Klara, faceted @klara@wandering.shop

I usually think of myself as having lucked out in terms of my queer friendships (and really I have!), but the tension I felt over the last arc, usually waiting a week between pairs of episodes and two months mid-season, definitely suggests that I'm still very unused to the idea of relationships with weight, durability, staying power, and history-- and all those being good things-- as the rule rather than the exception. Gotta ponder that more.

I liked it.

I wanted more-- pirate Volleyball joining Lars with special guest Emerald, Aquarmarine and Eyeball coming at White Diamond with a rejuvenator, Steven having that promised family bonding time with the Rose Quartzes, or Jasper making even one real friend-- but I've always had this tension between what I want to see of the characters and world and what makes sense for a story about (and almost always from the perspective of) Steven.

Dirtbag Catullus, by Daniel Lavery (formerly Daniel Ortberg, formerly of The Toast): https://www.shatnerchatner.com/p/more-dirtbag-catullus

I _think_ this counts as poetry, but I can't actually be sure?

Me, the day before Steven Universe Future started: "Ooh, I hope we get more Lemon Jade! And find out what was in that treasure chest! Oh, and White Diamond's origin story, and Fluorite's component gems..."

Me, the day before the Steven Universe Future ends: "OH MY STARS WILL OUR POOR SWEET BOY EVER BE OK AGAIN??"

Hey Chicago area friends: if shortages at Jewel-Osco are getting you down, I strongly suggest you check out any other place that sells groceries.

Word is that Jewel-Osco's parent company (Safeway) isn't great at supply lines even in the best of times. It's not as bad elsewhere.

A lot is happening, it would be easy to let this go unsaid, but I'm still so shook by Friday's Steven Universe Future.

The second episode in particular was I think maybe the most brutal to my emotions episode they've ever done, and y'all know how I already felt about that show.

I've nearly filled out my ballot, but I'm still undecided on:

- US House 5th, Quigley vs. Burns-- I dislike both for different reasons

- IL Supreme Court, Neville vs. Epstein-- both have merit

- Clerk of the Circuit Court

- Judge of the Circuit Court (Vacancy of Mason)

Honestly I'd be a lot more undecided if it weren't for Injustice Watch's helpful guide (https://www.injusticewatch.org/interactives/judicial-election-guide/2020-primary/), though I wish Fraternal Order of Police endorsements got their own special warning label.

The teaser for tomorrow's first Steven Universe Future episode: https://youtube.com/watch?v=d8HPfQikFjo

I _think_ Rebecca Sugar and friends might be making fun of us.

Jokes on y'all who kept saying I had the most impostor syndrome they'd ever encountered: according to http://impostortest.nickol.as/ there's a whole category worse than me.

(I think what helps me is how I've never had test anxiety, as I realized early that I was good at gaming tests.)

My Super Tuesday plans, as an Illinois resident:

- go watch _Portrait of a Lady on Fire_ tonight

- don't check Twitter, Facebook, or Discord politics channels afterwards

- get a massage tomorrow evening

- try not to cry whenever shuffle lands on a vaguely hopeful song