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the_siobhan) wrote2023-01-01 05:24 pm
the_siobhan) wrote2023-01-01 05:24 pm
letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Question of the Day: Global Family Day: How do you define family?
There is a Robert Frost poem. "Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in." That's pretty much how I define family - the people who are stuck with you. If you play your cards right and get lucky, that can be by choice.
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No shit.
I mean, I used to have had some... pretty pronounced self-destructive tendencies for a large chunk of my life. I am genuinely astonished to still be here. (Albeit with some of the long-term health repercussions of those tendencies. Nobody gets away with that many head injuries completely scott-free.)
Huh. Sixty. How about that.
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The holidays were good, although I ended up letting myself be pushed way past my normal comfort zone around being exposed to a bunch of strangers. (How's that for not being twenty any more.) This year I have promised myself I will do more outside stuff in the summer with my family, it will mean I can more easily say no to high-risk activities in the indoor months.
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Pretty sure this is going to be an eventful year in the Gin Palace. Money is going to be a problem. We'll see if I'm still living here at the end of 2023.
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For the fanfic writers, Martha Wells has posted about a company that is scraping fanfic sites and selling the stolen stories on Amazon.
https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/601475.html)
There is a Robert Frost poem. "Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in." That's pretty much how I define family - the people who are stuck with you. If you play your cards right and get lucky, that can be by choice.
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I spent yesterday doing chores, then had a glass of wine at midnight and watched the fireworks going off outside from my window. Today I am doing some prep cooking and playing video games.
Tomorrow I will turn 60. Six. Zero.No shit.
I mean, I used to have had some... pretty pronounced self-destructive tendencies for a large chunk of my life. I am genuinely astonished to still be here. (Albeit with some of the long-term health repercussions of those tendencies. Nobody gets away with that many head injuries completely scott-free.)
Huh. Sixty. How about that.
***
The holidays were good, although I ended up letting myself be pushed way past my normal comfort zone around being exposed to a bunch of strangers. (How's that for not being twenty any more.) This year I have promised myself I will do more outside stuff in the summer with my family, it will mean I can more easily say no to high-risk activities in the indoor months.
***
Pretty sure this is going to be an eventful year in the Gin Palace. Money is going to be a problem. We'll see if I'm still living here at the end of 2023.
***
For the fanfic writers, Martha Wells has posted about a company that is scraping fanfic sites and selling the stolen stories on Amazon.
https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/601475.html)
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