My employer wants new headshots for all employees. For some unknowable reason, they have decided on accomplishing this by using AI to scrub through all the saved zoom recordings and generating a composite image from all the times we appear on calls

Yes! I am solidly in my “weird little drawings” era and I’m loving every fucking minute

u know what 2 do.

What’s on my hand? Wait, it’s on my face too. And in my hair??? And my coffee cup! And that light switch?!! OMG check the cat!!! AAARGH!!!!! Fucking Phthalo Blue: An Artist’s Lament

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Successfully got my Covid vax today! My doc had to write me an Rx, which he faxed to the pharmacy, then I made an appt online. All good, but then found out my insurance company would not cover it?!? Luckily I was able to pay the $194(😳) out of pocket. Will file an insurance appeal tomorrow

I had the hot air balloon one! And I didn’t take any notes during my first class of 7th grade (geometry) because I was nervous to make so much noise with the velcro

Eagerly awaiting the horror movie adaptation of this book, starring Julia Roberts

There was a team trivia event today at work. Organizers used AI to generate questions AND answers. Many answers were pure hallucination. Tempers flared when correct answers were marked as wrong. Organizer doubled down and asked AI “is ___ a good answer for ___” and was surprised by weird results

Wholeheartedly agree! Please don’t make me comfort you while I’m trying to receive a compliment

Behold, my art fair booth! Tomorrow morning I will fill it with art! If you’re in WNC, stop by and say hello Sat 9-4, Sun 11-4. On the lawn outside the Shelton House in Waynesville, NC

This soothes my brain

My employer’s new “Head of AI” just introduced himself to the company with an AI-generated illustration of himself in Studio Ghibli style. Shouldn’t an industry leader be familiar with how outspoken Miyazaki is against generative AI???

A lovely golden hour drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I live in the best place

Summer brunch!

Late in life Van Der Zee photographed Jean-Michel Basquiat, who responded by painting the elderly photographer's portrait

At the cafe. Tried to purchase the last cookie but the lady in front of me had ordered it, they just hadn’t bagged it yet. No worries, just the latte please. Unbeknownst to me, she asked them to cut it and plate up half for me, then slid the plate onto my table as she sailed out the door. Magician.

Going to bed on the first air conditioned night is 👩‍🍳’s 😘

Working on some very satisfy art studio reorganization. #artstudio

This hurricane season will be terrifying.

Happy #caturday from Stanley and his basket

Yep, this is how I feel

Happy Murderbot Eve to all who celebrate!

Why yes, Mr Hot Fudge, I’m smiling too!

I just want to make little drawings, knit things, play with my cat, eat pastries, sew quilts, look at the mountains, tend to my flower garden…isn’t that enough?

Still thinking about the rose bushes perfuming the air as I walked into (and out of) the doctor’s office yesterday. They were like an additional threshold, a curtain of fragrance, easing the transition between spaces

Chef’s kiss

Overheard at the sub shop: all I know is that I may, or may not, know what I’m talking about

Nothing brings a neighborhood together like a li’l earthquake!

Fuck yeah! They can fuck off right into the sun!

Final chemo infusion is complete!

Round 4: chocolate torte, strawberry mousse cake, and coconut cream cake. This round is to-go. Pastry Day will continue at home, in private, while wearing pajama pants

Round 3: scallion pancake. Definitely a pastry. And, of course, I had to get some pork dumplings too!

Is a macaron a pastry? Whatever, I do what I want! Dubai chocolate, Vietnamese coffee, and vanilla macarons, with a latte and some slow reading

First stop: Mattie Lou’s. I had a savory cream cheese danish with everything seasoning, and a twice baked almond croissant. Both were amazing! Honestly, I could stop now and Pastry Day would be a complete success

Tomorrow is Pastry Day. I will post updates.

I miss living in a place where I can skip the subway/bus and opt for a long walk home instead

Pantaloooooons!

Who needs a thermometer when you can just measure how much kitty belly is exposed during naps? This is “upper 70°s (F)”

Today my coworker said that my Barbie job is “good ideas” and, y’all, that made me feel real nice

Just saw my first butterfly of the year! 🦋🥰🥹

Returned to work half-time this week. Started the day wondering “maybe I can manage full time” then I hit the four-hour mark and 😴🥱💤

Stanley cat, casually chatting with a crow

Tomorrow I have a post-op appt with my surgeon and a pre-infusion appt with my oncologist. Not worried about the appointments, but my anxious mom is driving me to both so plz light a candle for me on Friday afternoon!

PSA

Not all echoes are meant to return. The lights flicker not from power loss, but memory. When the clock chimes out of rhythm and the sky hums a little too low, you’ll understand what wasn’t written. Some birds don’t migrate—they vanish.

Nothing like a little surprise surgery to keep things interesting 🫠

This morning I got a splinter under my fingernail and the extraction process brought me to tears, the kind with big gulping sobs, so that’s how things are going over here

I cannot wait!!!

If someone else is happy, it’s okay If someone else is happy, it’s okay You don’t need to feelings dump, You don’t need to bring up Trump If someone else is happy, it’s okay