Open Sorcery

Tag: SliceOfLife

  • I got to see Beany yesterday for the first time in over a year!

    I had missed her so much. She knows my chaos too well, lol

    -Allēna

  • nocturnal activities continue..

    My fucking brain has apparently decided that sleep before 5 AM (except for brief naps in extreme cases) is banned. Most of the time it’s not due to anything I’m doing, it’s just…spinning. And it refuses to shut the fuck up. That and I can’t get comfortable until I’m so exhausted my body gives out and I fall asleep in whatever crazy position I happen to be in. Moonie has taken it upon herself to shove her wet face into my everything at 4 AM exactly, as well, regardless of whether or not I am trying to sleep, so she’s contributing to the problem. Why it’s always 4 AM I have no idea. I have no problem giving her attention AT ANY OTHER TIME OF DAY. Yet this cat chooses EXACTLY WHEN I’M TRYING TO SLEEP to seek attention from me and QUITE LITERALLY STICK HER FACE IN MINE. This calico child has zero concept of personal space or boundaries and I love her dearly but this is an increasingly aggravating issue. So here I am at 1:40 AM, a better time to try and be in my everything, bitching about the sleep issues that plague me and she’ll likely try to insert herself into my skin in about an hour and a half. What the fuck.

    Yeah. Anyway, wish me luck.

    -Allēna

  • a post 2 days in a row? Holy fuckin shit?!

    Well it would seem that clearing out the spam comments may have helped fix whatever was breaking the site, or it cleared up on its own. I’m reminded of a meme where it’s like “can you lick the science? Programming: nothing else has made the code work, so you may as well try…”

    I am an absolute garbage programmer but I think it’s a pretty safe bet that over 2000 spam comments waiting in the queue will slow down your site’s processing time, lol. So that’s fixed, AND I have a spam blocker in place now, so hopefully that’s less of a problem going forward. Ugh. If I never have to see “503: no server is available to process your request” again, it’ll be too goddamn soon.

    Speaking of programming, and people far more skilled at it than I am, I am hoping to see my dear friend Beany this coming week, one of the smartest people and most gifted programmers I know. She also happens to be out of work and in search of a job, so if any of y’all know of an open position in programming, broadcast engineering, or audio, please let me know in the comments and I’ll pass it on to her.

    It’s been over a year since I’ve seen her and I miss her so badly…

    I don’t entirely know what I’m doing for the rest of the week. Perhaps a poetry thing tomorrow called Memory Café that happens monthly that a rad poet here puts on, and then workshop on Sunday. Saturday’s activities are TBD. Emerson also found a swimming hole that’s semi-local, so we might go to that sometime soon when it’s not pissing rain.

    Wish me luck and pray that I don’t die.

    I leave you with this photo of Véra baby that Emerson took:

    -Allēna

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  • WELL. I just watched half of a video with this strange, swirly color pattern and half of my head really fucking hurts now

    And I feel really nauseous and kinda out of it. I’ve taken my seizure meds AND my migraine meds, but if some shit happens in a few hours, y’all know what’s up. In the meantime, it’s time for turbo unconsciousness so I don’t dieee

    -Allēna

  • Emerson is home!

    And I appear to be in front. Allēna is exhausted, and so am I, for very different reasons. I also saw Cadmium today for the first time in a long time. Goodnight, all.

    -Ashley

  • Emerson and I watched Pretty Woman today.

    I had never seen it before today. SUCH tiny behaviors. Oh my God.

    -Allēna

  • JEEEEZ, fronting after this long is weird…

    This is Renn, I haven’t been out in about two years. I don’t even know if I have a category on this blog for my posts yet, it’s been so long since I last fronted. Additionally, I came to front because Lēna was feeling out of it in the shower, so I took over so she could rest. I am not entirely sure how long she’ll be out, but I’m here for the time being at the wheel, so to speak, to give her a rest and get ahead on the system’s projects so that she can take a breather. She seems to be okay and safe and in relatively good spirits, just mentally tired.

    The same could be said for the body, in all honesty. This H1 + H2 experiment that she’s started is frankly a stroke of genius and I’m glad that we’re in this good of shape – it’s about 3:20 AM as I am writing this and I was able to get our social media posts scheduled up to a week in advance, June 4th, to be precise. I don’t consciously feel super tired yet, but seeing as it’s late and I did have a midnight coffee, it’s better to be safe than sorry, especially if I switched in because Lēna was feeling out of it. I should probably consider going to sleep soon ish rather than making even more videos until the ass crack of dawn.

    So it’s bedtime for me, or at least I’m going to attempt to sleep. Emerson is sleeping beside me, and honestly it’s wonderful to see him again. I’ve missed him terribly. The headspace is nice and very peaceful, but getting some time in the outside world is good and I have greatly needed it, I think.

    This is all for now. If I am in front tomorrow, I will say hi then. If I am not, let this be my goodbye until I see y’all next time.

    Much love,

    Renn

  • I probably did too much today.

    But I had therapy for the first time since March  and it felt productive? My therapist suggested that I reach out to my doctor about getting an anti-anxiety med to make blood draws easier, and I just might do that.

    We also talked about my increase in energy since adding the H2 blocker to my med regimen and all the fears I have that we’re gonna crash mentally and physically in the next week or so, and he walked me through what the worst case scenario would be (I’d survive, it would just be shitty because I would have to go back to the drawing board all over again). I still can’t tell if the conclusion we reached was comforting or not.

    I’m debating whether or not I should shower tonight because it’s 2 AM, the only real towel we have in the house is disgusting, and frankly, I am getting tired. In any case, I should probably wander off.

    Stay tuned for more magic, y’all.

    -Allēna

  • I watched the Super Mario Bros movie with Emerson today.

    It’s fucking unhinged. I absolutely loved it. Emerson wanted to watch it after watching all of the Sonic movies with me. Every scene was different but somehow worked with all the other scenes. Emerson is also a weird lil nerd that knows a lot of the deep lore about the original games, so it was lovely because it was great because I was able to ask him whatever questions I had and he knew the answers. It was so much fun 🤣

    -Allēna

  • Emerson and I were supposed to go for a drive tonight after our very dear friend fixed our headlights,

    but we sort of lost track of time and ended up watching the rest of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (which we started last night after watching the first movie) and all of Sonic the Hedgehog 3. I had no idea he liked the Sonic games. I want to get him a copy of one of them for his Switch 💛

    -Allēna