Finished the books available in the series, and I can honestly say I have been moved by these stories. I don’t think I’ve finished a series this quickly ever (though they are small books).

Text from Girl Meets the Internet on FB: “For Lent, I’m just going to give up.”

I feel this.

I cried during every story, and loved the feel of getting to know Kazu, Kei, and others in the cafe through remarkable experiences that transcend time. Though we may know what has happened in the past, sometimes facing it again can help us remember how to better move forward in the future.

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Decided I needed to read some of the mass of books I’ve bought in my anxiety induced shopping spree over the last month, and I managed to finish this book within a time span of 13 hours. I highly recommend this book. #BookSky

As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community.

No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.

Hate has no home here.

Is anyone out there archiving BLS data right now? Because we probably need to be doing that, given all this…

Watching all of Perfect Strangers as a prelude to watching Family Matters, and the way Larry acts in this show explains so much of white male behavior for me.

Been feeling quite anxious and we’re only 2 weeks in. Not sure where things are going to go from here, but I think the only way to tamp down anxiety is to write down the things I am concerned about and what concrete actions I can take, then act.

I went to Rome in late January one year and discovered that the Vatican leaves their Christmas decorations up until February 2nd. It feels appropriate.

I don’t think I’m cut out for earthquake country. Been feeling phantom movements since I came home from Christmas in Utah, and it’s making me super paranoid about the probability of a large earthquake in the Bay Area.

I think you can play a version of it for free on Google that might have banner ads but doesn’t require watching a video.

Skipping this song or changing the station whenever it comes on now.

Need a bookmark button, so that next time I shop for books I can look for yours.

I’m still trying to figure out what to do about family members that voted for Trump. The ones that I wasn’t close to, I don’t really see much and don’t go out of my way to see at this point, but I’m not sure how to approach the relatives that were previously my favorites about it.

I’m going to see what people post, and then test them out. Might even discuss it on here if I get a lot of responses.

Lately I’ve been thinking about how to rework my personal motivation system and get myself to start working towards personal goals, specifically around health and personal finance goals. What motivation methods have worked best for everyone else?

The funniest part of my parent’s visit for Thanksgiving yesterday, was when my mom whipped out nail polish and put a coat on her nails right when the turkey finished. That’s all I could smell until we sat down to eat, but the meal turned out well.

Is there a way to block images that don’t have alt text?

I was going to provide more context to this, but can’t at the moment. Just a frustration.

One of the hardest things about working in government as a bureaucrat is the expectation that we keep our political beliefs quiet, so as to be able to serve all people, regardless of ideology, in a community. I feel like this misses the point a little bit.

I try to avoid Amazon as much as possible, for any items. Thanks for the recs.

Where is the best place to buy physical media now? My go-to used to be BestBuy and they’ve stopped selling it.

Also, I can’t find anything other than pirated versions for some of the ones I want - specifically “Spirited” from Apple-TV+, but I’m sure there will be others.

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One of the key things I’ll be trying to focus on is how to take my anxiety and fuel my inner curiosity with it. Focus on the books I want to read, languages I want to learn, and communities I want to build in the coming years.

Unleash the joy you wish to see in the world.

Waiting for Elmo, Oscar, and Cookie Monster to show up on here to brighten up the TL. Love those guys.

Just read this one a few weeks ago, and I really loved it. Was not expecting the ending to crush me as hard as it did.

Makes me wonder if Musk ends up making himself a target of the next administration somehow. Plenty of fodder for them to go after.

When the world is on fire, I prefer to talk to people with fire extinguishers over those with marshmallows and roasting sticks.

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