i said i need to come up with a time travel mechanism and my husband was alarmed because i failed to specify that it’s not for me but for the little guy i made up.

some writers genuinely only enjoy having written, but most of us genuinely love writing! the work is the point! it’s satisfying and even fun! i feel the most like myself when i am writing about a little guy i made up!

gave the cats a paper bag this morning

i am very sorry to outkast and doja cat but i cannot stop myself from singing the “four eels” version.

they’re inducting warren devon with his own guitar and i am having an emotion.

salt and pepa fighting for their own damn masters and telling the world in their acceptance speech while being indicted into the rock n roll hall of fame, my god.

get his ass, sharon.

hot flash! at the old navy.

i’ve been giving theo her treat puzzle on the table, so naturally ernie has figured out how to get on the table. i knew it wouldn’t last long, but my goodness kittens are quick.

every so often i remember that i wrote a play about anne bonny and mary read and i spend about two minutes wondering what one *does* with a play if one is not active in theater, but then i mentally change the subject and continue doing nothing. (this is fine! i don’t need advice.)

honestly pretty annoyed that the who were right about everything.

this is deeply embarrassing but honestly unsurprising coming from the rag that published a review of the matrix by some jabroni who thought it was a time travel movie.

Can we please help this writer and these cats?

I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

here we go again

i’ve spent most of this week helping my kid make cosplay, and we finished this morning so i was going to work on a cardigan i’ve been knitting, but theo had other ideas and is asleep in my lap. so you see, i cannot do anything. this is more important.

IMPORTANT does anyone know precisely what kind of sub the man is not guilty of assaulting an officer with

okay so i am trying to justify adding layla to the longbois playlist, because i fucking hate clapton but the song slaps, and i discovered that the derek and the dominoes drummer (co-)wrote it. looked up jim gordon, no google not that one, wait oh my god??? he murdered his mother???? 1/2

some personal news! i’m listening to appetite for destruction for a change. just a little something different. don’t want use your illusion to get boring.

i’ve been feeling a little self-conscious about this sudden and intense november rain phase, but i have decided to embrace my cringe. okay, yes, i did just remember that i’ve been listening to mmmbop on repeat since march.

as my halloween tattoos get itchy and start flaking, i think fondly of whomever the fuck it was on twitter that earnestly scolded me because a good artist’s work wouldn’t flake. bitch it is SKIN and it’s going to do this whether there’s ink in it or not! sorry i don’t exfoliate new tats, weirdo!

man, led zeppelin sure does make you wait exactly four minutes and twenty seconds of stairway to heaven for the drums to kick in.

torturing my family with this longbois playlist (specifically november rain lololol the universe never should have reminded me about that one)

[Exit Clown.]

ernie fell asleep on me so instead of finishing up what i was working on or starting dinner i am listening to my longbois playlist and making who’s on first style jokes about songs by the who. (to be clear, i am telling these jokes to myself. kittens are a terrible audience.)

hey what’s your favorite song over 6(ish) minutes? making a playlist that is definitely not an excuse to listen to november rain a bunch more.

i didn't care for ready or not (i know i am in the minority!) but i am willing to give these guys another chance. DON'T FUCK IT UP.

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california friends, if you haven’t already voted, please vote YES on 50 today! new york city friends, if you haven’t already voted, please vote Mamdani today! i’m so tired of waiting for something good to happen. let’s make it!

my noirvember name is terribly esoteric, so i’ve put something of an explainer (also rather esoteric tbqh) as my header image. you’re welcome?

i read two excellent novels over the weekend. can i manage a third, or am i guaranteed to be disappointed?

i come to abruptly. i’ve been reading for hours and forgot the world existed. i stretch, thinking surely it’s mid-afternoon; i’ve forgotten to eat lunch! casually i minimize the kindle app to see what time it is. 11:22 a.m.

man, wagner was really cooking when he wrote ride of the valkyries.

turned off game 7 because my kid wants to watch the rocky horror picture show 🫦

dear plans and intentions, kitten on my lap. i’m sure you understand! best, annika

good morning, it is a foggy day and the cats are eating each other’s breakfasts.

ya girl’s still got it! (the lyrics to november rain, for unknown reasons) (okay, fine, use your illusion was a formative album) (albums)

I’m pretty sure I asked this before but no keyword search will bring it up. Does anyone have recs for romance with a central character with type 2 diabetes? Bonus if they’re BIPOC, super bonus if they’re Black.

they buy themselves treats because they know without drastic structural changes, those will be the only treats they get the era of delayed gratification is over: the billionaires stole the gratification part, all they’re left with is delay

the kitties have been wrestling for at least half an hour, nonstop, both utterly delighted that we are allowing them to play. (they’ve been separated since ernie showed up two weeks ago, with minimal contact.)

tonight, tonight: go out and smash* some pumpkins! *please do not do this. it makes people melancholy.

tonight, tonight: go out and smash* some pumpkins! *please do not do this. it makes people melancholy.

i don’t know why we are doing ozymandias today but these are all worth reading

it's true! and we're also republishing classic Bitch pieces for free subs on fridays!

if (like me) you’re tapped out but want to support them, i’ve heard free subscribers can unlock individual articles for like $2 which is something we’ve all been begging legacy media to do for years!

change one letter, ruin a candy gummy beans

i am getting smashing pumpkins content all over instagram and i don’t want to sound like a conspiracy theorist but devil’s night is tomorrow.

Today I'd like to share one of my favorite illustrations for @archiveoftheodd.bsky.social It was a ton of fun to design this big creature for the story "Transmissions from a Dying Whale" written by @noirbettie.bsky.social Published in issue #4: "Please See Attached" #art #illustration #horror

i’ve been thinking a lot about pov and the way most people (including myself!) think we have a preference for first or third (almost never second), past or present, and all the variations. and i was wondering how that actually holds up. 1/5