A walk near where I live. This is just a strange spot because you’ll be walking down a quiet road with a row of houses alongside, turn left and you see this - it’s like you’re instantly transported to the middle of nowhere. I always like part of the walk

#Wordle

Wordle 776 2/6

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Appreciated the nice gentle one today after a couple of tricky words this week!

#Wordle

Wordle 772 2/6

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Very lucky/easy today. Not that I time myself but I bet this is the fastest I ever solved a wordle

Today I’m quite strongly considering getting a baritone . I like my little Makala Dolphin but I think I prefer the way the bigger ones sound?

Ah bless her!

#wordle

Wordle 771 4/6

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There we go, a 'guess the remaining letter' day. At least I got it on the second go.

I know you should probably play these smart and try for a totally different word that will eliminate as many letters as possible but I'm always just SO SURE that my next guess is going to be right. Which did pay off today

Finished reading: Unmasking Autism by Devon Price 📚: jaymy.micro.blog/2023/07/29/fi

Finished reading: Unmasking Autism by Devon Price

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price 📚

The first chapter actually made me cry because it seemed to describe me really well. I’ve been doing a bit of research recently, after feeling really burnt out for several months. I remember wondering if I was autistic back in the days when people said only little boys could be autistic, and feeling the way I have been recently spurred me on to actually learn about autism. So it was really was something to feel like the opening to this book really did include me.

I wanted to read this after hearing about it on #ActuallyAutistic tags on Mastodon etc, and it was interesting, but ultimately, I guess I just want some tips and advice on how to get on with my life? Just cope quietly. There was some of this here, but as the book went on it escalated more into activism. I do think that’s really important, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not for me (certainly not at this stage). I think I would have preferred it to stay low key, and help explore what’s being masked, what’s being suppressed, give me some more advice on how I can work through it and actually figure out who the heck I am. There was still some of that, I guess for me personally, I would have liked more.

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#Wordle 770 3/6

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love it when you can just sit and think for a bit and figure it out, no repeated guessing what one letter might be

🎮 Messing around with Island Tune makers for and made this. Can’t wait to hear Isabelle sing it all out of tune and everything!
Theme nooknet.net/tunes?melody=d-s-s

🎮 Messing around with Island Tune makers for Animal Crossing and made this. Can’t wait to hear Isabelle sing it all out of tune and everything! Hollow Knight Theme

769 2/6

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So lucky! Really pleased with this today

After a crummy two days (actually ringing in sick to work which I never do!) I think are required

1) the support I’ve asked for at work seems to have been heard. Fingers crossed I get it

2) ginger beer

3) I treated myself this evening by making steak, curly fries, mushrooms and peas for myself for tea

@3goodthings

768 4/6

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will do for me

Finished reading: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 📚 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

jaymy.micro.blog/2023/07/26/fi

Finished reading: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 📚 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Technically a re-read, but the first time I read this I wasn’t doing well mental health-wise, and I could only remember a tiny bit it, so in a way this was also a first read?

I really wanted to like it, I remember the escalating letters, and the cool time-traveling and descriptions of these different battles and eras the two characters through, but something didn’t quite stick for me. I am wondering if it’s the writing style? I mean, it’s lovely, very poetic, but maybe it came across as just too clever for me? At times I’m not sure I quite followed what was going on, and I know for a fact that I’ve missed inferences and things in amongst all of the poetic writing.

Still a cool story though, it’s quite short too which, for me, probably worked in it’s favour, getting the story across before I felt bogged down by the language. And I liked the twist a lot, probably not the most surprising twist ever written but it wrapped the whole story up nicely

#bookreview

First post!

I’ve been on Mastodon (@jaymy@universeodon.com) for a little while, but checking out here. I like the idea of less scrolling through a timeline and more focus on me writing some rubbish.

Also looking forward to checking out the bookshelves thing, I’m pretty hopeless at it but I like reading and I like writing down my thoughts about what I’ve read

767 2/6

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Heck yeah

766 4/6

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Had me stumped for longer than I care to admit!

And leading on from that mopey last post, !

1) The people I work with are actually really supportive
2) Peace and quiet
3) Things are actually *done* at the moment. So I might feel really tired but it'd be fine to let things slide for a little bit

@3goodthings