Half time - and I'm at 26 books! (It's a big thing for me, I haven't been able to read much in the recent years.)
Some first statistics: books from 9 countries + one collection from Scandinavia in general; 11 books by women, 12 books by men, 2 books by f+m pairs, one mix anthology; 10 books in German, 16 in English; 9 books rated 4.5 or 5 out of 5, 14 books marked as recommendations; 6x non-fiction, 1x book outside of such categorization (free verse poetry as topical biography?).
@vicgrinberg great job! I'm only at 18. I'll have to do more analysis later but the main takeaway this year is the paucity of great reads. I've struggled. Only one 5 ⭐️ book (Prequel by Maddow). 7 nonfiction, 11 fiction. 8 by women, 10 by men. Wish I knew another language but at least one was translated. 9 audiobooks, 9 dead tree books.
I’ve never been thrilled with Lwaxana episodes. It’s not Majel. She does fine with what she is given. I just wish the writers hadn’t gone back to the well so often with Troi’s mom looking for a husband. #startrek#allstartrek#ds9
@mimarek1 Agreed, although the scenes in the turbolift were well-done, going from flirting to deeper stuff as Odo progressively lets his guard (and shape) down. @allstartrek#AllStarTrek
@socprof@allstartrek Yes - chapter development for Odo and a bit for Lwaxana. The later Lwaxana episodes are usually better in this way than the earlier ones. She has vulnerabilities that she struggles to hide.
This graphic was part of a Facebook post I found helpful (see link). I saved it to remind myself that I'm not wrong or a terrible person just because I'm anxious; there probably are reasons (often the ones described here). I'm hoping that identifying them and working on accommodations might help more than my previous approaches (since those were "hide all your feelings and push through" or "tell yourself this doesn't matter" there's plenty of room for improvement!)
This reminded me of this quote. And I relate.
Learning how to regulate and embody one sensitivity is an ongoing practice but definitely worth the effort. ✨️🫶🏻🧘♀️✨️
@Ilovechai@Autisticaurochs@actuallyautistic@autisticadvocacy@actuallyaudhd@neurodiversity Great, I'm the James Webb Telescope, but never had a team of NASA engineers before I was put into orbit. Now I'm stuck up here with no way down except burning up in the atmosphere and it's cold and scary and there's too many other things in orbit wizzing by me.
Or maybe I just take analogies too far sometimes. 😝