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[jupiterjames]

ladylilithprime replied to your post: Hey, JJ! How have you been today! Good! I had a...

@strypgia is “threatening” to send you a giant box of new yarn. (I wanna know where he’s getting this yarn, because my stash contains very little pricey yarn with which I am willing to part….)

lol I mean, he can probably jump on Knitpicks as easily as you or I! XD Or Amazon. Or Walmart. Or anywhere else that sells yarn. Hahahahaha!

[jupiterjames]

I'm not sure this went through the first time bc tumblr sucks.... But anyways. For the fic scenes: I immediately thought of No Righteous Path, after Dean bites Cas. Cas wants to save them the heartache, even though it kills him, but Dean storming back in the house and refusing to give up what they have. I absolutely adore that fic. There aren't a lot of falling in middle aged falling in love/first meeting fics out there. Dean and Cas are so well written in it too.

I did not get it the first time! Thank you for this comment! Very early on writing that fic, I knew I was going to do that scene and the morning after to sort of lampshade the separation trope. Writing that scene and the one following was SO MUCH FUN. In fact, I already had the morning after scene written when I was only on liken chapter 2, so getting nearly 100K words to that exact point was really exciting. :D

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The first time Dean hears Cas play in chapter 1 of The Unexpected Duet 😍

Are you talking about him draping himself over the washer/dryer to listen through the vent? If so, yes! I loved that scene. There were two scenes in that fic which the whole thing was written around. That scene of Dean in the laundry room, and the other is when Dean is talking to Castiel about hating his job, and he sits on the floor leaning against Castiel’s back while he plays “Simple Man.” Seriously, I loved writing that fic so much.

It’s here for reads, for anyone else interested in pianist!Castiel and manager!Dean. 

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The scene that really sticks with me, to the point it pops into my head at random sometimes, is from when you borrowed my songbird. When Kaidan first sees him and the black tag and the challenge in JM's eyes. I am verklempt!

Dude when I wrote that fic, I got DOZENS of people telling me that scene haunted them, and to this day, it is one of my proudest moments. It was such a clear scene in my head when I thought of it and the rare one that ended up on the page EXACTLY as intended. Man, I loved ruining JM. So much. Forever grateful you let me play in that sandbox and then later apologize by letting him screw a couple firefighters for his birthday. :D

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sleephawhoneedsit reblogged your post:Someone sent me a beautiful message and told me...

First, I not sure what they read but I agree with the commenter.Second, I relate too much with all of your experience.

First of all, complimenting me makes me choke on my potato chips. Second, I’m glad to be in good company! Third, they were talking about Or Else. :D

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trilliath replied to your post: A while back, I argued with my occupational...

That’s hilarious. You’re so right though. Other than some occasional mild superstition I have no sign of OCD but I DEFINITELY have a hard favorite burner on my stove - tho it also depends on which stovetop i’m using?? But it just feels RIGHT. The same way I pick a side of a bed in hotel rooms - it’s got nothing to do with the actual side of the bed or any specific features of the room I can pick out but when I walk in I just know which side I’m going to sleep on.

This is exactly it! One of the issues with OCD is that it can be extremely difficult to parse out what is part of the illness and what is just part of the human brain’s need for patterns and order. In those cases, if it was just my OCD, I’d use the same burner on a stove no matter which stove I was using. The same with beds. 

What people like me have to consider with what’s a ritual and what’s just a normal habit, is my ability to not do it. Why do I do it? Do I use the same burner because it’s habit, or because it would cause me extreme mental distress to use a different one? Am I physically incapable of using a different burner or sleeping on a different side of the bed? Do I use that burner or sleep on that side because otherwise my brain would convince me something catastrophically bad will happen if I don’t?

For the stove, and also in most hotel rooms for me as well that I’ve noticed, it’s just a habit. I don’t feel compelled to either “or else something terrible will happen.” So, that’s the difference. Of course, back when I was first in OT, it was sort of impossible to tell because my symptoms were so severe. But now that I’ve been in OT and therapy, I recognize that my favorite side of the bed/couch/stove/movie theater/etc is really just about that same neurotypical “this one just feels right,” that people like you get because brains simply do that sometimes. :D

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cutelittlekittykorner replied to your post “I hit the absolute end of my rope today at work. As I was storming...”

may I add then, that your writing is beautiful like a sunrise? :D (because it makes a smile dawn on my face :D )

Well, thanks for that, now I’m sitting here literally like:

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Yeah, we aren’t allowed to use work internet for streaming or I would totally binge all the shows on my list. And I would totally work in front of the tv at home if they let me work at home. *sigh* work goals.

We get 4 months of having the ability to work from home on occasion (basically, never unless we have stuff to finish after hours), but after last season when inclement weather days, government shutdowns, and people with lives and children not being able to hang out at the office until 8 freaking PM totally crippled our metrics, they gave in. And they knew we wouldn’t complain. There’s an air of, “oh, I don’t mind doing all this extra work for no compensation as long as I can do it in my pajamas at home.” I literally thought that, and believed it yesterday! Hahahahaha! Telework is a double-edged sword. XD However, I genuinely am not bitter about 15 hour days when I’m in bed. :D

ALSO! One of my coworkers downloads shows from Netflix onto his phone when he’s on wifi at home so he can watch them at work without using data. I’m not sure how much/often you’re allowed to do it from Netflix. He says sometimes you’re only allowed to download one season or even just a handful of episodes at one, depending, but it’s something!