:( Not nice

ORCHESTRAL WAKE UP:
‘The Arena’ (Lindsey Stirling) - #1
‘Adagio for Strings’ or ‘Palladio’ (Escala; can get other versions but theirs are best for energy)
‘All of Me’ or ‘Berlin’ (John Schmidt/The Piano Guys)
METAL WAKE UP:
‘Spectrum of Eternity’ (Soilworks) - #1
‘Arctica’ (Amberian Dawn)
‘Jump’ (Two Steps from Hell) - that one might be a bit too much heart attack
POP WAKE UP:
‘Right Now’ (Van Halen) - #1
‘Circus’ (Britney Spears)
‘Victorious’ (Panic at the Disco)
ROCK (I think) WAKE UP:
‘Rollin’ ‘ (Limp Bizkit) Whatever genre it is, it’s a *great* wake-up song. It’s got that traditional rock-show call to gather, so it’s trying to help you get out of bed.

Favorite spatula! Yes. There’s just ~something~ about my little scraper silicone spatulas. They make me happy to use every time.

Don’t eat or lick her then, weirdo. You’re not required to engage with people you don’t wanna talk to. She prolly doesn’t wanna talk to you, since people with brains wouldn’t.
More importantly, you’re also - shocking! - not required to have an opinion on other people. Try working on incorporating that fact into your reality.

Give two tickets

Alabama! I have family there.

That actually does help, a lot. The self-judging and self-censorship is so strong that finding someone who you can relax around is priceless. Good job, allthegage.

Boring

So...a choice works well for some groups, but not for your particular one. And it bothers you. HMMMMMMMM!!!!
In this case, it’s color choice of letters and total inconsequential to your life. However, in actual real life, such a thing (neutral choice results in negative effect) is called disparate IMPACT. This is as opposed to disparate TREATMENT (deliberate choice to create a negative effect). Still negatively affects a group.
Now imagine in your actual life people are always jumping up and insisting you’re “imagining” disparate impact/treatment, it’s not “that bad”, and/or accuse you of rabble rousing.
Then take a whole stadium of seats and be quiet about a self-manufactured slight, and this metaphorical nonsense. Being a fake underdog just gives you fake outrage and destroys empathy. Which sure is convenient if you want to feel good while not doing anything to make the world better. In fact, it gives you a great excuse not to care about anyone but yourself.

No, there was going to be a festival nearby but it got cancelled. So apparently this means the raid was also cancelled.

My brain is too old for this meme format. I did okay last time, but this round is too much already.

But that’s only solves 75% of your problems.

*boy

Of all the stories, why is this Medusa? Why not Athena, Afrodite, Hera? Any female really except the lady who was gifted (by a goddess) a defense system after being assaulted in a temple.

Yes! AND you might make a tax person smile, if your file is pulled for review.

Tangent: This picture really hit me. In the context of parent to child, the parent tries so, so hard not to injure their child with their issues and illness, but it’s just there. All the time. Try so hard to scrub it off and keep it to yourself, but it is there.
The kid doesn’t know it’s not healthy or not neurotypical - the crying, the obsessive behaviors, the messiness; it’s just their life. They innocently mirror. All you can do as a parent is try your best; love the kid like crazy, and handle things as well as you can and seek resources. It will be enough. It will be more than enough. Don’t give up.

It’s not “cheating” if it’s known. There’s no subterfuge. This individual is just in a one-sided monogamous relationship for some reason. I’m sure there’s a name for it? They’re not exactly poly; I don’t know. *I* wouldn’t enter such a relationship. I’m one-at-a-time type of person and need my partner’s full focus. But he’s not getting cheated on and he’s not a cuckold in the strict historical sense. She’s definitely not seeing this other person without his knowledge.