melissa boles

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thackery binx, my beloved

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it is annoyingly difficult to surprise people when you are rapidly running out of money for your trip home

when a caller refuses to give their location and says “just send the police!” it takes ALL of my strength not say “send them where, to the moon?”

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Yes, @wgawest.bsky.social, we love you.

tbh, huge props to the guy who called to report a shrub on fire and then said “i don’t know” when the fire department asked how it caught on fire as if he was not partially being drowned out by fireworks lmao

sorry haha this app has inadvertently become my wallowing place because no one in my family is on here but i promise i am not always such a sad sack

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would love to not feel like my father’s afterthought, hahahaha

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hey if you have any level of spending problem do not download whatnot you will spend too much money too quickly. just have heard that, do not have direct experience with it, *obviously*

this day feels one thousand years long

“going back to work will be great, you’ll be around people more and it will feel so good to earn that money”

it has been almost six months, i am fucking exhausted, and i want to know how to become one of those spouses who does artistic things while the other one works because this SUCKS

why is everything so expensive i just want some pizza and for groceries to cost less we live in a nightmare

a truly iconic image from the national spelling bee!!!

Oh my gosh, Happy Birthday!!! I always love meeting another Gemini 💖💖

thank you! ❤️

a little girl is screaming with her mouth open and the words `` how rude '' above her . ALT: a little girl is screaming with her mouth open and the words `` how rude '' above her .

look, i turned 37 years old on saturday, i’ve learned to anticipate that my birthday will disappoint me, so i wasn’t exactly expecting a bevy of gifts, but why bother to ask if you were just going to vanish after? like, why get my hopes up?

“oh, what would you like for your birthday?”

“here is a thing that would help me function”

“great, how do we make that happen?”

“here’s how!”

*crickets*

i finished “sunrise on the reaping” last night and it was so incredible so i figured i should go back and try “the ballad of songbirds and snakes” but the vibe is off, you know what i mean? it’s not a bad book or anything, it’s just not the right follow up to haymitch’s story.

the first person to train me at my job says “ready freddy” a lot (all the time) so as a thank you i got him a personalized lapel pin that says “ready freddy” and apparently after i gave it to him yesterday he was showing it off to everyone and it makes me feel all warm inside

to television that makes you weep on criminal minds: evolution

dropped something new about criminal minds and television that makes you cry in my newsletter this evening! check it out if you’re interested open.substack.com/pub/mellofth...

my eye doctor referred to me as “almost 40” on Monday and like, yes, my 37th birthday is tomorrow but bitch…

trying to explain instagram stories and uploading videos to a 70+-year-old over the phone is excruciating lmao

i brought four books to work and feel absolutely medium about all of them help

i hate being the “can i speak to your manager” person but t-mobile said they wouldn’t turn off my phone and then they did and now they’re telling me they can’t help me if i don’t pull $150 out of thin air. capitalism sucks.

i worked my first 12 today (8 hrs + 4 OT) and 45 mins ago i was 100% certain i could do another 4 hrs and the minute i walked into my building it was very clear i could not have done another 4 hrs. my ass is exhausted.

got released from the mandatory overtime i’d been signed up for because they over scheduled people, guess i can get more sleep!

i just wanna know why i told myself “you have to be up by 10 am” and my body heard “only 2-3 hours of sleep” because bitch, that is NOT what i said

today is my first day of work after having been cleared from training and it feels excellent to have passed my training and also i am more nervous than i anticipated

a man in a red plaid shirt is standing in front of a lamp . ALT: a man in a red plaid shirt is standing in front of a lamp .

my new therapist encouraged me to write for myself after being downsized from my pop culture writing gig and i know they’re right but i also can’t seem to get myself out of the “but what if no one reads it” headspace

“i don’t want to be a Karen”

*is immediately a Karen*

got cut from the pop culture website i was writing for due to downsizing, which is a bummer. fair, because the adjustment to my new job had my output very low, but to have it happen when i was finally able to start writing more definitely sucks.