My work is very mobile so I have a lot of stuff with me, but the essentials are: Backback with laptop, water bottle, pen, post-its, paper, snacks like nuts/trailmix, masks, disposable gloves, hair brush, chargers and their wires, a nose insert thingy that masks smells.

Pockets have: Keys and id card in my neurodiversity lanyard, phone, home keys

Lib balm

Pastilles (xylitol)

Nasal spray

A CPR mouth cover in my keychain

Pack of handkerchiefs

Bluetooth ear buds

A reflector or many in my clothes in the dark months

Always played both sides because I am nuanced like that.

First time entering the Elwynn Forest here. Must admit, those were fun times.

Not the Onion?😭

Still gets me a little bit exited to go forth and adventure just thinking about it.

I have so many of these so going to just share my very first one. When I even think about this old gem the song starts playing in my head.

World of Warcraft log in screen music is the one that is the most burnt into my brain probably.

I did this stuff actively for a long time and enjoyed the focus parts and skill parts of it. Am fairly competitive so did a few competitions as well and enjoyed it. It was also good for my physical self-esteem, but that I feel could have come from any sport I like. The actual physical stuff can be pretty fun and challenging. I think it's a bit of a neurospicy catnip that kept me humming pretty well in everyday life.

But, the people doing these sports were often not the best people, at least not where I am from. Cops, violent men, misogony and just all that. I participated in these sports as a woman and it always took me twice as much effort to get the belts or whatever "the boys" got very easily. I was also ostriciced a lot due to my gender.

There was lots of stanning for Japan and a lot of the sort of weird male hierarchy that felt very uncomfortable. Eventually I quit and just instructed fitness boxing for others, just as a sport for all kinds of people, genders and bodies.

I sometimes miss the actual sports, but not the clubs and people. I still practice at home and do some online martial arts combat classes sometimes, but just for covid alone I would not go back to doing this face to face anymore.

Thank you.

Anything good to read about Somalia that you could share? Saw this newpiece about the area in our local news, but don't know much about the situation currently.

The world is just softer at night.

Empire of Normality, it needs to go.

I started working nights from a teenager, absolutely loved it. I have chosen jobs previously only because you can do them at night: baker, taxi driver, post delivery... But these days I am in an office type client facing job so it doesn't work.