Kara Valentine @archmage@mastodon.social

I did some serious thinking last night about some things I need to improve in my life. General things like not being unfit, having a clean place to come home to, having more energy in general.

I think my trajectory going forward should be pretty positive now :)

Speaking of not using Twitter... I was thinking it'd be cool to set a goal for when to actually stop using it.

There's a bunch of people I like on Twitter, and it's useful for getting in touch with social issues, but Masto is probably just as useful with the right usage!

I'm going to think on this.

In a sense we're all doing this to connect and be noticed, right?

So, in a sense, acknowledging that we're in this for attention, the best way to subvert all of this would be to pull the plug completely.

Maybe I should just do that.

It's weird to be back here. I said I'd give this a try, but weirdly enough the audience is like 99% of the appeal of social media, and with a minimal audience here, it felt pointless in comparison, even though the tech is better.

There's this hot af punk-looking girl on the tram with me and I am just 😍😍😍

Back on Mastodon. I think I'd like it a lot more if there were more people here :(

Update: I made it to work. I wasn't kidding about the bags.
https://mastodon.social/media/XcaUyWvHOYXVKT7bVms

You are ready to leave for work.
>leave house
As you open the front door, you notice it is raining.
>enter house, equip umbrella
The umbrella is big enough cover you, but not your handbag.
>equip large messenger bag, put handbag in big bag
It's a tight fit, but you manage to put your handbag in your messenger bag.
>leave house
You journey forth through the rain...
#textbasedlife

It's also super nice to start fresh with my new Google account. Moving 2FA things was fun, I found out I'd forgotten to update my Snapchat email address to my new system, but everything is all nice and tidy now ❤️

New phone is super good. I forgot what it was like to have a non-slow Android 😍

It's time for bed. I got a mobile Mastodon app working, and with any luck my new phone tomorrow will be the perfect incentive to do a ton of things here!

Catch you folks around! Don't be strangers :)

Hashtags that I will likely be partaking in:
#gamedev #scala #swift #ios #indiedev #completion #discord #hypesquad #queer #trans

Probably other things as they come up too!

It's nice to be here for a bunch of reasons, but one nice one is that I have a fresh block/follow list!

OH SNAP YOU CAN PIN MULTIPLE TIMELINES AND FILTER THEM

AAAAAAAAHHHH

@herder Hey! I see you're a Kotlin dev. I'm a Scala dev! I guess that makes us rivals 😏

@DarkestKale Hey! Thanks for giving me a reason to give this a shot.

Hey Mastodon. I'm hoping you're a solution to a lot of problems Twitter's been causing lately.

Please don't let me down.