Cuz even if you have insurance, in the US, do you really? Especially when the company can decide, months after a surgery, that the anesthesia is now 'out of network'. Ho-ho-ho

However you celebrate, have a good day. And if the day is shite for you, remember, it's just another day

Happy holidays to me. Little bat pendant before pickling, polishing, and patina

Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.

Copy/ paste is your friend. As is the space bar. A simple search for "oranges" produces limited results, but space and "oranges" allegedly pulls up hundreds of results

Just brazing some stainless together #dayjob #mountmaking

"Influencers" (2025) A very well done cat & mouse story that trails through beautiful locales as this story about influencers unfurls. Not at all what I expected, & didn't fall into any tropes that it easily could have. Definitely added to my paranoia about being visible online

Have a kewel Yule, and a Frantic First

This is what the city's best Boody Mary looks like. It had whole mustard seeds in it! Been 20+ years since my last. I'm good

I guess we need to party now, especially since I found the food coloring

"Queens of the Dead" (2025) A very unserious zombie film starring drag Queens & other folx you'll find in the 'scene'. Written & directed by Tina Romero (yes *that* Romero's daughter) But before you groan & shuffle away, it's actually GOOD. If you like the drag scene, if not, why are you even here?

Day job stuff. Sometimes I get to play with metal and fire

Something, something, paint mixer, life

Look. I got life stuff to deal with. Like getting the weekly groceries while we all pretend the world isn't devolving into Fallout. Don't be telling me about the new patriot/ hunger games. I can't handle these shenanigans

I'm not an activist. I'm just trying to live my life the best way I know how. They have shown that they will target the loudest first. But then EVERYONE is fair game. Cis, het, a little too femme, a little too mannish. In the cage you go

After a day spent primarily on the sofa doomscrolling (COVID & an injured back) I feel like Tiresias. In just having seen too much. Off to unplug in prep for returning to work tomorrow. Need to get my head right. Be gentle with yourself when you can my friends, because the world, isn't

Ok people. I'm going to reiterate what I have said before: be safe out there. If something feels off, leave right then. Don't try to rationalize, just go. I'm talking about the recent violence, but also about illegal ICE activities. Please, please, be safe out there

"Fire City: End of Days" (2015) I had hoped this would be a film like "Constantine" ('05) filled with an epic battle between good & evil. What I got instead was a latex filled slog of a 'bad guy turned good' origin story. Not based on a comic, book or other movie. "B" for a unique concept tho

I have recently come to the realization that I have far more art supplies than I will ever use in my lifetime. Helluva thought for a sober man #art #artistslife #momentomori

It pleases me to know my current hyperfixation (Making Turkish Delights) has leaked onto my friends' feeds on various platforms. I now have had the same video recommended to me 4x by friends, with it popping up on my partner's Youtube recommendations as well Ahahahahahaha #turkishdelights #narnia

Tested positive for COVID last night. This is my 4th? 5th? time around, even with the vaxx. Which reduced it's ferocity. Back is also, *very* slowly getting better. But I did manage to perfect one style of Turkish Delights, before I got sick, so...its a wash

"Pumpkin head: Ashes to Ashes" (2006) Watch the first Pumpkin head, & ONLY that one & call it good. A mild attempt to incorporate headlines from the time, into a cult favored mythos, using a couple horror heavy hitters (L. Hendricksen & D. Bradley aka Pinhead). Made me angry at the lost potential

"Margaux" (2022) Pretty formulaic, with the traditional horror friends clique, that has been updated to add the 'influencer'. Begs the ?, where does homage to previous horror staples start, & where does just a mishmash of cultural references so old the directors hoped we wouldn't notice, begin?

Hi. How are things? I'm at day 6 of my back being out of commission. And my partner just tested positive for COVID. AND I STILL DON'T HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TURKISH DELIGHT BATCH!! Yeah. That's all. Cool cool.

Timeline cleanse

In being at day 5 with a severely screwed up back, I can only hope I learn my lesson from this. Which is: don't 'push through' pain, or you'll pay for it later. While I'm not grinding myself down like I did in my 20's, I still push myself too much sometimes. Nothing is that important

"There's Something in the Barn" (2023) If you liked "Trollhunter" ('11), or "Rare Exports" ('10) this is the holiday appropriate film for you. While it may not be as unhinged as "Unwelcome" ('24) it's thematically similar. Norwegian fae folk clashing with a new family that just moved in. Fun

If you don't want all that AI garbage at the top of your google search results, you can stick -ai at the end of your search term and you'll get just the list of links to websites like in the good old days. Yesterday I learned. #AI #Google

Took a bit of digging, but finally found my old Bobbie whistle to put on my keys. IYKYK

Because presentation is everything. Ready to be wrapped

"Do you know the muffin man?" Fresh baked blueberry muffins just aren't as good without the baked sugar crust topping Y/N ?

"Warlock: The Armageddon" (1993) The OG of the spiritual Armageddon films. Starring, one of my early crushes, Julian Sands. Not necessarily a follow up to the original film, more like a continuation. But holy moly, I forgot how gory this film was. I'm not sure if I should applaud the FX crew or not

This Yule's novelty gift(s). *maniacal laugh*

"A Very Pagan Christmas" (2024) An unhinged look at the origins of X-mas traditions, narrated by AI, with visuals by Midjourney. You're in for a treat with not only too little or too many fingers, things on fire that shouldn't be, and other AI shenanigans such as folx heads' dropping off. Fun 4 all

I think I could be considered a loud person these days. I project. I enunciate. After a lifetime of being told "I didn't hear you" on the occasions my anxiety let me speak. Of being talked over. Or ignored. Just one way living as a guy has changed me. And everyone remembers my name, for good or bad

As I sit on the sofa, trying not to move too much due to an over stressed back I reflect: I really wish I would have had better boundaries with my work life, insofar as how I physically pushed myself for a paycheck. For jobs that could have cared less if I was there or not. Just another body

"Cannibal Mukbang" (2025) I went in to this thinking it would be a playful romp with glossy k*lls & a tongue in cheek ref to online culture. Which it was....but. Instead I got a manic pixie dream girl crossed with the Metoo movement's red right hand. Supposedly "comedy-horror". I didn't see that

Got that health insurance situation sorted in a fashion that doesn't require: A new job (either for income, or for bennies. Either/ or) Or general despair because I can't pay the monthly premium I have no idea what the future holds, but at least this is, for now, sorted

Today's current hyperfocus: properly making Turkish Delight candies Two gens down, almost got it. Will regroup & try again tomorrow

"Good Boy" (2025) Not to be confused by the other two movies of the same name (one is for families, the other....not). A very gore free film that portrays the horror of being a dog witnessing the creepiness their person only gets a bare glimpse of. Bundle up with your furry one and enjoy!

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Nothing is ok right now. And I s*ck at being a caretaker. Too many variables I wasn't prepared for, or had horrible modeling of. I just can't help but think I'm making things worse 💔

"Succubus" (2024) If sexy time makes you uncomfortable, maybe best to sit this one out. A classic tale about a man who gets ensnared by a succubus, but with a modern twist. Low budget, but well done despite this. What? No Esperanto? See: "Incubus" (1966) #horrorsky #moviereview #indiehorror

Can't tell you how excited I am to watch Western vampires in 1959's "Curse of the Undead" on #Svengoolie tonight

The other day I had someone scoff at my taking side sewing gigs. "Really? You *do* that?" I look at it as a service, it's a skill I have that many others don't, it helps reuse items by repairing them, and $ is $. Plus, all I make from those gigs goes back to small artisans in purchases. Do your part

"Abraham's Boys: A Dracula Story" (2025) This is a very slow moving horror thriller that follows up on the madness of the original Dracula story, many years later. Set in the hills of old west California, with only a few technical questions to avoid such as how did they get electricity? #horrorsky

Am finally scheduled for my flu & COVID shots this morning. Along with starting to squirrel away meds, as we'll be losing our insurance come 2026. & It'll take a while to figure out an alternative Looking for a new gig w/ bennies has been fruitless thus far. Lord & lady help us get thru this time

I view the holiday season as a contact sport. Despite not celebrating Xmas I used to send pagan themed holiday cards, especially to the xtended fam that thought we were living in sin. Every year I start early so the people I love get a little treat. This year is Turkish Delights

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance I watched three trans people talking about today's significance on the local afternoon news. One of the hosts got teared up. As always, be safe out there. And the world is a more interesting place with you in it <3

Yesterday I was taken completely by surprise by someone whom I have known for years, going on a wild rant about how China is going to take over the US. I think they also were a Tr$mp lite supporter. Just...whoa Sincerely, stymied in Pecoima