Work all day today. The people seemed a little more off-putting today. Older lady, white hair, possibly has dementia, kept asking me where her order was even though she got it already. Had to scoot her off to the side and deal with the next customer. And then a few hours later this really fruity guy – well, more his unplacably posh accent than any twang or prosody – is doing fundraising for his band and tries to spark up conversation with me but it all just jumbles and falls through. Asked me if I were an HS student, I said I graduated in 2021, going into my third year of college. I asked him that question back, he shook his head and got confused. I took the four granola bars and he went off. That kind of awkwardness really unsettled me. Generally at this time I think I’m intimidated by confidently gay people. Like a premature resonance. At work I try not to sound too fruity, keep the vocal fry at a minimum, intonate clearly but not exaggeratedly. Then again I’m not sure HOW fruity I sound so that’s that. Around 1:30 I made some paper filtered French press coffee; for a French roast that cup was really quite smooth and not acrid at all, and I didn’t even add any milk. Don’t remember the last time I drank coffee black – a bit embarrassing since I started drinking coffee black! :P Briefly wondered if my tongue had less taste receptors but then I remembered the acrid coffee from a couple days ago. Around 2, had some leftover spread rice from last night. Pork + stewed chicken egg and a couple of small quail eggs + quick pickled veggies. Really quite good but the pickles still had a strange, almost earthy aftertaste/subtaste.
"[Growing up] is hard and nobody understands." // https://www.homestuck.com/story/2391