the dog continues to get his freezing cold walkies, but the cat has not been taken (on leash) to hang out on the porch in DAYS, and boy does he have some opinions about it

Also, not for nothing, if there is something simple you can do to prevent massive harm to your family if you get hit by a bus tomorrow, and you keep putting it off because it's nbd while you're alive - tomorrow isn't promised to anyone, do the thing.

#CriticalRole I never managed to get into Critical Role, but the new campaign is hitting just right at just the right time for me to need a new coping mechanism hyperfixation, so I'm catching up and already deeply, deeply invested. I had to leave for work this morning without finishing ep4 and I'm

I got busy and missed the Yuletide deadline 😔 alas poor mostly-finished sign-up, I hope someone else requests you all

in these times at least I have the comforting escape of [checks notes] the apartment I'm moving out of bc my dad died, the companionship of my cat [squints at notepad] who probably has cancer, and [flips several pages] the distraction of home reno that [throws notebook out window] is full of lead

I've been a hockey fan for as long as I can remember, and this is the least excited for the start of a season I've ever been. I wish that "baseball is over, but at least there's hockey!" feeling would hit, but it hasn't. And yeah, odds are good my hometown team will suck, but lbr, that isn't why.

downsides to the Tigers losing in 15 innings last night: - stayed up extra extra past my bedtime, gonna be a zombie at work all day - my mom has covid & missed out on this entire round, she was really hoping for more baseball so she could enjoy it - disappointment, woe, baseball is over, etc.

On a side note, while I was trying to find info on the AI promos I scrolled past a lot of people wondering/trolling/speculating that she used AI to write Showgirl, and that's genuinely very funny to me. No, those lyrics you think are cringe were 100% actually written by her, sorry

I've been so offline I had to hear about the Taylor promo videos AI drama from my brother, but yeah, that is definitely AI. She has made way too much money off me specifically to not write checks to teams of skilled industry professionals for actual video production work

I've never seen Fight Club, or any episodes of Seinfeld.

My feelings/thoughts about Taylor albums tend to evolve as they settle in, but my initial TLOAS feelings are mostly positive. Ophelia, Elizabeth Taylor, Opalite, and Eldest Daughter are currently my faves. Elizabeth Taylor, Wish List, and (for better or worse) Cancelled have all earwormed me.

I went to the TLOAS listening party and had a good time! I traded bracelets, listened to the album in incredible Dolby sound, and admired the fancy bread. Worth it for Swifties who miss the Eras community vibes and want to hang out with other Swifties, I think.

sometimes having a sibling is great and sometimes younger brothers should be dunked in a lake me: I'm brainstorming ways to make the pantry staircase [in our parents' house] feel less creepy. What do you think would help? him:

bereavement leave was great and all but I also need paid "so your dad never taught you home repair and now you have to learn it from YouTube to fix your mother's house in his absence" leave

my mom wanted fresh pasta at the market yesterday, and also her new stove has yet to be installed, so I had to learn a new sauce on the fly and then make it on a 1960s double burner my dad replaced the original cloth cord on the double burner at some point, so at least there's ... that?

now I'm thinking about what my actual favorite Tumblr post is, and it has to be www.tumblr.com/trelkez/7857..., a post I have reblogged more times than I'll admit and quote to myself all the time

Also, as an aside: a long time ago I authorized sweetestdrain to finish whatever WiPs of mine she likes, and my family knows to get her my hard drives, so if anything ever happens to me, you can still nag her to finish that Methos vid I abandoned in 2010

The number one thing I want to tell everyone I see right now is: plan ahead. If there is someone you trust to take care of things on your behalf - significant other, parent, offspring, best friend, vetted legal executor, whomever - do they actually have everything they need to do that?

#death #grief this plan continues to go absolutely great. granted I cried in a grocery store parking lot last week because they were out of Velveeta cheese ("cheese"), but the endless logistics continue, so for now there are only so many minutes in a day in which to cry about Velveeta

Miracles (2003). An all time "but what did it MEAN" unresolved show, and the one I most want answers for to this day

#death #grief A note: if you are going to yell at a stranger going by with a Costco cart full of beer, wine, cake, and paper products, "where is the party at?" or "what's the occasion?", be REAL sure you want an actual answer to that question, because it might be "my dad's funeral!"

#death #grief people talk shit about eldest daughter syndrome but being responsible for slightly too many things and managing everyone else's emotions is the wind beneath my wings right now. the emotional fallout of this approach is next week me's problem

#death #grief Not sure how else to tag for filtering, but my dad died today and the part I'm stuck on is the big tray of bereavement snacks they brought in. We had about a minute to process and then a guy came in all "can I offer you a Schweppes in this trying time" and went "......."

This is the most random ask, but my family is currently going through it, so if anyone has anything they can throw at food delivery gift cards - DoorDash, UberEats, GrubHub all deliver here - my email is [email protected] and anything would help

please send cute pictures of your pets

me: oh, another Taylor Swift countdown, must be a vinyl drop the internet: oh, this means she's releasing Elizabeth Taylor as the lead single on Friday me: wait what the internet: [clicks to first slide] in this podcast screenshot, we clearly see that me:

help me decide what fic wip to dust off this week: www.tumblr.com/trelkez/7921... I could sit here indecisively all week unless my decisions are made for me, please click a button

VividCon 2012 was the last true con report I wrote, and it's such a detailed concom Weekend In The Life that I'm going to unlock it, at least temporarily: trelkez.dreamwidth.org/558910.html?...

This year is the 20th anniversary of me going to fan cons for the first time and meeting in person a lot of people I still know and love. Twenty years! It has been about half a lifetime since I was adopted by the Highlander vidders at Escapade and watched my first VividCon Premieres show. 20. 2-0.

my mom really wanted to see Superman, so for once I actually went to a theater, and: 1) that movie is as good as everyone says, 2) they really do Get It, 3) that said if the movie had turned into "Clark Kent goes John Wick" I would have understood, 4) this is Streaky ERASURE

the algorithm brought me this, and it is so completely unhinged that I could not look away the assignment is to design a college apartment. I genuinely cannot decide which design is the most out of touch with reality youtu.be/DeYJ1__UYMo

I'm perfectly capable of adjusting the thermostat but instead I'm just sitting here hissing "must you blow your AIR upon me" at the vents

After all my grumbling about subpar reads, The Knight and the Moth came to rescue me. 5/5, will read again

#Wednesday I have a lot of mixed thoughts about s2 thus far, but more than anything, shoehorning in Gomez and Morticia feels like a mistake. This is a Wednesday Addams show about the melodramas of supernatural boarding school. Why did they need to find a way to send Morticia back to high school

my reading this year has been entirely determined by the ebook purchases of my local library, which means 90% of the time when I see a book rec on here I don't have access to it, but if a book has ever been recced on booktok, it is probably available to hold or borrow

I've never seen the LotR extended editions, and apparently today is the day

I'm leaving town on a major trip requiring more things than I can probably fit in an SUV. Yesterday was my last day off before departure day. I needed to do laundry, pack, clean, and generally trip prep. So, naturally, I huddled under a blanket and finally watched Murderbot

I miss Schmigadoon. I'll always have hope for you, 25 unheard songs of season three

incredibly melodramatic wildlife at the park today

There are approximately one million birds chirping this morning - some birds are normal, The Birds is not - so I opened a window to let my cat enjoy the sounds of nature. He spent approximately five seconds birdwatching and is now asleep in a sunbeam with his head on my leg.

I ran out on my lunch break to renew my library card so Libby would stop withholding my distractions, and when I got back I was immediately updated on the news by distressed coworkers, so ... renewed that library card just in time, then

he yearns for Croissant

amazing how quickly this free trial became a significant part of my personality

I just sat in a beach bar watching as the bridge of Summer of '69 scored a beach volleyball match between four shirtless, gleaming, beautiful men with music/visual matches a vidder would kill for. The universe truly vids itself

My aimless wander through whatever the library recommends dropped me into Fourth Wing, which I had never heard of bc I'm not on TikTok and live under a rock I guess, and I have varied thoughts about it but it does hit that "this fanfic could have used several betas, but I'm still reading it" spot

one last time for the 24-25 season, hell is other people at the symphony

I woke up in the middle of the night, wildly thirsty and half-alive, and staggered to the kitchen for a glass of juice (water just didn't seem strong enough). After I drank it, I whispered to my body with sharp annoyance, "there. Now you can make your blood." And staggered back to bed.

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On a related note: At work this week, there were some tourists in from London. As they turned to leave, one of them nodded at my Spurs scarf and said in the driest, most condescending tone imaginable, "I don't like your scarf, I'm afraid. Congratulations on finally winning a trophy."