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@arianagarand

32F. atlanta pedestrian. environmental engineer, but just barely. i complain a lot. interests include: ☕️coffee & beer🍺•🎶concerts & KGLW🦎 🧷pins & spins📀 •🪙thrift & vintage🧥 🧵tie & dye🌈 •🪴plants & planet🌎 🎲DnD & MtG🃏•🙀thom & lola😻

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partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· 7d

look i know it might be pretty tacky to some, but i’ve daydreamed about replacing the last of my shitty ikea living room furniture with this insane milo baughman etagere for nearly two years, and this one is probably gonna be snatched up by the time i have bandwidth to even make an offer 🫠

A screenshot of a Facebook marketplace listing for an elaborate, two piece expandable etagere display. This is likely a reproduction of a Milo Baughman piece, (and if it’s not a reproduction, then fuck me running) made of brass tubing with glass shelves.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· 15d

catching unnecessary strays simply for experiencing joy and trying to share it with others

an illustration of a toad seemingly in thought as though reading a menu, with the caption “let me get uhhh, uhmm… a freaking break”.
art by popcornpunk.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Jun 11

is bereal challenging me or something? or did everyone get 999 extra posts yesterday???? these expectations are hilariously high

a screenshot from the top of my bereal feed. yesterday I posted on time and instead of getting 5 more posts allowed as is typical, I have 999 more posts allowed before the next bereal timer goes off. weird glitch? my on-time post shows my dinner of cheese-and-corn-stuffed, bacon-wrapped chicken breast with broccoli on the side.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· May 9

haven’t been to a beer fest in a good while and that’s on me, but i’ve been getting consistent ads for brew at the zoo for weeks and gotta say they’re working like a charm on me

An online ad for a local beer festival, Brew at the Zoo! It will be held on the evening of May 23rd at the Atlanta Zoo.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Mar 30

dude wtf it’s monday, i was mentally preparing to be made a fool of a full 36 hours from now not today, fuck u partiful 😭

an extremely compelling banner “ad” on the partiful app asking “Do you have an ENEMY? ⚔️” and yes i do so of course i tapped it.

The “April fool’s” page that shows up after the fake “Enemy” interaction page goes away. Dear reader, i was fully prepared to put my enemy on blast to show that yes, I do still indeed hate them. Good thing I didn’t lol.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Mar 18

y’all it’s been nearly a full year since I posted about needing a knoll pollock executive chair… it finally happened!!! found on fbm for $75, has possibly original fabric and all eight buttons, no wheels but i’ll live with stationary, and no sticker underneath anymore but oh well. MY CHAIR 😭☺️🥰

My silly boy cat Thom sitting perky next to a cute Verloop pillow on the new-to-me Knoll Pollock Executive Chair. It has orange upholstery, chrome legs, and sculpted black armrests. The chair sits on my black and white zigzag pattern rug for now, in front of a dark brown credenza. Some Doc boots lay strewn on the floor in front of the chair.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Mar 3

please… someone tell me life will go on even if i don’t buy a giraffe lamp and/or one to two alligator rugs… i love them sm but i hate the idea of material frivolous spending AND adding clutter to my home right now 😭

a child’s lamp from ikea that looks like a sad cartoon giraffe

a small green hook tufted rug from world market shaped like an alligator

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Feb 26

not me seeing this image, freaking out, and messaging a friend who loves closure in moscow as much as i love the dear hunter just to notice the asterisk on the atlanta date after sending the hype alert message 🫠

announcement of tour dates for the dear hunter and guests

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Feb 24

so the only limiting factor of the spell’s application is that the caster needs to touch and then stay within 10 ft of the spell’s recipients for the entire hourlong casting time, otherwise your hilarious scenario would be possible and nobody in that hypothetical city could marry until WIDOWED lol

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Feb 11

GRANDMASTER II!!!!!!!

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Jan 30

20 days til… something???? what a delicious tease this is

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Jan 22

shut up, even smosh is getting onto the MtG train now because ecl is so fucking good, wowowowow never would’ve predicted this one

a screenshot from YouTube: smosh games’ community post that says “Tomorrow, the gamers duel in a land of light and shadow in Magic: The Gathering Lorwyn Eclipsed 🌙”. photo on the post shows chanse mccrary looking at shayne topp’s hand of cards, both making amazed 😯 or 😮 faces.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Jan 21

turns out i hate perpetual group chats. only took me two decades or so to determine this, but almost every day i resist the urge to reply to so many people with this image, doubly so if they post some off-topic shit in a discord/slack with focused channel topics.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Dec 5

i hate it here

fuckin a, discord has a yearly “wrapped” now

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Nov 24

love to see a lineup so goated that we actually want to arrive at doors, even on a monday

a screenshot from masqueradeatlanta.com advertising a death metal show in the masq’s heaven venue tonight: cattle decapitation, aborted, frozen soul, and tribal gaze.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Nov 16

the haul:

me holding a four pack of tallboys, namely the push up orange sherbet sour from hi-wire brewing. the can design is pleasantly nostalgic, harkening back to orange push popsicles from decades ago. the background shows my influencer-esque sunset lamp backlighting my plants at night.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Nov 5

oh no, my friends want to throw a clown rave… i’m no raver, but oh boy oh golly the idea immediately got me thinking about the king of swords gog alts 🤡

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Nov 1

🪱 🪱 🪱 happy halloween from me and approximately 5,999,999 other demons 🪱 🪱 🪱 to my friends who asked what i’m dressed as, here’s your excuse to go read Kill 6 Billion Demons so we can twirl our hair and kick our feet while gabbing about a great comic together

me, Ariana, dressed as Gog Agog from K6BD for halloween (specifically an alt outfit where she is dressed as a sort of talk show host in an argyle sweater and a green suit). i’m emulating a funny panel from WHEEL SMASHING LORD 3-77 in which Gog shoots another iteration of herself dead just outside the panel border. in jest, of course!!

still me, Ariana, still dressed as Gog Agog for halloween. this time i’m offering you a worm! this worm is your friend, i promise. i would know, i made it myself! this is emulating a panel from K6BD WHEEL SMASHING LORD 3-79.

a screenshot of the aforementioned funny panel from K6BD WHEEL SMASHING LORD 3-77.

the aforementioned worm panel from K6BD WHEEL SMASHING LORD 3-79.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Oct 14

figured i’d update: this is the newest leaf that was produced from the previous leaf’s damaged petiole!! i was honestly shocked it was able to grow at all, especially in the midst of my war on thrips. the leaf with the bent/broken petiole had to go though. overall, not the worst outcome!!

a really janky monstera deliciosa leaf that’s only about two-thirds of a full leaf. it has unseemly creases on the leaf lamina and some brown along the midrib where the rest of the leaf’s foliage is missing due to prior damage.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Oct 11

don’t be like me. don’t wear a jersey if a team that isn’t playing a ga e tonight while out on the town, even if it’s your favorite team. people will most likely judge you even if it’s clear you’re a diehard fan of said team.

me wearing an undersized florida panthers jersey while I’m out for the night in east atlanta village

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Oct 9

oh hello, apparently i have a house guest - a leafhopper assassin bug!! apparently it’s even been here long enough to have molted once indoors already. please stay as long as you’d like and please eat any pests you may find in my plants during your time with us 🥹

top-down view of an adult leafhopper assassin bug resting on top of a leaf of some potted Tradescantia zebrina ‘discolor’. there are other Tradescantia leaves in the background, from the same plant pot.

a molted exoskeleton of the leafhopper assassin bug from the last photo, left discarded on a lower limb of the same Tradescantia plant the live bug was found in.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Oct 1

jesus christ i just realized that unless those leg-belt things are hiding the end of his pants, his pants and shoes are the same material, probably connected. he’s got these fucking things on:

horrendous leggings with boots attached at the feet instead of just an open leg hole

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Oct 1

no unlaced shirt, but see also: kaiba from yugioh

Kaiba from the Yu-Gi-Oh anime. He’s got that shit on though.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Oct 1

therapist: dandy Casey Crescenzo isn’t real, he can’t hurt you… dandy Casey Crescenzo:

Casey Crescenzo of The Dear Hunter in a story or teleport whatever the fuck you call it, dressed like a dandy man in a pink blazer, colorful shirt, and straw fedora. He is promoting the band’s latest movie, its soundtrack, and an accompanying album.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Sep 24

I FREAKIN WON THE GRAND PRIZE 😵 $200 FOX THEATRE GIFT CARD BABYYY, and i’m going to live after five again to collect it!!! midtown rocks and i love living here lol

A push notification from the Goosechase app for the midtown walk challenge letting me know I was chosen as the grand prize raffle winner! Cool.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Sep 17

literal seconds after i posted this someone from midtown alliance came and gave me coupons and raffle tickets lol, i love living here 🥰

a picture of me holding a list of sponsor partners in midtown who offer Wednesday specials for locals

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Sep 12

guys this is gonna be so doable (as long as i buy a sage green suit lol)

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Sep 12

recently reread the post-rayuba chapters of k6bd, and i just had a halloween costume epiphany thanks to this sweater i already own

a vintage, fitted short-sleeved cotton sweater with a main harlequin diamond knit pattern of red, black and tan. the sleeves, hem, and mock neck are plain black knit with some cabling detail.

a screenshot from the webcomic Kill Six Billion Demons, depicting the protagonist Allison in a Twin Peaks Black Lodge-inspired setting above, and the demiurge Gog Agog dressed like a talk show host walking into the same setting from somewhere off-panel below. Gog is wearing a sweater very similar to the one i own shown in the first photo, as well as a sage or olive green suit. this iteration of Gog first appears on the page called Wheel Smashing Lord 3-76.

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Sep 6

shoutout to my philodendron snowdrift starter that i got on clearance for $7 at kroger, i almost killed it and nearly wrote off caring for philodendra altogether but now that she’s starting to throw out more mature leaves she’s quickly becoming my favorite plant 💚🪴

partly smart, partly art, partly not@arianagarand· Sep 1

“what the hell is this, youtube? aren’t we getting a little old for this?” i type scathingly as i finish watching the latest adef video analyzing something inane about the pokemon universe