I just looked up finch and it looks kinda like a tamogatchi but the pet is yourself? Can you tell me more about it - what you like and how it helps? It sounds interesting!
Discovery was legitimately awful in many ways, but not because it was progressive. It was awful because the writing was trash, it over-used CGI in many ways, including breaking canon with holographic interfaces, ruined the fucking Klingons, had a constant melodramatic after-school special vibe in which characters were constantly stopping in the middle of an emergency to talk about their feelings and kumbaya-cry it out...I could go on.
But one thing I thought Discovery got right was the relationship between Stamets and Culber. It felt natural and lived-in, and I was really happy to see that. Because representation matters!
This is random, but chance encounters with animals. There's a paddock abutting my backyard that rarely gets used, but sometimes there are a couple of horses that get turned out into it. I'm always excited to see them and would love to meet them if they come to the fence line!
Also, I don't do this often, but yesterday I took myself out for tea. There's a cute tea cottage not too far away that offers a four-course afternoon tea. First course is quiche with dressed greens, second is a scone with clotted cream and lemon curd, third is a variety of finger sandwiches, and fourth course is a variety of dessert bites. So I brought my kindle and drank an entire pot of tea over the course of the meal. It was a real indulgence and definitely made me happy to be alive ;)
Oh wait you're the person that made that cute little purple purse! You did such a great job with it. I've been thinking of getting into leathercraft myself - I did it a bit like 30 years ago in junior high and remember liking it. Do you have any suggestions for getting started? Materials, patterns, websites?
You're giving this guy wayyyyy too much benefit of the doubt.