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It's the principle of the thing, sir.

@bedbugbiting / bedbugbiting.tumblr.com

Reclusive spinster in Seattle. Xennial. I love running, art, video games, playing viola, and my cat. I'm disabled and talk about that a lot. Eat the rich.
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The string quartet is going well! We perform soon. The thing I like about performances is that I can stare at a music stand and not notice the audience.

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What a dark time, huh? I'm out of words.

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I really wanted the menopause sticker. I'll get one in a few years.

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Today's adventure with hyperacusis: I went out for coffee with a friend and we had a long conversation. During this conversation, a horrible, shrill whistle sound kept going off in the coffee shop. I have been to this shop dozens of times and I've never heard this sound. It went off repeatedly. I mentioned it to my friend and he didn't notice it. He finally heard it after about the 10th time I mentioned it. I kept mentioning it because he kept saying that he didn't hear it and I started to worry I was losing my mind. Even once he noticed it, he just shrugged at it. It was causing actual pain. Ugh.

Just an annoying shrill whistle every two minutes for some unknown reason.

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stevebattle

Metro Man (1983), MTA Metro-North Railroad, New York. The MTA Metro-North Railroad "has had several public safety initiatives over the years, including the friendly robot “Metro Man.” Metro Man joined the Metro-North staff in 1983, and was originally sent into communities on the northern portion of the Harlem Line to teach children about the difference between diesel service and third rail power. Eventually his territory included Metro-North’s entire service area and his talks covered a broad range of safety issues. Metro Man is still on staff at Metro-North, but is now portrayed by a human in a robot suit. Vintage Metro Man is shown in this … poster and these photographs from 1983 and 1991 which show Metro Man as a teaching tool in elementary school classrooms." – NY Transit Museum.

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I am normally not this person, but I avoided news coverage all day. I didn't watch TV. I didn't listen to NPR. I wasn't in the area of any marches or protests. My regular activities were canceled because of MLK Day. I read, took a walk, practiced music and did some tourist stuff. Honestly, A+ day, would recommend.

Yes, I'm in denial, don't @ me. Self-care, baby!

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woodwhittling

I kinda lived half of 2023 (maybe more) like a drowning rat in a bucket but this year I'll live like a normal rat. outside of a bucket

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