You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy.

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And damn it: STOP POSTING 🟠'S PHOTO OR HIS TRUTH.SOCIAL BULLSHIT. Why do you fill our skylines and time with things you dislike? We don't need the reminder here. We see it everywhere else, all the time. Stop giving him oxygen.

Guys, I'm so tired. I'm tired from radiation (which is over but still affecting me). I'm tired of having cancer. I'm tired of the world, the division, the constant, redundant, circular conversation about whatever. No one cares about anyone anymore. Why are we all still here, honestly?

I had Thriller on cassette.

I watched this great documentary last night about International Male, the catalog. I used to order clothes from them a lot in the late 80s. I visited stores in West Hollywood and San Diego, too. #FilmSky

Makes ya wonder if they're framing it like this because the cast is..... oh. Surely not.

Been thinking about joining the cicadas this summer and just screaming for six weeks.

🎼 Sunday afternoon listening. 🎶 IYKYK, if you don't - 🤷‍♂️ #MusicSky

Oh shit. My birthday is a week from today! I keep thinking I'm earlier in the month than we are. I'll be 58. I realized I moved to Albany when I was 29. That means this year I've lived in New York state half my life. I didn't even live in my home state for 29 years. Crazy how life plays out.

There is a god, and her name is Dana.

The Nickel Boys was a really good book, based on a real place with plenty of real things (quotes, reports, names, etc) used therein. My next read is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. #BookSky

Tonight's film selection was Secret Mall Apartment (2025, Netflix). A documentary about a group of eight artists who found a negative, unused space in a much-hated mall, and lived there for four years before being discovered. #FilmSky #MovieSky

@margaretcho.bsky.social years ago I was chosen to watch a TV pilot of yours. It was about a girl who didn’t have a great relationship with her father. He got some sort of amnesia and only remembered her and the good things about her and nobody else in the family. It was such a good premise.

Sometimes, it's just about needing some gospel music to wash over the soul. And I just happened to be at the recording of this. So I'm clapping, singing, and hollerin' on it somewhere. #MusicSky

I slept until 1:49pm. Radiation fatigue is real. #fuckcancer

Toast is just bread that's cooked for a second time. 🍞

This thing with TS Madison and her having a stalker who wanted to murder her is so shocking. She still shows compassion for him. But she's not stupid. She is protecting herself from this lunatic. I hope she has some peace with it all now, or is at least working through the trauma of it. 🖤

You know what's really wrong with Timothee Chalamet's statements? 1) his grandmother, mother, and other family members were dancers in the ballet. He dissed his own family. 2) Younger types don't appreciate ballet, opera, or orchestral music because they didn't watch Looney Tunes growing up.

"When did you get so political?" "Bro, being against pedophilia isn't political." Hope this helps.

Oh damn. She went in! But yes, every single letter of this. #BookSky #SayNoToAI

Wound care apt tomorrow at another hospital. The VA apparently doesn't have wound care at my location, so they use external hospitals for such things, and cover the costs. We'll see if they just want to gawk at it like the other 100 people I've seen, or they'll do something with it. #FuckCancer

Dr McCoy telling his captain that a Redshirt was brought into the world by his brother/sister parents. "He's inbred, Jim."

This is how I access Bluesky.

Words count. Words are important. I've said it before. Stop lumping yourself in with the government's evil criminality. Don't take on their malfeasance as your own with "we."

Your job is to pick the worst possible actor to play James bond. Go!

Tonight's film selection: The Kite Runner (2007) #FilmSky #MovieSky

Add one (or two) word(s) to a film to ruin it. Doctor Sleep Number Bed

Damn it! I accidentally deleted my new book post. Sorry to anyone who replied, etc. Recap: So, The Kite Runner absolutely destroyed and elated me. I've never had a reaction like that to a book before. It's a MUST-READ. My next book is Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys. #BookSky

I don’t understand why the story is making the rounds again. This was big news right when the movie was due to be released. That was months ago.

@petephilip.bsky.social I was watching Britain’s got talent, and there was a quick flash of this guy in the audience. I know you probably don’t see it, but for a hot second I thought, “oh my God is that Peter?!“

A lot of my reading is an e-book format on my Nook. But I often times buy the physical copy if I really enjoy the book. So here are my four most recent acquisitions. #BookSky

Still not a gay person. Still not a trans person. Still not a drag queen. Still not an immigrant. But IS a Jan 6 protestor who was pardoned by 🟠. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Is it that all the dinosaurs would divorce their wives while thriving in a bigoted church, then start dating into a political family months before the divorce is finalized? Because, my God, who wouldn't love to see that play out?

Radiation: Complete..? #fuckcancer

Last Sunday, I thought it was DST. We went to bed at 9:30pm. We had a 7am for radiation. I thought I was really smart going to bed on a SUNDAY night an hour early. "Fuck you, daylight savings times. I'm reclaiming my hour!" Lived that way until a friend reminded me of the truth on Wednesday.

Sometimes you just need that introspective, gritty, raw-emotional record. Tonight, it's Amy Grant's Lead Me On. #MusicSky

Last radiation was today. It should continue to work in my body for a couple of weeks. I'll be glad not to get up at 7 am on Monday, that's for sure. I have a follow-up with my doctor in early April to check in. Not sure what after that - unless it's actual remission. #FuckCancer

You know that feeling you get when you get a random compliment from a stranger? "I love your hat!" Or when you give a compliment to a stranger? Isn't that feeling just incredible? Why can't we feel that more often than not? Why are we SO stuck on being negative? Too cool for school or something?

I've never seen anything TMNT - television or movie.

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. Preeeeetty much.

Today's radiation session. The mask was previously molded to my face, & it's clamped to the table for the procedure. They want me in the same position every time. The ring around my hands is a way to hold my arms in place, as opposed to interlacing my fingers. I have to be motionless. #FuckCancer

How I arrived in Bluesky...

How I feel when someone blocks me...

At radiation, they ask for my music request. Today, I wanted Madonna's Erotica album. They lifted an eyebrow. I don't know what they thought was going to happen. But I made it through "Deeper and Deeper." Still agree with @emramesha that the "Fever" remix would've been better on there.

Still not a gay person. Still not a trans person. Still not a drag queen. But IS a 🟠 cultist.