Studying The Systems Engineering Module Like

*gets invitation for a social thing*

me: I’m going to need to be so drunk to get through this

Other me: but you’re allergic to alcohol me: *already compiling an apology text* oh noooo what a shame

Hopefully this is something it's possible to train oneself out of, but it's unfortunate that a day off work doesn't feel like a "real" day off to me if I spend it doing something, where something = like, going out to a place, spending more than an hour or two somewhere other than at home. It's like deep in my bones I feel like a day off should consist of chilling at home doing not much of anything, and the more a day deviates from that the more something in me feels like it's been cheated out of something. But I only get two days off per week and if they're all like that then all of a sudden life is entirely empty. Some people have the opposite instinct, they don't feel like they've had a true day off unless they've gone out and done something, experienced something. That seems better.

writing is 10% storytelling and 90% rearranging three sentences for an hour like you're trying to solve an ancient curse

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in one of my old WIPs:

‘This is about me being aromantic NOT dramatic, in case you forgot your own sexuality’

my younger self was such a sassy bloke lmao

(younger me is me from a few months ago)

“how did you get into writing” girl nobody gets into writing. writing shows up one day at your door and gets into you

You naive idiot please ask someone for help

That innate need to solve all your problems by yourself hits a bit too close to home…

i am LOVING the Magnus archives rn

Only recently started listening to it (im mid S2)

at first idk if I’d stick with it bc not that big of a horror fan :/

but I’ve really warmed up to the overarching narrative formed by individual stories style and the mystery solving

My fav part is the reveal of apathetic cold-hearted Jon being an absolutely crazy conspiracy theorist

I pretended I didn’t believe the statements bc someone is watching

What an unhinged individual

then him becoming a paranoid stalker trying to solve Gertrude’s murder all the while not realising he was the prime suspect BROOOO

creating a toxic work environment & turning into that boss that everyone would hate irl

Then turning his gaslighting onto Tim as well with the “you can’t quit and I can’t fire you there’s something wrong with the archive” (which is valid but the way the convo started with Tim informing him he’s not doing his job as head archivist to Jon kinda convincing Tim of his conspiracies is hilarious)