JJ 🏳️‍🌈

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes the sun,
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good.

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a gray walking bridge surrounded by fall foliage

It's definitely much too warm for this time of year, but at least I can take a walk in shorts and a t-shirt.

THIS

Thanks! It's a recent favorite!

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a gray walking bridge surrounded by fall foliage

It's definitely much too warm for this time of year, but at least I can take a walk in shorts and a t-shirt.

scared/upset cat meme

Pretty sure I have a cavity, and I don't currently have dental insurance.

This is what being gay on Bluesky is like.

A Chewy ad on Instagram for a "Frisco Wolf Muscle Plush Squeaky Toy, Medium/Large" The Toy looks uncomfortably like a human in a muscular fursuit

I feel like these pet toys are getting a little out of hand 👀

Regina George from Mean Girls: "Stop trying to make Reels happen"

Aww I'm sure you did great!

It's bliss!

selfie of the author laying in his bed

BED!

Basically? But he gets paid a lot more than I do. 😑

It's so embarrassing to me that the person in charge of our social media account at work just uses ChatGPT to generate captions.

My youngest won one at a school carnival--I'm pretty sure hers is fake, but she LOVES it.

Well, we figured it out: the tank's nitrate levels were too high--likely caused by a number of plants we hadn't realized had died. 😬

We did a water change, and both fish seem a little more relaxed now. Hopefully they'll be fine over the weekend.

Oh dear

Are the "fake" ones any cheaper? Would he care if his wasn't 100% genuine?

2 stars for WandaVision???

ugh--she would have been FANTASTIC

Girl, same.

It helps that Morrible doesn't do a lot of singing. But yes--that might have been the way to go.

Superman—then all of two years old—made his first appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade 85 years ago, on November 21, 1940. Here's day-after coverage in the New York Times.

Happy belated birthday! This is a 10/10 film and I wish more people realized that.

We started talking about who else could have been cast, and my coworker suggested Cher--and OMG what could have been!

I was just spitballing with one of my coworkers about Wicked, and we both agreed that--while she is absolutely fine in the role--Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible is probably the weakest link in the cast.

zero judgment--only jealousy

So, so evil.

Also: can you imagine going to Walmart and seeing THEE Aretha Franklin???

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