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Comment on Timasomo 2026: Roll Call in ~creative.timasomo
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Habituallytired Link Parentyes! I read this one for fun in highschool and reread it last year and I still loved it. Demon Copperhead is by Barbara Kingsolver. I have a few of her books in my TBR, but this is the one that...yes! I read this one for fun in highschool and reread it last year and I still loved it. Demon Copperhead is by Barbara Kingsolver. I have a few of her books in my TBR, but this is the one that came off of my holds and was the next book in line in my Libby.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Habituallytired Link ParentI LOVE the Ana and Din mysteries. I highly highly recommmend! I can't wait for you to read book 3! It was really good.I LOVE the Ana and Din mysteries. I highly highly recommmend! I can't wait for you to read book 3! It was really good.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Habituallytired LinkI mostly read horror, but I started Demon Copperhead this morning on my best friend's recommendation because she knows how much I liked East Of Eden. They have very similar vibes. I'm enjoying it...I mostly read horror, but I started Demon Copperhead this morning on my best friend's recommendation because she knows how much I liked East Of Eden. They have very similar vibes. I'm enjoying it so far.
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Comment on Timasomo 2026: Roll Call in ~creative.timasomo
Habituallytired LinkMy big project this month is getting my office in order so I can go back to sewing and work through my mending pile. I have 13 items that need to be mended (not all clothes), and it's driving me...My big project this month is getting my office in order so I can go back to sewing and work through my mending pile. I have 13 items that need to be mended (not all clothes), and it's driving me crazy.
I'm also working on hand-stitching my English Paper Piecing (EPP) project together after this year of cutting the fabric out, punching out the hexagons on cardstock, and gluing the fabric to the cardstock, it's now time to make the fabric (been working on it all summer) that I still have no idea what I want to make with the finished EPP. We'll cross that bridge when we get there, I guess.
I'm finally going to start putting together my family's recipes in a cookbook as well. I have plenty of online time where I can just type out the recipes we like and use regularly. I will need someone else to translate my great grandma's cookbook since it's hand-written in Russian, and while I can read printed Cyrillic, I cannot read cursive.
EDIT: I forgot, I also have an almost finished embroidery piece that I just need to get done. It needs like three more leaves and it's finished. I'm going to force myself to finish it, maybe this weekend.
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Comment on Announcing the eighth annual Tildes' Make Something Month (Timasomo)! in ~tildes
Habituallytired Link ParentYes! I would like to stay on the list!Yes! I would like to stay on the list!
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Comment on What is your dream game? in ~games
Habituallytired LinkI have three: A NEW Zelda game that is linear, not like BOTW and TOTK. A new Rollercoaster Tycoon, but made in the original style and graphics, just made by Chris Sawyer, and no online modes or...I have three:
- A NEW Zelda game that is linear, not like BOTW and TOTK.
- A new Rollercoaster Tycoon, but made in the original style and graphics, just made by Chris Sawyer, and no online modes or anything
- a cozy game for my phone with no ads or in-app purchases or apple arcade/internet connectivity where I can just complete side quests and puzzles with character development dependent on how nice you are to the people around you.
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Comment on Do you think you're special? in ~talk
Habituallytired Link ParentI miss dancing every day. I miss what I was once able to do and how my body felt and moved. I have a lot of limitations on my body now, especially heat and exercise intolerance. I started taking a...I miss dancing every day. I miss what I was once able to do and how my body felt and moved. I have a lot of limitations on my body now, especially heat and exercise intolerance.
I started taking a tap class since it's a different style than I was doing before so I wouldn't compete against my memory of what my body knew how to do. I would come away from other styles of dance crying because I couldn't keep up.
I also took the entire summer off from classes thanks to the heat intolerance. I basically can't exercise in the summer unless the AC is blasting directly at me and the dance studio I go to doesn't have AC. I'm looking forward to going back in the next few weeks!
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
Habituallytired Linkso many beans! I've made a creamy bean sauce to go over roasted hispi cabbage, not technically beans, but a red lentil hummus with white bean vegan pasta, and a potato and leek soup with mushrooms...so many beans! I've made a creamy bean sauce to go over roasted hispi cabbage, not technically beans, but a red lentil hummus with white bean vegan pasta, and a potato and leek soup with mushrooms and beans (I used dried beans that I soaked). They have really become our protein/fiber of choice in our house for easy, cheap, and filling meals. I also made meat-free breakfast sandwiches (McGriddle knockoffs) to take to work with me but was too nauseous to bring one with me today.
I really want to get back into making onigiri, but I only have so much energy to make one or two weekend project cooks. Maybe next weekend. I can make some konbu onigiri and some salmon onigiri and maybe freeze them for when I need one.
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Comment on Do you think you're special? in ~talk
Habituallytired LinkOnce upon a time, I was special. I was a principal dancer in my dance troupe and was basically "famous" in my cultural community because of it. I also had very undiagnosed ADHD and lived with a...Once upon a time, I was special. I was a principal dancer in my dance troupe and was basically "famous" in my cultural community because of it. I also had very undiagnosed ADHD and lived with a narcissistic emotional abuser and an "everyone else is an NPC" autistic (my parents), and they never did anything to dissuade me of that notion that I was special and mildly "famous." They liked it because it gave them clout as well. Even my parents' divorce was highly publicized/talked about in the community because they were my parents, and drama surrounding them was drama that could potentially hurt me (it did, but massively for the better).
Now, though, I know I'm not special, and I'm honestly ok with it. I have completely escaped that community, no longer talk to one of my parents, am low contact with the other, and am properly medicated. I don't feel the embarrassment I once did for my "downfall," and I am honestly so glad I am a nobody again like I was when I was a little kid. I lost a lot of people who I considered to be friends, but I have some of my best friends and a small, insular support group and am happy. I was not happy when I was someone. Now that I'm a nobody, I'm happy. Not healthy, because I could never be healthy after the things I put my body through for the love of dance, but mentally, I'm much better off.
Even though I still live in the same area, no one comes up to me and talks to me about my dance life or the drama in my family. They just pretend I'm some regular person like everyone else.
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Comment on READFLIX – Free books from open libraries in ~books
Habituallytired Linkit's an interesting site, but it isn't a very user friendly site with how it works.it's an interesting site, but it isn't a very user friendly site with how it works.
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Comment on Do you iron your clothes? in ~life
Habituallytired LinkI never ironed anything before I started sewing. I just simply refused. Now I will iron fabrics as I sew and as I finish garments, but through this, I've learned the importance of ironing in how...I never ironed anything before I started sewing. I just simply refused. Now I will iron fabrics as I sew and as I finish garments, but through this, I've learned the importance of ironing in how clothes fit and look. Most of my clothes don't need to be ironed, but I do iron the ones that do when they need it, and I press Mr. Tired's dress shirts and pants as they come out of the dryer before they get hung up to keep them from looking crunchy.
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Comment on What's the oldest piece of clothing you own and still wear? in ~life.style
Habituallytired LinkI have a peacoat from when I was a freshman in high school, making it 22 years old. It's from Forever 21, back before enshittification and ultra-fast fashion became the norm. It's 100% cotton and...I have a peacoat from when I was a freshman in high school, making it 22 years old. It's from Forever 21, back before enshittification and ultra-fast fashion became the norm. It's 100% cotton and is so comfy. It's fit me through years of body and size changes, even though it's a size small, and I hope I get many more years out of it.
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Comment on It breaks a village in ~comp
Habituallytired Link ParentI don't think you're wrong here. I wish that ANY AI use were disclosed.I don't think you're wrong here. I wish that ANY AI use were disclosed.
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Comment on Apple announces iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone in ~tech
Habituallytired LinkI honestly would have considered getting a folding/flip iPhone if it were the standard style, just like a regular flip phone. I hate the shape and size of what they put out. I don't understand why...I honestly would have considered getting a folding/flip iPhone if it were the standard style, just like a regular flip phone. I hate the shape and size of what they put out. I don't understand why they couldn't just keep the standard shape when opened.
This is coming from someone who has Apple devices but isn't a fangirl. I just use them because they're idiot-proof, and I'm really good at breaking software irreparably, so something so closed can't be tinkered with to the point that it needs to be completely reset. I would prefer to use something much more privacy- and open-source-oriented, but I also know that I am not the kind of person that is capable of using those devices without ruining them.
Unfortunately, some apps that I absolutely can't live without (like for my stupid CGM) aren't available for other devices (actually NVM, but leaving it as an example, because this is new to me that it's available on Android), and the app that my dance studio uses to sign up for classes each week.
That said, I'm planning on keeping my phone for as long as I can because it works and it does basically what I need it to do. I love the color of the new 18 pro burgundy, but it isn't calling to me to upgrade my phone right now, since I would rather have had a reasonably shaped flip phone.
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Comment on Software for humans in ~tech
Habituallytired Link ParentThis is basically where I'm at, with the caveat that I will refuse to use any creative project if it's been made with AI, because that is art theft and I'm not ok with that as an artist. I think...This is basically where I'm at, with the caveat that I will refuse to use any creative project if it's been made with AI, because that is art theft and I'm not ok with that as an artist.
I think AI has its place in the world, and I'm not against using it to make our lives easier. BUT I am against it being used to justify mass layoffs, doxxing, stealing data, the environmental impact LLMs and data centers have on the world, those who "created it" (used in quotations because we all know that those who are cool with theft of one kind of IP are cool with others) being the be-all, end-all of usage, how it's making people stop using their brains, and basically any other negative side effect of them that I just can't think of right now.
There are appropriate uses of AI/LLMs, and I'm fine with that. Using them to mess with call center scammers? Cool. Using them to help transcribe my doctor's notes and my conversation so something doesn't get missed in my chart? Sure. Do I want AI to have my PHI and use it to make my insurance premiums go up? Hell NO. Do I want creative projects like books or video games, or hell even flyers for my local commuity center events to be made with gen AI? absolutely not.
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
Habituallytired LinkI'm working on an English Paper Piecing project (EPP for short). I'm finally at the stage where I'm hand-sewing each piece together. I tried it on a sewing machine, and it didn't work out like I...I'm working on an English Paper Piecing project (EPP for short). I'm finally at the stage where I'm hand-sewing each piece together. I tried it on a sewing machine, and it didn't work out like I had hoped, so I'm trying to stitch for about an hour in the evenings while Mr. Tired plays video games or we're just watching tv.
I didn't realize I would enjoy stitching the fabric together so much by hand; I've always been a hater of hand-sewing lol.
I'm having an issue with the fabric laying flat, and I think if I get enough pieces together, it will eventually fix itself, but it's just annoying to look at right now.
I'm also working on two embroidery projects - one I keep in the car for when I have nothing better to do and I'm waiting for an appointment or Mr. Tired is driving and we're stuck in traffic, and the other is one I'm making at home and just ran out of motivation to work on once I got to the leaves in the design.
I still have my blanket of doom that I'm knitting, but given it is around 100* F around these parts, I refuse to knit that monstrosity.
The last project I have at the moment is to reorganize my office so my 3D printer can fit on my desk with my sewing machine, serger, and Liene 3-in-1 while still having space to actually work and clear off my cutting and ironing table of all of the mending projects that I have to finish. I need an adult to help me with that one lol.
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Comment on It breaks a village in ~comp
Habituallytired LinkI'm no game developer. I'm not a developer of any sort, but as a user, if I find that an artistic project I was interested in was made with AI, I'm not going to partake in said project. I won't...I'm no game developer. I'm not a developer of any sort, but as a user, if I find that an artistic project I was interested in was made with AI, I'm not going to partake in said project. I won't play games made with AI, I won't read AI books, and I won't use an AI recipe. I do my best to avoid LLMs as much as possible because I just don't want them in my life. I get that the author is upset, and I understand why as someone who is just so tired of having AI/LLM use shoved down my throat every day for literally everything I do, when I just want human-created art. I want humans to code and do the art for games, I want humans to write books, and I want humans to create things. Especially because this use is so harsh and dangerous to our environment, and climate change is a massive issue that we just aren't addressing, but it is making worse with every new data center that is deployed.
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Comment on That book you remember some details but can't recall the title in ~books
Habituallytired Link ParentNo, I don't think it was. I have that book on my bookshelf, and I pull it out every once in a while hoping it is, but it's not. it was a full novel.No, I don't think it was. I have that book on my bookshelf, and I pull it out every once in a while hoping it is, but it's not. it was a full novel.
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Comment on That book you remember some details but can't recall the title in ~books
Habituallytired Link ParentThere's a children's horror book that I remember reading and loving, and it was a ghost story, but I can't find it. I also don't remember more details at the moment, but I remember it being a book...There's a children's horror book that I remember reading and loving, and it was a ghost story, but I can't find it. I also don't remember more details at the moment, but I remember it being a book I got at the scholastic book fair.
Good luck on your dissertation!