regrettably having to admit that I actually enjoy being around people and cannot be a loner forever

“He’s a big enough bully to stand up to Trump,” yeah I don’t know, I kinda feel like if a *podcaster* got him to walk back an allegedly principled stand, he won’t stand up to shit

this is the year I’m finally going to force someone to take me to bristol renfaire

Milkshake laid on me for the first time ever 🥹🥹🥹 it was very fast so I couldn’t get a picture, but I’m glad that, after nearly 6 months together, she finally feels comfortable enough to try that

fellow late millennials: I hate to break it to you, but if you ever had that ringtone in middle/high school that was “so high pitched your teacher can’t hear it,” they absolutely could hear it signed, me, a late millennial who is now an adult and works at a school and can absolutely hear it

picked this up today because I could tell just from the characters’ names (Ash, Sock, Blue, Creamy) that the author had to be trans lol pleasantly surprised! I’m not big on horror, but this was delightfully creepy and weird

casually radicalizing students by jumping into their conversations about how much they think school staff are paid and telling them all of our salaries are freely available in the union contract online lol

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got my first tax document today 🙌

On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself. Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right

NEW GLASSES!!!

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literally what most youth and teen library workers are doing but we get knocked down by our adult counterparts and then lose half our funding lmao

the trans kids at the supreme court this week are stronger than every justice could ever be

me before going to an activity specifically for people with anxiety: I can’t go, what if I have the most anxiety of everyone there

I can hear fireworks so I guess the bears won lol

lmao so get this: they didn’t reach back out to schedule the interview despite specifically saying they would so now my anxiety is EVEN WORSE

what is the absolute most uncomfortable feeling in the world and why is it wet feet

as I try to increase posting book recs, I’ve become a @bookshop.org affiliate! I’ve set it up now to just have a list of every rec I make, but once that list grows I’ll probably genre-fy them. check it out if I ever post a book you want! bookshop.org/shop/extraca...

just realized that, working at a school, I will never struggle to find a Girl Scout cookie connection ever again 🥰🍪

do I really want to be active on instagram

yall I picked up this book because the title gave me immediate shadowgast vibes here I am, just having finished it and reading the acknowledgments, and the author LITERALLY ADMITS ITS INSPIRED BY SHADOWGAST so fucking have at it because it is GOOD

today my lesbian boss asked for my recs because of how excited I got about this lmao I have ascended

nearly every 9th grader in my school has to come to the library this week, so I’m giving the absolute most ya reader’s advisory I’ve ever done, and I am living my best life

best decision I’ve ever made was switching to a career where I get to give kids things for free

love that we thought 2025 was bad and now we’re potentially starting multiple wars less than a week into 2026

optician: your new glasses will be here in about 2 weeks! me after 5 days: but where are they 😭

that tournament lineup is wild, I cannot wait

finally got my dream reader’s advisory question: any good lesbian book 🥹

look at my new halfling warlock son

when I got home today, she glared at me lmao

me, who had every intention of just going to the CR Atlanta live show and nothing else: ok but what if I also go to momocon

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waking up to get to work on time today might be the most difficult thing I’ve ever done

Milkshake is gonna be so sad when I have to leave her home alone all day tomorrow 😭

what do you meeeeean I have to go back to work tomorrow 🥲

first injury of the year: my curtain rod sure fell smack dab on my head 🙃

First post of 2026. I’m excited to keep creating this year by drawing fan art and making things, inspired by all the little moments that make my heart flutter.😊 #criticalrolefanart

please look into whether or not your local restaurants have their own website you can order from directly or just call them!! I recently did this for my favorite chinese restaurant and their delivery fee was literally lower and all the money goes to them

if any friends are new (or not) to @thestorygraph.com and want to add me as a friend there, please do! I’m calebcandy over there app.thestorygraph.com/profile/cale...

some corners of facebook are slowly starting to turn a corner: a cat group I’m in completely banned ai edits, and a fiber arts group is about to hit either a similar ban or a mutiny

Happy new year to me: I started building my next dnd character 🥰

I think I’m going to track something knitting related if I don’t get a better suggestion

I just…love the mighty nein so fucking much, y’all

look at all the books I read 🥹 (collage from @thestorygraph.com) I will likely never reach this book total again since I have less reason to read picture books now lol

I am spending my nye an actually good way for once: finally watching Jester and Fjord’s wedding 🥹💙💚

GUYS IM FROM 2026 AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I HAVE TO WARN YOU. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME TO SAVE YOUR FUTURE. THE YEARS BEYOND WILL BE AWFUL IF YOU DON'T HEED MY WARNING you should draw more, write more, or make more games. If you don't, consider picking up a craft!

we have the final count on my 2025 random stat! what I learned: I drink more coffee when I switch to iced (not surprising) I drink more coffee when I work more (also not surprising) I drink more coffee when I wake up earlier (noted because of my job change in August)(also not surprising)