mer wilcox

i’m alright with some spice, and foolishly tried it with the full packet the first time. don’t do that. i find about 1/3 - 1/2 is enough for my taste.

and like, i say all that on top of their throwing DEI out the window. they’ve always been garbage, they just got away with it for way longer than the general public realizes.

my first job was at target and it was TERRIBLE. top to bottom, terrible. awful hours, no support, very little training, constant stress to hit quick time metrics on transactions. and this was 20 years ago! they’ve never given a fuck, and no cute campaigns will fix that :)

target’s “let’s try this!!!” approach to trying to fix their reputation is truly hilarious to watch go on

one of those perfect evenings to remind me why i always, always chase live music.

@jeffslate.bsky.social, thank you for the excuse to hit the road, and for the music and friendship. you’re a gift and i’m glad to know you.

i went into this long weekend on the road hoping to get some perspective back - it’s been a really long, difficult winter - and i can thankfully say, i got what i needed. so little matters, but it makes what does matter mean that much more. and i will continue to cling to that.

this made me cry (complimentary.)

some nights you hit a doubleheader of concerts and hang til 1am, some nights you lay in bed watching guys and dolls and meet me in st. louis while you eat green apple licorice. both of these kinds of nights are massively important.

my civic duty.

my hand flipping off trump international hotel.

you bet your ass i just walked here specifically to do this.

hey, let’s do it together tomorrow night!

i love (?) whenever this regime acts, seeing the outcry of “where’s congress?”, “that’s not legal!” like they think this will finally be the thing to make them care. they don’t care!!! they have the same hands in their pockets that he does!!! they’re not going to save us or anyone but themselves!!!

and yet.

if he’s not raping kids, he’s killing them. or both. what a joy.

for fuck’s sake. no one needs another fucking war.

my feet are so sore and my ears won’t stop ringing and i remain completely convinced there’s no hurt that live music (especially when made by friends) can’t fix

i don’t know much for certain, but i DO know that blasting the living bubba as you drive through the mountains of central pennsylvania during a foggy sunrise… that’ll heal damn near anything wrong with you.

tigers, faces, etc

thank you - i sure could use a healthy dose of our brand of crazy right now as i wait for things to grt better!!

good news:

as a woman nearing 40, a kid through the period where they were committing the majority of these heinous crimes, i just have this constant ache. so many girls my age, their lives destroyed beyond reason. and for what?

it’s the first day of retrograde in pisces and i’m ovulating and i’m like thisclose to going postal and proverbially burning it all down on my favorite coworker’s behalf… is it 3:30 yet??

it always makes me sad that i wake up so early because then my morning is full of watching everyone else on here wake up to the day’s new horrors and there’s no way to warn anyone, it’s just an ongoing nightmare, every goddamn day

one of those people was my high school photography/graphic design teacher, who until then, i believed to be alright. his classroom was a safe space for weirdos like me. fuck that guy.

after the pulse nightclub massacre, i posted “this country is not safe if you are not a straight white man” on my old facebook, and several former “friends” came out of the woodwork to tell me how wrong i was.

THIS COUNTRY IS NOT SAFE IF YOU ARE NOT A STRAIGHT WHITE MAN.

they don’t give a fuck what’s legal or not

you being the proverbial light at the end of a very literal tunnel!!! is the best thing🥹

her appearance at the taylor hawkins tribute was one of the highlights of the night!! she’s a goddamn rockstar.

see and then i read something like this and i remember that my shit does not matter. i’ll deal with it. i always do. fuck ICE, fuck this regime, and fuck every single person who supports what is going on. this poor man.