this is a pokemon

four meetings back to back, I'm an autism puddle

today is a day of Constant Meetings, Dear God Why Are There So Many Meetings

600 words this morning, not too shabby ✨

writing is harder when the dog is here because she insists on sleeping in the chair I like to work in 🫠

I think a LOT about how I would like to find out. So far the top contenders are "sudden chorus of car horns and cheering," "woken up by a volley of texts from loved ones," and "Destiel meme"

OKAY gonna start this morning's Scrivener Staring Hour and then read a book if it doesn't bear fruit

AuDHD 4 AuDHD marriage means sometimes one needs to go on a sudden tear of tidying up all the abandoned beverage containers. we call this "can farming"

who will rid me of this turbulent unintelligible mumbling

I feel like I must radiate they/them vibes because it is THE most common way for well-intentioned people to gender me IRL

I think a lot about the person I knew who studied abroad in France and told their host family that Americans assume the French hate us. The host mother responded, "The French do not hate you. We are annoyed by you." After a beat, she added, "The ENGLISH hate you."

good morning 🌞 I see we are having a prayer circle already

it'd be good if it happened like on succession

yeah I'm doing some extremely fun research and finding that it was popularized by David Duke specifically as a racial slur and has been picked up recently by leftists who don't know the origins, lolz, IN CONCLUSION maybe don't use it ✨

*tiny whisper* I don't know where this "zio" word came from all of a sudden but I am not loving how many times I've seen it used by people who clearly were using it as a substitute for the k word

I would like a scientific explanation for the nearly 90% overlap between "taxi drivers who are super friendly" and "taxi drivers who gradually reveal the most unhinged political opinions you've ever heard"

I had to get TWO pairs of glasses, boooooooo

we are running into the issue where Ollie and I have very similar tastes in glasses but our case of Husband Twin is already SO BAD

a thing I truly love about this project is that multiple characters will just SAY shit. they either do not know or do not care that they are out of pocket, they just go for it and then have to deal with the social consequences

I have six emails in my inbox waiting for my attention and I feel like I've completely lost control of my life

I continue to like this dude

today we are going to the OPTOMETRIST and getting NEW GLASSES which is DIFFICULT because we will be trying them on wearing MASKS because the FLU is EVERYWHERE

ok but truly what is the DEAL with artistic residencies that disallow you from bringing your spouse

I've had about half a dozen responses to the first half of the manuscript now, and they are lovely and insightful and also WILDLY different from each other, not in a contradicting-each-other way but in a totally-different-predictions-and-thematic-priorities way

who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters

human ingenuity is a beautiful thing

ugh I need to make dinner but I am BUZZING

I can't even give placeholder names to throwaway characters, it's a sickness. occasionally names change later on in the process, but they are always INTENDED to be permanent names.

truly though: days like today are why I write even though it is so often a crucible. when it's good and going well, there is no better high. I feel like I could paint the sistine chapel blindfolded rn

writing Theo makes me grateful for lamictal

had a VERY good writing day, lads

I WILL FINISH THIS BOOK

I think a lot about how George W. Bush's approval ratings tanked because gas went over $3 a gallon

welling up because my friends are the best ;______;

in honor of Dr. King, here is a very good photo; I am glad he got to do fun things sometimes in the midst of an unbelievably stressful life

I have only ever heard one Grimes song but regrettably it is a banger

a tiny sit-down Japanese restaurant in Greenwood called Arita, where I used to go with my mom; I was young and picky, still, so I tended to get teriyaki chicken and tempura prawns

the book keeps throwing me curveballs, how is it doing that, I am its creator and it exists due to my will

OK I'm gonna stop being talkative and gay and work on my book for a while

looking at @whalefern.bsky.social's and my engagement photos and breaking news: we r cute

thinking as I often do about this infamous drag of Reuben Fine by Gilbert Cant

Happy 11th anniversary of me losing my fucking mind over this QVC clip

I am getting antsy just listening to music I already know and like, I need some new stuff in my library, what's everyone listening to lately

weight cw // had to delete a random post on the subject of I Am Chubby Now because it was inexplicably doing numbers; no offense to people who for whatever reason found it relatable but I simply am not comfortable with reposts of skeets about my body. sorry internet 😬

I wish I loved anything as much as Instagram commenters hate zoos

I love Seattle but it's not a particularly Jewish town, there are little enclaves but they are not sizable enough to ensure easy access to the beige foods of my people

there is a Jewish style deli in north Seattle and I'm very curious about the bagels, but my hopes are not high because the New York bagel situation here is generally pretty dire

when you are petting a cat and the purr descends in register from “love it” to the louder slower “oh hell yes now that’s the stuff” purr, that is a blessing in this world

why the fuck are the neighbors setting off fireworks. unless It Happened I don't want to fucking hear it

"They had an 'idiot' [baka] size so I ordered it and, true to word, received an idiotic serving of rice"