My secret 3rd thing is hearing a song or seeing a meme and saying, "That's so [character I made up in my head]!"

Being told in 5th grade that my Jewish best friend was going to hell.

A tin ashtray shaped like the state of Kentucky, with several state landmarks represented.

I know it doesn't happen this way, but I'm still manifesting:

The dream cover for my book features this ashtray sitting on a formica table with three cigarettes burning in it.

At least one of the five people currently hogging my Libby hold needs to Wrap It Up Already.

I genuinely love when I'm engaging with a piece of art I don't really like but think is nonetheless good. It always feels like an important opportunity to think more critically about art in general and about my own taste.

So glad to FINALLY have short fiction to submit again!

'A NSFW ban won't negatively affect me, I don't draw or post porn!'

You sure? Here's how it went down when tumblr did it:

A window with blinds opened. Outside the window, hazy pink sunset light illuminates taller trees.

Moving into an apartment with west-facing bedroom windows is the best thing that's happened to me all year.

(And, let's be real, so I can smooch Neve)

Playing myself in Veilguard now solely so I can hang out with my Inquisitor.
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Making it to 2025 without developing any strong opinion on Taylor Swift feels like attaining nirvana or something.

A Separate Peace, I'm looking directly at you.

One of my favorite parts of queer adulthood is learning how many of us had the experience of clocking queer subtext in assigned school reading only to be told by students and teachers alike that we were off base, then growing up and realizing how fucking CORRECT we were.

I don't know if this manuscript is good, but I was really cookin' with Chapter 7.

Did it again this morning just in time to see a pigeon take a huge dump!

Read all 3 Garth Greenwell novels recently, and damn, I am fully Greenwell-pilled. Small Rain is a Mary Poppins bag, fitting so much life into a story so singularly focused. Mitko from WBTY belongs on a list of all-time great fiction characters. Cleanness might actually be a perfect book. Christ.

Coming to grips with the fact that Lodger might actually be my favorite David Bowie album.

True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing.

Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.

Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
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Opening the blinds in the morning and chanting "Birds! Birds! Birds! Birds! Birds!"

Opening the blinds in the morning and chanting "Birds! Birds! Birds! Birds! Birds!"

I finished a short story for the first time in 2 years (because of book). Please clap.

It happened to me: the indie bookstore employees complemented my taste and told me I could work there. 🥲

My goal for 2026 is to write a book that feels like a Gregg Araki vampire movie.

Hahaha, this is my move, too, but I find it's only good for about a minute of interaction tops. I need to get better at question asking!

Genuine question: how do you actually make friends as an adult? Because the advice I always hear is like "go to place/event"....okay, AND THEN WHAT? Just talk to a random person? About WHAT???

All the kids coming out of the catholic school across the street from me are extra rowdy today, and I can only assume they've contracted Pope Fever.

The only reason mine isn't that long is we're doing a post-Baldur's Gate 3 campaign, so everyone playing already has prior knowledge of many relevant details. Otherwise this doc could've been GIRTHY.

My DM asked for a character backstory and got a 4 page single spaced document with photos and hyperlinks. I am nothing if not committed to D&D.

The most D&D sentence I can say is this: moments after the death of a horny stinky witch named Smelda, I got to be my real-life husband's best man when his halfling PC married a vampire hunter in a lich's living room. I don't know what people think this game is, but it's at least 50% shit like this.