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oh shit, been a bit since i posted on here, let's see what's happened:

i got a new skirt! (massive gender euphoria) :3

finished 2/3 semester projects

started duolingo again

college reminded me that yes, they do, in fact, ignore any and all non-required work orders, even if they said they'd do it in 1-2 business days

and my partner and i's 4-months anniversary is in 4 days!

so yea, nothing too crazy, how are y'all?

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anyone else have massive anxiety sometimes waiting for a package to arrive? no? just me?

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maybe it's just this one specific group, but everyone in my partner and i's friend group acts like a giant polycule. we all say that we (platonically, of course) love each other, we hang out in vc for hours yapping, it's really nice.

...that, or i've just had shit friends until now. dunno which, but it's too late in the day for that kind of introspection.

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pmd but whatever higher power that pulled the hero into this world also made the process surprisingly gender affirming for her.

i had this in my brain as a silly idea and figured I'd actually turn it into a little one off thing.

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having 3 midterms immediately follwing spring break defeats the purpose of spring break. my professors "explicitly designed" these courses so we "wouldn't have to study or do work over break" but here we are, the week after, with midterms. what was the point of the break, then?

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the only thing keeping me from regularly crashing out in this computational methods and software class is the fact that my professor actually puts things in terms that i'm able to understand. i can't stand calculus usually, but this prof makes it a bit more enjoyable, somehow

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i hate that i knew all of these immediately

The Four Horsemen of Pattern Recognition:

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new type of purgatory unlocked: waiting in an office for a meds check-in appt when you know damn well this could have been a zoom meeting like every other counselor at this campus does, but noooo, it has to be in-person because they have to make the eepy girl get out of bed. truly, a tragedy.

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do y'all ever just like... fall asleep on a call with your partner while you're listening to them infodump about something that they're passionate about, because their voice is soothing and they make you feel safe?

no? just me?

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I have a comp sci professor who's intentionally trained himself to call Windows "Winblows," and I think that really says something about this man's devotion to Linux. Then again, to him, Emacs is "The Text Editor We Do Not Name", so do with that info what you will

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Hi everyone! I'm Asteria, I'm a Computer Science major working on my undergrad, as well as being an RA for my university. I speedrun Gravity Circuit (to occasional success) and play a variety of other games beyond that.

Outside of gaming and school, I'm learning more about tarot and witchcraft (so i can better understand my practice), and also trying to take time to learn more about myself and my identity (gods forbid a girl feel gender euphoria in this dystopian hellscape). I'm trying to get back into reading more often, but school and work make that difficult a lot of the time.

I'm often down to chat, so feel free to send me a message if you'd like!

<3,

Asteria