Harriet - Pumpkin Spite
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A rather well-known niche cabaret legend. Also Hero of Hyrule. she/her. harriet_vane on ao3.
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Sometimes you realize you’re a 40 something white woman on your way to a Pilates class carrying the tote bag of a local book store and you’re like…. Oh. Yes. I see now how this happens.
sewing assistant has clocked in
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
sewing assistant has clocked in
in this jet lag podcast Ben explains that if he gets recognized or anyone remembers his order he can never go to that restaurant again (relatable). then he says that Adam is personally greeting and chatting with every single member of the audience individually. love an introvert/extrovert couple.
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
in this jet lag podcast Ben explains that if he gets recognized or anyone remembers his order he can never go to that restaurant again (relatable). then he says that Adam is personally greeting and chatting with every single member of the audience individually. love an introvert/extrovert couple.
I am 76 pages into a book and I DO NOT GET IT so I went to goodreads to see what I'm missing and found a review that perfectly encapsulates how confused I am (it's not funny?? it's not much of a book????) and the review is by KJ Charles. lol. small world.
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I am 76 pages into a book and I DO NOT GET IT so I went to goodreads to see what I'm missing and found a review that perfectly encapsulates how confused I am (it's not funny?? it's not much of a book????) and the review is by KJ Charles. lol. small world.
I have watched one stranger thing and the AUDACITY of my boy mike wheeler to tell someone monsters aren't real #strangerthings
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I have watched one stranger thing and the AUDACITY of my boy mike wheeler to tell someone monsters aren't real #strangerthings
I have found every way a sewing machine can stop working, I think?? bobbin stuck, top unthreaded, bobbin unthreaded, feet stuck, bobbin string barf…….. I think that’s enough for me today tbh
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I have found every way a sewing machine can stop working, I think?? bobbin stuck, top unthreaded, bobbin unthreaded, feet stuck, bobbin string barf…….. I think that’s enough for me today tbh
we got a sewing machine to hem stuff (being 5'1" is tough) so I decided to get some fabric and try to make a skirt, and it has absolutely activated Hex, she has the fabric zoomies so bad
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
we got a sewing machine to hem stuff (being 5'1" is tough) so I decided to get some fabric and try to make a skirt, and it has absolutely activated Hex, she has the fabric zoomies so bad
if we're mutuals or I know you from way back on lj or w/e and you'd like a holiday card pls let me know! (or if you got one last year but you've moved)
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
if we're mutuals or I know you from way back on lj or w/e and you'd like a holiday card pls let me know! (or if you got one last year but you've moved)
holiday cards are designed and purchased! as always the hardest part is limiting myself to one picture of my cats.
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
holiday cards are designed and purchased! as always the hardest part is limiting myself to one picture of my cats.
drinking a second cup of coffee while debating going back to bed, because I like to live on the edge
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
drinking a second cup of coffee while debating going back to bed, because I like to live on the edge
my assistant is not very helpful folding this fitted sheet >:(
action shot!!!! is when i tried to refold that corner.
action shot!!!! is when i tried to refold that corner.
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
my assistant is not very helpful folding this fitted sheet >:(
action shot!!!! is when i tried to refold that corner.
action shot!!!! is when i tried to refold that corner.
I keep forgetting that since I got covid a couple of years ago, I /actually/ have asthma and I need to actively think about it and use my emergency inhaler now and then, especially after I run.
I've had an inhaler since I was a kid, but I think I tricked the doctor into it, tbh; my mom had asthma
I've had an inhaler since I was a kid, but I think I tricked the doctor into it, tbh; my mom had asthma
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I keep forgetting that since I got covid a couple of years ago, I /actually/ have asthma and I need to actively think about it and use my emergency inhaler now and then, especially after I run.
I've had an inhaler since I was a kid, but I think I tricked the doctor into it, tbh; my mom had asthma
I've had an inhaler since I was a kid, but I think I tricked the doctor into it, tbh; my mom had asthma
boy there is nothing like an hour long lesson in your target language (which you haven't spoken regularly in 20 years) to humble you. I am HANGING IN THERE and I have a lottttt of flashcards to make lol.
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
boy there is nothing like an hour long lesson in your target language (which you haven't spoken regularly in 20 years) to humble you. I am HANGING IN THERE and I have a lottttt of flashcards to make lol.
we have decided that Adam and Ben Jet Lag are definitely drift compatible. Adam and Sam Jet Lag are also drift compatible, but the Jaeger probably explodes.
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
we have decided that Adam and Ben Jet Lag are definitely drift compatible. Adam and Sam Jet Lag are also drift compatible, but the Jaeger probably explodes.
friendsgiving! five friends, two cats, two kinds of pie and two episodes of Jet Lag: Switzerland :)
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
friendsgiving! five friends, two cats, two kinds of pie and two episodes of Jet Lag: Switzerland :)
happy Death Blart day to all who celebrate
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
happy Death Blart day to all who celebrate
I’m gonna start cooking soon…. probably…….
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I’m gonna start cooking soon…. probably…….
I have extensively cleaned, including mopping, so I’m taking bets on how long until a cat barfs.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I have extensively cleaned, including mopping, so I’m taking bets on how long until a cat barfs.
it takes all day to prep but this vegan shepherd’s pie absolutely rules
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
it takes all day to prep but this vegan shepherd’s pie absolutely rules
I would like to be able to buy something online without receiving three emails a day for the next six months from that same retailer
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I would like to be able to buy something online without receiving three emails a day for the next six months from that same retailer
this cat has been gently patting my hand demanding I share my snack… which is an apple slice?!?
obligate!! predator!!?!?!!!
obligate!! predator!!?!?!!!
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
this cat has been gently patting my hand demanding I share my snack… which is an apple slice?!?
obligate!! predator!!?!?!!!
obligate!! predator!!?!?!!!
I like all the off-season trivia games the Jet Lag podcast plays, but I'm not sure I've laughed harder at anything than I did at the trivia questions Ben wrote while high on painkillers
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I like all the off-season trivia games the Jet Lag podcast plays, but I'm not sure I've laughed harder at anything than I did at the trivia questions Ben wrote while high on painkillers
listening to the jet lag podcast describes a quintessential rural Japan experience: no one at the hotel speaks English, they find a random person to translate, & the hotel staff is so concerned about Sam & Ben that in the morning the manager insists on personally driving them to the train station
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
listening to the jet lag podcast describes a quintessential rural Japan experience: no one at the hotel speaks English, they find a random person to translate, & the hotel staff is so concerned about Sam & Ben that in the morning the manager insists on personally driving them to the train station
I have a list of things I can get on sale this week (literally 2 things that I decided a month ago, and one of them I have now bought) and yarn is NOT ON THE LIST. I need whatever the knitter's equivalent of holy water and a cross is for this hedgehog fibre sale. get away from me! I don't need you!!
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I have a list of things I can get on sale this week (literally 2 things that I decided a month ago, and one of them I have now bought) and yarn is NOT ON THE LIST. I need whatever the knitter's equivalent of holy water and a cross is for this hedgehog fibre sale. get away from me! I don't need you!!
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
the problem is I already have two books out from the library and I'm about to place a hold/save for later about 300 more
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