Part of the rebel alliance and a traitor. Take me away. 🇪🇺 AltText Profile Picture: A cropped image of Mara Jade from Star Wars drawn by Jake Bartok. It's a white woman with long reddish brownish hair in a braid. She's wearing a scarf and a green jacket. AltText Header Image: Photo of the Natural History Museum in London with the skeleton of a whale over the main entrance hall. Joined Fedi in the great wave of Nov 2022 Warning: Expect prolific swearing +*?%! Pronouns: she/they
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Last Notes npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen We still don't have a date for house move but we can expect it to be in the next few weeks. So we've been looking at fridges and my question is WHY THE FUCK WOULD A FRIDGE NEED A WIFI CONNECTION Oh, so I can conveniently change the temperature of my fridge on my phone while I'm out and about? I can't tell you how many times I've been at work and thought oh fuck, I forgot to turn the fridge down! Again! Oh wait. Yes, I can. Zero times. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen My favourite memory of John Mastodon is when he drank that can of coke by ripping the bottom off with his teeth. What a guy. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen My super awesome t-shirt in the cold light of day: https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/899/057/340/745/987/original/174b5ee34ee68fa9.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Shout-out to New Zealand folk: If you can spare a moment, please can you tell me some of your favourite bands and musical artists from your country? Any genre is good! I want to make a playlist and I'd rather hear about what you love and explore from there than asking Google. ❤️ #NewZealand npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen For the first time ever, I'm going to share a photo of me in my super awesome t-shirt. It glows in the dark! https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/895/814/617/216/413/original/ec683cafeda4502f.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen One of my not-shit colleagues has her last day with us tomorrow, so I said I would bake her her own batch of my famous brownies. #food #baking https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/810/453/706/883/106/original/41a64ea7e4262974.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Jenkins has decided it's time to moult again. It's so weird because rabbits don't moult all that often. Just for the first half of the year and then the following six months. #RabbitsOfMastodon npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I had a dream last night that I saw some really cool moss/lichen in the sun on the side of a tree. I wanted to photograph it for the fedi. I love this place. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Hi guys, just wanted to take a minute to wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year, most of all good health! These days people don't spend much time or thought on some personal words to their friends and family, they just copy and paste some random message and send it on. So I just want to thank you and wish you a happy and fulfilling 2018 - you’re the best gymnastics group anyone could ask for. Ben x npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen "Why don't you just Amazon it?" asks my mum. Because I walked up to the local shopping centre and I bought Christmas cards and actual gifts from a little gift shop. I get to handwrite the cards and wrap the gifts myself and it feels personal. I touched these soft toys and wrapped them and wrote the little card. Then I went to the post office and bought the box and packaging I'd need to post them tomorrow. There was an old lady with a frame delivering mince pies to the staff. At the checkout counter I saw some gift label stickers and I'd just run out, so I bought them too. Then I went via the local cafe for a takeaway tea and laughed at a small boy (2ish) determined to pay for his ice cream by himself, thereby holding up the whole queue in an adorable way. As I walked home I smiled at the random guy walking past me and he smiled back. Sure, this way of gift-giving is much longer and takes much more effort. But I've given my friend the gift of time and energy and that makes it much more special. And I got to feel like part of a community for a moment. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/683/668/594/083/867/original/0b210cbe0d6636a8.mp4 npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I did my semi-annual search for "how to exercise for autistic people who hate exercise" and I've learnt two things: - get a dog. - hate exercise and do it anyway. #exercise #ActuallyAutistic npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Casual reminder to go and press that "export data" button on Mastodon. You can backup your list of follows, blocks, lists etc, so if you ever have to start all over again on another instance you can pick up right where you left off. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen This darts, darts, darts final isn't going to be very long, is it? #darts npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I'm assuming someone very popular boosted my original post because I've never had so many replies in one day. In answer to a lot of questions, my parents fully drank the Kool Aid. They think voice activated stuff is the tits and it's a wonderful modern gadget. Amazon is their go-to shop for absolutely everything, but they will still have a conversation with you about how awful it is that there are no independent shops on the high street. We are not the same people. Before I leave their house tomorrow, I'm trying to think of some keywords to say so that their ads are completely bizarre. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Does anyone have any literature on why having these listening devices in your house is a bad idea? My instinct is "it's obviously bad just cos" but that isn't exactly helpful. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I was foolishly pressing the "on" button with my finger. Like a *peasant*. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen My parents have an alexa kettle that can only be turned on by speaking to alexa or using an app. So I can have tea as long as they have a wifi connection. Welcome to the 21st century. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I was just having a lovely little scroll and keeping watch over you lovely people when I remembered that today, like everyone else around here recently, is my 3rd Fediversary. It's such a relief to know that this community of people exists, and you (yes YOU) are a part of that. So thank you for having me, and keep on trucking. :annoyingdog: npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Also, why do my parents say they're so proud of me when I'm getting married? We're so proud you finally found a husband. You worked long and hard to earn this husband. We instilled this incredible work ethic in you to help you get a husband and continue the narrative of hetero normative domination. You've now won at patriarchy and can give up because you've peaked. It's just weird. It's not a finish line or something I've worked for. Of course, I didn't say any of these things but I thought them very loudly. #AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen We got home and opened all of our cards this afternoon. There were tons. Even the alpacas sent us a card (for real). This one is one of my favourites from one of my friends. The front of the card had a big cake on it. The cake was not a lie. It was labelled "real cake". This was the inside: #AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/560/012/894/473/987/original/07e33b5957a6cf85.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I had about 6 cups of tea yesterday, which is a really strong reason for why my sleep was so bad last night. But I was on the dance floor with my fancy mug. Some people didn't believe it was really tea in there. Some people don't know me at all. #AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I also didn't believe anything anyone said. Telling me I looked beautiful or that the speech was great. I'm like well, you have to say that because this is the day when everyone is nice to me. Also, when people said those things I couldn't say "... obviously" and I had to say thank you. I spent a lot of money and many hours of my life to live up to all of the conventional beauty standards on this one day. Of course you'll recognise I look different to normal (jeans, hoodies, trainers...) and use the word "beautiful". But I won't believe you when I say it. I believe myself though. I looked well fit. And really boobalicious. #AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen It was a good day. I don't understand where it was supposed to be stressful and I didn't understand why people kept asking if I was nervous or excited. I was just there to have a party and do what I had to do. I wasn't worried or buzzing. I just "was". Eventually I picked up that I was supposed to say I was excited, but still, I found it weird. #AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen The magician was bloody fantastic. Everyone commented on his amazing skills. My cheeks hurt from smiling so much watching him do his stuff. #AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen When I tried to leave my hotel in the morning to set off to the venue to get ready, my 18 month old niece came to wave me off. She sat in the driver's seat of my car. Worst taxi ever. I don't think she even had a licence. Cute as fuck though. We also had a really good chat this morning as she pointed out all the birds she could see from the window and we practised animal noises. #AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen The alpacas were a big hit. I had to walk past them in order to get to the ceremony room. Obviously I had to stop and feed them before I walked down the aisle. Everyone had to wait. Alpacas come first. After the ceremony we did the traditional confetti tunnel photography thing and when we got to the end, everyone just stood there... so I picked up my dress and started running towards these guys! #AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/559/884/735/248/071/original/63f22a7646d32f8a.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen It's the afternoon after the night before and I don't know how I'm still moving after just over 3 hours of sleep and non-stop socialising. Here are some of the highlights: #AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen 10 minutes until I have to haul myself out of bed and get this party started. Decided I need some background music this morning and I have a playlist setup to just have some good vibes. I forgot about the image I set and it's great. #AlpacaMyBagsForTheWedding #MatrimonyMusings https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/552/624/235/374/403/original/a75f22c59c8dcb84.jpeg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Up to now I haven't really understood why weddings are notoriously so stressful. But today I spoke to a colleague who's getting married next autumn and she has been to her venue recently to measure the length of the aisle so she can work out precisely how many steps she needs to take to end up on the correct foot when she reaches the front so she can turn the right way. That's how. That's how one gets stressed about a wedding. #MatrimonyMusings npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I want to wear my Fitbit on my wedding day because, much like Google, I feast on all of that lovely, lovely data. I'm curious to see just how fucked up my heart goes that day. Anyway, it doesn't exactly "go with the outfit" and I didn't want to put it on my ankle like an offender on day release. So instead I'm testing keeping it under my tit in my bra. It is now known as a TitBit. Please and thank you. #MatrimonyMusings npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Perks of being an adult: having two advent calendars and using one in November. #winning npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Shout out to people who love ebooks but hate Amazon: Bookshop.org has started doing eBooks! They have an app! They have classics for free! They have daily 99p deals! Much excite! #books #bookstodon npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I'm learning about normal faults and reverse faults and I have 4 photos of faults. I have to determine if each one shows a reverse fault or a normal fault. My understanding is that a reverse fault pushed the 2 sides together and a normal fault pulls them apart. They slide. The layers move. Here is one of the photos. My question is, how do I tell if the left side has fallen or if the right side has been pushed up? Okay. In typing this out, I think I may have actually just worked it out and how the slope is the clue. But please explain if this is obvious to you. #geology #rocks https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/367/945/968/050/914/original/e2df3f8a5555763c.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Wedding venue just called me. I picked up just as they hung up. They didn't leave a message. Up to now everything has been done by via email so wtf did they want. The most obvious answer is that the venue has burnt down and the wedding is off. The least likely answer is that they still have some rooms left and they want us to get people to stay there. ...Probably the fire though. #MatrimonyMusings npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I pet a dog today. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Just written my wedding speech. I worked in the phrase "kawaii Darth Vader" so that tells you everything you need to know. #MatrimonyMusings npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen One of the cool things on Mastodon is the mute function. When someone's being a dick you can mute them for a while (or forever) so that if they continue to be a dick you don't have to see it! Even if they include your handle! 10/10 npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I see the typo. I'm not changing it. Friend rice is exactly what it is now! npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Finally (!) getting round to making that friend rice that [@Erased_Citizen](https://cupoftea.social/@Erased_Citizen ) made me make. Been craving it for ages! Now I'm almost excited to go to work so I can eat it. #food npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Fiancé forgot to put the bin out (I must set him up with Ben's reminder bot...) so I went out there in full pyjama glory to do it. It will only take 10 seconds. No one will be out this early in the morning. It will be fine! ... I walked out of my door at the exact same moment as my gammon neighbour. He didn't comment on my dinosaur hoody (complete with spikes up the arms and on the hood) but I can only assume he was deeply envious of my fashion choices. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Period is a few days late. Concern. Yey! That's a lot of blood when I wipe! Joy! Ah. Wait. No. Wrong hole. Concern. (The joys of a bowel disease. This is common and not an actual cause for concern. It just means I get to take the fun drugs later tonight.) #periods #ibd npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen In my work, "nm" means nautical miles. In my current science module, "nm" means nanometres. Now when something is "200nm" away I'm not sure how concerned I should be. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Because this part of your day isn't complete without seeing a rabbit hear his favourite word: breakfast. #RabbitsOfMastodon #JenksterFreitag https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/281/276/862/368/704/original/9034197992bb72e3.mp4 npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Happy Sunday, everyone! The kettle is going on shortly, so you can expect a hot beverage of your choice to be ready soon. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Ah man, I've had a lovely day. I'm exhausted. But: - a couple of talented creative friends came over and did a huuuge chunk of wedding stuff for me. - related: I got to use a glue gun. - I had an excellent homemade curry with excellent homemade mango chutney. - I watched an hour-long panel between Dave Fane and Anapela Polataivoa where they spent the whole time spreading the love and being adorable. My overarching feeling now is tiredness but those were some nice things. More than #3GoodThings. If that ain't nice, what is? npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Something came up at work today and this is an excellent place to learn something new. How do you pronounce the word "buoy"? #Boost4Reach npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Look. You can all stop getting married now. We've peaked. No wedding will be cooler than the one we've put together. Here are our music choices for the ceremony: #MatrimonyMusings https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/235/948/088/457/998/original/35b378721d75afb9.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Then I was devastated. His 3rd call was to someone else. He was fuming. Lots of swearing. Clearly he'd called his girlfriend by the name of his ex and somehow this was his girlfriend's fault. But the devastation was because he took the phone off speaker for this call. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen And then the call itself! The whole carriage heard how this woman has had an awful week but she was doing okay, but the night before she got a bit upset. She googled what it means when someone calls you the wrong name. "It means that person is on their mind." She said this very, very calmly. The guy's response: "Why did you do that?! Fuck off. No! Fuck off! Get out of my phone! It was my daughter's mum, for fucks sake." He hangs up. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen On yesterday's train into London, my top moment was the guy who did phone calls on speaker phone. The first call, no problem, he told his friend where he was and the plan for the day. Call over. The second call. A woman's voice. This guy's first comment to the woman who he had chosen to speak to on speakerphone: "keep it down, I'm on the train." MATE npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I saw Penn & Teller on stage tonight. And then I MET them. I have photographic evidence as well. They are the sweetest and most caring performers you'll ever meet. I feel honoured to have met them. Plus their show was brilliant. I won't sleep now. #PennAndTeller npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I have to pretend to be neurotypical* this weekend. Sometimes it's a fun game where you throw in random questions because you know people will like it: - How are you getting on with your job? - Didn't you go away recently? - Did you see that thing that's big on Netflix at the moment? Usually they then start talking about a thing and I can nod and smile and occasionally repeat back what they've said. "Oh yeah, so expensive.... all the time, yeah! ... Greece in September... She had a potato up there?!" A few times yesterday I had people say, "nice to see you again!" and my brain wanted to say, "who the fuck are you?" because I don't remember them in the slightest. Today will be a fun day though. Feel free to suggest other top quality neurotypical questions I can use to make small talk with people I will probably never see again! #ActuallyAutistic *Shout out to my keyboard that suggested neurosyphilis as the word there... npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen 8 guests. 1 bathroom. What could possibly go wrong? npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I'm about to remove the nails because I'm going to shower (and that's difficult enough without new sensory input) but I have realised that A) I could handle wearing these for a day and B) they change colour!!! https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/115/187/027/473/528/848/original/92aebd206a7f76e7.mp4 npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen This feels like a rookie question but if I don't ask, I won't know. Where does one get DRM-free ebooks that are easily readable on an Android device? I can find PDFs and know Project Gutenberg pretty well, but I wondered if there was something that was more of a Kindle app replacement. #ebooks #reading #books npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Thank you, Fediverse! Goodbye, Amazon! I've now successfully "liberated" my Audible books into playable MP3 files with Libation. I've got all my Kindle books as readable text thanks to Calibre. And Storygraph imported all of my Goodreads data! #FuckDRM npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen tangent: I love the word spelled because it's spelt incorrectly depending on whether you're from a country where it's spelt "spelled" or from a country where it's spelled "spelt". English is a cess pit. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Sometimes I go looking for community, to feel part of something, and less lonely. Even when I find people I agree with, they just hate me. Even if I'm trying to do the right thing, they're judgemental bastards who aren't open to change. "I've driven a petrol car my whole adult life but I want to do better for the environment." "Nope, no point. You've polluted the world so much already. Why bother. You're the scourge of the earth and if you didn't think to get a bike 20 years ago then fuck the fuck off." We're on the same fucking side, people! Then I go to work and face the "climate change isn't real" gang... The Holocaust deniers and orange-cheeto supporters... There's no space; there's no grace. There isn't a safe place to go. You get shunned on all sides. It's exhausting. Everyone wants to be demonstrably better than everyone else. My world has been dwindling to a tiny dot of people as the fascists of this area get ever louder. It's one of those days where I wonder why we keep on going. What's the point of any of this? For now, I'll just have a shower and get stuck into Two Point Museum again. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen last night's video was quite possibly my highlight of the summer. At the end of the video there's a big ol' middle finger sticking up and filling the screen, so I know he's really happy with his gift. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I saw him last week and his dog goes absolutely crazy for me. I love her. One of the puzzles is about a tag on "Helen's favourite thing" which I thought he'd realise immediately is his dog given my deep, undying love for her. My friend is trying to explain to me why the answer is peas. Because I love peas. It must be peas. I'm there cradling the dog, telling her she's my favourite thing. At no point does my friend twig. This no doubt contributed to yesterday's swearing. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Yesterday I received a video from my "friend" badmouthing me and calling me all sorts of inappropriate names. It started with, "you absolute motherfucker!!!" He shouted a lot. It was intense. What this tells me is that my friend finally got into his birthday gift I gave him a month ago. He worked out all of the puzzles, it's taken him weeks, and only when he's worked it all out has he realised that I gave him the answer in the very first thing he opened... *-*FRIENDSHIP*-* npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen #Today, I'm learning about the science of nutrition and healthy eating thanks to the Open University and OpenLearn. And it's *free*! There are lots of videos of rectums. (Recta?) What is everyone else getting up to today? Big plans? World domination? Putting the kettle on? npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen #3GoodThings - Yesterday I went to a 70th wedding anniversary party. I don't think I'll ever get to experience one of those ever again in my life. - An old friend let me know they were thinking of me. - Jenkins got spoilt today and he seemed to really enjoy himself. He's too cute! 🐇 npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Genuine question. If a film is released in one country but not others, is there a legal way to watch it from the other countries? #AskFedi npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen sadly I mean just Part 1 but split up because I kept running out of time when I tried to watch it. Parts 2 and 3 are ready and waiting in the wings though! Particularly looking forward to #2. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen It only took 3 separate sittings but I can now say I've officially seen The Godfather as well today. This is the year of classic films! npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen As someone not from New Zealand and who doesn't live in New Zealand, does anyone know of any written resources for learning te reo Māori? For a very beginning beginner! I can find plenty of courses for residents. I just want a book that explains the basics but isn't written by AI. #TeReoMaori #languages npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen #3GoodThings - My friend told me to fuck off a lot of times and reckons I could ruin someone's life. (That sounds bad... but it's a compliment, I swear.) - I got deep into Echoes of Wisdom. That's a fun game, and now I have a horse. - I drank out of a cool mug pictured below. We had tea and cake in the woods while my friend went down every wrong avenue I'd laid out for him in his birthday puzzles. https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/921/468/928/619/784/original/4f302281c378d708.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen #3GoodThings - I finished the not-perfect draft of my text adventure for publication. Let's call it the alpha release. - I watched Bringing Up Baby and it was great. I think I could be sisters with Katherine Hepburn. - I had a mini photo shoot with my photographer-friend last week. She's just sent me all the photos and I don't look like a haggard crone. She's a wizard. Bonus: in one of the photos I pretended to be a dinosaur so she made it into a movie poster for Jurassic Park. A title across the top said I was "Oscar nominated for playing all of the dinosaurs". I'm like, this is a fantasy world, why the fuck didn't I win?! npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Next up on the classic movie list for today: Bringing Up Baby (as suggested by @npub1h3j…yts6 ) :blobcatfistbumpleft: :blobcatfistbumpright: npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Got a lovely appointment with the gynaecology department this afternoon. I'm so wildly uncomfortable about that right now. JOY. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Good morning, everyone! Thank you for coming. Today we're going to be talking about days off and why they're so great. Highlights include: - having a cup of tea in bed - spending at least 87% of the day in comfies - refusing social engagement So, if you've all picked up your lanyard and free commemorative pen, let's get started! npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I am so gravy today. It's the most gravy day of the week and I felt every inch of it. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Omg, I just got to do the thing. A gammon just said, "when is international MEN'S day?" And I shouted from around the corner, "November the 19th!" ... silence. Because yep, it's a thing! Have fun, mate! 😂 npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I need the nose jar so I can switch between a new nose every 10mins. That would be a big help right now! npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I started rewatching all of Our Flag Means Death last night. Luckily I'm plagued up, with all of the fluids leaking out of my face, so all I've been able to do is watch TV. Anyway, 15 episodes down, 3 to go. #OFMD npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen So my fiancé left last night for a golf trip this week. He's been super excited about it for about a year. Well, this morning he woke up at the hotel to discover his car has been totally smashed up, golf clubs and balls all stolen. Like, he's one of these people who always leaves things on display and I'm the one freaking out about the pound he leaves in the cup holder. So sure, he's learnt the hard way why you cover your shit up. But still. Fuuuuck. I don't know if he's going to come home. He also really loves his car and that's all smashed up too. He's a few hours from home. I assume he'll be talking to his insurers and working out a plan but I have no idea what to do in this situation. I have no words to say other than "fuuuuck" but I'm scared and uncomfortable and queasy and nervous and afraid. Mostly because I know how deeply upsetting this is for him and there's nothing I can do about that. Fuck fuck fuckity fuck fuck. Heart rate through the roof and so devastated for him. I just want to go home and cry even though it doesn't directly affect me but I still have the rest of my working week to go through. FUUUUUCK npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I was just thinking how today was a bit rubbish but then I received an email. My friends recently moved into a new house with FOUR toilets and I was amazed. When they RSVPd to the wedding, I said I'd have to reconsider their invite because their number of bathrooms made me feel inferior. But if they sent me a 2000 word, Harvard-referenced essay explaining why they should come then I would reconsider. Well. Here is the start of that essay. https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/661/363/160/438/733/original/ba5e802eaba2c07c.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Bonus part 5: You absolute squirrel bastard. That was the big one! https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/658/443/875/684/249/original/cb86129acb4eb3ac.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen 4/4 https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/657/972/214/048/861/original/0f6b6d4120d30334.mp4 npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen 3/4 https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/657/963/081/759/312/original/0abbec57422a283c.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen 2/4 https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/657/959/947/195/805/original/2c2473c510b9a1bb.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen A tale in 4 parts: 1/4 https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/657/956/663/552/280/original/7af58c42312baf71.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I just received the best post! Thanks, @npub124p…h7c0 ! #SnailMail https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/630/403/055/623/478/original/f8b2c045c082f9a2.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Eventually made it outside and figured "I'll just pull the weeds from the patio and do the rest later." Obviously, I did the whole garden. Anyway, I made new friends. #caterpillar #gardening https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/608/093/557/443/221/original/35f291d46abc2c6d.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Shout out to those personal fitness tracker things. I hit the fatigue wall early last night and despite having lots of energy in the morning, I was knocked out by early evening. This morning my brain says, "you need to move more and do all the things today because you were so sedentary last night. Don't be lazy!" Fitbit says, "several of these markers are outside of your usual range. You may not feel like it but you should rest because your body needs to recover." This thing on my wrist has given me permission to rest! npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I've seen the #Eurovision hashtag a thousand times (I will 100% be with you on Saturday night) but haven't watched any of it. Either way, thanks to reading that word this is currently playing in my head on repeat. https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/516/126/735/733/753/original/2e90bf633198e8a9.mp4 npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/507/957/271/120/979/original/785631582bd8e157.mp4 npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I actually felt the moment of deflation after work today where I went from neutral to sad. I'm glad you guys exist as proof that awesome people are around. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen We have collectively decided we're not getting our steps in today (there's no we, it's just me) and instead we're ordering a curry. #fitness npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen #ActuallyAutistic Has anyone had any luck with reducing skin picking? Particularly around the fingers and nails. I can't stand having anything on my nails like nail polish or acrylics, and I'm running out of plasters. 😅 npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I just LOVE Star Trek, y'know? "You shall not pass," and all that. It's the best. #GeekLife #SuchANerd #MaximumGeek #MaximumDerek npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I've been busy this afternoon preparing for my morning at work tomorrow. It should be a good day with nice people, and of course, it will be May the Fourth. #MayTheFourth #StarWars https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/445/291/617/490/283/original/10dd0cd9f234bac9.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I didn't expect to come home from work and see this bad boy in bloom! It's an Arthur Bell rose, and it has the most wonderful smell. #bloomscrolling https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/444/046/098/680/552/original/e7bfe75fb7846977.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Wearing a Fitbit is giving me all the secret knowledge. I feel like I'm lazy and haven't done enough but for the last couple of days, this app has been saying SLOW DOWN quite aggressively. My heart's been working overtime and if I didn't have the secret knowledge then I'd be pushing myself even harder today. That way lies burnout! So here are my top tips for cardio workouts: - rush out to a wedding after a long work week and stand up the whole time because the family members stole the seats - lose your house key while you walk to the shop, forcing you to do the whole walk again in a slightly panicked state - be around work colleagues TL;DR: you don't have to exercise for your body to be exhausted. #ActuallyAutistic npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen We're hitting new lows on the mental health train this week, then I saw a clip from the final performance of Groundhog Day from a year ago and it was of "the moment" where I always burst into tears. Only it was the final performance so Andy Karl breaks too and that only made me cry harder. In a good way, I guess. Now I have my first cup of tea, so the thoughts count from now on. My first thought is I need to live in accordance with my values. I live a pointless life in a world of grey, but I have a ridiculous set of skills that could bring so much value to so many people. I just don't know how to do that. That will be this week's focus: to find one thing, one way, one tiny little step to live up to the person I am. I'm thinking LGBTQ+ groups, refugees, nature, wildlife, young people. I will find a way. There must be something, somewhere I can do. npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen I planted this clematis 2 years ago along with another climber. The other climber didn't last more than a month (I have almost zero gardening knowledge) but this one had green leaves even though it looked dead. So I kept watering it anyway and here we are. #bloomscrolling https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/352/331/696/166/787/original/f14f743406773841.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen Just getting started on my training. Don't want to rush things. #WashYourHands https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/325/746/821/247/780/original/f5f9afd6387482ff.jpg npub1utr5er8khg6al3u4zr2ll4tf9trwu433qnf23mt2h3zf82q96laqdsarke Helen oh my god 😂 There has been a huge misunderstanding! I am absolutely *not* trying to eat 12 creme eggs at once. I *am* going to put at least 9 creme eggs into my rectum.