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dkozlov

@dkozlov@mstdn.games

Downwardly-mobile geeky queer disabled hippie/punk leftist Jewish senior citizen. What a long strange trip it still is. Currently residing in Kalapuya territory, (temporarily) western Oregon USA.

Header: M'aiq the Liar (Elder Scrolls Online version) saying "M'aiq paid a merchant to ship his things to Stormhaven. Half went to Stormhold, the rest to Haven. Stupid merchant."

Avatar: A graphic of a steampunk elf dandy in a peacock-hued suit, standing in a garden of purple iris.

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dkozlov, to generationx
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A droll little bit of conversation about creative usage of vegetable emojis inspired my brain to pop this old favorite onto today's Mental Soundtrack. After all, if you call any vegetable, the chances are good the vegetable will respond to you. At least, according to Frank. 🍆 🧄 🎃 🤣

#FrankZappa #AvantGardeRock #1960s
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://youtu.be/Rqy50U-5a70?si=s1gAtBjSsitPC-M3

dkozlov, to random
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Once again I have managed to delay doing my tax return until the deadline is breathing down my neck. This year I do have moving cross-town as a valid-seeming excuse ... until one admits the move was back in January. Nope, this is just my usual mental dance between my Big Skeery Important Forms Anxiety and my Big Skeery Important Deadlines Anxiety, until I finally settle down and do the dang thing. Or file for an extension. 😜

#ActuallyAutistic #Anxiety #FearOfForms

dkozlov,
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Looks like kvetching about the dang tax return online was the motivation I needed to actually get the darn thing done. Another example of the phenomenon I call The Power of Positive Kvetching. 🤣

dkozlov, (edited ) to random
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Now here's a fascinating local wildlife story - a wolverine has been spotted roaming streets in the outskirts of this town near me in western Oregon, apparently off-course from the mountains. https://www.klcc.org/environment/2024-04-05/wolverine-a-rare-species-in-oregon-spotted-roaming-south-eugene

HulloItsIcy, to random
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An absolutely bananas story.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/man-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-former-coworkers-identity-for-30-years/

dkozlov,
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@HulloItsIcy How the perp, after ruining his victim's life, has the nerve to moan that his own life is over, is especially beyond my comprehension. Hope he's locked up for life.

dkozlov,
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@HulloItsIcy Also, I hope, but am not holding my breath, that the Los Angeles Police get reamed for incompetence and false imprisonment - they could have done the DNA thing themselves, but trusted the sociopath instead of the poor homeless guy. Disgraceful.

dkozlov, to random
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Having a generally cranky-geezer day due to a combo of bad knees, stressful peopling moments, and the sudden weather gearshift back to Oregon damp, so it was time for another nature errand to get my head sorted. Such a relief to commune with the trees, which may make my eyes itch but never give me anxiety attacks over "okay now what the heck did they mean by that last DM??!?" 🤣

#DrivebyPhotography #rivers #SpooniePhotography #SpoonieLife #QueerSpoonie #anxiety

dkozlov, to SteelyDan
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And then an old friend from my college radio days who I told about the youngun who didn't know from Frank immediately responded with this song, so now it's on my mental soundtrack as well. TBH I think it's a safe bet the youngun wouldn't know from Steely Dan either. Or maybe even Aretha. Ah well, time flies when you're having. ("Typo" intended.)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=earDfJM4guQ&si=NMrtYmu2F4Qx8ZWT

dkozlov, to generationx
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On my mental soundtrack today, because the sweet young medical professional who I consulted with the other day had never heard of Frank Zappa, let alone his classic musical rant about woowoo-purveyors, making me feel even more of a geezer than my CrankyBod was doing. 🤣

#FrankZappa #FunkRock #1970s
#MentalSoundtrack #NowPlaying

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZbDbF1DONVE&si=KDBC1U6CJ1VAq7cb

dkozlov, to ElderScrollsOnline
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"Gleep here tells this one it is embarrassed to be seen with him in his latest Jester's Festival outfit. He just laughs and gives his little pet the only appropriate response under the circumstances: - fork you!" 😸

dkozlov,
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And yes, I immediately found myself thinking of this memorable scene from one of my all-time favorite movies, Mystery Men: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132347/characters/nm0489837 🤣

dkozlov, to random
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It's lovely, by the way, to live near the gloriously complex confluence of the Willamette and McKenzie Rivers. Having grown up in the very different Hudson River Valley, the nature geek in me is fascinated by these examples of rivers that have more room to wander.

dkozlov,
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For those not familiar with either or both river systems, the Hudson is bounded by dramatic cliffs (the Palisades on the west bank) and hills for much of its more-or-less straight north/south course, and is a tidal estuary a great ways north of where it opens into New York Harbor and the Atlantic. Whereas the Willamette and its tributaries, once down from the Cascades, have a whole broad valley to mosey around and flood into (dams notwithstanding).

Ten, to random
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#TransgenderDayOfVisibility
#TDOV

dkozlov,
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@Ten We are (up)rising! 💪 :heart_transgender:

dkozlov, to ElderScrollsOnline
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"This one appreciates the Jesters Festival as a lovely excuse to annoy the haughty shaveskins with garish outfits and other disapproved behaviors."

(Seriously - that Evoker on Errantry costume might better be named Evoker on Acid - someone was trippin' when they chose those colors! 😜 )

dkozlov, to random
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Very low-energy today, especially after shlepping around a local rescued/redistributed food pantry yesterday. On the plus side, I scored some nice items including lamb chops and a kabocha squash. So I expect to stage an extremely laid-back spoonie home-cook version of Chopped in my kitchen before the weekend is out.

#spoonie #SpoonieCooking #SpoonieLife #QueerSpoonie

dkozlov, to random
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LOL the van sure does run a whole lot better with enough transmission fluid in it. I am certain I told the shop to check that when it was in for servicing in January, but either they forgot (it was not mentioned on the invoice) or else the transmission leak has gotten worse. 😝

dkozlov, to random
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Now we're starting to see some green on these trees! 💖 Just in time for me to come get another hit of nature vibe to soothe my anxious soul.

#DrivebyPhotography #rivers #SpooniePhotography #SpoonieLife #QueerSpoonie

PacificNic, to random

I feel like we need a catch-all medical term for all the mental health shit people are experiencing these days because the system is fucked.

My vote is "societitis".

dkozlov,
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@PacificNic I've been referring to my own bunch of societally-induced mental health shit with phrases like "situational depression" ... and then adding that it's totally reasonable and natural to respond to all the crap happening at all levels of society with feelings of depression (and anxiety and on and on); further, IMO such situational depression actually is a sign of mental health, because one is not simply going into denial of the reality crashing down around our ears.

dkozlov,
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@PacificNic Though I do reserve the right to go hide in my cave whenever I feel my peopling skills start to fail me... 😄

dkozlov, to Sleeping
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I haz a new bed as of today, courtesy of friends. Even more than the attractive bedframe, with under-bed storage drawers yet, I treasure the gel-and-memory-foam mattress for promising the ol' CrankyBod<tm> a decent night's sleep for a change. We'll see how sleep goes tonight.

#CrankyBod #ChronicPain #sleep

dkozlov, to random
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I'm going to start calling these breaks I take at local parks nature errands, because they're really as needful for my wellbeing as grocery pickups and doctor's appointments.

#DrivebyPhotography #rivers #SpooniePhotography #SpoonieLife #QueerSpoonie

Lorrrraaaaine, to random

I often wonder, people who are still masking diligently in 2024 to avoid a neurodegenerative virus, what they were like as toddlers.. because the amount of fortitude necessary in a world that has decided to move on… there surely must be interesting backstories

If people dare say to me “still masking huh” my saccharine sweet yet simultaneously deadpan response is, I’ve read too much

Patience of an actual saint; all of us🖤

Screenshot of tweet Lady Chuan @LadyChuan • 6h After explaining to him that I am not in the business of pacifying people, nor am I responsible for their perception of factual information...that the post was not meant to convert, but to educate those who were still interested in Staying Safe...He said those magical words....3/4 17 24 © 377 I 5,009 Lady Chuan @LadyChuan • 6h "During Covid". ....and that told me everything I needed to know. We no longer live the same Reality. The pandemic ended for him "in his mind" when he retired his N95 in Spring '23. 2 infections this year, 3 in '23, and 1 in 20. Now FACTS bother him. BTW he WAS one of us. 913 17 35 © 495 In 5,492
A random comment posted in convo of the original tweet 6th infection since 2020 Tested Positive - Me Hi all. Hope all are well. I am very sick with Covid again although this sixth time has been very different and much worse. Aside from the headaches that accompany the illness what stands out to me is the extreme tiredness, lethargy I'm experiencing. This afternoon I was in my kitchen making something to eat and passed out. I didn't have the strength to stand, luckily my wife helped. I lost n father in 2020 to Covid so I immediately checked my Bloc oxygen, it was holding at 96, back up to 97 now. Is it me, does Covid symptoms worsen with every subsequent re- infection? This is concerning. I am 46, extremely fit all my life. Just catching a cold is not common for me. Wonderir how others have felt as they've been reinfected numerou: times. Thanks!

dkozlov,
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@Lorrrraaaaine I was pretty darn clear that my all the adults in my life were imtent on gaslighting me, and pathetically useless in protecting me from the school bullies ... so I eventually stopped asking them for help and started just telling them what I decided to do. If I bothered to tell them anything at all. These skills came in handy re COVID... like with a now-former friend whose exact words were that she was "no longer living in a COVID reality" ... that was an easy bye-bye!

dkozlov, to random
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The weather has turned wet and chilly again, and predictably, the CrankyBod<tm> does not approve. An appropriate day to hunker down, do homey things like cooking... and slay a mess o pixel demons later on. 😉

#SpoonieLife #CrankyBod

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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dkozlov,
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@krafty @SmudgeTheInsultCat IMO the hiring folks think they can get away with pushing the young ones around more, because we old geezers have been around the rodeo a few too many times to be taken advantage of so easily.

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