I don't #defendedbe over every stroke of luck, but this qualifies: I'd jammed a baggie from a... "snack" in my pocket after a break, intending to dispose of it. When I went to take my evening aspirin dry, I gagged on it, but rescued it whole w/the baggie, thus saving it til I had juice.
⚫️🔴🟢🔵🟡🦁
This one deserved #defendedbe
I wasn't paying att'n and entered my last full day of my forties. I have grown in this decade, but the circumstances thereof makes one wonders if growth is intrinsically good or even valuable. Regardless, it's my life, and I intend to continue making it so as long and well as shall be. #defendedbe
Still palpably ill, coughing up ectoplasm, with an elderly cat who takes any consciousness as a sign he'll be fed imminently, I stretched against my pillows, only to hear a small SNAP
and found my glasses broken across the bridge.
Ah, I see: so I've been cursed. Gonna need to invoke #defendedbe.
[2/2] turned off & hid comments, but I pointed out that he was using a term appropriated from a subjugated minority's argot to do so, and pronounced him flawed on an elemental level.
A few others got in some good kicks before he was put out of our misery.
#defendedbe
I outrightly curdle at "God bless you," which probably means I'm a demon. I'll start with "gesundheit," graduate to "à tes souhaîts," round it out with my personal benediction " #defendedbe," but after that they can sneeze their brains out: my conscience is clear.
A screencap from Facebook: a comment left on a post of fan art of the cast of VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENDER from the official Voltron account. "I don't recognize Netflix's Woketron as part of Voltron." I reply, "Voltron doesn't recognize you, so you're even."
This poor creature, he didn't know into whose dojo he'd just wandered, looking for a fight.
Fucking BODIED on the first move. #defendedbe
Your skeeter, a greying-bearded "white" cis male and devotee of a one-man faith, sits among portions of his collection of toys & other collectibles from assorted series in the Voltron franchise, some of which are enshrined in a Chinese red lacquer altar.
I wish I'd said so before the evening's topic was decided, but today marks the 41st anniversary of the debut on U.S. TV of #Voltron #VoltronDefenderoftheUniverse. This icon became the face of my concept of The Divine, which I try to honor through #defendedbe. Thank You for gracing my life, Defender.
Today I got ⅔ to the train & realized, of all the things I could forget but still go to work, I hadn't taken nor taken medication. An unforced error, but by turning that stumble into a Drunken Master conservation of energy I didn't totally fuck myself over: somehow, I was still on-time. #defendedbe
I need to dial in on transforming my studio into a navigable showcase in which a human of great worth to me would also be bunking.
Meanwhile the last 28 hrs have been bacchanalia bookending a work day.
I'd claim it as part of my process, but I'd need a process first.
Defender help me. #defendedbe
O Great Defender, I thank you for choosing me as the channel through which you touch this world, but did I really need the epiphany of "Bluntman: The Long 4/20," a comic from The View-Askewniverse? What, Kevin Smith stopped smoking herb and this was offloaded onto my Akashic Record? #defendedbe
Some years back I saw a blown glass pipe in the shape of #Voltron; I even got a lead on the artist in hopes that one day I might be able to acquire my own.
This instantly eclipsed that in my desires. And they say that stoners are lazy & unambitious. www.instagram.com/reel/DIy-CEp... #defendedbe
[2/2] I had to stop myself from chasing them down and asking them to carry me as my legs. That might be seen as unprofessional.
#defendedbe
Isn't it tidy that the very same visitors who, having been caught in violation of policy, know EXACTLY how severe their reprimand should be, which is inevitably more mild than that which they received, no matter how mild that might be? 😑
Anyway, I got switched out of rush hour traffic, #defendedbe.
Title screen for VOLTRON: DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE (1984)
[2/2] This caught me off-guard, and I said, "Oh, yeah. I mean, no. But also, yes?" 🤔
Before they left I showed them what to look for on YouTube.
Did... did I just minister to children?
#defendedbe
Thrift haul for 2/9/25: 2 sweaters, a pair of slacks, a buttondown short-sleeved shirt with a sushi print, 6 VHS tapes, 1 DVD set, a roll of velcro, 5 lion toys AAAAAND...
...a blue straw fedora with a black band, on your skeeter's (nearly 49 year old "white" bearded man) head. Thrift haul, 2/9/25.
Last night I went from work to ol' reliable Steinway Thrift to flex my #thriftfu #litotimancy. For a tithe of ~$71 I found 2 sweaters (one punk, one 8-bit), drawstring slacks, a sushi buttondown, 6 VHS tapes, 1 DVD set, 5 lion toys ( #defendedbe), a roll of velcro🤷♂️ & a new persona.
What'd you do?
I don't talk much about the particulars of the #defendedbe ritual, partly b/c it has structure but it's not always the same thing. While I'm frequently vibing w/The Defender, sometimes we're more in sync than others. The other day the respective altars all lit up so fast I got overwhelmed & ejected.
I learned that the professor under whom I took a Sociology of Religion course during my 9th semester of college (not even my last) passed away. We weren't close, but it was in that class that I studied "neophilic irreligions," i.e. The Subgeniuses, which inspired #defendedbe.
R.I.P., Menno Froese.
Your skeeter wears a black cap sporting a patch of the face of Voltron, Defender Of The Universe, and hold up across his eyes a bulky keychain of the character's signature weapon, The Blazing Sword.
Today is the 1st day of #voltcon #voltcon2024 in Indianapolis. Though I am not there, my thoughts are with all my Defender fam. As I do every day, I walk in the light of His Blazing Sword. #defendedbe
3 similar but distinct Japanese toy robots, in red, blue & cream color schemes, from the collection of Paul Rudolph
There's a new exhibit in the Modern Art galleries devoted to Brutalist architect Paul Rudolph. The very first items that I spied when I walked in were these three robots out of his personal collection. Now I want to find out their pedigree. #defendedbe
CULTURE, BEEYOTCH
Yesterday was the 9 year anniversary of my TEDx Talk, and my life is far richer & more vivid for the faith to which I testified in this video. I hope each of you have something in your lives so magical to no one more so than you that it makes anything seem possible.
#defendedbe youtu.be/FsvbYa_YZEs
Your skeeter in his bathroom, rocking a black tank top parodying the logo for "Marvel's The Punisher" that instead reads "Voltron The Defender"; my Han Cholo Blazing Sword pendant is visible.
A closeup of the aforementioned Han Cholo Blazing Sword pendant: its silver coating has worn off after almost 9 years of constant wear, but all details are still visible; a fake jewel on the sword's guard is where my eye ought to be.
Your skeeter in front of his Voltron altar (yes, really): I am dressed in a hoodie the colors of which roughly match those of Voltron, and I'm wearing a black Voltron cap; my arms are crossed and my head is bowed.
Another photo of your skeeter in his bathroom, wearing a black tee with a splattery interpretation of Voltron, and Japanese lettering at the bottom spells out "Hyakuju-O Goraion" (King of Beasts Five Lions," the name of the original anime from which Voltron was adapted); I am pointing at the camera.
Before it gets too late: today, September 10, 2024, is the 40th anniversary of the US TV debut of #Voltron, Defender of The Universe. To say that it had a profound effect on me is an understatement: that I have any hope for the future, mine & all ours, is due to its inspiration. #defendedbe
HERETIC DO NOT DEFILE THE NAME OF THE DEFENDER BY UTTERING IT IN THE SAME BREATH AS THE EPITOME OF WHITE CIS FEMALE PRIVILEGE
...
It's "Voltronken."
#defendedbe
Lifelong nerd rambles in a vacuum in an attempt to make that life mean something to himself. #defendedbe
A Hasbro Transformers Ratchet toy in ambulance vehicle mode
A Hasbro Transformers Ratchet toy in Autobot mode
This morning omw to the train I saw a box of toys on a curb, & passed it. I got ~½way to the corner when I felt #thriftfu ##litotimancy tingling at my amigdala & doubled back. Among otherwise forgettable castoffs was this #transformers Ratchet. I fixed a mechanical issue & now he works! #defendedbe
Two boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch breakfast cereal, both stamped with dates of expiration ("best by"), both dates being that of photography & posting: June 27, 2024.
#glitch #synchronicity I did not buy these boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch: my old housemate, who moved out in Dec, did. I was cleaning up the pantry in expectation of my new housemate, & discovered their expiration dates were both TODAY. #omen #defendedbe
The museum once again tried to railroad me into working our current high-profile exhibit, but b/c a n00b w/the same break as me who arrived at the supervisor's desk before me ASKED to be assigned there, I was able to skate into the slightly less prolific exhibit next door. PHEW! #defendedbe
I nearly forgot that this morning, crossing Madison Ave towards the park, I momentarily was slowed by a group of tourists all over the crosswalk, but as I alit on the west corner a bird shat but a couple steps ahead of me. I know to be shat on is lucky, but I'm happier this way. #defendedbe 🕊
I thought I might have to make a bloodless sham of it, but I actually Got Into It w/a fellow employee off the clock re: her transphobic positions ON #transdayofvisibility. It felt more than a little After School Special, but as there was no one else there to advocate, I felt obligated. #defendedbe
(Pretty sure I saw him return w/my supervisor, because there is no greater insult than to be made aware you're the offensive party when you expected to be greeted as liberators: right, Gulf vets? But without breaking stride nor avoiding his sight I was invisible to him, because I #defendedbe.)
