Thoughts while trying to go to sleep: If Wolverine's skeleton is covered in adamantium, why are his teeth still normal?

Me: "I'm so tired. Why can't I fall asleep?!"

Meanwhile...

My brain: "The world is figuratively and, in many ways, literally falling apart and so am I."

@hankgreen.bsky.social There's something bothering me about something you said on the last AHA. Not that you said anything wrong (that I'm aware of). If the point of washing with soap is to, well, wash off bacteria rather than kill them, what is the function of hot water (also tauted to kill germs)?

Bit cold.

@neildegrassetyson.com How close are we to multiverse travel at this point? Cause... *waves arms around* ;_;

I’m really into the prophets these days:

Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed, making widows their prey and robbing the orphan.
—Isaiah 10:1-2, NIV

Aaaand that's 40. Yay...

Things that I technically don't need, but would benefit my mental health:

- FFXIV sub extension (expires on the 3rd or 4th of Feb)
- Crunchroll premium sub (currently free, but with ads and much narrower library)
- I dunno... chocolates and cookies and stuff I guess...

This timeline sucks...

Okay. Probably going to avoid long form writing in the future unless I've writen it out beforehand. Kinda difficult to keep track of what I'm trying to say.

So... I turn 40 in a week. Let's take a bit of stock:
- Graduated college in 2007 with a music degree and got into office work to pay the bills, only to lose my job in the 2008 recession and be forced to struggle with underpaying temp jobs years.
- Finally landed a full time gig as a... (cont.)

I'm just going to put this out there now: Quoting Dietrich Bonhoeffer should not be done lightly. Do your homework.

My apologies for the doom and gloom posts. Life's rough right now and there are probably going to be more of them for some time.

I did what I was told I should do. Went to college. Worked hard for my dreams. Stayed clean. Cared for others. Inched ever closer to a better future.

What I got instead was uncertainty, disruption, and heartache. I gained pain and despair. I received fear and loneliness. Indifference. Failure.(...)

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