funniest evil thing of the day:

i got some cleaning solution for my vaporiser and it's called express rasta and i'm not sure express really goes with the word rasta and i'm not sure rasta really goes with middle-aged-white-woman-vaporises-cannabis-for-sleep-improvement-and-anxiety-reduction but hey here we are

i dropped my ballot off at the council today, felt good to get that bit of life admin sorted. here's hoping we can keep the absolute shitters out of local gov for a few years!

what do you think donald puts on his face? is it concealer? is it bronzer? colour-corrector? is it something he stole from melania's purse? did he ask ivanka to get it for him? does he put it on with a comically large powder puff, or is it more of a lotion? i just really need to know.

went to the lolly shop today for a little treat and wow ok jersey caramels remain incredible yes choc liquorice bullets my good god damn

it's always such a surreal feed on this site. the sky may be blue but the truth is a queasy green.

we all know it, right? anybody who still refuses to recognise palestine and continues to support israel is an evangelical xtian, a zionist, a bigot, or an idiot. in some cases, all four!

gold

the golden calf of bitcoin trump really reminds me of it's always sunny when frank has mac spray-paint his office chair gold except sadder because it's not fiction

clockwatching harder than usual because i have pork belly slices at home to stew in a kimchi broth and a fresh container of a new strain of cannabis to try so while i always love hometime today i am frothing for it!

just recorded a short interview for Books Uncovered at Otago Access Radio. should be out on Saturday for those who like to listen oar.org.nz/shows/books-...

omg #birdoftheyear is so hard they're all such good birds

i just drank one of these and i feel belly drunk and peppy [i also popped a bag of vegan buttered popcorn and ate a shitload of it and i have that fantastic movie-theatre-salt-slip-pucker thing]

in the few minutes before barre class my writer friend holly asked me if i would be on her radio show tomorrow so i agreed so that's fun! lol wtf am i doing?

just spent the day at the #NZYWF Young Writers Fest in Ōtepoti and i gotta say the energy, talent, support, and exuberance of the next gen of writers is something to see! these people are inspiring! i am exhausted.

put on new jeans, after cutting off the excess length because short, then later went to the lavatory, found a QR code printed on to the inside of the pocket. under a long blurb about sustainable cotton. i didn't read it. a different pair of pants i have has a philosophical thought printed inside. ?

i underdressed this morning so i impulse bought a knit sweater at lunch and while it is doing the job i feel like a dumbass

you ever leave the house and think ugh why did i wear this today? you ever have the bus driver drive right on by? good morning.

Gotta say. I would basically die for my Aotearoa poem friends. NO ONE DOES IT LIKE THEM

listening to Lorde's VIRGIN in the office and i'm feeling poetry feelings about it. i was going to put on Death for the sound vibes but i'm glad i stuck with the poet because that Ella is clever as fuck.

i've been wearing a simple silver band on my right middle finger since about 2017 that i got from my granddad's jewellery hoarding after he died and now i can't get it off (finger girth +) so i need to buy some ribbon so i can jimmy the ring off and move it to my slightly more slender ring finger.

you know that blooper from anchorman 2 when he's warming up for the show with co-anchor veronica, screaming, "OH NO! OH NO! OH NO! THEY'RE COMING IN THROUGH THE BACK DOOR! GRAB THE CHILDREN! SAVE THE CHILDREN!" and then she quietly laughs and says "fuck you"? i dunno, sometimes it pops into my head

the satisfaction of finally finishing (?) two poems that have been mulling and churning and fermenting for a couple months. oh that's the stuff. cutting out an entire stanza was scary, but you must remove the chaff, it might come in handy later anyway.

the slam poetry scene in ōtepoti is so teeny you guys we seem allergic to it

am i the only one who thinks emerald fennell makes great films? i don't know much about wuthering heights, but i reckon the movie will probably be a fun, weird, dark, horny romp. adaptations are a gamble, i know, but the pre-emptive hating is hilarious

yeah boiiii guess whose medicinal cannabis arrived today

you ever wash a keyboard? i popped off all the key caps, vacuumed the base, washed the caps in warm soapy water, dried em, and plopped em all back on. feels good, man

nice friday treat thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/...

had karaage for lunch but it was a bit dry but it did taste great and i started a new book and now i'm in the office listening to the streets and trying to stay awake. imagining how wonderful it would be to lie flat on the floor until hometime.

it's so frickin windy in town so i opened up the #RoyalCam to check on our chick, and it's gorgeous out there right now. she's just preening and snuggling and looking cute. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDhI...

my brain is a bit of a jelly today and i slept like i forgot how i know the weather is going to change but right now i'm squinting i poured the redbull into a glass and it was the colour of the sky and it didn't even half-fill the vessel borborygmus but am i hungry or thirsty?

kitten heel jandals. they seem... unhelpful. i keep seeing them online but i'm not sure if anyone wears them for real.

the tarāpunga/red-billed gulls doing their breeding business in the octagon are so amusing. one hops on and gets going, open wings, loud hollering, right the top of the social club building's roof so we can all see and hear it. every year these sweet raucous freaks bring me joy. #spring #ōtepoti

just saw a small fleet of choppers flying over the city in sorta loose formation, and there's the red duster up on the DCC flagpole - what an unusual morning

well ok then - thanks to Nine Inch Nails' WITH TEETH album i am just fucken ploughing through the work today. just bopping and jiving and quietly singing along and typing typing typing

had an average burger for lunch but it was nice because as i was eating and reading a downpour of hail came down on the cafe and it sounded really nice and there was a heater behind me and some people speaking korean at the next table over. i could do with a lil nap now.

ata mārie from my cute lil webworm mug. nice one, @davidfarrier.bsky.social

last night i finished my #nziff experience with a screening of HARD BOILED and it was so goddamn fun. the theatre was pretty full, there were a lot of laughs and oohs and aahs, the crowd did that weird applause thing as the credits rolled, my partner seemed to have a blast. man it was lovely.

why does an inconsequential and obvious lie i told my babysitter about 32 years ago still haunt me randomly?

a client who is global has an issue that needs solving - all good, that's our jam. the problem is that there's these things called time zones, so while we have an issue now, it's night night time where the people that can help us are. so, uh, no, colleague, i haven't gotten it sorted yet... lol

a beautiful farewell piece thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/...

you ever snarf down a big-ass maple brioche scroll and a triple shot oaty so fast you feel like you're gonna pop? i feel plumped. i feel like a nap. thank you, Gary & Lola's.

the film i watched last night had an appearance by yousuke yukimatsu and just now born slippy was on the radio and i guess i'm just keen for a dark sweaty dance session

did you know the #NZIFF is still on? i'm heading along to HAPPYEND this evening, should be cool. looking forward to hard boiled 4K on Sunday too! films films films films!

as a non-driver and non-cyclist, i am continually baffled by the people whose main political platform revolves around car parks and hating bicycles.

had a block of tofu for dinner in a dubu kimchi style with white rice and steamed veges. damn kimchi and fermented things make food pop. and a swirl of sesame oil.

hey #nzpol what's that website that has info on all the candidates for upcoming local elections? policy something?