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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

One thing that has surprised me during this latest round of American decline is the response from YouTubers and TikTokers. The channels WatchMojo and New Rockstars, ostensibly entertainment discussion channels, both did videos on the 1st amendment issue happening. Way to step up?

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Eddie got his checkup at the vet and his stitches are healing nicely! ...but he was shaking like a leaf the entire time. Fear of vet: cemented for life.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Closet clean out continues: I have this big box of notes and letters and programs and things from my 15 years of teaching and part of me just wants to say goodbye to it all and move forward and part of me wants to hoard it all in a box forever.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Closet clean out continues. Found old purikura and love letters from my ex-fiance who dumped me oh like 8 years ago now. Throwing them out really does make my apartment feel cleaner, somehow.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Closet clean out realization: I've been a member of the Sailor Moon fan club so long that I've gone Prism AND Crystal!

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Anybody in Japan want a free resin 3D printer and curing station? You just have to pay chakubarai shipping from Yamato. Both have resin residue on them because I constantly spilled resin and the tape is because I replaced the screen on the printer itself. All spare parts, too.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I've started answering my phone with Hello instead of Moshi Moshi and let me tell you it's fantastic because scammers hang up almost immediately.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

A thing that I love is when I cancel a service in Japan and my account on the website or in the app disappears but I still get spam from that company to my email and the only way to unsubscribe... Is to log into the account that they deleted. Perfect. No notes.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I've been avoiding spending money on non-essentials, but in order to survive the rest of August, I decided to buy a larger sun hat and a proper parasol. Look at this monster! Honestly, no regrets.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Man, just thinking about these past like 5+ years and how things never actually get BETTER better, it's just that catastrophe is put off for a little longer, you know?

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

"Plaaaaaaaaaayyyyy withhhhhhhh meeeeee!!!!!!!"

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Waiting for the printer to finish, watching the puppy sleep

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I am grateful for many things in life. One of those things is that my door does not have a doorbell so when there's a doorbell on TV the dogs have zero reaction 🙏

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Tasks filing paperwork at government offices today and losing the will to live. Not because of the government offices. The workers there are extremely patient and helpful. But just going outside in August makes me want to die.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

As far as I'm concerned, Jujutsu Kaisen, The Summer Hikaru Died, and Natsume Yujincho all take place in the same world.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Yuuri is barking at the front door because he heard the construction people next door and Eddie is providing backup barking from the safety of the sofa. Solidarity?

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Doing my last write up for my certification program. I'm on page 16. I am tired.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I have several tasks to complete out of the house tomorrow and I'm kind of wishing there were air conditioned tunnels to connect all the places I want to go because outside is pain rn and I am not equipped for it

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Watching The 3 Body Problem and I was very right. This is depressing as shit and I need to watch or read at least 10 happy things after that ship scene alone.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I think my grocery store is a little too excited for typhoon season 👀

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

So my friend got me to watch the first episode of Kaiju No. 8 and the main character is named Kafka, which I'm assuming is a reference to The Metamorphosis, but that story is a prolonged metaphor about disability and how the disabled are treated. This...is just monsters, right?

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

He got home from doggy daycare and immediately put himself to bed

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I started to black out no less than three times on my way to and from the post office. SSRI heat sensitivity is not to be trifled with.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I put special lotion for dog paws onto their paws and they're having a conversation about how much they didn't like that

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I brought them all the way to the park and now they say it's too hot to play!

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

What do we think? New terracotta filament from Kexcelled and new Overture green. Making flat prints of leaves to mimic papercraft plants means I can render even more types of plants than before but with plastic durability and 3D printing replicability! I'm maybe a tad obsessed.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Between savings and unemployment insurance, I actually have enough money to survive for multiple months beyond where I am right now but every time I get a rejection after an interview I still panic a little inside.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I bought some more filament after selling so many dollhouse furniture prints last weekend and the dogs are absolutely delighted at all the packing material they have to play with today

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Eddie doesn't know WHY Yuuri always stops to sniff certain spots but he's absolutely not going to be left out!

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

That over 40 health insurance is really something

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The doggos were on their best behavior at the vet for their yearly shots. It was almost eerie. Weren't you two just fighting an hour ago? And now you're snuggling on my lap quietly?? I'll take it but I'm suspicious 👀

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I woke up, took a shower, went to the post office, got home, took another shower. As far as I am concerned, summer has officially started in Kanto.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I really can't handle multitasking these days. I can handle two topics a day for focus. No more. Like, if I'm doing job interview stuff and 3D printing stuff, no cleaning will get done. I don't like it one bit. I'm supposed to be able to get everything done every day, damnit!

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

They both cutely climbed up onto the bed, snuggled up in their blankies, and farted 😑

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Eddie was too tired to walk home from doggy daycare so I had to carry him. This is becoming a theme

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Today: First haircut in 6 months Tomorrow: Job interview Me: 頑張っています

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Oh boy. Feeling sorry for my old coworker. She's been shuffled to teach a different grade because the new staff just aren't handling it. Once again wishing I was still there. :(

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

One flaw of having two tiny adorable dogs is that they bully me to go to bed on time

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I went to the grocery store without him because it was raining 🤦

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Häagen-Dazs has coffee ice cream out!!!

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

While I love being in the classroom, man do I dislike demo lessons. They're always so far removed from what an actual classroom looks or feels like that I wonder what the actual use of them is. What do they actually say about a job candidate. They're like acting auditions :(

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I ate a few Pringles after sunset and now my esophagus is on fire. How do I keep forgetting my digestive system now runs on mogwai rules????

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Sometimes I scroll ao3 reading the descriptions and think: No man has ever been this creative in their depravity. These fics have to be written by someone afab.

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Caitlin Austin @caitlinsaustin.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I have now been out of work for two months and I hate it so much. I want to do things. I WANT TO DO THINGS!!!

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