Both candles I poured earlier got sinkholes. Waste of time and materials 🎉

The apothecary is very fragrant today. Tested my cedar, sandalwood, and cassia powders, and my dried rosemary and osmanthus. I'm pleased with the results.

We love you, Chicago. Never change.

#Throwback from the archives. Posted to Tumblr with the caption, “The boys on the Internet will like this, I think.” If they did, they never told me about it!

I think that was it for me re: The Pitt. I enjoyed the first few episodes of this season, and lord *knows* Shawn Hatosy does it for me, but I can watch TikTok edits and get the same feelings and not have to sit through an hour of Noah Wyle's wince-acting, you know?

#TeamDarlene. Just sayin’. (I love all of the top 3, but Darlene has my heart.)

I went to a “boutique” candle store to see what they were doing. The main difference between what I’m doing with my craft and that? The labels look better. I’m not made for business and even *I* can see that they are ripping (apparently willing) people completely the fuck off.

Always lookin like a “normie” these days… Not that I’m mad. We need normies. I’m just not necessarily one of them. I cosplay I guess because I don’t want any more trouble than I already have to put up with.

Just remembered that I can also use my wax melter like a diffuser to release the fragrance of some of my oil blends. Calling these blends "anointing" or "cuticle" oils doesn't seem to have traction, but maybe if folks realize they can be used simply as "aromatherapy," there will be more interest?

What should I do with these? Someone saw these 1-ounce glass bottles and thought of me. I love them! But I don't know what I should put in them. The cork toppers will not really secure anything inside the bottle, unless it's sitting still. Open to suggestions.

While I'm talking scent-craft, I will confess that the personal rollerball I just made (vetiver + oud, with cedar and leather notes) is absolutely top-tier. Beautiful marriage of intent and medium.

Been meaning to make a new room spray for a while. The one I just did in cedar wood, amber, and myrrh has a really good profile at mix. It usually takes a couple of days for them to smell this good.

Through the help of this page, I got the cost of this visit covered, so I'm going to delete the support links so no more donations come through now that the need has been met. 🙏

Headed out in the rain while hoping for as little damage as possible from this visit to the dentist. If you wanna help (and can help without compromising your own situation) links are in a previous post. Thanks if you can! Take care of you if you’re struggling, too ❤️🤑

It took me two hours to get to work this morning - took an hour and a half to get home this evening CTA was having a day, and decided to make it my problem too

One of those mornings where I woke up with my hands already at work and then just kept going. Was a little too busy to reach for my phone. Anyway, here's some #TummyTuesday with bonus softie from the archives instead.

FYI: This is what happens when you pour a good candle but use the wrong wick.

An old friend is coming over for a bite and a bit of a catch-up this evening. Looking really forward to seeing her, which I haven't done since...*checks archive* ....2022.

Just wanted @bullypop.bsky.social to know that every time I remember this track exists, I get at least 16 minutes of dopamine, because I inevitably play it twice in a row.

Friend sent me digital files of the first season of “Twin Peaks” which I missed when it first came out. Looking forward to getting into that.

Hard agree here

I don't *think* I present immediately as ND Stick around long enough, though, and it will become abundantly clear that it is an inescapable facet of my personality

I keep trying to negotiate with myself re: when I can enjoy the last of the gummies I have. The point isn’t that I can or can’t have what I want. The point is that there is never enough of [x].

I want so badly to apprentice with Dan, who runs this channel/shop, which I *just* found. So much of what I'm trying to do is stuff he's already doing. Finally found someone with some answers!

Gonna pour a bunch of candles this afternoon to use up the batch of metal containers I bought when I first started my scent-craft hobby. I've got limited room, and I need space for the new amber glass jars that arrive today. What "flavor" of candle should I pour to use them up?

The witchy shop was out of cedar wood powder, which I need for making incense. But the proprietress gave me a handful of cedar twigs. Not sure that an old spice grinder will hold up as a tabletop wood chipper. But that’s what’s happening now 🤣

Thermals with easy access for #FCF

Fuckin *beat* and there’s two more hours to this 12-hour day

Back in the office after holy hell week and a well-deserved break. Accepting sugar daddy apps as always.

Do wonder when I’m going to stop being weepy. Probably after spring settles into something less miraculous. So probably sometime near June.

Cannot *wait* for this workday to be over. Would say that it's so I can get back to business 💦 but I'm so fucking exhausted I'm gonna have to sleep for a day and a half.

I had to go to Edgewater to get some keys to cat sit for a friend. I was not prepared for how much weed smoke was going to billow out of cars over here. Have the lakeshore whites gentrified this practice too? 💨🚗

when the Friday hits so Good

tornado watch… yeah the tornado gonna watch me jerk off

Got messaged by someone so hot that I assume I'm being catfished lol

I chanted the canticle tonight at Tenebrae and it was p good. Not my best work, of course, but no where near my worst. More than passable, and definitely worth more than I got paid for it ($0 😆). I would say I won't be around that much over the next 3 days, but I'm not around that much any way.

I recognize that I’m no portrait, but since I stopped smoking weed (and drinking alcohol so I didn’t cross-addict), I can’t argue that my skin is happier.

Internet tax, proof of life, whatever we’re saying these days

Today (Transgender Day of Visibility) is a great opportunity to confirm that I stand with our trans family and that there’s no LGB without the T. Wherever I am welcomed, I am working to make sure trans folks are safe, too.

It’s a gorgeous day. Shame the only thing that’s happening for me is laundry lol

Sleep was restorative enough that I managed to feed myself actual food today instead of just grease.

My offering for #MonochromeMonday

Gonna reward myself for making it through on fumes with a pub burger from the butcher and some strawberry ginger ale from Canada (Dry). With any luck that will put me in a food coma. With God‘s grace, it will be dreamless.

…and we’ve already got a call-off. *breathes deeply; affirms verbally:* “I have a history that proves I can handle as many set-backs as I get thrown.” *grumbles almost inaudibly:* “Would be nice to to have to, tho…”

Whole sleep shift of nightmares before the start of Holy Week, itself relentless Completely to be expected in the case of a highly anxious person with control issues who’s used to being abandoned at the first sign of something going wrong. 🤞

Thanks to everyone who's protesting today. I have to work 👎

This bothers me. If I label it first what's to moderate?

So I need readers now. I have mixed feelings about this milestone. Everybody always talking about being hot for old men these days… Feel free to convince me 👴

Here we go again