in case anyone’s wondering where my mental state’s at right now I just made a quackpell roan

helluva day to start reading the new george saunders, 30 pages in and it reads like a climate change, christmas carol dystopia

that’s moi espresso

shout out to the lady at the Labor Day food truck festival who karaoked “hopelessly devoted to you” in broad afternoon daylight

How did i not know that James Patterson wrote the Toys R Us kids jingle?!?!? Hanging my head in shame because that’s the most on-brand piece of trivia I didn’t know until today.

Everything I know about New Age music, I learned from the Nickelodeon commercial breaks of my childhood

the only instance where I’m pro-ska

had I not given birth to my child I would know her as my own simply because she got the most excited over seeing a tertiary (at best) character at sesame place

had I not given birth to my child I would know her as my own simply because she got the most excited over seeing a tertiary (at best) character at sesame place

KETCHUP SMOOTHIE TIME!

Spoiler alert: it’s not just the screens

wordle dad update

Would anyone read an essay about the the polarities of masculinity and fatherhood as viewed through the timely lens of early 2000s reality tv staples “the osbournes” and “hogan knows best”???

I am VERY available to write this piece!

Would anyone read an essay about the the polarities of masculinity and fatherhood as viewed through the timely lens of early 2000s reality tv staples “the osbournes” and “hogan knows best”???

The hardest part of my job - dealing with the harshest critics aka middle schoolers:

The hardest part of my job - dealing with the harshest critics aka middle schoolers:

My picks

My picks

the new pulp album is evidence that once every few decades something good can happen

trying to figure out where “getting 8 teeth removed” sits on this week’s discomfort scale. right now it’s somewhere between dealing with blood in my toddler’s pee and dad’s worsening cancer

my current favorite thing my 2 yr old does is call any physical greeting card, an “EMAIL”

my contribution to the 3 friends meme

has anyone perfected the klonopin to caffeine ratio needed to ~function~ in the world

this is the Joe Pera breakfast crew episode come to life

someone anonymously mailed my dad a wordle puzzle book as he begins chemo treatments. thanks whoever you are!!!

!!!!!! NEW PULP ALBUM !!!!!!

Yup, season 2!

lastly, we have @volumeknobjess.bsky.social on how "brat' helped her find autistic joy ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/how-b...

excited for the first gen z canonization. I imagine it will be something like “saint jayden, patron saint of react videos”

as someone who generally dreads going to the dentist, it was a balm to soul to have a hygienist who was like a vaguely eastern European version of Bridget Everett in appearance and spirit!

me in the national security group chat

probably not as practical, but I can do this with picture books!

navigating the autistic minefield of baby showers: -painful idle chit chat with distant relatives -false gender binaries -sensory overload of 5 competing conversations, none of which you are a part of much like stefan would say about new york’s hottest club, this party has EVERYTHING!

My latest reads, my latest craft, my latest attempt to keep moving forward in difficult times …

think of it as a donation to the human fund - “money for people”

doing that newsletter thing: jessicagentile.substack.com/p/requiem-fo...

doing that newsletter thing: jessicagentile.substack.com/p/requiem-fo...

played octopus’s garden for my toddler and my husband asked her if she liked ringo and she said “NO RINGO STARR! TWINKLE STAR!” and man, this kid is built for YouTube react videos.

played octopus’s garden for my toddler and my husband asked her if she liked ringo and she said “NO RINGO STARR! TWINKLE STAR!” and man, this kid is built for YouTube react videos.

watching all the snl hoopla in hopes of a potential Joanna newsom sighting, like a yeti in the Himalayas

Thinking of the uber driver who told me they needed awful weather this weekend to get out of a dreaded valentines date. Your prayers have been answered.

Having a toddler that yells MUSTARD throughout the grocery store is like the only good reason to have kids anymore

In case you missed it over the weekend, here’s my brat essay up on @ihavethatonvinyl.com (BUMPIN’ THAT!)

saturday reading: a wonderfully written essay on "brat" by @volumeknobjess.bsky.social

you’re probably sick of brat but here’s a little thing I wrote about how it helped me find autistic joy…

you’re probably sick of brat but here’s a little thing I wrote about how it helped me find autistic joy…

just remembering that time in 2004 when rilo kiley played my college cafeteria but l i was too socially anxious to leave my dorm room. which is also how i failed to see the unicorns, sleater-Kinney + other bands of the era. Really a banner year for failed concert-going

if you don’t have one already, get a library card, a free way to invest in your community, just saying