ooooh paul’s suggestion in particular sounds SO good

my goodness🧡

i’d wear ‘em.

right? i’m often in a position where an unexpected $150 would also be difficult. and i work full time and make a fine salary. the tone deafness is staggering.

feeling really good about the strokes having been one of my favorite bands since the mid-00s.

i’ve literally never been in a position where $600-700 is an inconsequential amount of money but good for you i guess?

ooh they’re cooked cooked

like it’s no surprise at all that this restructure improved literally nothing but holy shit it sure is something to watch it unfold in real time while continuing to do the same exact tasks i’ve done for four years now, with the added stress of different management and slightly more responsibilities

colleague i don’t interact with often sent an email with a handful of workflow questions i couldn’t answer (mainly because the answers lie with someone who was laid off) and ended it asking who filled my role on my (sort of) former team and i just laughed for a minute before typing “no one”

monday.

real life seinfeld episode (i love this)

cleveland’s stadium is also such an easy exit and i’m among the furious about the planned move, sigh.

leaving heinz field after u2 in 2017 was a *joy*. yeah, the transit was crowded, but everyone was continuing to sing and in such good spirits, and our hotel was a block from the gateway stop. you can’t do much better than pittsburgh for stadium shows!

i felt like i was having a stroke as i explained that to my husband

we can’t watch tonight’s phillies game because we have tubi, not fubo, and i fucking hate living in 2026

[dystopian hellscape intensifies]

a screenshot from the weather channel app showing that it’s 78° with a freeze watch tomorrow and showers nearby.

78° now (with severe thunderstorms rolling in this afternoon), freeze watch tomorrow overnight. erie gets wild weather, but this shit is *not* normal, even by our standard.

did that thing again where since the state of things has us feeling pretty hopeless, we ordered a feast-sized dinner from an immigrant-owned local spot. can’t control much, but we can do this.

his horrified reaction is, of course, one of the many reasons i love him, but man, it broke my heart a little to have to tell him this latest thing about our broken society.

i love my mostly-offline husband very much, and i love that he is mostly-offline most of the time, but i just had the immense displeasure of telling him about the rape academy.

celebrities hawking AI bullshit like they don’t remember doing the same for NFTs five years ago is equal parts hilarious and pathetic. at least it gives even more hope the bubble is nearing its burst.

and i know it’s built that way intentionally, to treat us as less-than, because we Need the paycheck and They Can, but holy shit it’s so hard to grit my teeth and deal with it, much less try to frame this as an experience to put on my resume and start the goddamn process all over again.

haven’t posted about it for a bit, but, the shit i was dealing with at work is still ongoing and more ridiculous by the day. i hadn’t had it in me to start looking for something new, yet, but i’m getting there. needed to get through the trauma first, y’know? this shit is exhausting.

oh i’m not taking credit, i was forced to log back in haha. not me using my brain!

i mean when it’s this prescient.

yeah! it appears to be Back for me, as well (i had to log back in a little while ago and it seems like that did it?)

my company gives birthdays as paid time off and it’s terrific. there’s nothing childish at all about celebrating another year of your existence, even if your celebration is lowkey or solo. aging is a gift.

can’t wait til they get into traffic jams with the accordion buses! and by “can’t wait” i mean…

smidge, a longhair calico, balancing on a car door, gazing in at the driver. she has an exciting warranty opportunity to tell you about.

we’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty

i’m having such a tom-holland-umbrella react whenever any clips from nine inch noize at coachella come up, i *have* to watch every single one no matter how many times i’ve seen it. has there been a better-produced set, ever?