Virginia Barksdale

@virginiabarksdale

nee Gentlenerd. Queer. Virginian. Cat Attendant. Former host/writer of things about comics, current shitposter & Discworld fangirl. Avatar: Dan Schkade. Banner: Filipe Andrade/Ram V. She/her. Free Palestine.

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Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Jul 9

Thank you! I'll make sure to inquire when we check in and make sure we're not right by the elevator. Here's Rory being silly:

Rory, a black and white cat, doing the inverse shrimp with princess paws on top of a Batman blanket.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Jul 9

You get a picture anyway bc you're special

Rory, a black and white cat poised to strike. Her enemy is whatever under the fridge is freaking her out.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Jul 9

In exchange for hotel tips for cats I will provide pictures of Rory, whose BIRTHDAY is TODAY.

Rory, a black and white cat with a pink nose and green eyes, sits with her paw up on the arm of the couch like a person. Her tail flicks at the viewer. She's 17 years old and has a single green pea where her brain should be.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Jul 9

Precious baboos. Rory turns 17 tomorrow, impossibly. She hasn't had a thought in her sweet head the entire time.

A black and white cat asleep on top of a crab squishmallow

A black and white cat on a tiny cat sized couch

A black and white cat with a pink nose and green eyes looks at the camera

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Jun 27

Be jealous, my spouse just surprised me FOR NO REASON with like 75% of the Animorphs run

5 stacks of animorphs books on a table. Shout out author KA Applegate and trans rights.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Jun 18

I should be allowed to make this my government ID pic, really.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Jun 13

When she becomes A Circle

Rory, a black and white cat, is coiled into a circle on a dark green chaise lounge with a blanket featuring a Dutch Masters inspired pattern of flowers and a big skull on black canvass. She is so achingly perfect I want to cry.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Jun 7

Good morning from the Merritt Parkway, I am full of Neil's Donuts and the will to cross 6 states by lunchtime

A white box with a smiling yellow dot on it. The dot has a paper hat and is cleaning a window that says NEIL'S DONUTS on it.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Jun 5

Taking the in-laws to see a show in New Haven tonight (our Xmas gift to them), I did not intend for this outfit to be so Breast but I don't have a backup so c'est la vie.

White brunette in a purple and black dress smiles at camera. Cleavage is happening

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Jun 1

My sister's dog Duncan died. Everywhere he went he was a celebrity. Here he is in Munich being stopped for photos. I'm not a huge dog person but I this fella ruled and he went too soon.

The handsomest Australian Shepherd alive aka Duncan Idaho is being petted and fawned over by tourists in Munich, Germany. Fuck the glockenspiel, look at this dog! He rules.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· May 28

Rory is becoming very demanding in her old age. She just marched into my office, jumped into my lap & leaned against me, rubbing my face until I gave her kisses, without stopping, for a minute.

Rory, a black and white cat with a pink nose, leans against my chest purring.

Same cat rubbing my face so I will kiss her (I thought we were gonna take a selfie)

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· May 25

Black text reads WERE YOU THERE? over a lilac bush in bloom. Purple flowers cluster over green leaves.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· May 22

Happy Birthday to one of the very best people, @unlikelynerd.bsky.social.

A skeleton lounges in a field of sunflowers, half buried in the earth. It is smoking a roll up. A meteor is crashing towards it. The meteor is labeled 50 and the skeleton is named Chris.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· May 21

Wore this necklace today for the first time and I've been getting hella compliments all day (work, dentist, grocery store) - the spouse has exceptional taste in jewelry!

A pewter looking necklace in the shape of 3 spinal columns coming together like the bottom of a heart. The necklace is on the neck of a pale white woman with curly brown hair and a green shirt.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· May 20

Rory leggies

Black and white cat with a pink nose is snoozing on a black blanket with flowers on it

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· May 16

Put a sparkler in front of me and I'm delighted like a simple child

Me a brunette white lady being surprised by a birthday platter that includes chocolate truffles and a sparkler stuck in a strawberry. My hands are thrown up in childlike delight.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· May 11

....

Yeah shut up I am into shirtless Darth Maul from the OG dark horse Maul comic

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· May 10

We bought 4 new tires LAST YEAR

A Philips head screw embedded in my goddamn tire

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· May 10

Achieved ❤. Still gonna have to pay for a car home tho 🙃

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· May 8

I am 30 or 40 years old and I really need this

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· May 8

Captain Sunshine (Kevin Conroy) yells GET OUT OF MY SANCTUM SOLARIUM

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Apr 27

I do legitimately have a star wars Barbie tho I love her

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Apr 27

I redid all my cabinets today

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Apr 23

@aaronmeyers.bsky.social I received this ad last night

It's an action figure of ROM the Space Knight standing over a bunch of fallen ROMs?

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Apr 19

Last night we had friends over and played Habemus Papam and I came in third but I was the one who cast the deciding votes so not a total wash! This game is a ton of fun.

The first round board of Habemus Papam, a board game that's basically the movie Conclave. You work to have the most influence in the Curia while also ideally getting a Pope who matches your assigned values/Order.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Apr 16

Decided to revisit the end of 30 Rock season 3 and GUESS WHO FINALLY GETS THIS GREAT ALAN ALDA JOKE

Alan Alda as Milton Greene on 30 Rock; he leans on a cane and looks at camera right. He says "A guy crying about a chicken and a baby? I thought this was a comedy show."

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Apr 7

We did a huge purge and reorganization of our physical media this weekend in the hopes of setting up a new display case. It was too small. We are keeping the old one.

415 movies and god knows how many TV shows (we haven't scanned them yet) on a big media case against a wall.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Apr 1

I got nothing to say about the backrooms but my frontroom is pretty good right now

A black and white cat (Rory) is curled up into a sleepy little croissant on a dark green chaise lounge. There is a blanket with a Dutch still life inspired pattern of flowers and skulls on a black background. A big fat red dragon plush keeps watch.

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Mar 29

You ever feel yourself for a minute so you take a selfie and then go now let's do a silly one

A white brunette with shoulder length curly hair and a black tshirt smiles at the camera. She sits beside a window.

Same lady but now she's making a face at the camera like some sort of vaudeville fool

Virginia Barksdale@virginiabarksdale· Mar 29

Springtime in the neighborhood