Michelle

Today once again proved that everyday citizens protesting their government are braver than the titans who own the largest media corporations, run the biggest law firms and lead the most powerful technology companies.

Bowl of cream of mushroom soup with pasta, corn, spinach, turkey, and black pepper

It got to over 80 degrees today, but I still decided to make pasta in cream of mushroom soup for dinner because comfort food is still comfort food 😅

Crab crouched on top of a sea anemone inside a crevice in tide pool rocks looking at the ocean and contemplating life

More tide pool creatures 🦀

I feel like this crab hiding in its crevice and anxiously twiddling its claws about life while watching the ocean waves. 🥺

That would be lovely! I’ll DM you :)

Large purple and bright orange sea stars on a tide pool rock covered with many mussels with the ocean waves and seaweed in the background and another rock with mussels in the foreground

I feel so stressed and anxious preparing for interviews and planning to meet people at GameSoundCon, but I still took a few hours to explore some tide pools and got to see these beauties in nature.. 💜⭐️🧡

Let me know if you want to meet at GSC. ☺️

Denni, a golden retriever with a sweet face, sits and looks up at the camera with a smile. she has a passenger clinging to her back. a baby koala. the joey's eyes peak over the top of Denni's head.

Denni is standing and looking off to the left of the frame. the baby koala on her back looks at the camera.

a super zoomed photo of the baby koala and their mom high up in a tree. the adult koala holds onto her joey and looks down at the camera with what we would like to think is appreciation for caring for her baby.

This is Denni. She took an unexpected babysitting shift when she found a baby koala in her yard. She cheerfully delivered the joey to her human, who put them back in the tree to be reunited with their mom. 14/10 (FB: Steve Lamplough)

Passionfruit pavlova donut in a box that says “it’s doughnut time” on the front

Peach cobbler malasada on a plate

🍩🍩 of the day: passionfruit pavlova and peach cobbler malasada.. I might be a little extra driving an hour for donuts (and another hour to eat them for dessert at a fancy restaurant after dinner with a friend). 🙃

Who’s going to GameSoundCon this year? 👀

Chocolate cake donut topped with Nutella glaze and bresilienne crumble from Sidecar Doughnuts

🍩 of the day: hazelnut mocha crunch

illustration of a bear in a scarf pulling a red wagon with a smaller bear and pumpkins inside. they are walking next to a pumpkin patch, sunflower field, and apple orchard. there are leaves falling and bees buzzing. it's autumn!!

from 2021 but it's becoming the season in which i am strongest!!!

Donated blood for the first time and got a nasty mosquito bite on my ankle during the procedure.. 🩸 now it’s super itchy 😭

Went to a book store.. 📚

When the glaze is paper thin and cracks like glass.. *chef’s kiss*

Top view of blueberry cake donut

Donut hole on top of another donut

Section of blueberry cake donut cut to show inside

🍩 of the day: a simple classic this time.. blueberry cake with a bonus donut hole!

Close up of a chocolate donut filled with cream and topped with a chocolate glaze and powdered sugar

🍩 of the day - the “dinger”, an homage to the Ding Dong. 😋

Looks a little naughty 😅

Congratulations, that’s so cool!! What was the first time? :)

House finch perched on my balcony railing seen between blinds

A finch friend came by to hang out on my balcony today and left a gift 💩 on the railing before flying away 🥹

Top view of succulent plant with new buds growing

I’ve had this succulent in the same pot I got it in using the same soil for over a year and it’s still growing baby buds.. 🪴🥰

Piece of blackberry fritter filled with blackberries

@damiankastbauer.bsky.social filled with blackberries :)

Wow!! I’ve been slacking on my donut game, and this might finally convince me to make a trip back to Seattle soon! I’m adding it to my list!

Here’s a blackberry fritter from JD Flannel Donuts in San Juan Capistrano 😋🍩💟

It used to be doomscrolling just on Facebook and Twitter.. now it’s also doomscrolling on LinkedIn.. 😩😫😵‍💫😵

Chinese donut stuffed with mochi covered in black sesame sugar with a bite taken out of it and held in a foil bag

🍩 of the day: black sesame Chinese donut stuffed with mochi 🤤😋

a puddle of brown and white wrinkles that we presume was formerly a bulldog puppy sits on the sidewalk. she has wrinkles on her arms, on her face, above her nose, and even on her belly. her paws are enormous.

This is Frankie. Due to the devastating impacts of climate change and not having taken a nap for an entire two hours, she is melting. 13/10 (IG: frankiethepotato)

Slice of orange matcha cream pie

🍊 🍵 🥧

Awesome!! 😎 it’s reminding me of the Mass Effect galaxy map song “Uncharted Worlds” 🩵

Cool, love the colors! It looks like it can glow in the dark too :)

Clouds right before a thunderstorm started

Clouds during a thunderstorm

The clouds looked so cool during the thunderstorm today.. 🤩

Had a rough day of interviews that didn’t go great, but Mother Nature gifted us an exciting thunderstorm that I thoroughly enjoyed right after.. saw multiple lightning bolts streak across the sky and heard an incredibly loud crack of thunder after that. It’s been awhile since the last big ⛈️🤩

Oops my productivity only works late at night… 🙃🦉🌙

Finally watched Arcane, and good thing I have some resilience to even watch these characters go through so much. I’m not as tough as Vi, but I relate to her struggles so much, especially now. I relate to Jinx being dealt the difficult hand and never fitting in. I cried multiple times. 🙃💔