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Number 1 thing I listen to while running lately

I will never stop talking about how much I love Ahti lmao I could be in the most fucked up scary situation imaginable and Ahti would come out of the dark with his mop and bucket and say some shit like "you have your own cow in the ditch. the day is in the sled" and I would immediately feel comforted

i’m 30 volumes in, and i keep having to remind myself that it isn’t finished, that we’ll never see miura himself finish it, and it’s a fresh ache.

of authentic experiences with depression, trauma, anxiety, true loss and grief. how it’s cyclical. how it changes the way you show up for yourself and others. how it asks you to find your way back to yourself.

leading into the eclipse, there were so many panels that literally made me pause and reflect on how much this story was going to break my heart. and then making it through that darkness to find guts on the other side, first stumbling and then finding another (truer?) found family really reminds me..

the economy of the page, the storytelling, the way you can see miura grow into his craft over time. it’s really something to behold. and i love how the character designs (and even motivations) of guts and griffith subvert expectations more typical to the genre.

a couple weeks ago, i decided to start berserk (the manga) and wow, despite going in fairly well-prepared, this has been a tough read. it’s messy and chaotic and frightening and beautiful and bittersweet. while a lot of it is alien (and horrific), there’s something so tenderly human to it as well.

how cool!

Final Fantasy Tactics is ultimately a cautionary tale about Virgos.

this looks wonderful!

it happened in november. so maybe that’s why it’s managed to claw its way to the top of my thoughts.

i am proud that i took the opportunity to stick up for myself but still deeply saddened by this.

sometimes i am hit with this terribly visceral reminder (memory of?) that the last time i saw my mother ended in a horrible fight where, for the first and only time, i literally just walked out on her and cut her off entirely for weeks.

real n.k. jemisin “the city we became” vibes to this.

YouTube video by Dave HJ Blaze Foley - Clay Pigeons, rare Live

Listen to Blaze Foley. It will do you good.

Bob Dylan said Blaze was his favorite songwriter. Townes Van Zandt said Blaze was one of the most spiritual people he ever met. John Prine covered his work. Merle Haggard tracked down every recording he could get. The public has mostly forgotten.

It sounds so trite but please also just remember to be kind and patient right now. Food insecurity is one of the most frightening, stressful, and alienating things a person can go through, and you have no idea who's struggling.

it’s hard to carry the last conversation with you. know you are loved. thinking of you. ❤️

i am just so tired

looking forward to listening to part of this during this weekend’s long run! saw the runtime this morning and did a double take.

ah yes, truly a great main priority. i’d forgotten that the ancient prophecy foretold that a pointless ballroom would save america.

i love seeing the beloved audio technica put to good use ❤️

I am thinking again of Octavia Butler's "Parable" novels and how more people should have paid attention to them.

As has been the style for the last decade.

Tiny illustrations of a clown cat, a cat wearing a croc as a hat, and a kitty holding a waffle in its mouth

Tiny feline friends

between that and foreign national, so sad! :( and i was still recovering from the loss of boat bar.

Art of sailor moon with the words 'my tummy hurts and I'm mad at the government'

morning mood

proud of you!

i also really like this but it is tinted: www.sephora.com/product/futu...

a little pricey but i swear by this stuff: a.co/d/9cQCShJ

“i call this the bandicoot highway”

death stranding 2 is just: “whoops, not me procrastinating my whole day rebuilding infrastructure in australia so i can safely deliver a bilby to the animal shelter.”