Today at the Retina doctor a nurse complimented my shirt & laughed when I said, “Thanks, I had a stroke & like the band.” It’s my favorite thing.

I won two shiny nickels on Rock & Roll (literally 10¢).

Betting it all ($2) on Thundersrockandroll to win.

Also, I won $1.40 on Eightsixchevy. Ruby is a 99 Chevy.

If you were born 6/6 at 6:36, you’d brag too!

I’m sitting outside at the horse track & can still smell a man’s cologne every time the wind blows.

It is 6/6 & I am 54 today. Also, I graduated high school 36 years ago today. And I failed my driver’s test for the first time 38 years ago. Time is fun!

I can’t find my emotional support The Strokes shirt & I’m supposed to “go out in the community” for the first time in my electric chair.

On hold with Capital One who gave me a car loan on 1/22/02 for proof I paid the loan. I feel like they're gonna find my record in a dusty, probably haunted card catalog.

I meant difficult in the emotional sense. The donation process is super easy. It’s a lot to accept I’ll probably never drive again.

Completing the steps to donate Ruby, my beloved 1999 Chevy S-10, to MPR and boy howdy, this is not easy.

Did I have to tell the man at the wheelchair store that I was going to see John Cougar Mellencamp in July? No, but I did. #AnxietyBabble

1. I’ll Follow the Sun 2. Blackbird 3. Let it Be 4. Eleanor Rigby 5. I Will 6. Yesterday 7. I Want to Hold Your Hand 8. She’s Leaving Home 9. Come Together 10. A Hard Day’s Night

Wednesdayed so hard today I took my Wednesday med. Sucks that today is Tuesday.

I ordered a pair of jeans tonight. The first article of clothing I bought since 2023. The first pair of jeans I bought since 2008. It will be a miracle if they fit.

Two Thumbs Way Down Hello Darling Ones, It's been a long time since I took to the web to complain about a book, but I read one yesterday that infuriated me more than any book has in a long time. For the most part I quit a book the moment it starts to annoy me. Doesn't matter how far I get into it.…

Spent today reading the much-hyped book Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. 👎🏻 It fails because the narrator doesn’t want anything & is angry about everything.

No rush or anything. It’s only been 3 years. . .

Got official written notice that the government has found me too disabled to work & in 40-60 days I should get some money.

I’m reading The Keeper by Tana French & am kinda pissed off that I have to stop to make dinner. And that I don’t live in Ireland.

I’ve been watching & enjoying a show called “Rooster” on HBO. They just ended an episode with “Bastards of Young” so now I love it.

Also at the Wheelchair Shop the woman was talking about some chairs they had for "really tall men." "She's six-six," my sister said while zooming around on an electric wheelchair for normal-sized people. "I'm six-five," I shouted from the waiting area.

Had to sign & date something at the Wheelchair Shop today. I wrote April 22, 2006. My brain is good.

The Days of Kinkos & Resume Paper Hello Darling Ones, Now that the government has deemed me unable to work enough to support myself due to my disability I've been thinking about my career as a cog in the capitalist machine. Really I've been thinking about Kinkos and, more specifically, resume…

Getting on the Dole Well, Darling Ones, The day I was anxiously anticipating has come & gone. Yesterday was my Social Security disability hearing. Three years after my stroke, two(ish) years after applying, two rejections, and roughly 15 minutes of a hearing, the judge granted my claim for Social…

Ya girl got on the dole! 3 years after my stroke, 2 years after applying, and 2 rejections, my application for disability benefits was approved.

There’s an owl hooting it up outside my window. An omen? Owls were my dad’s favorite. I need good omens. Tomorrow is my disability hearing. Cross your fingers for me.

Took my poverty insurance to the eye doctor. When you’re poor they don’t pay for bifocals & only let you choose from 16 frames.

Me browsing Instagram: Ableist bullshit - scroll Capitalist bullshit - scroll Racist bullshit - scroll Sexist bullshit - scroll Cat! ❤️

Does anyone like the song transitions in Apple Music? I didn’t think so.

Watched Blue Moon because I’m a sucker for Linklater & Hawke.

I’m reading Louise Penny’s books on @amyrea.bsky.social’s recommendation. I finished #1 today after waiting months in the library line. Just checked out #2, which is miraculously available. The universe ❤️s me.

Co-signed, Your favorite curmudgeonly spinster aunt

Been trying to remember who kidnapped Helen & started the Trojan war since my Tea Ladies meeting this afternoon. It was Paris! It came to me while I was brushing my teeth.

Who introduced the white ladies of Instagram to the word “whimsy” and can we take away their dictionary & thesaurus?

Also, because I am this kind of old lady, I told the young woman at Eye Dr #1 to read Heart the Lover by Lily King (she told me she was a recent English grad & writer).

Made not one, not two, but THREE calls today to deal with medical/dental stuff. I ❤️ having two different eye doctors & two different dentists. Being special is fun.

I’ve been looking at watercolor palettes & now my phone thinks I want eye shadow, something I have not owned since 1989.

There was some heartbreaking sticking & thus no rectangle, but damn if it didn’t taste exactly like lunchroom pizza.

I'm attempting to make Lunch Lady Pizza for dinner. It will either be nostaligia-infused deliciousness or a rectangle of failure.

This thread reminds me of the old adage, “anything that only men like isn’t cool.”

Real ones remember when Michael B. Jordan was a quaterback from East Dillon. Clear eyes and all that.

A white guy won for directing? I am shocked.

Also, it should be illegal to play the music while a person of color is speaking. Show some class, Oscars.

The Beek didn't make the cut, did he? #JusticeForDawson

The only thing Hollywood loves more than self-congratulations is rewarding abusive, problematic white guys.

Years ago my niece was mooning over Timothée Chalamet & her brother said, "that guy? He looks like a rat. He's ratatouille." And I have called Mr. Chalamet Ratatouille ever since.

The less famous you are the longer you should have for your speech.

Hot off the presses: this year’s Oscar winners as chosen by me based only on vibes & my 30+-year crush on Ethan Hawke. cc: @wolfdog.bsky.social

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