5 things: brain/body, writing, docker, sewing machine feet, a good thesaurus

[sophia_sol]

one

it's wild to me every time I learn something new about the way the brain and body are connected. what do you mean my emotional state can affect my experience of temperature??? that sounds fake!


two

current state of my wip: I'm writing sexy ear-licking. the things that the cumplane ship makes you do! 😅

though also, I will admit, I take a certain pleasure from writing sexy scenes that have different priorities and foci than the standard sexual acts featured in fanfic


three

ok having a computery friend explain to me what docker is has been FAR more successful at making me understand what docker is than any web search I've done. and it's much less intimidating to think about learning to understand how I'm using it with linkding now that I understand what kind of thing docker is!

the thing about so much tech info available online is that it assumes that if you're reading it you already have a grasp of the vocabulary and a sense of how backend computer systems work...


four

can't believe how many years I went without knowing that you can have different sewing feet for different purposes. sewing zippers on is so much easier with a zipper foot, for example! and last year when I got an even-feed foot for my modern sewing machine it was revolutionary for certain types of projects.


five

so glad rigormorphis introduced me to wordhippo earlier this year. an actually good thesaurus site/app! what do you mean I don't need to card through the fluff of my brain to find the word I'm trying to remember, and I can just look up words in the semantic vicinity to find it!

(of course it still doesn't help when what my brain is providing is words in the phonic vicinity of the one I'm trying to remember, but nothing's perfect)

Comments

[ehyde]

Zipper feet are great! Have you used a rolled hem foot yet? They feel like magic

[sophia_sol]

I have not yet used a rolled hem foot, it feels too unbelievable that it would actually WORK. maybe I do need to try it though!

[ehyde]

It's definitely better with some fabrics than others, and if you're doing a curve or anything on a bias it has a tendency to stretch it out and make it ripple a bit. But it's still pretty neat!

[anne]

Emotions and... temperature? What?

[sophia_sol]

anxiety/stress can make you feel cold! if you're in a state of severe anxiety for a full day you can have the experience of simply not being able to get warm no matter how many layers of warm clothes & blankets you pile on!

[anne]

that sure does explain some things, yep. Thanks!

[marginaliana]

what do you mean my emotional state can affect my experience of temperature??? that sounds fake!

Sounds fake and yet both so true and also so irritating!

[sophia_sol]

it's WILD

[lokifan]

Stupid brain and body being one. I never voted for it.

though also, I will admit, I take a certain pleasure from writing sexy scenes that have different priorities and foci than the standard sexual acts featured in fanfic

It's so fun :)

[chestnut_pod]

I know that it's the cold/anxiety connection, but if I could ensure I never felt heat again via emotional regulation, I would fully retreat to a cave and become a full-time meditating hermit.

[sophia_sol]

oh man yeah that would be very satisfying to be able to do!!!!

[china_shop]

Very late to this post (I'm just closing some tabs), but:

though also, I will admit, I take a certain pleasure from writing sexy scenes that have different priorities and foci than the standard sexual acts featured in fanfic

Just this assertion makes me want to cheer. :D

*goes off to Youtube to look at videos of different sewing machine feet* :D

[sophia_sol]

<33333!