Me: Man, my lips really hurt. If feels like someone chewed on them all day. Mr Shark: Oh no. Are they really chapped? Me: No. I chewed on them all day.

I keep almost crying for no reason*. (*all the reasons) Nothing personal. My personal life is going pretty well actually. Just feeling all what’s the point.

the spectrum of queer experience is vast and complex, and none of us know what's going on inside families that are not our own but my feed is full of media outlets describing a woman with a very-much-living-and-in-the-picture wife first and foremost as though she was a man's widow, and I just

Nothing like an early January tornado to wake you up in the morning. Global warming is awesome.

A podcast I was listening to this morning said something about a movie coming out in ‘31 or ‘32 and I almost vomited.

Hey friends, I was really hoping it wouldn't come to this, but I've set up a Go-Fund-Me. We're really struggling and I dont have a lot of options right now. gofund.me/ee8dce70c

I made moussaka

My first wake-up alarm going off in two weeks is honestly rude.

Baby

Goal was 30 but I read 45

I want to play a ghoul in Fallout. You could have super high hit points and regenerate health but maybe slower reaction speed and also you’re locked out of some quests because people hate ghouls. But then you could have extra quests you could only do as a ghoul, like in super irradiated areas.

I got a book nook puzzle for Christmas. Step 1: assemble 110 teeny tiny books. I’m so happy!

It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.

I’ve always admired the way 2-yo E decided to go off script and make a sad, confused, jumbled snowman.

People at the grocery store in shorts and flip flops two days before Christmas. Meanwhile I’m reading a novel set in the future after global warming has borked us, and I’m going to be thinking hateful thoughts at the next person who says “Hot Christmas” like it’s a good thing.

Me: I’m making lasagna, Cesar salad, and cheesecake for Christmas. Mom: Sounds good. I’ll bring green bean casserole. Me: … You really don’t have t— Mom: It’s ok. I already bought the stuff.

My cat will pee on dirty laundry or wet towels left on the floor. Simple enough fix— we don’t leave those things on the floor anymore. Last year she decided the tree skirt was a great place to pee. It was already old and a little musty from storage so we threw it away.

Froggy wanted to be grilled

E: Hey mom, I got an 88 on my Spanish test. Me: That’s great, BB! E: And I didn’t even study. Me: … E: … Me: So if you had studied— E: A B is good enough, mom! Sigh.

dear father christmas i just want one thing for christmas and I think you know what it is. if you make this thing happen, i'll never pester you for anything ever again.

We’re in the initial stages of maybe possibly creating a new job for me at work and I’m so excited about it! I doubt it would be more money, but it’ll be more of my favorite thing to do at work (academic advising) and much less travel (recruiting). Wish me luck that they like the proposal!

Oh my god we just finished rewatching Schitt’s Creek and I forgot about the hair-trimmed pope hat.

I bought this skirt (I can’t take a decent pic of myself in it), and I really like it. I wore it into the living room to show off to my husband. “That’s nice!” he said. “You can say you’re one of those religious ladies.” Babe. “You look like a Mennonite” is not a compliment.

The hepa filter always runs on high all night whenever I make blackened chicken. It’s so hard to cook the chicken through before the blackened seasoning starts seriously smoking. I even tried pounding the chicken flat but one of them plumped back up while cooking and took forever to get to 165.

Blackened chicken, roasted root veggies, and peas

Why did I still enjoy automatic car washes like a little kid?

A competent opposition party would call a presser and explain that while their party believes that voters should choose politicians and not the other way around, the Republican Supreme Court majority had previously said that extreme gerrymandering was legal if it was about partisanship but...

another chosen grifter has gone through the riley gaines industrial complex

I could hear them all the way across campus in my office. They were serious out there. I had meetings I couldn't miss or I would've been there myself. www.oudaily.com/news/protest...

In front of a church in a nice suburb.

E is starting to get migraines. I can’t remember any good treatments and ibuprofen isn’t cutting it today. The Internet is like, idk lavender oil??

Every day, I'm more relived that I'm no longer teaching. We're careening toward some bleak mccarthyism bullshit. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...

So Amazon is a very useful tool for making Xmas wishlists, especially for our family who really hate holiday shopping. This year I found an app called Giftster. It’s free & shareable & you can add links from anywhere or even just add things without links. If anyone else is trying to Amazon less.

It’s so windy outside it sounds like the ocean.

Finally. Her favorite sitting spot is back.

I do what I want 💃💃💃

Pre Thanksgiving cooking done. ✅ cheese ball for pre dinner nibbles ✅ cornbread for stuffing ✅ pumpkin pie

Deer chili. This used up 2 lbs of the 5 we were given. This is so much chili! We’re going to have to freeze some.

Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too

My new Vionics are so cool I can’t stop staring at them.

The Fallout New Vegas cutscene characters look like Sims.

William of the bull

My dental hygienist was telling me all about the spa treatment she’s getting this weekend, including dermaplaning, and I just think it’s funny that they came up with a fancy word for shaving your face and then charge you a lot of money for it.

Masculinity in the modern era is a weakness, one that is so easy to exploit, and one of the keys to living well is to reject it, if only because it removes the ability for a lot of people to take advantage of you.

Luv 2 have the a/c running at night in the middle of November.

She guards

"Were" in werewolf is from the old English "wer", meaning man. The old english for woman was "wif", which is where we get wife from. So a girl with lycanthropy would actually be a wifewolf

Two people have said I look tired today 😭