I have finally decided to retire this colored pencil because even the pencil extender could no longer salvage it. It’s so satisfying

Like he literally said this in the group chat with my parents and I felt like I was in crazy town The money thing really sent me over the edge, because my “asking for money” was actually a courtesy question to see if he wanted to chip in on a present for my parents. Fucking douchebag.

Anyways I’m not sure why or how I never told my brothter he was an awful human whose abuse continues to give me health problems decades later, and that he needs to fuck all the way off …but I have now 🌈💖

I am slowly training Copilot to spit facts (I call it Coperie, a fake French word with a fake French accent. Why? Absolutely zero reason)

If you haven’t used these sales before, here’s how they go: you pick a qualifying item, put it in your cart, and then pick the benefit item.

And hiding in the listing is a bonus item! Most of the time I see these green sales tags and they’re basically worthless, like the first one here (7% off three items). Here, though, is one worth clicking on.

Here’s the Torriden BALANCEFUL serum, because my nose is oily like I dipped it in butter. a.co/d/04Ylyc44 Here’s the price history.

Here’s the price history. List price $110. Price starts at $90, dips down to $74, bounces back up (possibly due to Father’s Day), but then drops like a stone to $60. Looking at the 1-year chart confirms this is indeed the lowest price of the year; around $15 (19%) less than average.

CAVEAT: this price spike was Father’s Day weekend and that may be the explanation. Still, looking at the 3-month history shows the item spiked around April 1 (??), has slowly drifted down in price, and shot back to list price maybe four days ago.

Here’s the Alexa AI (🙄) with the one-month price history of this item. The chart isn’t precise (ofc) but you can see the gist: - the price hovered at around $74 - It went down a few bucks to maybe $65 for a week or so - It shot up to list price ($90) a day or two before Prime Day - today it’s $60!

Here’s the Anker MagGo 3-in-1 desktop charging station. The list price is $89.99; the Prime Day deal is 33% off at $59.99. But let’s click on the price history! >

It’s not insulated, either. It’s not designed for winter use But check out this very old, very cool lamp. It has an ungrounded outlet next to the pull chain This is the only electricity in any of the three bedrooms, a little two prong outlet that requires an argument with the concept of gravity.

I grabbed some fried cheese curds at the Kwik Trip, which is possibly the most aggressively Wisconsin thing ever 😂

I figured this was a special enough occasion that I got us a room at the Pfister Hotel. Turns out it’s a gorgeous, historic hotel and the most luxurious one in the city 👀 Mostly I wanted to go to their spa lol

Coming home from MIL’s wedding in Milwaukee, which was everything I’ve been excited for for months ❤️

(TW: weight, ED) This rant is brought to you by my weight and my appearance vs my BMI I lost so much weight that I’m trying to put some back on. I can like, store snacks in my clavicles

For the first time in however many years it’s been since Apple has had this feature, I *finally* got a decent selfie in hi-key mono 😂 Julie but make it ✨editorial✨

Not the best photo but I’d been awake for like 18 hours. I’d thought it was a one-person pizza and it was NOT

Saturday vs. Sunday

it’s a good time to be running a green room, I’m just saying

I need you all to know this exists and is at Costco

Me: okay we have finally broken free of some really stubborn hyperfocus. Let’s go back and finish— ADHD: LET’S LEARN TO REPOT MAKEUP …goddamnit

tfw your car is parked in the driveway

Also purchased from Harebrained Design: this fucking icon

I bought some prints, including the amazing Illinois-flag-but-Eagleman one. They gave me a calendar! I am trying to decide how many of these you are required to immediately recognize in order to qualify to talk about Chicago ONE (1) gets a pass because some of you assholes are too young for it

No seriously, how can your “closed” sign be this funny

Martin Sheen and Dulé Hill gave me the most wonderful autographs and I am going to treasure this forever

Your argument is invalid because I have a flickering-light dumpster fire signed by the artist

ok ok ok ok I have one big ulterior motive to go to C2E2 and I bought this for it. 👀 Y’all. He’s gonna be there.

I’d post my bruise photos but I don’t want to trigger anyone’s phobias. But here’s my legs in my Lower Decks photo! This is days before the worst of it, too 🫣