been pretty open about leg issues for the last handful of months. today was my first big “push” since, with definite increased speed and a lot of stairs (all at work). i’m paranoid as hell i’m going to have more problems, but in the 90 minutes since, so far, so good. hope this is a good sign.

fuck me i’m tired

why do people here keep telling me i look like matthew lillard?

seems mom is not in any serious condition but they’re going to admit her and run more tests

aww. i see gays on a coffee date. i’d trade going to the ER for my mom for random coffee date, except for with that one guy. he’s the worst.

blueberries are now ‘fuck you in the ass dry’ dollars a pint. i wonder what orange asshat and ghoul-stapo squad might be behind that, hmmmmmmm

someone is looking pensive this morning, after his grooming appointment

augie just finished his grooming appointment and i need to think about groceries and errands. today’s operative question is, potatoes dauphinois with dinner, or do i do savoyard, or provencale? julia child has them in succession, so it’s probably going to be a spur of the moment decision.

lore moment: keyes was on the english faculty where i was an undergrad and due to a scheduling conflict i had to take my short story writing workshop with someone else

if you dont go up to the counter the staff isnt going to magically know you want to order. do you want them to invite you to order?

living as close as i do to a very large park, which is connected to a larger group of interconnected parks, hearing coyotes howling and calling once it’s dark isn’t unusual, but tonight we heard it while walking and this time augie made a beeline for the house, as if to say ‘i fucking think not’

oh my god adrian’s mom #peacemaker

what is this boy kavalier bullshit

maybe my favorite line ever from a podcast “glamor shots but make it xenomorph” @jowrotethis.bsky.social

and now we’re up against the prestige tv curse. something is good and then you wait 3 years for more or it never returns and you’re left with too much unfinished business #alien:earth

and i kinda liked her, too #alien:earth

the fundies that weren’t raptured by their jeebus have been officially forsaken so the only sensible way forward is to give up their jeebus-osity, but when have they ever made sense? if you weren’ raptured y’aint goin’ to ya hebben.

my usual coffee joint opens at 7. instead of the usual quiet this early, it seems it’s been invaded by ‘moms against whatever pisses off bored suburban housewives’

augie decided long walk and zoomies in the rain was what the evening called for

occurred to me this morning that yesterday was the first day since may that my right IT-band didn’t bother me even slightly

augie rasslin with his best buddy ron

i’ve fallen down a competitive classic tetris rabbit hole

now that we have shorts club up and running and screening season is in full swing, i’m looking forward to all the programming we’re doing for short film at CIFF 50 next spring. spooky shorts for next month is set. next up, besides previewing, is a little something involving 2 sevens and a one.

kirsch is the best character on #alien:earth

based on the subtitles i think this one is named ‘chuckles’

many years ago i said i’d like a xenomorph for a pet, and that i’d call it fluffy. turns out augie is enough.

me: re: arthur, #alien:earth “wouldnt she have heard that?”

dishwasher drama story time: (maybe a 🧵?) 1: saturday, 9/6, delivery of purchased replacement from home depot, as warranty replacement for lemon bought may 2024 2: separately paid for install, after one quick look at my floor (no measurements, etc), installer refuses to install, says floor not level

augie’s got a little buddy in the neighborhood named ron (seems odd for a dog name, but i didn’t name him). they had big chase time all the way up the street from the corner. augie’s day was made.

post-dishwasher drama (never did finish THAT story), i need to start thinking about the washer and dryer. the dryer is almost 23 years old. that it still works is surprising in itself, but is getting noisier and noisier in an ‘i’m a really old appliance’ kind of way.

been making french onion soup all afternoon and evening and again, it is so abundantly clear that there are few kitchen aromas as amazing as the slow slow reduction of onions in excellent butter

my mind, while in public rn: “can’t you people go home and watch some football or some shit so i can shop in peace”

while i normally enjoy ’peacemaker’, i can live without this michael rooker native dance …bit…

havent these people seen ‘terminator 2’? there’s no damn way that’s how robert patrick looked 35 years ago? (i’m not being serious, here)

primary before work coffee stop does their baked goods in-house so when you show up shortly after open it smells fantastic inside

makes me want to buy kimchi

question of the day: can ham ferment?

give me a season full of kirsch and morrow two-handers #alien:earth

this day of bullshit brought to you buy ‘is it time for alien: earth?’

oh yeah? well fuck you home depot installers who said it couldn’t be installed but they’d do it under the table

i would literally like to know who home depot’s ownership hates the most in terms of competition so i can become their biggest stan, now matter how crap they are

i’m so pissed off at home depot right now that if it were possible to go back in time and unpurchase everything i’ve ever bought there, i would

cast isabelle huppert as a rich matriarch a la the character of diane rovel in ‘la maison’ and just let her be hard, evil, and gorgeous. please no lily-rose depp

my work day has already devolved into jokes about publication and research databases

holy moses do i need A LOT more coffee this morning

if you watched last night’s #alien:earth, in that one scene, was it a call to attention/warning/alert, or distraction? i’m on team warning, especially with what follows. @michaeldiaz101.bsky.social @yezzurp.bsky.social

someone i know just told me a story of how someone experiencing a mental break threw their dog and broke it’s leg and now i miss by itty bitty augie boggie more than usual and want to go home.

barista: “he’s sooo old” other barista: “how old is he?” barista: (dramatically) “he’s 23” other barista: “how old are you” barista: “20” other barista: “that’s a big age difference”

could this episode maybe be the best ‘alien’ movie since ‘aliens’?

why havent we seen the 5th species yet? #alien:earth