Taylor Drew

There are typos in the post above. So many extra ands where it should say in. No matter. I'm not paid to write impeccable social media posts 😂

Sometimes finalizing a rough draft is a breeze because past you was a genius. Other times, finalizing a rough draft is a kind of written warfare between you and the past and you and the present.

I experienced both types today. Humanity is full of multitudes.

#AmTranslating

If it's anything like me, I'll have a really productive way and then the next day I'm a puddle of slime and it takes me half the day to even start doing the things I need to get done...

(Today is both a slime and deadline day...😂)

I bought some, but I've only watched one of them and it's a movie I've seen half a dozen times already 🤣

I haven't seen the dunking posts specifically about games themselves thankfully. Most of them were just like, 'this console is obviously of no use to me beyond being a glorified 4K player' lol

I think your post is the fourth one I've seen this morning about how little people use their PS5 🤣

Who did the poster design? It's very cool 👀

This is a really great way to quantify your work without giving out titles! Love this! I might do something similar since most of my work this year isn't stuff I can proudly display since either my name isn't on it, it's not out yet, both.

Manifesting better work for both of us next year too!

I have a ceramic hot water bottle and it's just the best. The water in it is usually still lukewarm when I empty it to get ready for the following night 😍

I recently read a novel where this was the vibe. For the whole novel.

I had heard in the past that YouTube Music wasn't the bottom of the barrel either, but we *are* talking about Google so...

I ended up buying a micro SD for my phone and reviving my digital collection when I quit Spotify. I only really listen to the same 15 songs on loop anyway lol

A veiled compliment from a high schooler is one of the highest compliments one can get 🔥

Yeah, well. I quite desperately need more stable Japan-based clients, so this one stings rather strongly unfortunately 😅

How to quit Spotify This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative

Putting aside the frustration that this newsletter still lives on Substack for a moment, but I went and found it for the viewing pleasure of anyone who desires to view it.

www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-complete...

Laughing because I had a contract offer rescinded recently for simply asking questions about the contract, so even knowing better often doesn't matter in the end 🤪

And I wasn't even complaining about the appallingly low rate...

Just going to creep in to say that YouTube Music's pay per stream rates are apparently somehow even lower than Spotify's, so if that's a priority for you...😭

It was recently in the Blood in the Machine newsletter based on someone else's experience/research.

Yeah, it's definitely an approach I can understand and appreciate even if my own personal policy is to not QT (which is a personal skill issue), especially when there are better tools in place to manage QTs on posts.

Every time it happens, I feel a little more of my sanity chip away 🤪

I'm honestly afraid to ask people questions these days when I can't find what I need because people keep answering with "Well, ChatGPT told me..."

I don't care what that hell technology spat out!! I'm asking you personally because *your* knowledge matters to me!!! 😭

I think replying is done with more care(?) in JP too. You often see replies start with an apology for not being mutuals when it happens.

But I know some in EN believe that QTing is fundamentally a harassment/aggression tool. Mastodon only *just* added a very customizable version for this reason.

november 2025 reads Another month gone and we're already into the last month of 2025! Where did the time go? I'm worried I might be lost in a dimension where a whole month passe...

I wrote my #ReadingLog for November a few days ago, but I forgot to post it on this website. I've been working on catching up on my magazine subscriptions in between frantically working, so it's a short one.

Still fun to write though, so enjoy if this is your thing!

#AmReading #booksky

Why do we need a toilet camera in the first place? 😶

I've read some essays in the past year from lawyers and people who used to work at immigration that have me pretty convinced it *really* just depends on the mood of the person looking at your application tbh 😭

I've lived here 10 years and never gotten more than 3 years and I know people who have only ever gotten 1 year. Yet someone I worked with at my first job arrived fresh off the plane from Scotland with a shiny 5 year status card (to work the same job).

She left less than a year later 😅

This looks really great!

I didn't even see this man and your original description of him has me sobbing. It's not even my neighbourhood. I live near(ish) the Tamagawa, but I'm ready to get on the train to go look for this dog 😭

Lost dog photo. Sayuri is missing from Higashi Mukojima in Sumida Ward.

A little old man just passed me chanting “Sayuri, Sayuri” to the slow rhythm of his cane clicking on the pavement and I asked if Sayuri may have gone to Arakawa cuz I could look there but he didn’t know & now I am broken everyone get out and find his dog right now especially you @katch.bsky.social

Message me when you have time for the code! I can get a new one haha

Oh no!!! Universe, give this man his dog back 😭

I fear I myself will never gain enough friend codes, but I downloaded the cute cat game. Cute cats are pretty hard to resist.

Here's the code it gave me: 🦄🌲🦄🌈🐭