started pecking away again at my original fiction, which has been fun. with no fandom rolling around in my brain, there's space for other guys to sprawl.

trying to buy fucking airline tickets in 2025 makes me never want to fly anywhere again. like, why is every part of it so gd expensive? why is it fees on fees on fees? why do you want me to pay MORE for a 3-hour flight in my own country than for an international flight??

late night snack

What a fantastic piece, in which @readingtheend.bsky.social absolutely nails what's wrong with publisher-monetised fanfic. "Let’s not get into the habit of trawling the wriggling, unknowable sea floor that is fandom, only to feed its most palatable morsels into the hungry maw of capitalism."

Happy #Bisibility Day to those who celebrate. 💙💜❤️

/food had a bunch of leftover tilapia from costco and made this! skillet-cooked fish with bacon, dandelion, shallots, and sweet corn. bonus points for getting the corn and the dandelion out of the fridge!

the absolute euphoria of finding The Perfect Bag for a specific thing. it's unparalleled. i feel like i'm always in search of The Perfect Bag for different things: clearly one of the unending trials of life.

I'm being so real right now, learn how to engage in media as art and not a reflection of your own real life morals. consume things that make you uncomfortable and understand why it makes you uncomfortable. Don't just base yours and others morals standings on the media you consume.

one more: i think people should be able to navigate a website like ao3 instead of demanding an app. it's digital literacy. it's important. it's a learnable skill. and perhaps most glaringly, it's divorced from the algorithm. that's important, too.

me when my popular ship gets 200+ notes: nice me when my rarepair fic gets 1 comment and 2 likes: HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sending work emails is always such an exercise in a strategic culling of exclamation points

One thing at a time. Even if it's powered by spite.

/food truly nothing better than eating one of your fav meals after a long trip

hey guys (with the intention of posting gay porn)

Someone make a sexy panel that goes "im...im c--!! Im co-! Im consenting to this act!!!"

Feeling uncomfortable about something is not a morally superior stance. Disgust is not an inherently correct reaction to something, nor does it prove something's sinfulness. You can't consume your way into moral purity.

sooooooooo glad to be home

am sure this absolutely sucked to deal with but this also looks like the cover for a killer circa-2009 indie rock EP

i'm against the new TOS because no matter how uncomfortable you are with certain subjects, it's very easy to see how bad-faith interpretations of art could be weaponized, especially against marginalized artists, who are more likely to be targeted for harassment #bskycensorship

anyway, on a more positive note, what are some of your favorite fics that you've read so far in 2025? any fandom, any pairing! drop your recs! there's so much good writing out there!

i do have a theory that there are just people out there who don't know how to be anything other than negative, and the algorithm (with engagement being boosted for negativity) is now just fueling them to be worse and worse

anyway my cab driver this morning had a trump rubber ducky on his dash which was cool

personally i think that you could probably do literally anything other than make your fic description "i wrote this because i couldn't find any good fic for this pairing" but whatever, be rude i guess

in such a desperate need for a fandom lately. i need to feel feral about something. i miss it. maybe i should watch the terror?

ok i WILL miss staying at the ritz and the bartender i made friends with and all the people from [a specific country's delegation from my org] who i also made friends with. alas.

ngl i was kind of dreading this work trip but i've actually had a really great time. so ready to come home, though! tomorrow!!

Peccaries

the midwest sure doesn't joke around with their storms!!!!

i need to dial into the internet again. i want to wait. i want to think about it. i want it to scream static into my ears.

taking myself out to dinner and trying to be soooo cool about it

athleisure sure is a choice for a professional business meeting, huh?

my computer hasn't changed time zones so i thought it was an hour later than it actually is 😭😭😭

the problem with a really comfy cozy hotel bed is that i don't want to get out of it in the morning for work

"but they ship--" "but they support--" i literally don't care. i do not care. i can think for myself, and it's block o'clock, baby.

not that i expected anything less of the ritz but damn is it nice to stay in a nice hotel. the last couple i've stayed at have been majorly disappointing (including and perhaps most glaringly our wedding hotel lol)

BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.

ok well i have finished the work travel thing (FOUR presentations) i had been most nervous about, so hopefully from here on out ill have some smooth sailing

love the queer and trans solidarity that exists out in the world. the world sucks and everything feels so bad right now, but sometimes you and another queer person just 🤝 and everything is right in the universe for just one perfect moment

Cubaris Isopods

i am at the airport and waiting for my flight. i don't really travel alone too often -- trying to enjoy it instead of feeling apprehensive!

more than a decade ago, one Fraction-Aja Hawkeye panel captured the vibe of this entire era we're living in now

still thinking about them (the radioactive shramps)

love when the power goes out at 3am right after a nightmare woke me up. super cool.

Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers

We really do need to bring back asking people “what is wrong with you?” when grown ass adults say unhinged racist shit instead of trying to debate with them. It isn’t a debate. Being a bigot is a personality flaw that needs to be confronted and shamed.

turns out that rolling straight into work travel after a wedding is exhausting. one trip down, one more to go! i could probably spend that time exploring a city i've never been to before after work... or i could just relax in a fancy hotel room. who's to say what i'll end up doing!

ME: *writing in my journal with the sole aim of pissing off future historians and archaeologists* I returned to my home - which is built in the usual style - by the normal way, and prepared and ate dinner in the way I often but not always do

start using "fanworks" again instead of "content" let's go people

i'm bored at my work conference 🫠