I understand not feeling represented, but spoiling your vote does nothing to actually change the system you oppose. Our right to vote was paid for in blood and time - it deserves more than some scribbles on a page. Comhghairdeas Catherine Connolly, Uachtarán na hÉireann! #Áras25

My body decided to treat me to the flu this weekend, so I’ve been wrapped up in a duvet on the couch gaming and watching movies all weekend. Silent Hill F continues to scare the shite out of me but hoping I’ll finish it today!

Not that anyone cares what I think, but it’s very refreshing to hear Taylor’s sound without Jack Antonoff’s fingerprints. Why do the lyrics sound like something I’d overhear as I stroll the aisles in Dollarama though? 😬

Zara Larson, please tell me why you dropped an entire eurodance album at the end of summer!? 😭

Decided to upgrade my phone and now I can’t stop taking close-ups of the squirrels in my garden 🥺

Bout to spend the evening playing through Silent Hill F 👹

My Letterboxd #LastFourWatched after spending the week at TIFF!

MIA here recently because four elderly women have been running my evenings. Yes, I mean the Golden Girls and no, I won’t be quitting the cult anytime soon.

CMAT for album of the year, Bertie for retirement 👏🏼

CMAT singing a Tate song à la Kate Bush is exactly what I needed in my ears this morn ✨

Caught the 15th anniversary of Black Swan in IMAX. The classical score at that volume was something else entirely, ton of goosebumps. Managed to grab some the posters they were giving away for the screening too 🤩

Watching Girls + weed pen = peak cringe exposure therapy. 10/10 recommend.

I recommend smoking some weed and listening to Fleetwood Mac.

Thoughts on yesterday’s RHOC are that yes, Katie’s messy but the season villain? I’m not convinced. And can we retire the word “bloggers”?

Been debating with my husband about when seasons actually start and it turns out Ireland bases it on the old Celtic festivals. So August is autumn to me, but he swears it’s not ‘til September. I say tell that to the evenings drawing in 🙂‍↕️

How cute is my baby this morning!?

Seeing some clips of the Google keynote and confused as to why we’re celebrating AI that strips art down to prompts and turns every interaction into data. All of these “features” just seem like one attempt at harvesting data 🤷🏻‍♂️

For your consideration, I would like to submit this as a contender for the song of summer pls 🕺🏼

Haven’t been fully myself lately. My cat must’ve noticed cos she curled in beside me last night and didn’t leave my side till morning 🥺

Don’t ask me where this started for but for years, I can’t get enough of anything that goes into how much of a cult Scientology is. One hour deep dive on Shelly Miscavige? Say less.

Being out in warm rain still scrambles my wiring a little. Still expect the cold sting of home that soaks your bones.

RE9 gameplay trailer is perfect, no spoilers or too much information. Just leaving us all with breadcrumb theories.

15 movies to get to know me: The Worst Person In The World Serial Mom The Snapper Barbarian The Way We Were Captain Fantastic Gremlins Longlegs The Craft Shaun of the Dead Kikis Delivery Service An Cailin Ciuin (The Quiet Girl) Pearl Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Kill Bill

After my extremely productive morning, I’m gaming in my boxers with my pen - it’s all about ✨ balance ✨

Errands done, gaffs tidy and snapped these on my walk!

If you see this, post a gif of your favorite ghibli movie!!!!!!

Had a few days this week where I’d just fold in on myself for no reason. Tonight I’m outside looking at the city lights, with a joint and the Ultraviolence soundtrack. 16 year old tumblr me would’ve thought I’d made it.

Why has everyone and their mother seen Weapons but me!? 😭

Wow Sally Rooney. Fair play. ‘I feel obliged to state once more that… I too support Palestine Action. … If the British state considers this "terrorism", then perhaps it should investigate the shady organisations that continue to promote my work and fund my activities, such as WH Smith and the BBC.’

Watching the Lana/Ethel feud is like being back on the old internet. Messy, unfiltered, and oddly creative!?

My thoughts on TS releasing her album cover:

I would like to go at least one day without hearing something about AI please 😮‍💨

Tonight’s read!

Started The Spinning Heart this morning. I’ll be on the balcony in shorts until I finish… unless someone’s got a better distraction.

Just watched Mulholland Drive for the first time. The whole thing actually feels like waking from a dream you half understand, then spending hours wondering if you dreamt it at all.

Mid-afternoon: thrown on the couch with nothing but shorts on, blinds down, surrounded by snacks and about to play Lies of P for the first time. Rot mode is fully engaged 😎

Two days in to my attempt to quit cigarettes - I’m grumpy and have eaten five times more than I usually would by 10am 🫠

My July music recap: Celtic Tiger depression bop with some summer bangers thrown in 🎉

Finally finished this, although I would have devoured another couple hundred pages! Highly recommend going into this one blind - it’s extremely poetic and explores identity, grief and meaning so well 💛

Forgot to take my vyvanse since Thursday, took it today and let me tell you I am crashing hard this evening.. send help pls 🥺

Thinking about starting a running tally of how many Labubus I see on my morning walk cos I counted 9 in 30 minutes today!?

Spent the entire day binge watching The Hunting Wives and I feel like I’ve been gently lobotomised by southern camp and infidelity (in the best way possible).

Two edibles deep before my weekly hate watch of AJLT. I’m at least grateful that we won’t have to see manbaby Aidan on our screens ever again 🥹

Started reading this earlier. There’s something very grounding about Connolly’s socialism and how rooted it was in everyday life, work, dignity. No fluff here, just radical clarity.

My yearly reflection as an Irish man enduring Canadian summers 2023: okay 2024: manageable 2025: stepped outside, entered my liquid era and melted into the pavement How do any of ye cope with this humidity? 🫠

Is anyone else using the iOS26 beta? Obsessed the new wallpaper styles & lock screen visuals from Apple Music 🤓

Did I go to the dispensary and buy way more than I need? Yes BUT at least I’m prepared for dying repeatedly in Elden Ring tonight 💀

Woke up with the bedside lamp turned on, and the book I’m reading open on my chest cos I’d fallen asleep while reading. ✨ Insomnia, be gone ✨