Apparently today was the day, 2 years ago, that I ran into a troll on Facebook who turned out to be a Sherlockian. False identity, so there was no way to know who he really was. I'd mostly forgotten about that, which is... mostly good. That's not the kind of experience you should hold on to. (1/6)

What the fuck is it good for? Im asking sincerely. Medical people say its shit for diagnosing, its utter garbage for creative fields, it cannot teach and hallucinates false answers, programmers have to fix its code half the time, businesses find it doesn't help productivity and it causes psychosis.

Ugh. It's sunny outside. Can I not be depressed today? I mean, it's going to be rainy tomorrow and Monday, and I know I will be depressed then, so can we not do this RIGHT NOW? Geez...

Love this so much. Love them so much. ❤️

What's kind of annoying right now is that I want to watch other shows and movies right now when I'm watching stuff on my own time, but I can't give up The West Wing until I'm done. I just can't.

A few weeks ago, @theguardian.com released a list of "The 100 Best Novels of All Time," compiled from a poll involving professional writers. Then, a couple of weeks ago, The Guardian released a new list, "Readers' Top 100 Novels of All Time," with #TheLordoftheRings on top. youtu.be/RIajzpJLf1g

"fiction normalizes—" idk abt any of that but I think social media has normalized absolutely batshit behavior and social conventions that are inconceivable to anyone that is actually well-balanced and thriving in the real world and that's a bigger problem than fiction will ever be

I had to take the step-stool down to the basement, so while it was down there, I used it to take out a dark lightbulb so I could replace it, after months of it being dark. Only, it turned out that the bulb was barely screwed in and when I tightened it and pulled the cord, it turned on!

A few weeks ago, @theguardian.com released a list of "The 100 Best Novels of All Time," compiled from a poll involving professional writers. Then, a couple of weeks ago, The Guardian released a new list, "Readers' Top 100 Novels of All Time," with #TheLordoftheRings on top. youtu.be/RIajzpJLf1g

I’m really enjoying rereading #TheSilmarillion, and I’m also picking up new favorite characters! #Nienna is the Vala who mourns... but she is also the Vala of patience, pity, and wisdom. She's actually pretty awesome. #Tolkien #lotr #theValar #Gandalf youtube.com/shorts/ObD5M...

I meant to make this more about appreciating good writing, and then predictably got caught up in the emotion of two separate season finales. 🙃 #TheWestWing #AaronSorkin youtube.com/shorts/c8SUH...

I'm rereading #TheSilmarillion for the first time in forever, and, tragically, #Gandalf is Sir Not Appearing In This Book. #jrrtolkien #lotr youtube.com/shorts/gJ_fd...

If you've got a Great Lake, you should use it for therapy. #LakeMichigan #PureMichigan #WestMichigan #ThirdCoast youtube.com/shorts/pe-Ir...

Bless the AGs.

I don't like editing myself in recordings; I never have. So it's terribly ironic that I'm trying so hard to make it in a career in which I HAVE to edit myself. My one consolation today? My lipstick was REALLY on-point. Not to sound vain, BUT LOOK AT THAT RED LIP. Why don't I do this more often???

"Lights, camera, b*tch smile, in stilettos for miles..." It is a #torturedpoetsdepartment kind of day! #icandoitwithabrokenheart #mentalhealth #depression #taylorswiftttpd youtube.com/shorts/5YiRz...

Logically, I know a lot of things. Logically, I know that most spiders don't want to hurt me. Logically, I know why I struggle to make phone calls. Logically, I know that depression is self-poison. It's so stupid that just KNOWING these things doesn't help you because it really fucking should.

Congrats to #TaylorSwift for her induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame! Which albums or songs do you come back to the most for a mood boost? (Taylor or otherwise?) youtube.com/shorts/q1hYw...

Oh, I think this is the best selfie I've gotten since I grew my hair back out. 😊 (Well, aside from the one in front of "Starry Night," that is!) This was taken AFTER recording both a reel AND my next video essay.

If there's one reel that's going to bring incels and manosphere bros crawling out of the woodwork to attack me, it's this one. 😅 But I stand by what I said: we need more women's voices in podcasting, and it's important. #feminism #podcasts youtube.com/shorts/hkrOS...

I had enough sleep, and I need to be doing things, but my entire body just wants to go back to bed. 😭 I can't even caffeinate my way out of this because that would send my blood pressure AND my GERD back up! 🫠

My comfort TV right now is #TheWestWing. What's yours? youtube.com/shorts/ExJ94...

This is great. The Lord of the Rings topped the readers' list when it wasn't even on the professionals' list. Amazing result. You better believe I'm making a video about this. 😁

The horrors persist, but so do we! #selfcare #mentalhealth youtube.com/shorts/GAyHc...

Remembering #AnthonyHead, by way of #CabinPressure. youtube.com/shorts/WIeUR...

This is heartbreaking. RIP, sir. You will be missed, so much. 💔

Dinner tonight made me feel ill. 😛 I had this vegetarian soup — it was a packaged meal, and I love those for nights like this when I haven't had time to cook. But... I don't know, something about the flavor or the mouth feel or just the way that EVERYTHING was soft, no crunch or chewiness...

Oh boy, yeah. If I had a dollar for every time my last name was mispronounced, that'd be one whole mortgage payment right there. Anglophone Americans do very poorly even with Spanish names.

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When Bartlet gives Leo the framed "Bartlet for America" napkin for Christmas, Leo starts crying, and so do I. Leo's been through a grueling day-long hearing and had to face a terrible moment from his recent past at the end of it, and this simple gift comes at just the right moment. I love this show.

Tree sunset. ☀️💛💚

Ugh, I know the first 24 hours of one of my videos is slow. None of them get lots of hits right away. So maybe can I not feel sick with anxiety? People are gonna watch it — some friends already have. ❤️ I don’t need to feel like this. 🙃

I'm still struggling to get out one video essay a week, but I do think I have a content schedule to stick to. For the foreseeable future, I'll be doing: Tolkien Other (often Sherlock Holmes, let's be real) Tolkien Other Primarily because I do have more ideas for Tolkien videos than anything else.

Congrats, Sir Idris!

Ah, #TomBombadil. He's an enigma wrapped up in fandom controversy, topped off by singsong dialogue. Are he and his realm unimportant and easily dismissed from the story of #TheLordoftheRings, or do they have more narrative importance than we realize? #LotR #Tolkien youtu.be/JycxzVY3FRI

Okay, I THINK my next video essay is done. I'll watch it in full in the morning to check for errors. Fingers crossed! This was a long one (well, under half an hour, but long for ME), and I had a lot of movie clips and other graphics in it and I'm just praying I brought it altogether correctly and

Okay, it’s fun to read Gandalf’s dialogue aloud… and it’s even MORE fun to have Sir Ian McKellen read part of the way for you because they preserved so many of his lines in the films. 🥰

I spent several hours the other day creating artwork to use in my upcoming video essay... and once they were all scanned, I realized that only one of the four was usable. 😞 The other three just do not look good. I thought I could do better with oil pastels, but... I guess not. It's just frustrating.

Sometimes, you just have to watch the charge of the Rohirrim on the Pelennor Fields before you add a clip from that scene to your video essay. 🥰

Sunlight. 💛

Interesting. So I guess I technically practice nuikatsu when I take road-trip selfies with my Pikachu? Or something close to it, anyway.

If you thought that 'Sherlock Holmes Is Real' was already the silliest Sherlockian podcast out there... oh boy, it can get sillier. 😁

We will not survive without celebrating little victories. A tasty dessert. A good piece of news. Revisiting an old book. These are not life or death things, and yet, they sustain us. We should share these with each other more often. 📚

I am, ironically, always more skeptical about how Moriarty can be portrayed than Holmes? I'm not sure why; I need to analyze it. But this does sound like it could be interesting.

Bluesky isn't a bubble or an echo chamber, it's a garden. You plant some seeds and pull some weeds, you tend to it with care, and you make it into a space that pleases you when you come to sit in it a while. Other people can plant and tend to their own gardens, if they like. This garden is yours.

Hilarious. And so, so fucked up.

I could never not contribute something to the Baker Street Almanac, as long as @rossdavies.bsky.social wants me to. It's too much fun working with him. 💜💙🩶

Being a Sherlockian with responsibilities — WHO LITERALLY JUST GOT INVESTED INTO THE BSI — is so weird to me right now as I'm also getting back into an older love (Tolkien) and trying to use THAT to make a living. So freaking weird.

All right, stage 1 of the editing process on my next video essay is done. That's cutting the bad takes and tightening up pauses. Commence stage 2! That's adding all the graphics, video clips... and art I haven't created yet. 😬