You Spell ‘No’ With Six Zeroes

Feb. 5th, 2026 08:00 am
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Customer: "How much to resize this ring?"
Me: "I don't do anything like that, sorry."
Customer: "I don't want it done; I just want a price."
Me: "I'm sorry, that's not a service I offer."
Customer: "I DON'T want it done, I just want a price!"

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Call The Cop-pers!

Feb. 5th, 2026 04:00 am
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Manager: "Yeah, there's no way these people bought a whole roll. Copper is expensive, and we get whole rolls stolen all the time. Let me talk to them."

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Critical Role

Feb. 4th, 2026 11:00 pm
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I'm starting to think that I'm never going to get caught up with Critical Role. 🙃

This is why I have to stay up until 2-3am on Thursday nights, no matter how much I need sleep. If I miss an episode, it sets me back for months. Every time. I should know this by now, because it happens every time I skip an episode.

I'm currently three episodes behind, although it will be four episodes by tomorrow because there's no physical way possible for me to catch up before then since three episodes + three Cooldown is about eleven hours. I really need to find the time to catch up. It's just so hard since I can't do anything else while I'm watching, since it's not possible for me to multitask while watching something new-to-me. I have to pay attention and constantly read the subtitles, or I miss what's going on.

It's one thing to set aside four(ish) hours late on a Thrusday night when I'm already tired and don't have the spoons to do much of anything already. It's something else entirely to find four hours to set aside when I have so many other things that I need to get done.

Things

Feb. 5th, 2026 02:01 pm
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Books
Finished reading Victoria Goddard's Plum Duff. I am extremely baffled by the theological worldbuilding choices she's making. What is she doing? Is it on purpose? Where's she going with this? Does she realise the implications of what she's doing? i.e. that this is a fantasy-Anglican religion which somehow managed to replace original sin with something worse?

Read Victoria Goddard's Stone Speaks To Stone, a rollicking boy's own adventure from Jemis' father's soldier days. I get that it was necessary to show the mindset of an imperial subject who "well believed in its civilising mission". I do understand that it was necessary. I just. Ugh. I'm still waiting for the ironic twist to that refrain "he was a loyal son of the Empire." One day Jack's going to learn better, right? Or else Jemis, who fancies himself a revolutionary, will have to contend with his beloved father's role in imperial expansionist wars.

Reading Ursula Whitcher's North Continent Ribbon, long after everyone else. It's time. (I still have some leftover guilt and anxiety about the roleplaying game during which [personal profile] ursula conceived this setting, and it's been getting in my way.)

Tech
*whimpering*

Garden
More tomatoes!

2/4/2026 Inspiration Trail

Feb. 4th, 2026 05:43 pm
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I suppose it was inevitable that after two wonderful days like last Sunday and yesterday there would be an unimpressive day like today. The skies were clear, it wasn't particularly cold, but there was wind which, if it didn't discourage bird activity, and I think it does, obscured the songs and calls that I count on when birding. So nothing specially interesting occurred and the list is just shy of two-thirds of Sunday's. I did see an Allen's Hummingbird poking at willow catkins (?) but that's as exciting as it got. The list: )

There's a plan to go to Valle Vista on Friday. I always prefer birding with U and Chris quite apart from their better eyes and better bins. Of course, if it fails our expectations I'll feel badly, but that's birding.
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Read When Being Owned By The Owners Is A Self-Own

Comeuppance Just Desserts Getting What They Deserve

I come into the hotel where I work on the night shift before graduation weekend in a college town.
Manager: *Casually.* "There are no rooms left to sell, so it should be a chill night."
I log in and notice there are several reservations under the hotel owners’ names… for tonight.

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Not In Receipt Of Reality

Feb. 5th, 2026 12:00 am
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Customer: "I need to return this."
Me: "Can I see your receipt, please?"
Customer: *Disgusted sigh.* "Why do you need that?"
Me: "Because this item you're trying to return? We don't sell it."

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[ SECRET POST #6970 ]

Feb. 4th, 2026 06:58 pm
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⌈ Secret Post #6970 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Berry Confusing

Feb. 4th, 2026 11:00 pm
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Employee: "Yeah! Would you like an acai smoothie?"
Me: "Uh, yes! I thought you said you were out of all the berry flavors?"
Employee: "Yeah, but acai isn't a berry; otherwise, it would be called a berry."

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Read The Customer Is Always Right… Whatever It Takes

Me: "Would you like any toppings?"
Customer: "Gummy bears."
Me: "We don't carry those."
Customer: "Yes, you do!"
Me: "No, we don't, ma'am. We do have—"
Customer: "—Go to the back and get me some! Stop being a lazy b****!"

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another reading list

Feb. 4th, 2026 03:08 pm
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Someone that I follow posted a list of the Hugo award winners for Best Novel, so here is where I stand with those as of today.

I have read: 22 books )

I own a copy but have not yet read: 11 books )

I started but did not finish: 3 books )

I have not read: 38 books )

I feel pretty good about this representation, especially since I've read (and mostly enjoyed) the most recent winners for twelve years running, up to last year's which I just haven't gotten around to yet. But some of them I know I will never read, and that's okay.
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Read Don’t Judge a Shopper by Her Sweatpants

Me: "Can you bring one from the backroom so I can take a closer look at it?"
Sales Rep: "I won’t be able to do that unless you’re planning on purchasing the item."
She seemed annoyed with my request. Before I could say anything else, she quickly walked away to help another customer.

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