Erika Swyler

YouTube video by Oskaar&Dave My cousin Oskaar

And since I haven't seen it on the timeline yet, here it is, the classic statement on Daylight Saving.
youtu.be/q5q77MQzU2Q?...

It's going to crush us, Adam. It's full of malice.

Accurate.

"Oh, you slept on trains? And flew? And pulled some long days running around on museum floors? Didn't get in your 20 miles of running a week? SCIATICA! BACK SPASM! I BET YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT PART OF YOUR HIP HAD NERVES! MWAHAHAAAA!"

It's really irritating to me that someone who clearly held together by paperclips and bubble gum believes they're invincible & immortal.
Meanwhile, I take really good care of my body, but do *one month* of intense travel plus working on my feet, and my back has decided I'm actively dying.

I got to wear my mom's very large amber brooch last night.
+3 autumn points.

They're comfy too! But they are by no means my most SHOES shoes.

Black leather heeled boots with a floral colorway and burgundy laces.

Wearing these under a gown. For reasons. I can't wear my most fun shoes because they aren't "Stand for 6 hours while working a room" shoes.

Trail beer in case of ravines!

FIVE STARS. NO NOTES. FULL CAPS SHOUTY.

Unless it ended with a chaperone dead, they didn't commit

Anyway. People will continue to find Gastby aspirational in the same way people will continue to think Grease is a good musical.

They're impervious to "that take is incorrect."

If you've ever been in a place that's hosted a Gatsby exhibit/party/gala, you'll know the 2nd view is, sadly, the widely held view.

Hell yeah!

I get that it's a bitch to make a living now, but I'd appreciate even the slightest amount of effort with this scam stuff.

Whaaaaat?! Setting aside the obvious rudeness of tagging in a negative review... then A DM?! Why in the FUCK would an author share a negative review of their work?

Oh good. The AI slop book marketing scam thingy sends FOLLOW UP emails.

Look. If anyone actually wants to get my books to readers, all you gotta do is talk so much about it that you become an annoyance and people read me just to get you to shut up.
Or give copies to everyone you know.
Your choice.

I love when they use pillowcases for treat bags. Yes u get so much candy.
All time favorite teen (years ago) came wearing an actual garbage can with shoulder straps and the bottom cut out. She just said, "I'm trash." She got all the candy I had.

There are no street lamps in my nabe, so it's pitch black, cold, and crazy windy here. I'd be in bed already, were it not for candy duty 🎃

Halloween 2025 trick-or-treaters Round 7 (the TEENS have appeared):

8 teens with cat ears
1 teen in normal outfit.

Note: These kids are all being way too polite/restrained and taking ONE piece each. Who is ruining our children?!

Oh. 5 points to giant chicken!

Halloween 2025 trick-or-treaters Round 6 (according to the spouse):

Black Jersey #7
Blue Jersey #11
"A bunch of assorted NY sports mishmashes"
K-Pop Demon Hunters
Madeline
"Something in a blue shirt with red circles on it" (to me, this one is the scariest of all)

Halloween 2025 trick-or-treaters Round 5 (wind os picking up, candy in peril):

K-POP DEMON HUNTERS (3 of 'em)

Halloween 2025 trick-or-treaters Round 4 (it's fast and furious at the candy bucket now):

Swamp thing & swat team member (sorry, we're on Long Island)
Doctor in pink scrubs
Minecraft winged creature, all black

(Definitely expected more K-Pop Demon Hunters by now.)

Nono, beaming you up just went wrong

Person wearing a red t-shirt that is the label of a box lf extra strength Tylenol.

Note: The spouse is a pediatrician. 😈

Halloween 2025 trick-or-treaters Round 3 (per the spouse, who is dressed as Tylenol):

Darth Vader
Storm Trooper
Mandalorian
Aquaman
Inspector gadget (w/ Gadget copter out)
2 smaller kids with coats covering their costumes

Halloween 2025 trick-or-treaters
Round 2 (according to me):

6 tween girls wearing party hats, tutus, and a variety of animal ears...

I do not know what this is, but I support it.

Halloween 2025 trick-or-treaters
Round 1 (according to the spouse):

"Purple hair w/long pony tail and some sort of orange shirt and a little girl with a coat over her shirt but pants that looked like a bronze space suit with white piping"

(Told him this is K-Pop Demon Hunters.)

A teeny tiny steel spade with a wooden handle, and a incredibly small anvil.

Here. Have some miniature tools for what ails you.