Aura @aura@computerfairi.es

I think this makes us friends now though.

This asshole flew at me once to see if I'd flinch. I did not (because I am gormless but it didn’t know that) and it had to veer off.

I should post about something else. Here’s another corvid. This time a rook that lives near me.

This was easy mode though. I was already pretty sure he’d do well. Family is going to be very challenging.

My poor friend had no idea what I was going to say. Goodness knows what went through his mind while I was struggling to get it out! When I did though, he aced it. Top marks. No notes.

I mean, it was a hell of a rush too! I was visibly shaking for ages afterwards. It felt like being a teenager and confessing my love to someone and finding out they’re into me too, but x1000000.

Looking back on this after a couple of days. I wonder what I looked like as I said it. I spent at least a minute wrestling with my own head and failing to say it before I could get it out *after* I had made the decision to do it. I guess that’s just what it was like for me to overcome decades of firewalling. I also wonder what it’ll be like the next time.

@mcc @cwebber I’m just 17 rubber ducks in a trench coat.

@kai Unfortunately I don't drive, but I still love these because they look like the RC cars of my youth.

I am only mildly hungover.

Holy shit. I came out to my best friend, and he was awesome. I’m very, very lucky to have him. I had to get pretty drunk to pluck up the courage though. 🫠

They turned out ok! The greenish tint is reduced on the second coat.

Ok so the blue makes my fingers look I dipped them in a chemical toilet. Let’s see what a second coat does.

@mavica_again ah! I see. My typos are now just bonus charm.

Yeah, I see the typo, but I guess editing is disabled.

Life got busy, but now the lkid’s birthday party is out of the way I can instead focus on more superficial things. I had purple nails for the last week, but the purple was so dark it looked black anyway, see? I have some blue to try next, which looks like it might come out a bit lighter. Or maybe I’ll just turn out goth again.

@mavica_again through judicious application of dowsing rods.

I don't know what triggered it, but I suddenly got nostalgic for time spent in a lab reverse engineering some janky command set of a microwave synthesiser over GPIB. GPIB itself is cool because each plug is also a socket, so you can daisy chain them. Then I got to thinking about the control pads of the Panasonic 3DO, since those were also daisy-chain-able.