I 🖤 chat

It is a dream of mine to see the northern light in real life and I have too much light pollution here even though my city subreddit and all of you are posting beautiful pics. So jealous!! 😭😭😭 (I'm supposed to be in bed)

I have been in a huge reading slump for the better part of a year. This is the first book that actually piqued my interest enough to make me want to read again. Usually I don't buy hardcovers ($42 CAD 🙈) but that seemed a fair price if it gets my head back in the game. 📚

Conversion of my building's parking garage to also be publicly available continuing to not go well for residents

Stopped by one of my favourite public art pieces this afternoon

It took 2.5 hours this afternoon, but I have repaired the damage and left myself in better shape than before. Unfortunately, this experience has also given me 19 more grey hairs.

It turns out if you accidentally somehow delete your custom labels in Gmail, it is unrecoverable. 17 years of organization down the drain D:

Eating my lunch at 10:40am because who even cares anymore

Happy Strange Antiquities day for my fellow lovers of old junk and spooky-cute games

@carmbern.bsky.social @miserable-hag.bsky.social Three Creepy Carnival Divas stand before me...

Dear chat, what are your favourite recipes for soups, stews, casseroles and curries? Cozy food season is upon us and I'm sick of everything in my repertoire 🍲👩🏻‍🍳.

Hate that I allow myself to be so easily influenced to make purchases because I spent 14 dollars on a jar of Carbone pasta sauce and it was so mediocre

My skincare lineup - obviously I don't use these all at the same time. I clearly have brand loyalty and despite the "hag" in my name it keeps me looking fresh and youthful, along with some 💉💉💉 help

I fear I have re-entered a scopa obsession phase (check back in 3 weeks when I'll be over it and won't touch it again for 2 years)

Who will be the 200th follower???

Shout out to strapless bras for making absolutely zero technological advances in the last 30 years. Stay useless, queen 👑

Une verre de vin sur la terrace avec Miss Rosetta Stone

A little #treatcheck as a reward for doing well in a presentation I was very nervous for!

Come set your goals for the week with us!

Got extremely lucky today when my wallet fell out of my purse and a stranger turned it into an establishment I had patronized. All my cards and money were still inside and the person at the store went to great lengths to contact me to give it back. There are still good people in the world!!!!

Friday evening #treatcheck: a slice of slightly squished chocolate truffle cake from Farm Boy

Shoving jalapeno cheddar popcorn into my mouth by the fistful just to feel something

Just got added to a bachelorette party WhatsApp group

Looking up cottage real estate listings as if I could ever afford a primary residence, nevermind a second. Choosing to think of it as a hopeful activity instead of a delusional one

My mother sold our childhood home (😭😭😭) and gave me the family photo collection to digitize, so my project for the next while is sorting and chronologizing all these while also spiraling about the passage of time. At least I also scored an airfryer in the downsizing process 🍲

Security measures and road closures related to the King and Queen's visit mean I don't have to do any office days this week, so this is the only time I've felt positively toward the Royal Family

Spent the end of my long weekend just how Queen Victoria would have wanted: with nachos and a fishbowl at the theatre, seeing the newest Final Destination movie 🇨🇦🎇👑🍹📽️

A little nostalgia playlist for my day of deep spring cleaning

I went again because the bloom report said it was even better than the weekend

Treated myself to a long walk through the tulip festival 🌷

Made the out-of-my-comfort-zone purchase of a bright yellow raincoat in hopes it would make me look like April O'Neil from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but instead it makes me look like the kid who dies first in It :( 🎤🥷🏻🐢🤡🎈⛵

Even though it looks like slop, this Montreal smoked meat poutine with whiskey bacon sauerkraut and grainy white mustard had healing powers ✨

There is a lot I like about being single and living alone but WOW sometimes the weight of having to do everything can be crushing (why yes, I AM doing everything I possibly can to stave off a brewing depressive episode - I think I got the community sad instead of the community migraine)

Went for shawarma for dinner and then saw Sinners and it was a delightful evening. Happy weekend 🌻

Sometimes all you need to do to solve your short-term problems is eat a huge plate of cheese and crackers (I am lactose intolerant and I will soon pay for my sins)

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! TERFS eat shit!!

So what's everyone getting in the Steam sale? I will likely buy: Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishment Roottrees are Dead The Painscreek Killings & possibly the new Alex Hill game (not on sale though) and have them rot, unplayed, for months in my library 🎮🖥️🖱️

It's just me and my half a dozen salonpas patches of varying sizes on my neck and shoulders against the world (old)

✅Half-priced Domino's🍕 ✅Trash reality tv 📺 ✅A canned adult beverage🍹

Ontario did bad

Ontarians, for the love of god please vote today if you haven't already

Attended a work conference today and sat next to a man who (in the year of our Lord 2025) was wearing cargo pants that zipped off into shorts.

Happy Valentine's Day! I got a pedicure and went to the local independent movie theatre to see Amélie, which I have always wanted to see on the big screen. Take yourself on dates if you're single, and support your local indie establishments if you can! 💅🍿📽️💌🖤🤟

#treatcheck glad I planned ahead and bought storm chips since there is no way I'm leaving the house in this snow

Glad I was extremely on top of my emails this morning, so I was able to secure my traditional cop-out "napkins, cutlery & plates" contribution to the compulsory team potluck before anyone else

I get fitted for a new night guard this week and it honestly can't come soon enough. I also need to book masseter Botox because I am a MESS

So do I still need to hang on to this now, or...?

Every now and then I think about a sweatshirt I saw while shopping when I went to Boston in October, and feel a deep regret that I didn't buy it

So like... What's everyone's Le Creuset colour? 🫖🍽️🍲(Yes I am shopping for expensive pretty items I don't need)