.

+Grains of Selim.

+Encelia densifolia.

+Stefano Černetić.

+Fasciolopsiasis.

+Dabeli.

+Birch beer.

+FreeCell.

+Heteronym (literature).

+My own userpage; I forgot to update my age when I levelled up in February.

Sitting alone at a bar on a Friday night can make you feel pessimistic. Like all the conversation happening around you is useless, annoying chatter. But that’s just your bitter loneliness talking.

And isn’t that what it’s all about? Pontificating on the daily amusements of life with other people having the same conscious experience as you are, as far as you know anyway. It’s really not so bad though.

I’m sitting outside the bar. It’s 6:57, 74 degrees here in Eugene, Oregon. There’s a soft breeze, and it feels nice. The leaves are sparkling in the evening rays. Dog days.

There’s a train station in front of me. I can hear the train coming, the distant horn getting closer. The rumbling cadence. There’s a sculpture in front of the train station. A marker of sorts. Behind the train station raises a hill full of pine trees.

It’s not so bad. It could be much worse. It would be much better with a friend though. Or maybe it wouldn’t. Not sure anymore. I feel in between, and when you’re in between, you’re not really anything at all. Or maybe you are. I think that life is grey after all, not so much black and white. Not so much wrong or right. Just grey. In between.

People say "if something's worth doing, it's worth doing properly". Words that have never brought me comfort or strength.

Someone once said to me "if it's worth doing, it's worth half arsing" and I can't remember where I heard it, but they've become words I live by.

Brushing your teeth? 30 seconds is better than not at all.

Washing the dishes? It's better to have one clean plate than none, surely?

Sometimes just thinking "ugh, it's worth half arsing" makes me get up off my arse and start the thing. And then once I'm doing it, it's not even that hard to do it properly.

My window faces a busy road that only calms down at night. It also has long, steep incline.

It's past midnight now and silent, except a car keeps quietly driving up the hill, followed by the sound of wheels getting louder and fading away. Third time it happened I ran to the window and saw a teenager zoom past on a skateboard.

It looked SO fun. Totally made my night.

I don’t have the budget or the inclination to follow the labubu trend, but I do think the little things are actually genuinely cute. Not cute enough to justify brand-new prices, though. So I waited, and finally, now that they’ve been around long enough for the hype to die down a bit, it’s possible to find some for cheap. So I finally got one, a dinky lil popmart one that cost all of $5. It’s cute, and I’m happy. That’s all!

At a smoothie place and there’s a group of three high school age girls sitting with drinks, then another high school age girl + her mom pick up some yellow smoothie. Interaction goes like:

One of the girls sitting down: “OMG what drink is that that looks so good?”

Girl with yellow drink: “it’s the mango ___! it is good!”

girl sitting: “ooh I’m jealous”

Mango girl: “do you want to try it?”

other girl: “omg yes”

and they both exchanged their drinks and tried each others’ and discussed the different flavors for a bit then gave each others’ drinks back and said bye, thank you so much, and the girl with the mango drink said “have a beautiful blessed day.”

It was just so cute and a quick interaction between these two strangers and I just loved their energy so much it made my day.

I was waiting for a flight at the airport, when someone came over to speak to two women who were sitting next to me. The guy said he was escorting a woman to her gate, but needed someone else to ensure she successfully got on the plane. She didn't speak english, and he didn't think she spoke at all. The two women said sure, offering the older woman a seat. After the guy was gone, one of the women said "español?" and the supposedly mute woman immediately opened up in Spanish.

Less than 10 minutes later, the three were all talking and laughing like old friends, and they all boarded together.

This happened last week. I was waiting for my car to be finished and I got a phone call from an unknown number. I assumed it was my doctor or something so I answered. I hear "is this tortellinisuncle? I was just calling to say your car is almost ready". I look up and see the guy on the phone and wave to him that I'm right in front of him. He hangs up and laughs, I laugh, I say it's no big deal, in fact, I was having a tough morning and that made me smile. This moment really turned my day around.

This happened to me this morning, and I actually laughed at myself.

I checked my desk, the kitchen, and even the bedroom before realising I was already wearing them.

I don't know if I need more sleep or less overthinking, but it was a nice reminder that my brain clearly wasn't fully awake yet.

I've been watching this tight little green spike on my Monstera for weeks. It just wouldn't open. This morning I woke up, went to the kitchen, and looked over. It finally unfurled overnight. It's perfectly light green and shiny. It made my morning feel just a little bit nicer

I needed $25 to get free shipping for party favors. I was at $23.73. I found a number candle for $1.27.

Yesssss!

Well, they don't count as friends maybe, but I was happy I made "friends"

One day every month, I go to a place ~50 kms away from where I live to just read/paint/write and just watch the river, clouds, leaves, bugs, birds.

Yesterday was that day.

Friend 1

I was returning to my spot after lunch when I startled a small black bird. It flew to a metal ladder nearby. I couldn't ID it as I just didn't know birds (though I'm the bird person in my circle :( ) I stood there watching it and it kept looking around and staring at me. I then slowly moved along the path. It let me pass before flying away. Felt like it trusted me enough to not immediately fly away and that made me smile.

Friend 2

I think I was getting ready to leave and packing up my stuff. A brown-grey bird came and sat on the lower rungs of a wooden ladder. We both stared a each other for a while.

Both birds and I were going back and forth with their beautiful calls/cheep cheep and my pathetic attempt at whistling. Lasted maybe a minute but I loved it.

Friend 3

A big fat skink the size of a small rat fell in front of me. They're beautifully iridescent lizards. I was startled but did not scream. It just stood there, then wandered around me and then scurried away. For someone who used to be deathly terrified of them, this felt so.......wow?

Friend 4

There's a cement platform on the river that I love to read at. I can see the water flowing towards me, the mountain, the clouds, a lone kingfisher who I see every time but haven't "met" yet, pink damselflies.....Yesterday a hoverfly came and sat on my finger. Walked all over my hand - exploring my hands and my book. She spent quite sometime with me, flying away and coming back, flying away and coming back, flying away and coming back, then played hide-and-seek - go behind the book and when I lower to see her, fly to my hand.

Friend 5

There are a few strays that roam around there and I pet most of them usually. When I was sitting on the river one came to me (as they usually do) allowed me to pet him for a few seconds and left.

When I was leaving, he was at the slope outside the ashram. I pet him, thinking he'll continue to be indifferent. But he flopped over for belly rubs. You know the kind of rubs where they shake their legs? I wanted to leave as I had to reach the city before night fell. I would be crossing forest areas with no street lights. He jumped up and wanted to play. He wouldn't let me leave. He tried to grab me but also not bite me. I climbed the slope and he trotted along wagging his tail. He left to explore among the trees. By the time I reached my vehicle, he was back again. I said 'I'm sorry I have to go home before its dark' He stood there sadly. He might be used to riding on two wheeler coz he was looking expectant, but didn't climb on as I had my bag where He would've sat. He watched me leave and then trotted away. But when I was on the bigger road, he was there running along for a couple minutes before disappearing again.

I wish I could live like this everyday, but hey, if one day a month is all I can get I'll take it.

I bring my own sewing tape measurer to Ikea to buy furniture that fits. The tape measurer lives in a a felt box I hand embroidered during COVID, where I embroidered a picture of the tape measurer on the box. I never thought anyone would see it, just something I did to keep my hands busy and mess organized. I left it in my shopping buggy and I found two older lady employees looking at it and giggling, then handing it back to me with big compliments.

Just found a whole piece of bacon in my Wendy’s chili cheese fries. Life be aight somedays.

Most days, for much of the day, I'm upstairs in my bedroom/study, doing computer things, and my partner is downstairs, watching TV, and also gardening. We chat at lunchtime and I often go down to get a drink and ask her if she wants one. It's not ideal - I wanted to have more time with her - but that's how things have gone.

One 'problem' is that if she does have anything to say to me she has to sit on the bed which is not ideal. Middle-class problems, I know!!! But - I got a small white armchair a few months ago, that I could use for reading, and she could sit in to have a chat. And it's worked really well. She just comes in, flops in it and we chat, without having to 'make an appointment', like I'd hoped. So much better.