oh no it's januaRhi @rhiannonrevolts@wandering.shop

Actually, now that I think about it, I don't remember being asked to select my skin tone, it was automatically Pantone 2015 C / #F8CFA9. Likewise my hair. So was that just taken from my Mii? I really hope so.

I feel like, overall, I find being arbitrarily assigned a binary pronoun based on the (shortish-haired) appearance I chose...is almost as bad as 'are you a boy or a girl'.

I mean, it's certainly REALISTIC, but it's not BETTER, in my humble nonbinary opinion.

And I had not seen anyone mention this, and it's been bugging me. That's all. That's the toot.

So I remember we were all thrilled that TPC said they were going away from 'choose if you are a boy or a girl' at the start of Pokemon Sword/Shield, to go for 'choose what you most look like'.

Cool cool cool. /Abed

Anyway, I clicked the one I most look like. And so I'm a *boy* Rhi running around Galar. This, for me personally, is fine; it's only marginally jarring to get he'd all over the place, as I'm *used to* being (incorrectly) she'd.

That said...tbc

I started out the new year with the cold that's going around Glasgow. As a result, decongestant haze has descended and rambling has ensued.

It's a weird feeling, because I only have congestion on one side of my head. I mean, it's good because I can breathe some through my nose, but it's kinda disorienting.

Disorientating still looks weird to me, sorry BrE speakers.

The Peter Bradshaw 1-star review of CATS on the Guardian?

It's entirely in verse. [fingerkiss]

dear god how many USians am I going to have to see using last week's UK General Election as a ~dire warning~ and object lesson and getting it wrong

what did I do to deserve this

while the surge towards the far right is certainly a global problem and the dying gasps of late capitalism, UK politics do *not* map directly onto US ones for many reasons. please stop trying.

the canary in the coal mine on any 'lesson' here fell over deid years ago, folk.

There's a beautiful version of the Huron Carol on it in the original Wendat. There are some interesting thoughts on the history of this carol here: http://anishinabeknews.ca/2014/12/20/huron-carol-canadas-first-christmas-song/

Listening to Bruce Cockburn's (fantastic) Christmas album from start to finish, and debating whether or not I should buy it for my mother.

He shifts wildly between genres, in a good way, and all of those are stuff Mom enjoys (she's a music teacher). But I'm not sure if it might be a bit *too* much whiplash. Hm.

https://open.spotify.com/album/59s1aDGGfp5Sv9TjbsRKuz?si=LYTpNWAMQAWPpoxx0x2Iaw

To borrow a turn of phrase: we will fight until we win.

But I am not optimistic. I voted for a candidate I like well enough, and I guess that's better than nothing. (The vote's in line with tactical, don't worry.)

I did *not* vote Labour, because I live in Glasgow South and their candidate is awful and anti-trans. Not to mention, Scottish Labour have not shown in any way how they are not useless in the last two years, they've had zero voice here. And then they have the gall to come riding on Corbyn's coattails?

No.

fyi

Baby's first General Election.