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Aug. 27th, 2024 12:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marta_beeThe last few weeks I've been updating my resume, following various job boards and applying that some that look interesting. I'm not fired or anything, but with some things going on at work, it's wise to see what's out there. It's also pretty stressful and time-consuming because I don't fit 100% in any of the job classifications I'm aware of. It can be a big job. And I felt a bit like I was holding back from you all, not having mentioned it, so I wanted to do that.
Aside from that, I've been obsessing a bit about politics especially with the Democrat convention. Watching a lot of speeches and panel discussions on YouTube, texting with my brother (who's much more MAGA than me), video chatting with the Kid who's been hit a bit hard by some of the rhetoric (first generation American and of the non-white variety so, you can imagine), and generally trying hard not to let my own anxieties and biases get the better of me. It can also be a big job to stay a person I like and support the people in my life through all this. Not that people who disagree with me are necessarily wrong; we're all complex, and the situation can be messy. But I have to stay the kind of person I would be proud of through it all. That's the tricky part.
I feel a bit like Peeta on the roof of the Capitol training center just before the Hunger Games, actually. Not letting the Games turn me into someone I'm not. Not that the stakes are the same; but that challenge resonates.
And that's honestly the most geekish thing I've got going on these days. The junk-food that is Tumblr reblogging, a bit. I bought a few of the Discworld books on an ebook site sale a few weeks ago and I've been wanting to read them, mainly because every bit I've read from those books, the quoted passages and the like, I've loved; but I've honestly a bit worn out just navigating life and don't feel like I really have room for something new just now. The irony is now is when I could really use a new story. But that's always been my way.
Anywho. Big holiday weekend coming up in the US. I hope you all have big plans, or at least something nice to enjoy if you're not American.
Aside from that, I've been obsessing a bit about politics especially with the Democrat convention. Watching a lot of speeches and panel discussions on YouTube, texting with my brother (who's much more MAGA than me), video chatting with the Kid who's been hit a bit hard by some of the rhetoric (first generation American and of the non-white variety so, you can imagine), and generally trying hard not to let my own anxieties and biases get the better of me. It can also be a big job to stay a person I like and support the people in my life through all this. Not that people who disagree with me are necessarily wrong; we're all complex, and the situation can be messy. But I have to stay the kind of person I would be proud of through it all. That's the tricky part.
I feel a bit like Peeta on the roof of the Capitol training center just before the Hunger Games, actually. Not letting the Games turn me into someone I'm not. Not that the stakes are the same; but that challenge resonates.
And that's honestly the most geekish thing I've got going on these days. The junk-food that is Tumblr reblogging, a bit. I bought a few of the Discworld books on an ebook site sale a few weeks ago and I've been wanting to read them, mainly because every bit I've read from those books, the quoted passages and the like, I've loved; but I've honestly a bit worn out just navigating life and don't feel like I really have room for something new just now. The irony is now is when I could really use a new story. But that's always been my way.
Anywho. Big holiday weekend coming up in the US. I hope you all have big plans, or at least something nice to enjoy if you're not American.
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Date: 2024-08-27 04:25 pm (UTC)