i need to feel alone amongst the weeds

[muladhara]

I got the cat a new scratching board, because she needs one, and she hasn't used it because it's curvy instead of flat. She is such a fussy madam, I swear, and I don't know why, because this isn't how I raised her.

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Anyway, besides that, last night I went out with a bunch of people that I work with for team bonding a meal out. I didn't want to go, because it was in one of the local pubs that does cheap food, and I hate pubs*. I thought I was going to have to cry off because I felt mildly unwell during the day, but then I felt okay, so I didn't. And also I would have felt guilty about it because I didn't go to the last one because of the buses being stupid (and it ended up getting cancelled). This time one of the ladies I work with gave me a lift there and back, so I didn't have to worry about buses.

It was mostly okay. I mean, it's not like I didn't know anyone there, just. People. You know?

There were a bunch of young 'ins came in and sat near us, and they were there for around an hour or so. They were loud and shouty and I STG they were deliberately louder because they saw me visibly flinch a couple of times. But I can't say for sure, and it's not like I'm going to hunt them down and interrogate them about it.

But other than that, yeah, it was mostly okay, except I am tired because people and I didn't sleep well last night.

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Finally, replying to a comment from honigfrosch about the music rec posts reminded me that I can't remember if I posted links to the older ones here or not, so here they are anyway:

Massive Video Game Music rec list
Ten Songs by the Manics That I Don't Think Are Obvious Recs (DISCLAIMER: I now disagree with my past self for some of them but, at the time I wrote this, I was all like NEW! SHINY! VERY EXCITED! etc)
My Current Top Ten Fifteen Twenty Songs by the Manics

So yeah, enjoy!

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*This is to do with them being too noisy and full of drunk people, generally. I am a curmudgeon, what can I say.

Comments

[honigfrosch]

I'm feeling just the same about pubs! I don't like the noise (and drunk people are even noisier a lot of the time) and it makes it really hard to follow the conversation with the person I'm actually with. I can do it for (very) short periods of time but it is exhausting.

[muladhara]

This. I don't feel like I have the energy to deal with it these days.