Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

...after much begging, i got a gameboy so i could play pokemon myself. not just a regular gameboy, but THE SPECIAL POKEMON YELLOW EDITION. it had a pikachu on the case and everything!!! i was over the moon (even tho it was both my birthday AND christmas big present that year)

so way back, WAY back, pokemon craze was in its full force. i coveted people's pokemon cards at recess (and eventually traded for a ponyta, because PONYTA IS SO COOL), i stood in barnes and noble and read the prima strategy guides... and for my birthday...

it's time for grandma harp to tell a story, children.

yesterday i rectified a mistake and finally had a gaming achievement that was 20 years in making. #PokemonLetsGo
#gatherrounditsstorytime #pokemon

right so this is probably the first and only time i'm going to do a birdsite crosspost in entirety (tho sometimes i may rewrite jokes slightly etc) but tonight i'm tired, so

why is my shoulder Crunchy. and Complaining. and Angrey.

i mean i know why, i know the exact motion i did and foolishly went "hm! that hurts, but it's a distinct sort of hurt, let's see if it fades if i keep this stretch up or not! this new type of pain might be a clue!", but i am still going to do some whining in the form of rhetorical questions.

it's not an incredible burden tbh so it's not like everything is ruined by me playing pokemon and watching great british bake-off instead of writing fanfiction, but it is a little frustrating

either that or today is a wash because of the additional pain from physical therapy yesterday

...

honestly all of the above probably

also i don't know if it's timing or if it's an actual effect, but days when i don't get up before noon and sleep in are days where i haven't been using my therapy lamp because it feels too late to use it

and i am just. bad at doing things those days lol

also i had not considered until browsing reddit today (and BOLA specifically) about how what a pain in the ass it's going to be going through airport security with a spinal cord stimulator Oh No.

is it scumbaggery or legit #spoonie life tip to rent a wheelchair for the airport so when you hit the security line you look properly disabled......................

"harp isn't your most popular toot about the joys of being sincere on the internet"

Listen I'm Bad Following My Own Advice Ok.......................................... but also sincerity takes spoons

so last night in pokemon let's go i ended up correcting a literal twenty year mistake and i feel incredibly pleased with myself

i just gotta find the spoons to go be Genuine Upon The Internet and regale the whole tale

i really wish my shoulder had decided that ice packs helped it when IT WAS SUMMER INSTEAD OF WINTER

ugh i need to do admin work on other places. well ok, not like i'm a proper admin but like. in that category. digital secretarial and organization shit.

if anyone knows of a guide (like, "for rock bottom dumbasses" level guide) about setting up a #discord bot so that users can self-assign roles to show what pronouns they prefer, be a pal and tell your resident wigglytuff about it?

not that anyone is wrong for doing so of course, i mean i can barely stand my own nonsense on the best of days, it's just a bit amusing. i feel like i should see an achievement popping up on the corner of the screen right about now

(browsing fediverse) "?? i wonder why i can only see one half of this conversation? who's cancelled for what now?"

...."OH, oh hey, well, that's a milestone of someone blocking me i guess"

i wonder how long it'll take for readers of this fanfic (apparently there, are, like, more than 3! maybe even approaching a whole ten! which i find shocking) to rumble me for using bjork lyrics in the buzzing sections

in my defense

bjork lyrics just fit so well into secret world shit

fortunately i'm not mad about being in pain

bc it's like

useful pain. like yeah i tried a stretch and it hurt but it led to a moment of "!!!!! THAT'S MORE EVIDENCE THAT SHIT IS LURKING THEEEERE, we're closing in!!!!!!!!!" so i'm not mad bc progress

however

ouch, and so forth

well i was going to write more shoddy fanfic today but then i went to physical therapy and now my brain's broken because ow

planning your outfit counts as a valid reason to be excited about going to physical therapy, right

*peers out into the federated timeline*

listen katamaris or no if y'all are all cousins now, and you're still all hornt for each other, you gotta at least tell ROLL TIDE before you touch each other's massive-and-still-growing balls