Willow

Spending all afternoon clicking "Not interested" when YouTube suggests videos of the Brand New reunion shows

I started apologizing for being so distant this year but deleted it. I wouldn't accept an apology from anyone else feeling this way. I'd just tell them how happy I am that they're emerging from the haze. I will apologize for this chain of skeets. I'm more of a long form writer than snappy skeeter.

Believe me, I know this is easier said than done. Instead of just saying "today I will start experiencing joy again" I'll say "today I'll start looking for the path back to joy." Maybe the secret to life is seeking enough joy to balance the pain, and spreading it to others whenever possible.

I've come to believe that one's relationship with politics/news is binary - it either consumes you and dictates EVERYTHING you do or you live in blissful naïve ignorance. This might seem obvious to you (and I'm jealous if you do) but you're allowed to experience joy in spite of the world.

I hope today is the day I can throw this thing into reverse and start living again. And if I've been avoiding bluesky because it's just a fire hose of grim political news, maybe I can try to inject some joy back into it. Be the change you want to see and all that jazz.

I forgot my best friend's birthday last week and that knocked something loose. I've insulated myself so much from the outside world in order to protect myself that I've lost touch with it. I'm letting people down and letting myself rot.

The source of my "big sad" (which is no longer the cute nickname it started as) is no secret - we're bombarded with bad news 24/7. As a trans person, I read about how I'm going to be slowly erased from public life until...I don't even know how to finish that sentence. It's been a joyless year.

I dropped off the face of the earth. I haven't ridden a roller coaster yet this summer. I've played pinball twice. I've barely been able to make it through a film. I lose interest in every book by the time I'm a quarter of the way in. I've barely picked up my guitar to make music. This isn't me!

I think I'm emerging from the haze, but for the last six months I've been more depressed than I ever have been in my entire life. Depression is really good at convincing you that all your favorite things are worthless, and that you yourself are worthless to all your favorite people.

I want to be very up-front and confess something and I think it would be best if you heard it straight from me before rumors start spreading: I think I love Phish

The hellworld becomes more hellish by the day but I did drive to Staten Island to watch SpongeBob throw out a ceremonial first pitch. Baseball continues to be my favorite salve for this open wound known as being alive in 2025

See youse there (but probably not because I'm the only dork I personally know that loves this band)

Super Baseball Fun Summer '25 rolls on

It's nice to be supported by one of your favorite people you've never met 💕

deleted here, still up on X, a complete coward. a man that should be leading no one and, in fact, is leading no one.

Ringleader of the ghouls. We deserve so much better than this asshole.

I've been saying this for years but Dems will abandon you the second it becomes inconvenient. Cowards.

@schumer.senate.gov did the minimum by deleting his ghoulish post that said something like "trans kids care being stripped away is a distraction from healthcare being ripped away from millions of Americans." I wish I would've screenshotted it.

If we manage to have free and fair midterm elections I hope lots of incumbent Democrats lose their seats to non-ghouls.

Hello, Chuck. Trans Americans are Americans, not a distraction! If fighting for the right "all Americans" involves abandoning entire groups of marginalized people, what is the fucking point? It's MAGA bigotry with a PR spin. Cowards, all of you.

YUP

NOW what did I do?

Bring back the White Sox shorts uniforms plz

An image of the King Kong pinball machine from straight on.

Haven't been able to play pinball in WEEKS but I finally got to play King Kong tonight 🦍

Literally crying right now. After the fucking indignity of having my gender maker changed BACK when renewing my passport recently I couldn't have any other reaction. Hoping I can get this done in time to go to Canada in August 🤞

Me reading an article in which Sarah McBride was referred to as "an older trans woman"

I haven't had an alcoholic drink since Thanksgiving! What started as cutting back during election season to avoid self-medicating has turned into 7+ months of alcohol sobriety and I just think that's so neat.

A Muslim candidate for mayor of the nation's largest city, defending the rights of a Jewish candidate for mayor, who was arrested for defending the rights of immigrants not to face detention without warrants.

This is the kind of solidarity Trump and his goons fear.

I've been trying to regulate my IG use to cut back on doomscrolling, but I think the algo has defeated me. Here's what I want from IG: a way to keep up with my dumb hobbies and cute friends & reliable news that isn't littered with fearmongering and disinfo. I just don't think that's possible on IG.

If that fact that Jersey Jack's new pinball machine is Harry Potter wasn't enough to get me to not play it, they also used AI-generated art for it!