Klara, faceted @klara@wandering.shop

...I didn't link to the app because this already felt uncomfortably like advertising, but I guess it's not a super highly-ranked hit in various app stores yet?

Thus: https://thisislex.app/

I've been on it for less than a week, and I already have two dates scheduled.

I haven't posted my own listing yet or even sent a first message; this is entirely from liking other people's and them messaging me first.

The people who wrote me had clicked through to my Instagram or Tumblr and messaged me based on my actual interests.

Like, clearly this thing has drawn the sort of people I want to meet.

When I type "non-", my phone keyboard suggests some mix of non-trivial, non-toxic, non-Diamond, and non-Steven.

I feel very accurately called out by what this says about the conversations I have.

@millenomi Oh hey, I see what you mean about the Giant Days "As Time Goes By" special being a feelings issue.

The previous issue is... mostly an excuse to publish a recipe for chicken soup, I think? But it still has some moments.

The latest issue of the Steven Universe comic is a pretty excellent piece of metafiction, and now I really want to know how much of what it says about Camp Pining Hearts can be considered canon.

I only saw one person in costume here (a flight attendant with a unicorn horn and ears), but the general atmosphere of confusion and eerie quiet has certainly helped with the holiday spirit.

See you again on Monday, O'Hare.

Holy crud, I've never seen O'Hare this quiet during normal business hours. Like, there was one person in the security line ahead of me. I guess that's what (slightly) unseasonable snow does to air travel.

This Halloween:
- I'm flying to Los Angeles
- but first, it snowed, a lot, so I'm flying to Los Angeles rather later than expected
- in the mean time, I tested out my new travel headphones with the World/Inferno Friendship Society played at an appropriate volume for Halloween

Hi friends: I used to work at a big tech company, and because of this I have a bit of stock.

It's currently at Charles Schwab, but I hear that Mr. Schwab is personally a jerk: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2019/10/26/at-least-20-billionaires-behind-dark-money-group-that-opposed-obama/

Where should I put it instead? My financial research chops are limited to finding decent credit unions and picking an ethical mutual fund once in 2002, so I'm sorta out of my depth here.

(I already considered the "liquidate and donate it all" option. Like, pretty much every day.)