It's giving colonizer vibes.

You don’t have to wait till Christmas to host a cookie exchange.

Unopened and unclaimed at the end of the neighborhood block party.

Got a lot of compliments on my gym outfit today.

In honor of Sam Neill I’m finally going to start wearing neck handkerchiefs.

Recession indicator.

Imagine being so notable for your erratic behavior that your name becomes the definition of mental illness for a completely different linguistic group.

For my capstone in grad school I wrote six zines on the labor movement with the intent on completing a full set after I graduated. I’m excited to say that the full set is complete and I risographed the covers this week! Here’s what they look like! #zines #labormovement #unions

Is it unionize their workplace?

Picked up my novel again after setting it aside for a few years while I finished grad school and this was the basic experience of rereading it:

This is the slop he wanted to copyright.

My husband bought a button maker and this is the first button I made.

Completing the active shooter module for work and it has the same vibes as those ads for mobile games that end up being nothing like the ad.

Ready to send some letters.

Social media companies: We want to help facilitate meaningful relationships with your friends. Also social media companies: Why not use our AI to poorly summarize whatever your dumb friends are blabbering about.

A cursed item I found at SCRAP.

Love is love.

This family is raising a future class traitor.

The best souvenirs are medications you buy in other countries and you keep for years afterwards.

In the hotel. Waiting for gags.

Visited Biblioteca Vasconcelos. Perhaps the most breathtaking library I’ve had the pleasure to visit.

Found my old prom king crown.

I randomly received an Amazon package with seven sensory activity boards in the mail. I guess someone is very concerned about my stress and anxiety levels?

2 weeks left in my last semester of grad school.At the coffee shop right when it opens. Let’s goooooo.

I've been spending a lot of time searching public domain images for my capstone project and stumbled across this political cartoon from the Portland Telegram in 1922 on @wikicommons.bsky.social. Oregon was voting on whether to have compulsory public school attendance.

I spent the weekend in LA with friends for AWP but we didn’t register for the conference. Instead we hung out during the days and went to offsite events and it was lovely.

Stopped by the picket line at Providence to support my friend Max. Providence needs to PAY UP.

Catching up with a friend in Germany.