I almost listened to Surfer Rosa for the first time since high school in the bath tonight but I chickened out. I'll let you know what happens if i ever go through with it

here's one of my periodic evo psych takes: there should be non-sexual group grooming sessions or one on one grooming partner exchanges to help combat touch starvation and social isolation. most people don't have insects to be removed, so this could be massage and skincare type stuff

(when I see fresh baby squirrels who don't know anything) 🫵 SMALL

sorry but i just don't think we should call hatchling salamanders "larvae"

if we find two kittens they are getting named Sneho and Unki

okay, goodnice, don't let the bedbugs mice

I'm no sportsman but I so miss the smell of my grandparents' tiny sporting goods store in the ancient brick building that they tore down to make way for the fancy new building called The Chauncey which went into foreclosure and is being auctioned by the sheriff's office

(impatiently scrolling through a list of ten evil whales from icelandic folklore and their characteristics) I don't have time for this

Rambling Rose (1991) is a documentary about what it's like to go downtown wearing a dress

in the assigned reading from our Critical Thinking textbook today there was a whole section on the legitimacy of intuition as a way of knowing and I spiked the football in my mind and bellowed to the heavens

(walking across the U of I campus in 2025 CE) going to school is my job and all of these children are my coworkers

well folks i have good news and bad news. the bad news is that one of the current Budweiser Clydesdales is named Kid Rock. the good news is that my wife has started calling chipmunks "chipmice"

being part of the circle around the mosh pit is exactly the same as being the pickup man in the rodeo

man you run out of sunflower seeds for a week and the chipmunks act like they don't know you

microdosing ascetism by more fully appreciating the discomforts I already have

two lads came up to me right, and one said "one of speaks only truth, the other speaks only lies". I just put my hand up and said "NO" firmly, don't have time for that.

I don't think I can get a decent picture but I would like you to know that there is a chipmunk on top of a fence post taking a nap in Cat Loaf Mode

school makes my skin and subcutaneous fat ache. is this symptom known to anyone? I took a shower after class and the slightest pressure on my chest and face felt like burning

how 2 explain that Annie's mac n cheese is not a comfort food from my childhood but rather a comfort food from my punk hippie scumbag young adulthood, which in certain ways was my actual childhood

Yes, in one sense, we do not need to build a Great Temple to Aten, for every place beneath the Sun is a temple to Aten. But in another much more important sense we very much do need to build a Great Temple to Aten.

I've always been yelping-and-shrieking-style ticklish but yesterday i decided not to be and it worked. today I didn't even need to decide, I just wasn't

new nail polish today

i love collapsing the infinity of the possible into the singularity of the actual 😌😌🙂‍↕️

rise n grind animists let's burn those daily offerings!!!

little sister was telling me about her new buddhist message board that prohibits extreme beliefs, even non-harmful extreme beliefs, and then we were trying to come up with our own non-harmful extreme beliefs. mine are that LED light bulbs should be illegal, and women should wear dresses more often

my VO2 max (as approximated by my apple watch) has been absolutely tanking ever since I started testosterone, I thought number was supposed to go up??

I seem to be in the throes of some sort of personal Vienna Secession

I'm sitting under a big glorious hackberry before class letting ants crawl on me so that I can hopefully bring a bunch of ants into the classroom with me 👍

I keep seeing tweets about "primary process" but on closer inspection none of them are about the Freudian concept

type a shit i been on

forgot the name of evening primrose and came up instead with "night winkers"

as my old drawing professor used to say, "small animals make first paths"

I guess summer is over

I have already decided on my new affectation for summer 2026 www.tastingtable.com/1299812/quee...

I fear i may have orchestrated the conditions of having to do All Four Types of Laundry today

if you're going to the trouble of legally changing your name you really gotta treat yourself to a indulgent surname. can you believe that I was ever not a Cauldron

little sister just proposed we change my name to Bubble Gently. she did not know that my paternal grandmother's maiden name was simmers

Erowid trip report for really nice weather

unearthed this nice pic from ~2009, changing light bulbs in my old apartment with roommate Strongman Justin (bottom right) & friends Juggling Luther (bottom left) and Chouser AKA Chevy Pyle AKA Jason (top right). we really used to know how to party

at my MSW orientation today I encountered among my cohort a doppelganger of Old Sam called Young Max. he has a nose ring instead of an earring @pdfmerchant.bsky.social

I got this beautiful box for my T paraphernalia and I keep it above the altar 💅 Shot Day is Friday is Freya's Day is Venus' Day is Beauty Day

(to the tune of O'Reilly's Auto Parts jingle) chu chu chu, chuCHAchooooooo ... auto parts

I paid my first chunk of tuition for grad school today 😐🤝😐 I am being extremely careful to not get excited about classes started next week. going to grad school is exactly as fateful as going to rec center ceramics and pilates, I am telling myself

just remembered I had a perfect wish fulfilling dream this morning where Amanda Feilding's lover Birdie came to stay with me

unfortunately I have invented another perfect outfit and discovered another absurd place to pose for a timer selfie

Wisconsin is a Pure Land to me

my new gimmick is gathering up the skirt of my long dress and tying it in a knot before I get on my bike. this behavior is unbecoming of a lady of my station but the townspeople find it amusing. I am wearing bike shorts underneath

LET WOMEN BE PRIDEFUL AND HAUGHTY

Every day I am well behaved for Nebulous benefit.

accidentally tossed some scraps on our very stealthy compost pile wren :[ she scolded me first and THEN flew away