Alicia

My villain era is going so well, I'm dragging my mother into hers. I love that for us.

I have a special talent for blowing up every relationship in my life without even trying, so I tend to overthink every single interaction or lack there of. It's happening now. Currently obsessing over a message that I sent days ago. 🤦🏾‍♀️ BPD is fun.

I haven't watched Sinners. I wasn't planning on watching Sinners. I do not do horror. Like at all.

I am an absolute chicken. I am not built for horror. Okay. I'm just not. And, for that reason, I have no intention of watching Sinners.

But...

Y'all are making me wanna. 🤦🏾‍♀️🫣

TW: Grief

Easter will always belong to Nanny, and after two Easters without her here, I'm starting to think I'll never fully enjoy it again.

The people on Antiques Roadshow make me sick. Like how are you going to have jade bookends in your house and not even realize what they were?

A flatlay of brunch foods

I used my new oven for the first time today. 😍 It cooks extremely fast, and I almost didn't catch it before we had charred biscuits. 😬

Adaptations I didn't plan on watching for various reasons and am, if possible, even more convinced not to watch with each announcement:

HBO HP
Netflix P&P
Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights

Where have all the adaptations to get excited about gone?

a cartoon rabbit says i am awake . Alt: a cartoon rabbit says i am awake .

Insomnia last night led to a 3 hour nap this afternoon and now...

I hear they're calling today Panic Monday. So, in other news, just another Monday since Jan 20th? Got it.

This week the economy...

Next week public health...

The following week civil liberties...

Rinse.
Repeat.

Sprinkle some drunk Signal messages in there for good measure.

And the earbuds. Can we talk about how they ALWAYS have earbuds in their ears, so it's literally like talking to a brick wall? This goes for 20 year old dependent children, also. 🤦🏾‍♀️

It's not even 11A. My kid just woke up, and he's already stomping through the house. Raising teens is not for the weak.

*Booker

I've certainly been critical of Senator Cory Book er in the past, but I will give him his just desserts for what he has done in the past 24 hours. And, I will celebrate him for breaking Strom Thurmond's record because anytime a Black person renders a racist irrelevant, it's a good thing.

In a world of Mike Johnsons be a Cory Booker.

I hope someone somewhere is waiting to run to Cory Booker's office with a sandwich, an IV drip, and some ibuprofen when he finally collapses. The man is still going.

Yes. To all of this. It's tragic.

It's so horrendous.

I feel like I've been teetering on the edge of my villain era for around 6 years now & the election finally pushed me over the edge. For certain people, my empathy meter is so low these days. Am I the asshole? Maybe. I'm not sure I care at this point.

This is partially about Greg Abbott.

I do get some support from him, and I'm thankful for that. My kids are very habitual and routine, though. So they don't seek him out for much when they need things. I'm sorry your experience was the way it was. It's a hard situation to be in, and it sounds like that added to it. 🩷

It's tragic.

I realized I remember next to nothing about Mansfield Park, so I decided to reread it. Each page is a reminder of why I remember next to nothing about Mansfield Park. This was Jane Austen's therapy.

Margot Robbie in a wedding gown on the set of Wuthering Heights.

Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights is going to be even worse than I initially thought it would be, and that's saying a lot.

I just shoved earbuds in my ears and turned on brown noise to have a few minutes where I can hear the thoughts in my own head. This is solo parenting when everyone's anxiety is at max. 😖

Post a warning.

(This was in a public restroom in New Orleans. It feels important to add this context so that the humor in it can be understood.)

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When you realize being promoted to great aunt by the niece you've always adored means you can buy her baby books about anti-racism, feminism, LGBTQIA+ rights, etc. and there's not a damn thing your conservative sister can do to stop it.

Today, I am not focusing worth shit. Not a single thing has been accomplished. Is adulting even necessary when the world is burning?

I would so love to be asleep right now. Insomnia wins again.

Dear Sane People of the USA:

We're all building personal libraries for our children if we have the funds to do so, yes? Okay. Good. Just checking.

My town is 63% Black. It's one of the main reasons we bought our house here this summer. Does this mean I'll celebrate segregation? Fuck no. But it's been a factor in my long term plans for years now. We all knew this was coming if he got back in that white house.

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Emily Pike. I just learned her name moments ago. This is her story. It deserves to be known.

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