Lain

oh ok 🥲

Something I see over and over again is that writers who are confident in their art and compassionate in their life see other writers as colleagues, not competition. The contrapositive (did I get that right?) is also true: those who think other writers are competition are neither confident nor kind.

Help me, #Romancelandia. I need short spicy reads to get me through the end of this heinous year. Hit me with your favorite novellas. Especially #PNR, #romantasy, #sci-fi. Any relationship types are fine, but MMF/Why Choose is my catnip. Self-recs welcome.

i love when old ladies at the thrift store gas up my purchases, thank you, queens 🖤

a man in a Bruins hat asked me for directions today and i should’ve lied smh

the autistic urge to put cicada shells in your tylenol bottle

the thing about putting a handful of cicada shells into my bottle of tylenol is that the cicada shells are nicely protected but i am surprised by their dry little husks every time i have a headache.

i have to pause and concentrate really hard every time i say Bussi’s name out loud

REAL

sooo the Rangers are cooked yeah?

okayyy consider me very interested

Ouroboros can have a little ouroboros as a treat It’s a picture of a snake eating its own tail a symbol know as the ouroboros! #flatcircle #time

treat yo self!!!

the Rangers are playing the Wild & it’s funny ‘cause i went to high school
with a Jared Spurgeon but he grew up to be a mens rights activist loser who didn’t want his half Black daughter to see a therapist who had a BLM sticker on her door 🥴

I wasn’t exaggerating it rules so hard

checking my phone all Canes game during a wedding and tbh worth it

a man in a suit and white shirt is standing in front of a map . Alt: tony perkis played by Ben Stiller in Heavywrights. he’s wearing a suit and he’s captioned as saying “can you smell it”

bonkers to go to the doctor for affirmation that you’re becoming a muscle mommy but we all do silly things sometimes.

(note: i no longer identify as muscular or a mommy.)

on this day 6 years ago, i went to the doctor thinking something was wrong with me, but it turned out i just had abdominal muscles that were visible for the first time in my life.

my gen-z coworker showed me how to do something on the work ipad that i had no clue you could do.
it’s over for me.
i held on as long as i could
but i am now Old.

GOALIE FIGHT?????

An illustration of a dark haired man with his back turned to the viewer. He's smoking a cigarette and wearing a leather jacket full of activist slogans, queer flags, patches etc.

No Kings, No Masters
2025

it does depend on the magazine/contest. some don’t consider a personal blog or social media as previously published & some do. posting on something like wattpad WOULD typically be considered previously published. i generally play it safe with anything i plan to submit & keep it off the internet.

one funky ceramic guy in my hand

five funky ceramic guys on my table

for those just joining me, i dont really shitpost anymore. now i make funky ceramic guys and keep to myself

i do think there should be a post office for people who know how to use a post office and a separate post office for The Others

logan stankoven with rolling luggage. it is large. he is small.

he could fit inside that suitcase tho

really into writing about brothers/brotherhood & not talking to my own brother

a 1998 McFurby toy that has been custom painted to look like Billy the puppet / Jigsaw from Saw. there is a photo filter that makes it look like the photo is from a VHS tape.

the Beetlejuice movie cover’s night sky, moon, and hill remade with Canva clipart, but instead of the house and main characters, there is a 1998 McFurby painted green, black, and off-white to look like Beetlejuice. There is moss attached to his face and ears. The title above says “Beetlefurb”

a side view of Beetlefurb that shows his lime green mane and tail, and that his back is painted black and white vertical striped

tbh i’m not really a huge horror movie fan (but there are some i do love!) but their characters have been fun to make as Furbys with Halloween coming up.

here are two i finished in the past week: Billy the puppet from Saw and Beetlejuice AKA Beetlefurb.

they’re up for adoption: garlicfurb.etsy.com

i’m having a rough day but silver linings: there is Canes hockey tonight

on a pale green background is a digital painting of a garlic bulb that has a Furby face on it. the furby also has pale green eyes and there are little swoopy accent designs around the garlicfurb in green, pink, and orange.

i made a new profile pic for my furby insta. procreate is good at making it look like i know what i’m doing 🧄

i just took my phone out of my pants pocket at my work desk & my weed pen came out with it & fell onto the floor & it reminded me of the PWHL game i attended in Detroit where i reached into my jacket pocket for my phone & a tampon came out with it & flew thru the air to land a couple feet away.

😭