dommesticpet:

Sunday was pretty great. In the morning, Echo dropped me and, er, used me for various things. You know the kinds of things. She seemed happy, and I really like it when I get to be useful.

We got take-out of a fried poultry nature. She squeezed out gallons of grapefruit juice in the afternoon. (That is not a vague sexual euphemism.) We had a pork noodle thing, and we took a short walk around the block, preposterously far away from the couple of pedestrians we saw.

I saw @charmedhypno made a post about their January convention proceeding cautiously and being somewhat unconfirmed. @mindquakesf is still on deck for October, and my good pal Alizabeth tells me they’re doing an online convention as well as - unless fate intervenes - what may well be the next in-person convention come Halloween weekend. I don’t know how many of you travel for work, but it looks like I’m not going anywhere before August, or probably October, depending on how things shake out and how the collective we feel about them. There are people I am very much looking forward to seeing again, and the allure of not having to go to the airport for several months is also a new experience.

I admit, I’ve probably been obsessively reloading various chat platforms and social medias more than I usually do just to see if someone posts some benign “we’re all OK here” messages, mostly because it’s reassuring.

@awmbh has also been busy, creating some nifty Daphne art from Scooby-Doo. Daphne the hypno fan podcaster is one I don’t doubt the animation overlords may take issue with, but just look at it. It’s packed with wonderful easter eggs like a EMCSA sticker and a @neehu shirt. And her fandom is now unambiguously canon, which is a delight. Where was this when we were all younger and we needed to feel a little less alone about this kind of stuff? We need more mascots.

This is the part where I have to get going but not before I say I hope those of you who are still out there are doing as well as you can, being as safe as you can, helping (or staying out of the way) if you can.