penwing @penwing@cybre.space

I'm going to need to name my dragons and I'm bad at naming dragons... Please help...

Been a hard day's baking today...

I'm in the process of making some nectarine ice cream (I have nectarines) which means I have left egg whites and therefore also making meringues 8-)

What do I want to do tonight?

Today seems a good day to watch this 8-)

All set for camping and BBQing at the "Worcester Christmas Party" (family gathering which used to happen in Worcester close to Christmas, now in summer in various places, this year actually in Worcestershire (Tewkesbury))

Did #Legion just help us tie down a time period? Oliver was trapped on Astral Plane for 20 years, but he refers to "Bombay" which Melanie confirms has changed to Mumbai since he went away... Gotta be post-1995 but pre-2015/2016... But, then, where are the mobiles etc... Arghhh

Broken out the ice cream maker and made some rhubarb ice cream (and meringues because I had left over egg whites).

Looking forward to eating over the weekend... If I'm very good I can have them on Sunday for my birthday...

All this "when I was young" stuff making me feel really old... On Sunday I will be halfway to seventy...

But now I've seen e/eir in actual use (Providence by Anne Leckie) and heard them in Humans Die; Stars Fade by Charles Payseur on EscapePod (http://escapepod.org/2018/05/10/escape-pod-627-humans-die-stars-fade/) and they were felt much more natural than I expected...

I guess the point is just how important seeing yourself and other options is to those who are searching and learning... Not just the theoretical existence, but the actual use...

And I'm wondering whether e/eir could be right for me... *Ponders*

I struggled a long time with non-binary/genderqueer ideas (realised eventually it was jealousy as most examples were really fucking creative and confident and I wasn't) before realising/accepting I was non-binary... And when I did I settled on they/them as the best pronouns for me (common, straightforward etc.) but I really dislike and feel conscious of singular they being used with plural verbs...

Twitter crush (who was an OKCupid crush back when I was failing to use that properly) has a new profile pic and... Well, crush not going anywhere...

Why am I so hopeless at actual interaction? 8-(

Once again, I am trying to decide what to do with my weekend and failing miserably...

I could start watch Legion S2 now I'm caught up on S1

I could continue my Carnivale Re-Watch or rewatch Children of Dune

I could give Humans another try...

I could read something, Delany's Neveryon series is sitting there glaring at me (as are many many other books)

And then there's the whole "Eurovision is 'gay christmas'" so I should enjoy it. I should love it! Pass the scissors, I need to cut up my cay card...

I think I've worked out why I dislike Eurovision so much and... It's not that I hate Eurovision, it's that I don't fit into, what I see as, the hysteria surrounding it.

I enjoyed it when I watched alone and listened to Terry Wogan's increasingly tipsy and sardonic commentary, but now...

10% is probably good, another 40% is meh and 50% is crap. I can't fake enjoyment (that's me) so feeling like I have to because "it's a Eurovision Party!" makes me uncomfortable

Read Dune for book club and moved on to Dune Messiah. Currently watching the SciFi Channel adaptation... I do so love the Harkonnens in this adaptation... "Perhaps my dear brother may even break a sweat today"

One day, I'll work out how to evolve crush into whatever crush turns into next... One day, one day...