ta da!

i went to trivia with my brother-in-law and his friends last night and they accidentally misgendered me (it was fine, i didn't care, they literally just me) but he felt so guilty about it that he paid for both me and melissa's food and drinks 😅 and that's on being an ✨ ally ✨

sometimes there is leftover mediterranean food from a sales meeting at work and life feels more manageable

This is so important because A) she did it in response to Benedict Wong, a far more prominent actor, saying he's listening to the audiobooks a lot and B) did it unprompted, she specifically stopped the fluff interview to draw the comparison to the themes of their film and support trans people.

im on my last tray of invisalign for my bottom teeth and second to last tray for my top teeth and it feels weird to almost be done tbh

what do these k dramas put in their shows to get me this giddy about straight people

(art by @owlygem.bsky.social )

one of my coworkers just got back from a 2 week trip to new zealand and it is making me want to go back so bad

i’m so incredibly late to reading funhome so don’t at me but god damn what an incredible memoir and graphic novel

vic michaelis in ponies the performer that you are

this seems??? good???

gonna further test this theory on sunday to see if it extends to beating other teams by going out for thai during the bears-rams game

melissa and i each bought eachother date night classes at the chicago school of shoemaking and tonight we made leather belts!

CHICAGO MFKN BEARS BAYBEE

i am not allowed to watch bears games anymore (😔🥲😭) so i was trying to figure out how the end of the game was going based merely on the sounds coming from out downstairs neighbor

inviting people to things that requires of them more than the bare minimum effort makes me feel so nervous like im asking if they actually like me

Probably quitting my job by the end of the month so if any of y’all know of job openings please throw them my way 🤪✌️

i apparently also watched 65 movies in 2025 thank you amc stubs

every time i go to post pictures from my japan trip on instagram i get overwhelmed by all my photos how do the instagram girlies do this

ended up reading 27 books and 10.5k pages in 2025 which i’m actually quite proud of despite completely dropping off reading in april 🫠

all i’ve done in 2026 so far is watch kdramas and play a lord of the rings board game and that’s the only energy i want to be bringing into the rest of this year

went to the boy aquarium to scope out my seats for the twice concert in april

if you want to spend several hours playing a 45-by-45 version of connections i highly recommend this thomaswc.com/2025.html

seeing so many people out in bears gear today and getting many a “go bears” or “bear down” wearing my own bears sweater this week has been something so healing tbh

the chicago football bears

need more people to watch this because i am Screaming about the love quadrangle that is currently happening

not melissa and i getting each other the same thing for christmas ☠️☠️

we finally go out of being required to do both christmas eve and christmas day with my in-laws and honestly thank fucking god tonight was so draining

IM SCREAMINGAT MY DESK AT WORK

God loves Sandra Herrera and the Chicago Bears

started watching a thai reality dating show where everyone is queer and it’s the most fun i’ve had watching reality tv since the queer season of are you the one

won blackhawks tickets from the work raffle? feel like i need to balance this out and buy tickets to the pwhl game on sunday

randomly caught the holiday train on the way home from work but i’m still listening to the phantom soundtrack so the vibes are dissonant but impeccable

it’s phantom of the opera day 😄

still thinking about this. ludmila's message reflects the confidence she instilled, and stood on (she was loud about brazil overlooking ludmila). i also love that, despite spanish and brazilian players posting messages in english, she responded in their language. that's simple but meaningful.

"It frosts me that the streets are plowed well, and I’m going to have to walk in the street because you obviously think more of vehicles than you do human beings.”

i dont think i mentioned it earlier, but melissa got us orchestra seats to see phantom of the opera as an anniversary gift and now we're one week away from the show!!!

literally got off the call and felt like this

had a director call me today to apologize for something he said that gave my boss the wrong idea about me and ended up negatively impacting my annual review and i have literally never felt more vindicated in my life

schlegel to the courage is evil to me personally and i will not stand for it

To say I'm bitterly disappointed is an understatement. I was so hopeful that Poland would've been selected to host #WEURO2029 as they've had a track record over the last 15 years of hosting international football events. Poland has the infrastructure and women's football is growing here. 🇵🇱⚽️☹️

i very much do not want kids but i’ve been off T for a while now so ive been menstruating again and every month like clockwork i wonder why i get super dreamy and emotional about babies and every month im like oh yeah ovulation is a thing

okay i knew i listened to kpdh a lot but this is a bit much lol 🫣

this year’s corporate christmas gift from my company is a really nice pet vacuum which honestly? slaps

i haven't watched much of the bears this season and i am scared to start now in case i jinx something but i so badly want to watch the game against green bay on sunday

didn’t cry as much on watch two but the “i love you”s definitely still got me good

chat should i be flattered or concerned that my therapist told me i should i should start a podcast

me scheduling my first session with my theater nerd therapist post-japan: "btw have you seen wicked for good yet? we will have much to discuss"