#rhuad

[primarybufferpanel]

rhuad replied to your post: Hermit Vibe Check

So sorry you are having a bad time. Fan fic is an excellent coping mechanism! As for me, I am a total introvert, and my only complaint (aside from, you know, everyone’s health), is TOO MUCH social contact - everyone keeps wanting to zoom and facetime and touch base!

I am also an introvert, but one who likes to needs to see and touch people occasionally, apparently! And I do my best to keep in touch with friends, but a lot of my regular social contact is of the acquaintance level. Like people at my archery club I’m friendly with and will chat with when I see them, but who aren’t of the level of keeping in touch now we’re not seeing each other at the range. I hadn’t realised that it would matter so much when that falls away.

What doesn’t help is that almost all the people who are important to me have busy lives/housemates/families/all of these, so sometimes even me asking ‘Hey, how are you?’ feels like I’m imposing on them.

[copperbadge]

rhuad replied to your post “have your kitties ever scared you? not for them but OF them? like...”

What's behind the green wall? It looks like there is a gap between the top of the wall and the ceiling. Looks like a comfy apartment!

It is very comfy!

That’s not actually a gap, or rather there are gaps but that’s not one. You can see there are gaps in the “ceiling” where the windows are -- it’s to make for larger windows that let in more light, so the windows go up about 18″ past the level of the ceiling. But the red patch you see in the wall itself is actually just red paint I couldn’t get to -- when I moved in that whole wall was bright glossy red, and there were bits that I, a DIY painter armed only with a ladder I found in the utility closet, couldn’t reach well enough to paint without risking getting paint everywhere. :D What’s behind the green wall is, alas, another person’s apartment. 

naryrising replied to your post “Zero Comment Challenge”

The AO3 tag is "Families of Choice", fwiw: https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Families%20of%20Choice

Oh, that explains why I couldn’t find it when entering “family” into the search box. What a strange choice given the prevalence of “found family” as a common term, and especially given that very few people would think to search “families” to try and find a substitute. I wonder if there was one early fandom on AO3 that made use of the phrase families of choice and it was just canonized first. 

[copperbadge]

Vacuums!

stripedsilverfeline replied to your post “You may have answered this before, but what do the kitties think of...”

Do you have a Habitat for Humanity ReStore near you? They often have used vacuums, decent ones. Or Goodwill, or a thrift store. I'm not fond of roombas when it comes to cat hair and changing surfaces + sharp angles in a room. They really don't work sufficiently well to justify the expense.

I’ve not had good luck with second-hand vacuums on the whole, but that’s really good to know about the roombas and cat hair. I never had a problem with the roomba going from floor to carpet and back but I didn’t have two cats, either. The kittens don’t shed much yet but I imagine they will eventually.

rhuad replied to your post “maryellencarter replied to your post “You may have answered this...”

Are you willing to share your vacuum research?

janedrewfinally replied to your post “maryellencarter replied to your post “You may have answered this...”

I second the request for research-sharing, please!

songscloset replied to your post “maryellencarter replied to your post “You may have answered this...”

I'd love to know the vacuum information, myself!

Oh sure. I actually mis-spoke, it’s not a stick but an upright that she recommended, the Dirt Devil Quick Lite. She also sent me a stick, the Dirt Devil Simplistick, which she said they considered but worried the dog hair would be too much for it (they have a heavy shedder). Apparently Dirt Devil is just the sweet spot where inexpensive meets effective. She’s had the Quick Lite for a few months now and they like it. 

[lavvyan]

rhuad hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet: dragonspath hat auf deinen Link geantwortet: ...

Saving this for reading on the weekend!!

I hope you enjoy! :)

[lavvyan]

miss-w-ruby hat deine Frage beantwortet “So after years of not writing anything at all whatsoever, I signed up...”

I will read anything, but "Who framed Steve McGarrett?" sounds too fucking awesome not to exist :D. Also you can count my kudos, it'll get at least six now :D

Hahaha, thank you, that’s encouraging! I guess toon!Steve and grouchy-rl-cop!Danny would be fun to write. :D

telesilla hat deine Frage beantwortet “So after years of not writing anything at all whatsoever, I signed up...”

no real thoughts, but good luck!

Thanks! I’m looking forward to writing again. Fingers crossed, though.

rhuad hat deine Frage beantwortet “So after years of not writing anything at all whatsoever, I signed up...”

YES please...they all sound great

Thank you!

librarychick94 hat deine Frage beantwortet “So after years of not writing anything at all whatsoever, I signed up...”

Yay that you are getting back into writing and that it is H50 (my second fandom). The depressing doesn't sound like it will make you happy or satisfied to write it. I love to read non-depressing stories myself. :)

Yeah, so do I. Angsting aside, I do love the satisfaction of a happy ending. :)

[otterknits]

rhuad replied to your photo:Into the bath with you!

Beautiful…this pattern is now on my list of things to knit.

Definitely do it! :D If you write out the charts (they are strangely not that helpful, with all the plain space between beads) and settle in with some telly, it goes *really fast*.

[thewightknight]

RE: your ISS post - on the NASA website it is possible to sign up for emails that let you know when the ISS will be in your sky - the email includes what quadrant of the sky and what time of day to look for it.

Awesome - good to know!

[lavvyan]

rhuad hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet “Paid a measly 5 Euros for a concert in the Bavarian province and the...”

Awesome!

It really was! dragonspath hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet “Paid a measly 5 Euros for a concert in the Bavarian province and the...”

Wow.

That’s exactly what I thought, except with more of a slack jaw and whatnot. :> iadorespike hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet “Paid a measly 5 Euros for a concert in the Bavarian province and the...”

Wow...I'll bet the concert was unbelievable. :) Also...HI!!! *hugs you*

It was truly a thing of greatness. Especially because it was such a small affair; the musicians were about 6 metres from me. Such an amazing experience! Also, hi, how’s things? *smishes* trystings hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet “Paid a measly 5 Euros for a concert in the Bavarian province and the...”

socialism!

It lives! ;p bee-seventy-nine hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet “Paid a measly 5 Euros for a concert in the Bavarian province and the...”

Beautiful. <3 you should leave the country more offen, ma dear. ;) You back?

I am, as of two hours ago! So nice to be back in Germany. *g*