BFF wants to hike the Cotswold Way together and I'm so in. Obsessed, even. My ideal vacation is just walking approx 15 miles a day, looking at interesting yet mundane things, and being generally unperceived.

Told my boss about my Plan™️ and I quote: "That idea really has some gas in it." Not like I need her approval or anything, but I appreciate her perspective. So I think it's a go.

Watched the Ed Gein show on Netflix over the weekend and I'm not really sure why I did that!

Why did I check prices on flights to KEF in August. And why was it so cheap. Why do I do this to myself.

do not go piggly into that good wiggly

I love my Tamagotchi club, but the danger of being part of a club for toys is that you run into a lot of naive, childlike adults who have no idea how to function IRL. Just had to make an announcement that the “free MacBook giveaway” Discord bots are fake, because somebody fell for it?? Like bro… 💀

After a week? 2 weeks? of holding myself back, finally banged on the ceiling again. That child up there has been acting ridiculous. I don’t want to have that dad think they can do whatever they want just because they’ll be “gone soon.” We still live beneath them.

I have a PLAN. And it’s a good one too!

'The Sea at Løkken' by Wolmer Zier, Danish (b. 1910 - d. 1990) in size 72 x 109 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

I am going Bananar™️ with cabin fever. I want, nay, NEED an hour dissociating at Goodwill, a crispy fountain Diet Coke, and some Thai takeout.

Huh. I think I have a new goal. I mean why not? I have free will.

I just had the best dream. There was a big shark swimming in the shallows of the water at the beach, but it wasn’t hurting anyone, and we just kept swimming. It was scratching its skin on the sandy bottom to get rid of parasites. I was taking so many pics. It was beautiful.

Looking up at a very bright star (planet?) and thinking about Samwise. How there is still light that the Shadow can’t ever touch. And then I see buds on a tree even though it’s 15 degrees, and remember that spring is coming soon, even though it doesn’t feel like it.

Glad I wore my lopi. It’s 9 degrees out and nannying family has the AC on. Cold air blowing from the vents. It’s 60 degrees in here. What is wrong with them.

Back to nannying. They didn’t plow my street parking spot or an extra spot for me in their driveway, so I’m going to have to leave my car in the middle of the road. They suck SO MUCH

The Mel Brooks documentary is so good!

There's somebody in one of my local FB groups that's begging for help getting her stuck car out of a snowbank. Even posted photos of said stuck car. Her license plate is a Gadsden flag though, so she hasn't gotten a single offer to assist. Oh well!

Spent the entirety of my therapy session talking about current events and Tolkien. My therapist was an incredibly good sport about it, and waited till the end to tell me that she has no idea what happens in Lord of the Rings.

Nannying mom seriously just called me to let me know the kids have a 2 hr delay tomorrow and ask if I can take them to school at 10am?? Ma’am, I also have a government job like you! You are essentially asking me to take PTO to take your kids to the school 5 min away from your house???

Car’s all good, AND I got the ice off the roof. It came off in two (2) giant slabs??

Oof. Just realized that with all the snow clearing in our lot, my driver’s side door is now snowed in. Can’t wait to dig myself out with a rusty camp shovel, again 💀 BIG thanks to the guy who parks next to me!

There's this other queer person at temple who has the most amazing gender nonconforming outfits. When we sat together at luncheon after service, they said they loved my style and wanted to see me in my true vintage pieces. So now I'm inspired to Dress™️ on Sundays. For Buddha and the queers.

I wanna engage more with the fantasy landscape of the 70s/80s. Books, movies, music, art. I feel like we were doing some really wild things there, and I don't really care if it's "good". I want the vibes of Frazetta and Bakshi. If you have recs, drop them below!

“Are the arts important?” Humanity practiced them long before they had use for science and will practice them long after math is gone. Is the dawn important? Is dusk?

The nannying kids’ school is closed again tomorrow and it feels SO GOOD~

Maybe this is a bit too vulnerable for Bluesky but I miss feeling hot. I feel like I've turned into some repulsive troll.

i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact

I had a dream that Home Depot had a huge selection of bonsai trees and I was helping my cousin pick out her first one. Huge heavy ficuses with dark lush leaves and gnarled trunks like twisted wild animals. They were so lovely.

So tired of feeling like the family that lives above us are our noisy entitled roommates. Feel so guilty about it but I can't wait for them to leave and will cheer the day that they do. I hope we get some quiet government contractor who does nothing but go to work and play video games.

A zine documenting the National Park Service’s “Life Under Slavery at George Washington House” exhibit—removed by the government January 22, 2026 in an act of censorship (zinebakery.com/bakeshop/cen...)

V bold of me, a person who has survived a medical helicopter crash, to move directly underneath the flight path of the local hospital. V bold indeed.

Before speaking with two armed men at the Pretti vigil last night, a man approached & asked if I was going to tell the truth. I said yes. He told me how frustrated he was at the media & the harm it’s causing to his community. I asked if he wanted to share words for the media on camera, & he did:

Unsure how I'm going to dig my Prius out of this compacted snow/sleet with no shovel, but I'm sure I'm going to have to try soon when my MAGA nannying bosses inevitably make a stink that I can't take their child to school! (They both drive SUVs and live ~5 min away from the school)

A poem by Geoffrey O’Brien.

this nameless phantom feeling

Look at Racecar go! He loves balancing on the skinny branches like a lil gymnast!

I have never seen this much sleet in my life.

they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll empty a whole goddamn magazine into you while you’re lying on the ground if you don’t cheer them on while they’re fucking doing it.

Happy to report that the lovely 66 North parka I thrifted for Iceland (which ended up being way too warm the entire trip) is doing quite the trick in this pre-storm cold in VA. Yay!

Alex Pretti, who is identified as the man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, was an intensive care nurse dedicated to treating veterans. Read more about him here: https://wapo.st/3M62eyV

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

rest in power, the martyr Alex Pretti, who gave his life trying to protect his neighbors and all of us

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.

GRAND OPENING: Uvu Javer’s Bónus! Opið alla daga! 🐷✨

Prepping food today that we can eat later if the power does go out, because we live in a kinda wooded area that I don’t trust. First up is hand shaped young radish kimchi + garlic soy onigiri. 🍙✨

🚨 Major update: more ice, higher outage risk • More sleet, less pure snow, some spots could get 1–3" of sleet on top of snow (very heavy) • Freezing rain risk up S of Beltway; outage risk growing, esp. S MD • Clear early, often: this will harden quickly Link: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

Peter Sculthorpe (American, born 1948) Deep Snow, 2025 Oil on linen 40 × 30 in (101.6 × 76.2 cm) Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

♌️ You've been putting on this front for so long that people think it's actually you. The gap between who you are and how you're showing up is getting weird, and you can feel it.

ICE Deems Being In Privacy Of Own Home Obstruction Of Justice https://theonion.com/ice-deems-being-in-privacy-of-own-home-obstruction-of-justice/