Nic Murphy

Brokeback Zamboni

Still here!

My family cannot handle momentary silence and when they put on music to fill space it is always at full volume and I am white knuckling this day in a way that is new and exciting

I feel this way at work a lot too. Like, I'll acknowledge that I'm quicker to overwhelm recently, but there's a lot of moments lately where I legitimately can't understand how people can hear each other

Very glad to be spending today with family

AND ALSO

I had to make a formal request that we stop playing multiple full volume songs and videos at once as "background"

Part of the reason I'm interested in getting into the industry is that so many people I follow are obviously part of such a cool and supportive community! Buncha principled hardworking nerds

Today I went to the library and now I can borrow books here in my hometown again. Staff was super friendly and supportive, I had a lovely time. My hot take is that libraries are good

Happy Halloween everybody!

I got back on tumblr which has caused me to mostly forget that I have this account. So, just to update, I have spent the recent past rapidly alternating between

1. cautious optimism
2. efforts to reconnect with my community
3. horny depression

Okay luv u

Now, more than ever, you have to be a weird little pervert who makes art of questionable quality. You need to be driven crazy by the flesh. Because, as we all learned from Cronenberg's The Fly, the computers are not made crazy by the flesh. They can't do it like us.

Why are they so afraid of autism. Is it the swag. Is it the autism swag

Chicago friends! I'll be in the city next weekend. Friday 9/12 - Monday 9/15. If you follow me on here I'd love to see you!

Oh great! Hell yeah

proud of u, champ

honk honk

The UK is launching ‘porn age checks’. This is what will happen The UK is about to launch some of the strongest checks on pornography in the world.

It's not just "porn" sites. As of midnight, any site that allows NSFW is now legally required in the UK to bar visitors unless they present a govt ID, submit to a biometric scan, or otherwise identify themselves.

That means Discord, Bluesky, Reddit, X.

The anonymous internet is now closed.

“porn is dangerous” is fascist propaganda

what if i got into skateboarding

A selfie of me is in the lower half of the frame. I'm the upper half, the light from a nearby lightbulb is refracting and so beams of colorful light are above my head. My lips look good here

I cracked my phone screen. Please enjoy this light effect on my camera before I replace it

Those are goooorgeous! What kind of stone are they?

It is my birthday! I am 37.

The big picture and the future still hold many mysteries, but for now Mom is doing very well considering her illness. Come next week, she will be in her own home for the first time since March.

My mom is coming home next week!

Her health has improved recently to the point where she no longer qualifies for hospice. We're frustrated by how some administrative stuff was handled leading up to this, but the big takeaway is that her health has improved dramatically.

YouTube video by NBC Chicago Andrea Gibson recites 'Love Letter From the Afterlife' in final TV interview

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I heard this news yesterday while spending time with my mother, who has advanced cancer and is in hospice. This news fills me with great sadness and deep gratitude for the gifts they left for us. I'll be sharing their work with Mom soon.

!!!!!

Haha it was radical. I will happily tell you about it on the phone sometime in as much or as little detail as you'd like

I went to the doctor today because I've been having trouble hearing out of my right ear. They removed some impacted earwax and Now I Can. Hear! Everything!!

a text graphic that explains the donor match I talk about in the post!

HUGE NEWS Y'ALL:

a donor has committed to matching up to $5,000(!) in pledges between RIGHT NOW and Monday at 11:59pm

so if you support the production of my indie horror film, Quiet in the House, whatever you’re able to give in these few days will be *doubled*

seedandspark.com/fund/quiet-i...

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(this is in reaction to both you and the heat)