CaroleU

@caroleu

Often affable. (I was @scarycookies at the other place) my stuff, if I did this right:

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CaroleU@caroleu· 3d

There’s a new bug bite half an inch away from the pretty little tattoo I got to cover last summer’s bug bite scar. This is personal. They’re fucking with me now.

My left hand, showing a bug bite next to a delicate tattoo of a peach cattleya cernua orchid. The tattoo was done by Martin at Light Grey Studio in LA. Check them out on IG. I don’t know the name of the bug. (Photo taken by @happysinecurist.bsky.social just now)

CaroleU@caroleu· 4d

Didn’t Margery Lawrence (1889-1969) like soup?

“The noise of the bubbling shaped itself into a devilish little song, almost as if the thing was singing to itself, secretly and abominably, chortling to itself in a disgusting sort of hidden way.” The quote is from The Haunted Saucepan, 1926. The page is in Monster She Wrote, a book about women who wrote horror, which is really interesting.

CaroleU@caroleu· 7d

No cheating post your lock screen

My lock screen is a black and white photo of a “do not enter “ sign that I took so many years ago I don’t remember where it was. Something foresty or park-like.

CaroleU@caroleu· 17d

Cartoon of an old lady with her dog and a birthday cake, she's saying "There's an old saying about how great it is to get older" I believe the artist's signature says J (or Jo?) Wagner. These greeting cards used to be ubiquitous when Hallmark stores were ubiquitous back in ye olde dayez.

CaroleU@caroleu· Jul 7

Drop some wings. (It's not what you think. This one is both a spoiler and pretty obscure but...)

Peter Falk as the fallen angel (hence the dropped wings) in Wim Wenders' 1987 classic Wings Of Desire a movie that grabbed the soul out of my body and squeezed when I saw it re-released the 90s but many movies don't hold up so never mind. Thanks for reading and for not mentioning the Meg Ryan & Nic Cage 1998 version which wasn't good despite having Andre Braugher in it. Have a good day.

CaroleU@caroleu· Jul 7

Just the Cardini's, not the Caesar, though

Front and back images of Caesar Cardini's Original Caesar salad dressing

CaroleU@caroleu· Jul 7

Cast yourself as a villain.

Lara Parker as Angelique in the original Dark Shadows probably from before you were born.

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 26

Happy new tattoo day to all who celebrate.

My aging hand with a fresh new cattleya cernua (with stem and secondary bud) tattoo. Martin also touched up the stem on my old purple rose tattoo, also visible in the photo.

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 20

Chalked decorations sign says “hummus where the heart is” with 3 drawn hearts

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 20

Judge a kabob place by its decor.

Sign on a wall says “Roses are red… Beef kabob is red… Poems are hard… Beef kabob…
Shakespeare”

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 18

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you (I was going to go with the Bugaloos, but chickened out)

The Misfits of Science, a wonky but endearing formulaic superteens fight crime TV show that lived and died in the mid 80s and yes, that's Courteney Cox bottom center. Top center is Dean Paul Martin, son of Dean Martin. Honestly, I don't remember much but I think I liked the show enough to miss it when it was cancelled.

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 12

Quote-Post a random photo from your camera roll. No explanation (but please use alt text) I want to be confused.

Chalk writing on sidewalk says “You got floopy knees babes :(“

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 11

A doctor I would trust more than Dr Oz (I was going to go for Dr Hoffman from Dark Shadows, but this is the GOAT)

Doctor Bombay (played by Bernard Fox) from Bewitched. In a top hat.

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 9

I’ve got you.

Nobody looks at the woman on Botticelli’s Venus’s right who is about to drape a very nice tapestryesque blanket over the nudity which Bsky apparently finds offensive. I photographed that part of the print, which is on the wall in my bathroom.

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 8

Without downloading new pics what is it like to date (and/or be married to) you?

Standing sign outside of Tacoterian in San Diego, CA, says “Don’t let anyone treat you like free salsa. You are guacamole, baby. You. Are. Guacamole.”

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 4

Thankee kindly! This is the next one. (There’s always a next one.)

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 4

Okay fine I admit I looked up the answer to 98 across “stiff bristle” but the answer was “seta” which I never ever would have figured out and yeah, I agree with you that it takes the shine off of having finished my crossword puzzle but here we are.

Finished crossword puzzle with the pencil I used to do it

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 3

Show me a picture that captures your essence

Quality Inn marquee reads in all caps, “Pet friendly except for raccoons never again”

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 2

This is a cat checkpoint! Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone.

An actual coloring book called Coloring Cat Farts which I saw at Winco but didn’t buy, both because it was something like $16 and also, what would I do with it? I have too many crossword puzzle books already.

CaroleU@caroleu· Jun 1

If you can, please do. Just in case every little bit really does help.

My “I voted” sticker on my default denim purse which I would’ve swapped out months ago for one of my other cloth purses except the internal pocket configuration is too perfect. Also, there’s the round black pin that shows moon phases because of a thing in Starless Sea. IYKYK. I mean, I bought it because of the book. I don’t know if whoever designed the pin read the book. Anyhow, please vote.

CaroleU@caroleu· May 31

My tiny elderly mother’s 95th birthday celebration at the Raven pub in Oxnard, which isn’t around anymore either but damn it was a great day.

My tiny elderly mother with a pint of Guinness at the Raven pub in Oxnard CA on the occasion of her 95th birthday

CaroleU@caroleu· May 31

Least resistance or Tao?

Small sign just off the path says “Please stay on the path.”

CaroleU@caroleu· May 30

Drop some hats

This is me standing in a statue of a giant metal aviator helmet which counts as a hat, right? I’m wearing a great satchel I haven’t used in years, I should really dig it out & give it another go.

CaroleU@caroleu· May 22

This was on 4th or 5th St downtown during the lockdown era of the pandemic. I did not pick it up, which makes sense, but I also never deleted the pic, which doesn’t.