Watching Heated Rivalry made me think about this one suitemate I had in undergrad that tried convincing everyone he played for a hockey team in Sweden (he had the ass for it). He tried to keep this and other silly narratives up for like a year even after I very gently, but firmly confronted him.

Finished. I get the hype now. 🥵🥺

It bears repeating.

Started Heated Rivalry.

Finally got around to listening to Grant Knoche’s newer album and I have been OBSESSED the past few weeks. If you want more queer pop boys, here you go.

due to personal reasons AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, thank you

Checking the news

Also finished Stranger Things. Glad it’s over. The ending was okay. Rolled my eyes at some of the sentimental endings with characters. Also finished Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Really enjoyed it! I’m sad it’s over.

Finally watched Sinners this weekend. WOW. Incredible.

Now accepting applications for a man to compress me with his body weight while gently shushing me

Woke up and immediately panicked bc I realized I slept with my contacts in for the first time ever. 😳

All of us manifesting that it and everything else happens

Me, a therapist usually behind on case notes: Wow, 2026 is gonna be the year I keep up with my notes before Friday. First week of 2026: That’s a cute idea. How about more horrific things to mentally and emotionally exhaust you and your clients instead?

When my grandfather recently passed, all of the other grandkids got a gun from his collection. Me, the gay grandson? I got a vintage cocktail shaker and glass set that he still had from his first marriage (to my maternal grandmother). So, I think I win. 💅🏻 🍸

Been mostly MIA here the past few months for my menty health. Making my return though, so here’s a selfie. ✨

going to work tomorrow does not fit my 2026 fantasy

Happy new year! May it be your gayest yet. 💙✨ @learningtowalk.bsky.social

Happy holidays! 🎄✨ @learningtowalk.bsky.social

We're back to longer days, friends. The solstice blesses us🥹

While relistening to Lexie Lou’s recent EP, I thought that Deeper & Deeper sounded like it could be on Danny L Harle’s upcoming album, then learned that he produced that song. Probs my fav on the EP!

Ok what are our thoughts on Hilary Duff’s new song

@learningtowalk.bsky.social bought him a tent. I’ve got one of his blankets and a heating pad set up for him in it too. Halloween was his 10th adoption anniversary. 🧡🎃✨

Sometimes I’m just laying on the floor, avoiding getting ready for the day and then remember “oh, I’m about to be somebody’s trauma therapist in an hour… that’s wild bc I’m just laying here on the floor.” The duality of man or whatever they say. 😵‍💫

Omg. Just watched Weapons. 😳

“Not While I’m Around” Smeagol’s version

Watching I Know What You Did Last Summer for the first time and I can’t get over them trying to pull off that this town is both on the Carolina coast and the California coast. 😂

Jade Jolie canceled bc she got sick, but Priscilla Chambers came out as Jade Jolie as Taylor Swift to perform Look What You Made Me Do lol

@learningtowalk.bsky.social : Look at this yarn I got! Me: It reminds me of Chappell Roan! James: The color is named Rainbow Trout… Me: She’s the Midwest Rainbow Trout!

Artists with new albums/music that I’ve been obsessed with lately while I’ve been on a BlueSky hiatus and recommend: Adéla, Jae Stephens, Rochelle Jordan, Lexie Liu, Sudan Archives, Debby Friday, and Tiffany Day

Lost my first of seven grandparents this week, and it’s a weird experience when you’ve already grieved someone as a child bc of their lack of presence in your life. I feel sad for my family and have been present out of respect, but I don’t feel particularly sad myself. More so existentially curious.

honestly, we should bring back the #RunAwayWithMeme to celebrate

Catch me cruising in the catacombs 💀

Bonjour haiii!

Gonna need 100 more Caroline Polachek x danny l harle tracks

Haiii. I promise I still exist. Here’s some recent photos from Blue Ridge Pride and Craggy Gardens. ✨ Took a backseat on social media presence for a bit to focus on my menty health. 🤪 Doing much better!

Omg. There is a tent rival happening a block or two down from Ethel Cain (an outside concert), and we thought it was Ethel doing a sound check… but it was Christians. 💀

Dropped some trauma lore that I hadn’t shared with my therapist yet and made him tear up. Do I get a prize?

Here’s to two years of being married. 😘💙✨ @learningtowalk.bsky.social

gonna need 100 more pink pantheress x danny harle tracks

Crazy how this time last year I was so burnt out that I quit my business and high key wanted out of my field. I’m about a year in with my new therapist, ADHD meds, and at a group practice, and I’m now excited/hopeful/aligned with career stuff again. I’d like to not be scraping by financially tho 🙃

Sometimes I get emotional that this is the view from our balcony 🥺

Saturday hike! Time for a nap.

The monkey cat sidekick in the new Avatar series reminds me of Neopets

Me, watching the unicorns absolutely destroy everyone in Death of a Unicorn:

Sunset hike followed by blaring Ethel Cain down Appalachian backroads. Gotta make sure the cryptids know her. w/ @learningtowalk.bsky.social

M3GAN 2.0 was so fun.

Only got a few minutes into an after-work walk before it started pouring rain 😭

Y’all ever just eat a lemon? Or just me? 😅

I teared up a little with a client tonight while doing some inner child work and talking about some of the common pains of growing up gay. It was a sweet way to end Pride month. 🌈✨