Bold of you to assume this isn’t how I listen to music normally

One year ago, I posted that I couldn’t believe my baby girl was already 9. Today, I can’t believe that she’s already gone.

Happy Birthday to JRR Tolkien! To the Professor! 🍻 #TolkienBirthdayToast #art

Using whisky in a cookie recipe means I have to pour myself a dram as I bake too, right? I’m pretty sure that’s how that works #holidaybaking

Never managed to find any good nonalcoholic still wines (the rosé was decent, although not exceptionally close to the taste of champagne) but this nonalcoholic Negroni is actually pretty decent

My toxic trait is thinking that I don’t need to label anything in my garden or my freezer because OF COURSE I’ll remember what it is three months later

I have finally settled on the Family Holiday Party menu and tested all the recipes, and, uh, I might be going a little overboard. But what if there isn’t enough food????? (There is always plenty of food, I am worrying over nothing)

TIL that it’s recommended you store your opened pomegranate molasses in the refrigerator. Whoops. #cooking

I’m trying to find some good nonalcoholic wines for the family #holiday party I’m hosting and BOY this pinot grigio is not it

Didn’t swatch before starting this project, and I am regretting it (Yes I could frog and swatch now, but I’ve also cast on 216 stitches 3 times already and gosh darnit I really don’t want to make that 4) #knitting

Dumpling is not interested in The Visitation, although I think it’s been engaging enough thus far #DoctorWhoRewatch

“That’s the sonic screwdriver!” “Well done Adric, it’s functioning as the delta wave augmenter” “But what if we need it?” “Why should we need it?” Reader, I predict they will need it. #DoctorWhoRewatch

Sometimes brains are SO RUDE

Dumpling continues to be highly invested in Classic #DoctorWho (Four to Doomsday, now) #DoctorWhoRewatch

On to Logopolis in the #DoctorWhoRewatch and the Doctor really is kind of a dick to Adric in the beginning of this one, isn’t he

Astonishing how much easier it is to work on this knitting project when I don’t have two Tiny Terrors imitating the pug version of a WWE match on my lap (They are in Enforced Nap Time, which is my favorite time of the day)

Dumpling is very invested invested in this episode of classic #DoctorWho (State of Decay) (Yes I’m back on my #DoctorWhoRewatch bullshit)

“I am grateful for my puppies” I say with gritted teeth as Cookie irrevocably messes up two hours of knitting progress and then pees on my floor #puglife

No, YOU spent 10+ hours this week detangling the hank of yarn your puppy merrily mistook for a chew toy #puglife

Saw Stereophonic last night, and came out of it thinking “how tf did this get so many Tony noms (and wins)?” It was long and tedious, the characters were odious and had zero arc, and it was clearly written by someone who thought they were much cleverer than they actually are

Something Discworld and Tolkien, probably

I hate that the weather is still warm enough in November that I’m getting tomatoes from my plants, but I love that I’m still getting tomatoes from my plants

Every time I listen to 真夏の果実 by Southern All Stars I think of my poor Snorri and Mr Squeak and it makes me sad. Truly the song that epitomizes this summer for me youtu.be/8OCvkuxnIuw?...

Leaving London to go home is always so sad (although it will be nice to be back with the pugs)

Went to Word Fantasy Con, then met up with a friend, then saw Garry Starr: Classic Penguins, then got whisky, and now I’m getting 24h bagel sandwiches so I feel I’ve crammed quite a lot into today, actually

This thread 😭❤️

Hearing about the train stabbing in Huntingdon last night and it’s horrifying—I hope all of the victims are okay (also oh boy this does not make me feel good about getting on a train later this morning)

Got about three hours of sleep last night so it’s going to be that kind of day

Ncuti was ill so no signing at the stage door, and this version of Born With Teeth changed the ending line from the line that so struck me when I first saw it, but I have zero regrets

Grocery store sushi and a bottle of wine just hits different in a London hotel #TravelSkeets

Went on a last-minute aurora tour and then headed straight to the airport instead of to bed so I am somewhat delirious, but oh man was it worth it

First my lyft driver earlier this afternoon was driving a cybertruck, and now the hotel lobby is playing Fox News 🤮 #TravelSkeets

I am on hour 10 of this 12 hour train ride and it was very pretty while it was light enough outside to see but I am starting to be ready to not be on a train #TravelSkeets

Men stop being weird when you see a woman at the bar challenge 2025

Okay, trying this again—but not on Alaska this time

This #AlaskaAir outage is killing me, I should have landed at my destination an hour ago and instead I haven’t even left the airport yet

Said goodbye to Snorri, the best boy, tonight

In retrospect, there was a big sign that something was wrong at Khazad-dûm #Tolkien #art

I was hoping that he’d be with me for a little longer, but it’s looking like Friday is the day

It’s looking more and more likely that I’ll be saying goodbye to my best boy before the month is out

Oops my hand slipped and I’m watching This House by James Graham on National Theatre at home, again

Guess it’s One Of Those Days where everything is going wrong, and all I want to do is curl up in bed and cry

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

Love seeing a coworker fired for saying something uncomplimentary about recent events/our current administration, that really gives me a lot of confidence in my company and the current political atmosphere

If I win the lottery there will be signs* *more Wheel of Time seasons

Currently obsessed with this live version of 真夏の果実 by Southern All Stars youtu.be/8OCvkuxnIuw?...

Today is one of my favorite days! 12 years ago Bernalillo County was going to issue marriage licenses to Queer couples. The night before, we bought out Trader Joe's Calla Lillys. First thing that morning. Java Joes, grabbed 3 handles of coffee + all the fixing and headed to the court house.

I need to move to go to but but the pugs are coexisting and so I am trapped

This includes the bog-standard Democrat's strategy of trying to pretend like they didn't know about the persecution, the hate crimes, and they're just now waking up to the fact that human rights are universal, and need to be protected for everyone. Do not let them pretend.

This Friday will be four weeks since I had to put Mr Squeak to sleep and I’m still not okay