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Heidi
is 90% done
If I ever become a novelist and write “I blinked,” somebody slap me.
Why narrate an involuntary bodily function? Why not “I inhaled” or “I passed gas”?
Jane Austen conveyed psychological depth through observation without reporting what everyone’s eyelids were doing.
I get that the writers use it to convey a moment of mental recalibration. But blinking doesn't inherently communicate that. Pet peeve.
— Nov 03, 2026 03:27PM
Why narrate an involuntary bodily function? Why not “I inhaled” or “I passed gas”?
Jane Austen conveyed psychological depth through observation without reporting what everyone’s eyelids were doing.
I get that the writers use it to convey a moment of mental recalibration. But blinking doesn't inherently communicate that. Pet peeve.
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Heidi
is 92% done
She takes mushrooms in the forest and just… falls asleep?
Then, after all that buildup, she wakes up and sees a deer.
I see deer sober.
🙄
— Nov 03, 2026 03:49PM
Then, after all that buildup, she wakes up and sees a deer.
I see deer sober.
🙄
Heidi
is 75% done
Much like Jessica, this year I have made an effort to extrovert, to platonically ask friends out, so that almost every weekend day, I'm out of the house on a hike or a brunch or bopping around town.
I've deepened friendships and created new ones. But, I do not feel aa refreshed when it comes to Monday morning.
Jessica doesn’t talk about that.
Social fulfillment can come at the expense of personal restoration.
— Nov 01, 2026 07:07PM
I've deepened friendships and created new ones. But, I do not feel aa refreshed when it comes to Monday morning.
Jessica doesn’t talk about that.
Social fulfillment can come at the expense of personal restoration.