Reaction immediately after finishing the second episode of the new Doctor Who series:

...

...omg what did I just watch???...

...😅

(Also, I'm still a little on the fence about the Doctor and companion, but my goodness Jinkx Monsoon was incredibly delicious. I live under a rock so this is my first encounter and I could become a fan based on that episode.)

Skin: ITCH ITCH
Hands: SCRATCH SCRATCH
Brain: STOP! STOP! STOOOOP!!!
Hands: [Freeze]
Hands: ...
Hands...scratchscratch...

I am hungry. And also sleepy. Each of these things prevents me from rectifying the other...

It's sort of amazing to be free of the constant "You're hopeless for not being able to cope with these everyday things that everyone else can do," self-narrative. 😭

Another thing I've realised far too recently is that I prob have inattentive-type ADHD (the type without the physical hyperactivity). I'm not in a position to get a formal diagnosis for now, so I'm aware this is just a self-diagnosis, but when I investigated this type of ADHD so so so many things clicked into place. Every day it feels like I notice more and more little ways of thinking, talking and acting that are influenced by my ADHD.

When I realised I'm ace-spec and saw the flag, it felt like it was meant to be. There really isn't any meaning to the fact that I've always liked to use purple hearts, I just like purple, but it's so cool that our flag features purple and not orange or something. ☺️💜

(Orange chosen as random example of not-purple, no hate for orange! 😂)

Geoguessr World Cup EMEA regional qualifiers this weekend! Lego Masters: Australia vs The Rest of the World starts Sunday! So much geeky excitement happening! 🤓

Instead of going to bed, I just had a twenty-minute, one-sided conversation with Hugh Jackman about the musical theatre roles I saw him perform back when he was starting out in Australia...

(With Imaginary Hugh Jackman.)

Came here to say something. Something in particular, not just something for the sake of it. I wonder what it was.

Oh well, I should just say something at all since I'm here. This will do.

/irony

So like, I know I'm ace-spec, so I prefer reading about feelings, but I so sometimes wonder how anybody at all is enjoying the physical details in romance stories instead of just writhing from cringe...
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I wish all the channels I subscribe to on YT that make original shorts (i.e
not cropped from longer videos) would periodically make long-form compilation videos of them so I that I actually see them...

Sport commentary of the week: "[He] has come here to PLAY - he's not just here to compete!"
😂

Just read through the most geo-blinkered legacy tumblr thread about iced tea (in a bottle) being a thing in the US but not so much in the UK. E.g. Brit: AMERICAN MADNESS; American: HAHA BRITS SO STUFFY AMERICA IS FUTURE.

What nonsense did I just waste my time reading?? 😅

Meanwhile Asians were rightly ignoring this whole non-issue between the tea newbies.

Well, so long as the Brits and Americans had fun playing together. 😁👍

I always find these extremes interesting:
Chinese zodiac - NO SIMILARITY
Western zodiac - SPOT ON
🤷‍♀️😆
(Rooster source: chinesezodiac.org)
(Pisces source: zodiacsign.com)

I have a sudden craving for a fanta spider, but I have neither ice cream nor fanta, and it's after midnight. Of course! 🙃

I just realised why the song "Bad Cinderella" from ALW's Cinderella has always bothered me somehow. It reminds me of "In My Own Little Corner" from R&H's Cinderella...😬

If you need some cheer in your day, here's the Cheerful Little Snowman that was hanging out at my home in Life Makeover! ☺️

If a political party is a core part of my identity, I have to defend it and support it no matter what stupid things it does or what actions and policies it adopts. If I don't, I'm undermining a core part of myself. I prefer not to be trapped into that.

And that's not just political parties. It's fandoms and brands and numerous other things. I can engage or enjoy, and these things will reflect aspects of my identity, but I don't want to be locked into those categories as my identity.

I couldn't really say I identify with a political party. Unless it's your career/volunteer interest, I don't think it really makes sense to. I have values. I vote for whichever party has the best balance of policies near my values and no policies terribly far from my values, and are vaguely sincere/believable. Yes, that means I find some parties unpalatable and consistently lean towards the others, but I can't really feel the sense in making a political party a core part of my identity.