#i don't want a desk job

[signed-manny]

I want to have kids young, but I also don’t? Lovely thing, contradiction.

I don’t know when I decided I wanted to be a mother in the future, I think I was seventeen. I was actually shocked that there was a part of me that wanted to abide with the societal norm of marriage, settling down and starting a family. Regardless of how outlandish and rebellious I feel about the corporate ladder, and my immense hatred masking the debilitating fear I have of becoming one of the many cogs in the system - it feels weird to admit that I actually wouldn’t mind “following my duty” bleurgh to bring more of me (and, of course, whoever I chose to love) into the world.

[rubenesque-as-fuck]

We recently hired an older woman truck driver and today she complimented my hair and asked me, "So are you family, or like an ally?" and I answered, "Oh, family 😊" and she got such a happy look and started talking about how glad it made her to have a new job somewhere where people could be openly queer and that she'd never worked somewhere with as high of a percentage of non-cishet people and how good it felt. It was just a really lovely little interaction.

[pocket-size-cthulhu]

"Too Sweet" is just one giant, poetic "it's not you, it's me" from Hozier.

He's like "you're put together, I am a garbage bag man, we have nothing in common you are like an alien to me. A kind, pretty alien. Come back when you're bitter and salty"

[thepoisonroom]

apologies if this is a dumb question and i won't be offended at all if you dont answer/dont know but since you've worked in libraries before i was curious if you knew how to let your library know you're interested in an audiobook they haven't purchased ? i know i used to be able to make requests on overdrive but since the switch to libby i haven't been able to figure it out. i hope youre having a lovely day whether you can help or not and appreciate you taking the time to read all this 💛

sorry for the late reply, i haven't been online much and just saw this! most public libraries will have a form on their website called something like "purchase request" or "suggest a title" that you can use to request things! people often think this is only for books, but most places will let you request audiobooks, DVDs, etc. librarians won't always add the things you request to the collection, and they often can't explain every decision in detail due to volume, so results may vary.

the one thing to be mindful of is that audiobook/ebook licensing can be really weird, and sometimes publishers do make it really difficult or impossible for libraries to license certain items! so if your library doesn't get something you ask for, that sucks and is disappointing, but please don't hesitate to keep sending in requests as you have them! that info is always super helpful for collections folks looking to add things to the library that they think you'll want and use!

[tj-crochets]

Work's being absolutely ridiculous, so please send me quilt or plushie ideas! Puns and pride flags are bonuses but not required, I'm looking for anything like color combos, patterns, suggestions that are more vibe-based than specific color combo based, anything

It's sorta difficult to figure out what level of detail I have to remove in order to anonymize my job, but basically two of the other people who do my job are out, so I'm helping cover for them, but one of their contractors turned in paperwork showing three different dates for when he did [job that should have only taken one day]. I ended up having to call the customer and ask when our contractor did [job]. Thankfully the customer found it a little funny and was willing to answer, but I hate cold-calling customers to tell them our contractors can't do paperwork correctly and we need their help to fix it

[minhmynchi]

a delete later wip so im turning off reblogs but yay my turn for a scene redraw

[furryprovocateur]

the thing about working a desk job is that you think you're gonna have more energy when you get off your shift but no it's all psychological fatigue.

[yangjeongin]

so i bought a gaming pc this past weekend during a president's day sale and i'm like looking for speakers and a headset and shit and amazon just showed me an expensive as fuck cinnamoroll gaming chair this is sooooo evil

[ialwaysknewyouwerepunk]

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[fortitudina]

*OOC. ------ I have eaten and I have coffee. I am set up in my spare room which is slowly getting turned into my streaming room / office again and I am here to write for the day. Current Count: Drafts: 57 Asks: 60 Queue: 58

[amrv-5]

seeing all this fellow travelers content… feeling Intrigued… Looking Respectfully……. can i ask what it is & would you recommend?

HELLO!!!!! Okay yes I would recommend, I thought it was a great watch, I enjoyed myself! I have more thoughts on it but I'll save 'em cause spoilers--generally: It follows a number of queer relationships / characters over the course of the Lavender Scare through the 1980s. Its primary focus is the relationship between Hawkins, a WWII vet and midlevel govt. bureaucrat; and Tim, a congressional staffer fresh out of college. They meet during the height of the Lavender Scare and begin a fraught romance as they struggle with their own careers in DC, political complicity, and identities personal and public. The show covers about 30 years of their lives together (and apart). Go into it expecting solid performances (incredible Jonathan Bailey vehicle, at the very least) and (imo) fun if slightly uneven structuring, but also know (I don't want to sell it as Fun Gay Love Story!) by virtue of time period and what it's most interested in, story spends most of its runtime trying to show how national attitudes and even seemingly very localized political machinations impacted the lives of queer and especially queer Black people.

[gen-is-gone]

something something manage expectations something something small town library something something volunteers should not be entrusted with even half the shit they cover here when they by definition have no professional stake in the library and are not held to professional standards

*sigh*

[pennysbees]

the reincarnation in misao is so funny to me, specifically kurata turning into a cat because like. imagine finding out your cat was an incel pedophile murderer and probable necrophile in a past life. literally what do you even do in that situation?? do you keep the cat?? i think i'd have to rehome it man that shits just crazy

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

who the fuck thought it was a good idea to do performance evaluations at the end/beginning of the year, it is fucking Winter and i am simply Not in the headspace to think about a ~career~ lmao

[pinolitas]

I got an interview tomorrow. hell on earth

[shiinsei]

finally sitting down to study japanese again after the big fail that was the jlpt n4 exam