Just had my dentist appointment cancelled because they can't access schedules and patient files due to the AWS outage, and I'm wondering if storing all of our data on the internet and then letting a single company control a huge amount of the internet's infrastructure is maybe not the best idea 🤔

Hi, good morning, I am not ready to Monday yet. Could I please have a couple more days off to recover from my 4-day weekend? 😴😴😴

I just had an extremely vivid dream that I slept through the alarm that I set and woke up like 2 hours later than I intended. So now I'm awake and extremely confused about what time it is 😅

I need like a gallon of water and also a nap

I love that @pseudochamp.bsky.social is always willing to go to the hotel lobby/cafe with me first thing in the morning so I don't have to carry two cups of coffee back to the room myself. Even though both cups of coffee are actually for me ☕😁☕

Strong rec for Revolution(s) at the Goodman Theatre. Thanks to @labsplaining.bsky.social for bringing us and getting us some dang good seats.

It's happening!

In the city again today! Spent a lovely afternoon in Grant Park with a couple hundred thousand friends...

Who's got two thumbs, is at a fancy charity event, and just won an auction for a Ladies' Night outing for 8-10 people, but doesn't have 8-10 lady friends? This gal 👍👍

Oof. I am extremely ready for Fall Break. Even though I don't technically get tomorrow/Friday off like students & faculty do. I was already planning to take a PTO day Friday, but a half or full day tomorrow is sounding increasingly appealing, as well... 🤔

Help, I have too many different craft components in this Halloween costume and not enough work surfaces in my craft room 😅

OK, let's vote! Please help me choose which drawing to submit for my university's faculty & staff art show this spring by liking your favorite in the thread below 👇

Red Hot Chili Peppers, 14 x 17", graphite, completed 5/29/22 Ref 📷 Gus Van Sant (I think - sorry, having trouble finding the ref photo for this one!) #ArtPosting

Rage Against The Machine, 14 x 17", graphite, completed 1/3/23 Ref 📷 Robin Harper #ArtPosting

Scott Weiland, 9 x 12", charcoal, completed 3/5/22 Ref 📷 Garrett K. Woodward #ArtPosting

Zack de la Rocha, 9 x 12", graphite, completed 2/2/22 Ref 📷 Frank Micelotta #ArtPosting

Kurt Cobain, 9 x 12", graphite, completed 6/18/21 Ref 📷 Frank Micelotta #ArtPosting

Ok, I'm going to put something up for a vote in a minute, but first I need to post some arts that haven't gotten their own posts on this site yet. Sorry/not sorry for the art photo dump that's about to happen.

My university just sent out a call for submissions for a faculty & staff art show that they're hosting in the spring So.... Obviously I have to submit something, right? Which drawing do I put on display for the whole university to see? How am I supposed to choose??

“In the Trump era, there is no longer any attempt to obscure what’s really going on. Nine years ago, as Trump was starting his authoritarian ascent and bashing journalists, CBS’s CEO didn’t sound an alarm – he instead seemed thrilled…” This piece is very good.

Good morning. I made a Dutch baby with apples cooked in butter and brown sugar, and dusted with cinnamon sugar.

I mean, obviously we're getting this wine

Chicago looking pretty tonight

This margarita is the size of my head 😆 Happy Friday, y'all

Absolutely devastated to learn that The Offspring have added more North America show dates for January & February, and that they'll be joined by Bad Religion, and that there aren't any dates/locations that I can make it to 😭😭😭

Also moon pretty

Ramen 😍

You know it's flame test week in chemistry when your allergies/sinuses are trying to murder you, but you can STILL smell natural gas in the hallway outside of the lab. (This is one of the few things that I'll actually interrupt a lab for, because gas leaks are bad, mmkay? 😬)

Our homecoming is this weekend, so it's Spirit Week. Today's theme is "decades", but I couldn't find any further description or instructions, so... How's this?:

I know everything is terrible, but have you ever smooshed your face into the fluffy belly of a very purry cat and just, like, held it there for a bit? Instant mood boost (provided you're not allergic, ofc). The belly in question:

We don't really *call* it date night, but I just had the fucking loveliest date night dinner with @pseudochamp.bsky.social The kind where you're so deep in conversations (even silly ones) that you forget to look at the menu to order food And now we're going to play some video games 5⭐ Thursday

An alarm clock that automatically snoozes itself instead of going off is not exactly helpful... 🤬

This is the noise that keeps me awake... I'm so, so happy I finally got to see Garbage live for the first time on what might be their last North American tour. Even if it was on a school night 🫣😂 They fucking killed it, incredible show ❤️

Shirley Manson is an icon ❤️

Hi @floregonian.com ! Is whiskey Monday a thing if it's at an event? (I'm asking for a friend who is me.)

Merch acquired 🐙

Leaving work early to go to a concert in the city is definitely the best way to Monday

Oooh, that's good - definitely recommend It weirdly reminds me of chicken paprikash (and that's a good thing)

Trying a new recipe: gochujang potato stew 🤤

Ok, so can I just say I would have preferred a more thorough ass kicking yesterday if it meant today would be back to normal? I do not particularly care for the prolonged headache and fatigue and temp hovering around 99 😒 I guess the upside is the continued excuse to be a potato 🥔🎮😴

I'm not going to bed at 8:45 pm, YOU'RE going to bed at 8:45 pm.

This is only *lightly* kicking my ass today, so that's nice. I did use the vaccine fever blahs as an excuse to leave work early, which is even better.

Ok, I captured the wasp and released it outside. Now I guess I'll just be watching the air vent in the ceiling all day to see if there are more 😫

So this is just a burn down my office and go home kind of day, right?

Flu + covid shots done 💪✅✅

I was up ridiculously late last night, but I just finished 21 new designs, and they are posted and on sale at my shop show some people repost for me I love you forever! tee.pub/lic/context

help, my husband is making me go work on a new art project or start my Halloween costume instead of scrolling mindlessly on my phone 😅

My building is extremely grumpy today. Just alarms of all kinds beeping and shrieking and buzzing in every direction. I don't think it wants to deal with people's shit today. And honestly? Me too, building. Me too.

Ok, but if a vendor requires me to email them to request a formal pricing quote, and then that quote pricing is NOT automatically loaded into the "My Quotes" tab in my online account, so I have to email or call them to place the order, too... What the fuck is this online account even for? 🤔

Literally bought one of these awful snail skeletons yesterday, because I also adore impossible skeletons as a Halloween decoration subgenre. Also I have a rat skull with bony ears and snout in my office.