it was a very informative time for me. there were people i hadn't expected to reached out to me, but a lot of the friends i thought of as 'close' were mostly absent

my friendships that predated kids have mostly faded out, save for a few who could balance it. my mom died and none of them could spare a moment, but the new expectation is that we have to be their village. new friends with kids have been easier to navigate.

i need to know why she's in red

i'm telling you, every time i log in there's someone new everyone already knows and considers Integral To The Plot and it's like "oh you've never hear of Jack Wiggletooth and his Podcast Eating Turkey Legs Together?? do you live under a rock????"

i don't think so. art style's always the thing that gets me, too. either too realistic or too anime-y or too childishly cartoony. palia is similar!

kinda goes hand in hand with everything being a "journey" and the framing of mental health and trauma as things you can "fix" and be done with... referring to yourself as "healed" seems like saying "i'm not crazy" in that you can't really prove either...

damn

japanese breakfast - for melancholy brunettes & sad women
the last dinner party - from the pyre

both duking it out for my personal AOTY

give me ally mcbeal for the 2020s. give me hot women in suits having affairs with everyone they see. fuck i'd even settle for jane the legal assistant at this point. i just need some good, new soapy television (free from paranormal or fantasy crap)

i think being flexible and open to shifting views on things like this is a good quality (says the gemini sun)

yes yes yes. they are *desperate* for groups to act out right now so they can enact their nonsense.

peas and carrots peas and carrots

she can't even just go to tj maxx with a little drink in hand and sniff the candles

i wonder if taylor yearns to go to an airport chilis

like imagine a space where you can talk to casual fans w/o every fucking interaction being like

1: i love olivia rodrigo!
2: haha i bet BILLIONAIRE TAYLOR SWIFT hates you
3: FUCK OLIVIA KYS KYS KYS BITCH SABRINA ONLY