I'm honestly a bit bummed about the AllBirds nonsense. They made comfortable, light, pretty good quality shoes for walking long distances. That's surprisingly hard to find!

Why is it that price signals, the manifestation of the free market, are some innately wise force when it comes to housing or groceries — but when gas prices rise, we should do everything we can to blunt it? Are drivers exempt from the free market? Are there no alternatives to driving SUVs?

I am very tired and would like to spend the day watching Twin Peaks: The Return. No, not the warm comforting (?) soap opera stuff. Gross, dark, sticky stuff.

I am glad that Media Club Plus woll be covering The Sopranos, bcause it might get me off my tail and watching it again (I love it, but it's oftentimes a LOT to get through). But... what if instead I just rewatched (and this time finish) Dark?

I forgot how much my bike ride home suuuuuuuuuckssssuh

Biked to work this morning. -u- It's a good day.

I have identified that most gym wear seems to be one of the following themes: - Boring - Grindset - Clearly cryptofash - Kind gross I have instead now settled on wearing: - Second hand tie dye

Aw hey that insulin I told my pump to give me this morning just didn't deliver. Maybe that's why I feel like garbage.

Slowly losing my mind at how little my coworkers care about their rights

To be clear, I actually am feeling better than I did yesterday. Kinda achieved a locked in zero fucks state of zen this morning which is feeling GREAT right now

s2g between this and him ultimately doubling down on support for the war in Iran, the next time somebody tells me how great Carney and the Liberals are

Sooooooo I spent most of yesterday going back and forth between checking for updates on potential nuclear armageddon, clearing out new batches of dozens of transphobic or just generally weird comments about my body on Instagram, and trying to focus on taxes. Feeling normal about the world rn.

Aw yeah a yoyo post got picked up by Insta's algorithm so now I get to spend all day blocking weird dudes leaving comments. Love that this happens but people that follow me have trouble seeing my posts. xD

Some yoyoing and also the star of the show

Just got a like from an account I've never heard of on Insta so I checked and it's a 50 year old dude from Pakistan who posts about pickling eggs Hell yeah brother

Some yoyoing and also the star of the show

I would say one of my better assets is my inherent innocence and complete lack of involvement in any schemes.

Just got back from a production of Jesus Christ Superstar where the dynamic was EXTREMELY that Judas and Mary used to date then broke up then Judas and Jesus started dating then Jesus met Mary and they started seeing each other and they both VERY MUCH want Judas to get in on it but he won't

I am very happy for all the people on my Insta posting photos and videos of their gorgeous bike rides in the warm sun. But also all of those people are now my enemies until we stop getting massive snowfalls every few days.

Arbitrary number achievement day: Squatted 200, woo! Number.

I have never been angrier.

Oh me? Nothing much, just totalling up some farming income while listening to a saxophone arrangement of the Goldberg Variations on my Easter Friday.

felix is definitely the kinda guy that would become a regular at a place he doesnt like just because the guy behind the counter was mildly flirty

In which I consider backing a Kickstarter for a TTRPG whose rules I already know I dislike and I have zero interest in playing, but where I want to devour aaaaaall the art and writing.

Accountants only accumulate this many yoyos in their kitchens when they're feeling extremely normal about work and the world

I promise not to go deep on all this, because there are people with more interesting and nuanced perspectives, but like. With vibe-coding being the new big pro-AI argument, uh. As a pretty online person, I literally can't think of a time I wished I could make my own app? Is this an actual use case?

Welp. Finally sat down and had a close listen of The New Pornographers' new album. Cried a lot, which is a new thing for a New Porno album or song to do to me.

Currently thinking about: badgers

I've been watching a few Wong Kar-Wai movies lately, because I learned that Everything Everywhere All At Once used his stuff as a visual/thematic reference. I'm, um, extremely enjoying them? The Grandmaster and Chungking Express were polar opposite tones, but I love how they both show urban spaces.

Oh no I fell asleep in the bathtub Am I a statistic now

Can now confirm that The Mountain is a great album to lift weights to.

A very quick and context-less: fuck Carney and his liberal shills

Found in the front breast pocket of my jean jacket today. The Easter bunny's real good at hiding, I guess.

Spending the morning (since 4 am) waking myself up by listening to Kissing the Beehive by Wolf Parade. God I'm so glad I kept this album around.

It's the sort of day where you get good fucking news, have a joyful bro weightlifting moment with a giant in a tie dye hoodie at the gym, and then mortify your spouse by headbanging to the drop in Sleeping Lessons by the Shins then singing along in public.

Happy "Let's Fucking Do This" Day, everyone!

Woooooooh special personal holiday today! Not a day off, though. Just a holiday.

Last thought after stress break day before going to bed: what if... next week... beans.

[world where people are birds and a band is replacing two members who left to work for the bush administration with one amazing member who can do both their jobs] a bird in the band is worth two in the bush

Also I believe mental stress and exhaustion have aligned with my body to force me to take a day off, which I am doing with protest.

Finished Lord of the Rings. Wooh. Next question is whether I go to War and Peace or The Difference Engine next. Was briefly considering Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, but I'm stiiiiiiiill feeling... heavy, I guess?

I feel overwhelming kinship whenever I see a popular tweet quoting a now-deleted tweet. Truly the worst feature of Twitters.

Ahemhem JORTS MODE!

Gonna try a bench press with a *barbell* today. All proper like.

important

Return of the King-posting! By far the FUNNIEST thing so far is a bunch of the army marching to the Black Gate going, "Whoa, this is too much, I cannot handle this shit," and Aragorn having to come up with another, easier task for them to do which is still 'manful' enough to save their pride.

I. Need to figure out how I'm screwing up my overhead presses. They're hard. :C

I'm watching Chungking Express and Chungking Express is the movie that New Rose Hotel wants to be

Co-workers and managers implying with decreasing subtlety that it sure would be great if I decided to be a hero. Yes it feels VERY good cheerily saying, "No!"

Shit goes so hard bro