I NEEDED GOOD NEWS TODAY.

I have zero patience for my apolitical friends today. Oh you have no opinion? Oh, both sides suck? Fuck off.

ST: Voyager has taught me that the Borg are not really all that scary.

Hi, I’m the undertow on a small beach in Cancun.

Julia Roberts’ brother Eric Roberts was once in line behind me to get frozen yogurt at ATL airport. We once ate dinner a couple tables away from Reba McIntylre.

I just had to cancel my appointment with my rare disease specialist that I've waited 6 months for because I will have no insurance and they want a $5000 deposit that I don't have. I cannot stop crying. It takes 6-8 months to get another appointment and I have no idea when I'll have insurance again.

Here’s to 2026

I baked a layer cake and look at this shit.

Holiday obligations are DONE and I’m literally thinking very seriously about canceling our NYE gathering in favor of just sleeping until the New Year.

Funny Numbers xkcd.com/3184/

“You are a woman of many talents, T. This is not one of them.” It was true. After my intern boss asked me to do an illustration, I told him drawing wasn’t my jam. He had me do it anyway, sure I was being modest. Practice has made me better but pen on paper illustration: not my jam.

The world is on fire and A got another job rejection, but I learned how to make braised lotus root today so I’m going to enjoy my tiny win. At least they told us before Christmas.

Oops I learned how to make marshmallows. #cookingsky

The husband has a big interview tomorrow with a company that wants to get things locked in before the end of the year. I’ll need yall to help us manifest all the good things. We’ve got Yule ritual planned this weekend anyway, so, my lovely witches: LETS FUCKIN GO

RUN RUN REINDEER

Sometimes my sleep meditation is just listening to Heilung’s “Anoana” on endless repeat and it’s just. A perfect, haunting song. (CW for video: childbirth)

Treated myself to some new shower gels during $5 day at Bath & Body Works. I don’t allow myself a lot of treats like this but on the $5 promo day? Bring me the cereal milk scented body wash!

I lost my front veneer (essentially the whole tooth) today and I can’t get it fixed until next week. Plus I have no insurance so I haven’t been this depressed in awhile. This is going to eat so much of our remaining savings.

I was at a lunch with a bunch of fiercely pro-AI executives whose meeting I was working and this is the discussion they were having. Using ChatGPT for childrearing advice, teaching their kids how to do their homework with it because "it's making him a genius!", and just... it's not just tech bros.

Graphic tees are just all $30!! shipped now and I'm struggling with buying one for a gift. The price of everything is just killing me this Christmas and I'm only buying a couple gifts because of our unemployment situation. Everything seems like it's twice as much as last year.

So my childhood bestie became an antivaxxer and she provides a window into cuckoo town. Today she shared a video of a “doctor” saying mammograms actually *cause* breast cancer and I am just so mad.

We made Christmas tonight and I’m very happy about it. My ornaments make me smile.

Welp. Weird Science has aged WAY worse than I thought it would've. YIKES.

My cousin who works for a certain insurance company is mourning the anniversary of the CEO's death and I just... have feelings. But she's also the one who I'm pretty sure made her voting choice because she actually supports (at least supported) RFK so... just disappointed is all.

ISO a corner of the internet that is both somewhat social and doesn’t trigger an overwhelming sense of anxiety right before bedtime. I miss the world not being so acutely on fire.

New exciting cold? symptom: the roof of my mouth feels like it’s been burned by acid, so that’s cool. Lips and mouth are now ultra sensitive to hot tea, warm tea, room temperature tea, all temperatures of coffee, soda, broth, and basically everything but lukewarm water. I deserve better than this.

Two things that are true: (1) There are a LOT of people struggling FAR worse than we are right now. (2) we are really struggling and I hate that I feel like I can’t be frustrated by that.

My husband is struggling keeping his spirits up as we go into his fourth month of unemployment. His therapist is seeing him at no cost, which is a godsend, but he clearly needs more outside support. Me being so sick this week has him extra-stressing about being uninsured. We so need a break.

I’m not usually a turkey soup person but we’re both sick and I made a lot of stock so…

A has been low-key sick all day. I’ve been exhausted but mostly fine until half an hour ago but now OMG I am not ok. Hoping cold meds kick this enough for me to sleep. Woah.

Finished a crochet commission that I’ll be delivering tomorrow! A pocket scarf inspired by Greninja (Pokémon) and a beanie inspired by Deltarune! Fingers crossed the recipients love them! #crochetsky

Someone needs to reassure me that companies at least occasionally conduct interviews and fill vacancies over the holidays.

Man, reach out to your older folks and remind them that there's never a computer problem so urgent that they should have to go to the bank and withdraw a bunch of cash while on the phone with anyone.

One of my HS besties is a Tony award-winning producer (including the Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening) and co-chair of the board of GLAAD.

I’ve Doordashed every day this week and it’s nice to know I’m actively bringing literally any money in, even if it’s not much. It’s a couple small bills paid that wouldn’t have been before and that’s something I guess. Thankfully I have a small Actual Work gig this week to pour energy into.

*taps the sign*

People who use the full spice packet in their Buldak ramen are mad! 😝 I love the stuff but a quarter of the packet and I’m overwhelmed, even on the creamy one. 🌶️ 🥵

I have two crocheted scarves today to finish for a commissioned project and it's going to take everything I've got. It's accomplishable but it'll be a LOT. Thank goodness for chunky yarn on the second one.

Sword in the Stone is the best Disney movie.

In a production meeting for the 5-day project that got cut (for me) to a single half day and it’s so depressing. I am the cut in budget cuts. I just want to work the career I love. Instead I’m doing DoorDash and was momentarily stoked that I just made $30. That joy has been squashed.

I just completed my first DoorDash delivery and it wasn’t scary!! I made $15!

Your legacy is cowardice @durbin.senate.gov. You’re a disgrace.

Introducing the 1984 Renault Le Car by KLACK. Heavily sampled and delightful EBM by @causticmf.bsky.social and @nulldevice.bsky.social. I love this project!!

Well shit. We’re stuck in Madison because for some reason we can’t get the EV to charge. We’re in triage mode right now but at this point we’re missing the funeral and I’m really upset about it. We’re toasting Rob tonight but it doesn’t feel like enough.

In 2005, NPR ran a series called This I Believe and there was one that became a personal belief: Always Go to the Funeral. You can look it up and listen to it. It’s worth it. Anyway, it’s why today we’re leaving our vacation to pay respects to our friend, because he was adored.

Just had a 5-day gig for this month disappear into a half-day gig. I feel sick. We’re hemorrhaging money. I don’t know how we’re going to survive this unemployment and it’s only been 3 months.

HR folks: does it matter that a cover letter was not written with chatGPT? Like can you tell? I’ve started writing my husband’s cover letters with him in the hopes that a more human tone and direct correlation to postings will start making an actual difference. (I used to write these professionally)