Sycamore

"The only way to win is not to play." Just keeps being applicable.

*sympathy zen hugs*
Ugh for kid-you.

*zen hugs*
Understandable. I hope the citizenship comes through soon. Hell of a time for this to hit.

Oh, damn. Is France a possibility once EU citizenship goes through? I know they have some bonuses for people who studied French in Quebec...

But still. Bugger.

*quietly sets up tea service on the coffee table*
*hands you a DVD copy of Pane e Tulipani*

Glad she's improving! But oy, don't you have, like, another 2 weeks left to attempt to keep her resting? 😅

*un-ironic pom poms* You're doing great, I'm glad you're still on this side of the soil! All the good skill & luck in tackling All The Things.

And blocked under the mental heading of, "judgy, shame-y, & shitty".

*deploys blanket fort and zen tea*
Proud of you for hanging in there, it's tough work climbing those (mental) cliffs.

I think A would make a better broach.

B seems better as a ring.

Entirely too exciting. Put it back.

No context theater:
"You can't fix dead, but you can compost it!" ♻️

Holla.

It took them a few hours to scrub it to "fury" in the text, but the url stayed furry 🐺 until at least midnight Pacific time. 😂

They finally fixed it, but messed up capitalization in the process. Consistent, continuous, fail. So on par for Floridian Republicans.

I non-flip response:
All the solidarity. This is an incredibly overwhelming time.

Top hat, represent! (Love mine, been wearing them for years. 😁)

@romgothsam.bsky.social Might either know or know who to ask.

Actual screenshot of rutherford.house.gov, the website for Congressman John H. Rutherford of Florida. The headline reads, "Rutherford Statement on Operation Epic Furry". The statement goes on, in reference to Operation Epic Fury (the attack on Iran) but consistently misspells it as "Furry".

This really seems like a prime @chucktingle.bsky.social book title just waiting to be written.
rutherford.house.gov/media/press-...

Okay, good.
I love sceptical otter!

I hope you can find your way to finishing the course.

I really enjoyed watching your progress and the different studies with strict parameters.

I keep capturing mental snapshots of sunsets & interesting street scenes & thinking of actually taking pics to send you for reference. 😉

*frowns mightily*
Interject into someone else's work, then knock it down on a non-technique "critique" when the exercise was literally all about technique and finding your own "voice" for painting?
Phah.

What absolute gall!

Have you asked your local poltergeist to pick something else?

I wonder if I should make a block list for "Creepy McCreeperstons"...

Thank you, it still matters. 🫂

So much cursing. School children are not a national threat to Israel. This is so much toe sucking while victim blaming.

(To say nothing of the strikes themselves, which I don't even have words to condemn strongly enough.)

This hit me in good ways.

I'm a hard copy media nerd, so I think I just auto-failed the assignment. 😅

I am, amusingly, in the camp of buying actual DVD copies of older shows from places like ThriftBooks and DeepDiscount (mostly DVDs & BluRay). Mostly bc with shows I know I'm going to want to watch again, I don't want to gamble with purchased cloud copies still being accessible in future.

43, and I finally found the perfect pillow for me (though the first week was rough).
Buckwheat hull + wool fill. Incredibly adjustable and then full support once shuffled into shape.

Ohai, this post is to let you know that I Give A Damn. If I have ever sent you virtual blanket forts or virtual tea; I give a damn that you breathe your next breath. Thank you for existing. Existing is Hard Work. This internet (mostly) stranger is proud of you for surviving another day. Really.