I think its time to put on a horror movie to distract me from all the Real Life Horrors.

Every empire falls.

commission ⚜️🥀

I’ve been getting a lot of flashbacks as I close the door on a lot of relationships, and I’m thinking about the time someone said “at least my problems are INTERESTING” why tf would you think having more interesting problems is a flex, you’re not a telenovela

evangelical parents will really one day give you a book called “boundaries” for your 14th birthday to tell you not to hug your male friends anymore and then years later get shocked that boundaries actually apply more to parents

It's a good morning to read Spurgeon.

the urge to burrow and sleep all day has come upon me

Libraries in my city abolished late fees and experienced a huge spike in usership 👍

Put the day down where it belongs. Whatever stays heavy don’t need to come with you into sleep. The music can wait. The world can wait. Get some rest. Night.

You know what? This year has actually gotten off to a pretty low-key, no breaking news, stress-free start wait nevermind

Me, lying in bed, at 3 am:

Life Size (2000) has more adult jokes than I realized 😂

first snack tray of the year, featuring a French onion cheddar

One of the great films of all time:

Wolf Moon 🌕

a small weapon set I designed for fun #art

'How much does the aurora borealis weigh?" It's pretty light.

Writer hack: If you stand completely still when someone asks "how's that book you're writing coming along?" they can still see you, but they'll be so put off, they'll leave you alone.

mods are asleep post lutes

Figure study from last year ✍️ #art #drawing #charcoal #darkart

Sharing an apple with my dog is an unrivaled joyful life experience.

First art of 2026

I'm beginning to worry less about where my life is going, and focus more on what I'm growing in it.

The most important trait someone can have to me is the ability to be honest with themselves, identify flaws, admit mistakes, and take responsibility. It’s fundamental to growth and change, as well as investing in others and forming functional, healthy relationships. It’s the same with countries.

Thank you @jamesbemmett.bsky.social for bringing me on! 'Something is wrong in the deep forests of Broke Tree Valley. Scientists come to the small city of Kasbro to investigate a bizarre series of seismic activities in a heavily forested valley...'

Beautiful work! Love how the orange sun matches the lights of the windows, and how the windows seem to parallel the cosmic, curious eyes.

Had my favorite language barrier mistake ever just now. Ordered 15 donut holes. She heard 50. We have a lot of donut holes.

“oh, i wish there were some kind of punctuation to chain these two sentences together” the humble semicolon:

the way you treat your kids when they’re grieving will affect how/whether they’ll grieve you later.

muppet labs 🧪

while my mom was pregnant with me, she was delivering chinese food on bike in new orleans. i like to think that the music she heard in the streets made me the way i am now. happy new year everyone!

not me long-distance realizing that when your narcissistic abuser becomes a pastor, they will absolutely tell stories about you in sermons and make you out to be the prodigal son and themself as knowing what it’s like to be God

“Ed Wynn was great. I remember filming certain scenes with him and talking with him on the set. At the end of the shoot, he gave me a big box of really neat, beautifully decorated lollipops from Holland.” — Dana Dillaway (Maggie), “One For The Angels” #TwilightZoneMarathon

Give yourself something to look forward to next year. Something less substantial than a resolution which can carry regret if you can't stick to it. Think of a book you want to read, a genre of music you'd like to learn more about, a curiosity to chase no matter how trivial. Keep your spark lit.

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

May something good happen this year.

Wouldst thou like the taste of butter?

It's going to happen in 2026, my friends. I feel it. I believe it.

Happy new year, sinners and saints. May the next year bring down the tyranny of the state and cruelty of mammon, and may we all be given rest from the horrors.

OTHERSIDE has been open for 20 minutes and we’re already reading submissions! Thank you to everyone who decided to ring in the new year by sending us your work—we can’t wait to read it all! othersidespec.com/guidelines/

here’s hoping 2026 is just one year

Always worth a post

I told family that I’ve been grieving a sudden death of a friend, helping something in his memory, helping support another friend getting married, had two interviews only for something to turn out to use AI, survived a car accident and flat tire, helped my roommate with car trouble at the same time—

late night thought last night: wow so it’s not a metaphor, the heart really physically hurts when you cry enough

I will say, thanks to a friend framing it as Gothic Winter, I am enjoying winter quite a lot more actually.

never thought I’d have an existential crisis about whether friends would come to my wedding; I’m aroace and don’t even want to get married.

1-page comic

Corpse Bride reads to me like a caedsexual romantic story. 🥀

If fairies were that tiny, they would absolutely interact with insects more and also be part of decomposition