Stephanie Manuzak

HAHAHAHAHHAHAA YES

I’m a bag of germs!

Will someone please let me use the tiny bobcat, just for a few minutes?

My belated pic from the 18th in Denver. Estimated 30k people — so many and such a tight packed crowd that after the front end of the crowd started moving, it took about 15-20 minutes for those of us in the middle/rear to start walking as well.

Got new wheel bearings recently and the dust/grease cap came off the hub. 🤦‍♀️ I'm at least 45 min from a repair place in any direction. TFW your temporary vehicle fix involves a ziploc, a hair elastic, and 🤞

I feel like I’ll take large language models more seriously if voice-to-text recognizes “butthole” as one word.

Saw the news on Micaiah’s instagram — CONGRATULATIONS!! It sounds freaking awesome!!!
🎉📚

Writer friends: I wrote a short story that I think (at 1am, after revising all day) is publishable. Am reminded why some folks find this process daunting. What’s good? What’s open? Who publishes long short stories? (At 7k words, mine’s a chonker.)

Better late than never!

I wrote a long-ass thing about one of my fave "comfort reads," Dorothy Sayers' GAUDY NIGHT. But it's way too long for this platform. So I discovered a workaround. Screenshots!

Update: Fixed it!

So Puck did something to his knee last week, and I ordered a gray ottoman from walmart so he can get on and off the bed easier but they substituted this monstrosity. I have never felt such irrational anger at a piece of furniture in my life. I can feel myself getting diabetes just looking at it.

In case there was any doubt that we are living in the wrong timeline

HOLY SHIT.
The end to Q’s race seemed like one more little dying of the light among so many others. But this Iditarod…somehow seems even better than if he’d finished the competition?!?
Sending love from Southern Colorado. My boy Puck perked up his ears to the video, then held my hand while I cried.

(3/3) Puck is not a fan of the horses, but he really likes the poop. I’m indifferent to the poop, but I really like the horses.
Here’s some videos, two from last month and one from when we got here yesterday evening.

(2/?) I can camp on it occasionally, which I did last month and am now. 
To my surprise and delight: there are pronghorn antelope, horned larks, and freaking *wild horses.* I see a band of seven in the distance right this minute, and last month we came across a group of 20.

(1/?) So a couple years ago, I paid $5k for 5 acres in Southern Colorado near the Rio Grande, just in case… IDK, a grizzly eats my legs and I can’t drive anymore? I may not be able to “do anything” with it, as there are rules and regs to make things more difficult for the poors. But….

I got this article of clothing the week. The pandemic started because I needed cheap warm layers immediately. I don’t particularly like this sweatshirt. A couple months into the pandemic, I told myself, when the pandemic ends, I’ll burn this thing.
I still have the sweatshirt.

WAP (Weird-Ass Pudding)

I love this, Paul! A confession: I don't know Joni's work much beyond the big hits. Just because a) I feel like she calls for a thoughtful, sit-down first listen rather than the while-doing-something-else listening I've gotten used to and b) where do you even start? This gives me a starting point :)

OK great! There is a 93% chance I will come to NM and if so there is a 100% chance I will call you. :)

Hahahahaha YES!!! WEEEEE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FRIEND

Also, do you want to go skiing? (And/or take Logan skiing?) I'm in Denver and thinking about maybe coming down to Sipapu next weekish. Tix for Sunday the 23rd are only $22 right now!

Oh wow, that sucks! Here's hoping your energy will bounce back with time and careful increases. 🍀

🥳🚨🚨🎉🎉 Congratulations to @kimchavezcook.bsky.social , who won the Guess the Date game for my van’s odometer rollover! Kim guessed Feb. 7 and the event occurred on Feb. 4, making her the ODOMETER GUESS CHAMPION at a mere 72 hours! Yay Kim!! I haven’t made your prize yet, but I will! 🎉🎉🚨🚨🥳

Whoever these people are, I think I like them.

If I had any musical and video production talent I’d adapt that Sixpence None the Richer song to express what is in the heart of freelance workers everywhere:

Pay me
By the PayPal or Venmo
Pay me
Into my bank account
Process, oh process my invoice
I’ll do the work and you will send that cash …

A little professional development work over breakfast this morning.

This rock had ice crystals on the dark side.