Eva Arroyo
@ecotext.bsky.social
Motes, half-baked koans, goofs. The usual suspects.
im so glad i invented putting a cold object against my neck on a hot day. that was a really good invention.
July 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
im so glad i invented putting a cold object against my neck on a hot day. that was a really good invention.
the elders thought i was saying skibidi
but no
i am always
always.
speaking of spaghetti
but no
i am always
always.
speaking of spaghetti
July 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
the elders thought i was saying skibidi
but no
i am always
always.
speaking of spaghetti
but no
i am always
always.
speaking of spaghetti
ive been in a mood this week. the kind where you feel like someone nailed your brain to your tongue and now you live this way. (on a post it note from april)
July 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
ive been in a mood this week. the kind where you feel like someone nailed your brain to your tongue and now you live this way. (on a post it note from april)
beautiful mystic is a career with excellent job stability, even under an AI overlord!
July 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
beautiful mystic is a career with excellent job stability, even under an AI overlord!
Returning to the land of wilted produce, good mountains and endless self-promotion. Sigh.
July 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Returning to the land of wilted produce, good mountains and endless self-promotion. Sigh.
Pressing texts I send about “figuring my life out”
July 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Pressing texts I send about “figuring my life out”
I’m in awe of imagining my friend as a coyote
June 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I’m in awe of imagining my friend as a coyote
I don’t think about politics much, I’m generally much more interested in people. People: what they are up to, how they feel, why they can be so wicked, why they smile so secretly. Politics: boys keep telling me their opinions, in varying degrees of articulateness.
June 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I don’t think about politics much, I’m generally much more interested in people. People: what they are up to, how they feel, why they can be so wicked, why they smile so secretly. Politics: boys keep telling me their opinions, in varying degrees of articulateness.
This guy im seeing keeps sharing iCloud notes with me. It’s bonkers hot.
June 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This guy im seeing keeps sharing iCloud notes with me. It’s bonkers hot.
Reposted by Eva Arroyo
“The poet is like a mouse in an enormous cheese excited by how much cheese there is to eat.”—Czeslaw Milosz
Czeslaw Milosz, The Art of Poetry No. 70
“A book is finished and appears and I feel, Well, next time I will unveil myself. And when the next book appears, I have the same feeling. And then your life ends, and that's it.”
buff.ly
June 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
“The poet is like a mouse in an enormous cheese excited by how much cheese there is to eat.”—Czeslaw Milosz
I’m basically my generation’s serge gainsbourg. Like once i figure out how to smoke without coughing and seduce women.
June 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I’m basically my generation’s serge gainsbourg. Like once i figure out how to smoke without coughing and seduce women.
the thing that endeared me infinitely to Ted Chiang was his attributions of shared thoughts at the end of his novels. i love.
June 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
the thing that endeared me infinitely to Ted Chiang was his attributions of shared thoughts at the end of his novels. i love.
“Fairies, donuts, birdfeeders”- list of things my friends 3 year old is into these days
April 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Fairies, donuts, birdfeeders”- list of things my friends 3 year old is into these days
guy doing a wheelie on a bike with a bike basket. i want that kinda unearned confidence
April 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
guy doing a wheelie on a bike with a bike basket. i want that kinda unearned confidence
savoring the burnt chemical taste of an expired protein shake. embalmed in three layers of cashmere sweaters.
April 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
savoring the burnt chemical taste of an expired protein shake. embalmed in three layers of cashmere sweaters.
people. they get me every time.
April 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
people. they get me every time.
Just heard someone go “okay moneybags with the eggs, plural” and it brings up some questions 1) where are folks buying eggs in singles 2) what are we gonna make with our single egg
April 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just heard someone go “okay moneybags with the eggs, plural” and it brings up some questions 1) where are folks buying eggs in singles 2) what are we gonna make with our single egg
god i am smiling so delightedly in this cafe and so secretly and people have no idea why and the reason? the reason, the reason?! Steve Reich. Always. Steve. mothafuckin. Reich.
March 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
god i am smiling so delightedly in this cafe and so secretly and people have no idea why and the reason? the reason, the reason?! Steve Reich. Always. Steve. mothafuckin. Reich.
The girlies in the bathroom. Talking about the dangers of fast fashion. Giving me hope.
March 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The girlies in the bathroom. Talking about the dangers of fast fashion. Giving me hope.
it's raining and im loudly auditioning for adulthood: "i hope the reservoir fills up;" "man I hope we turned off the sprinklers;" "gee the plants are gonna love this"
March 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
it's raining and im loudly auditioning for adulthood: "i hope the reservoir fills up;" "man I hope we turned off the sprinklers;" "gee the plants are gonna love this"
Footnotes are always for the homies.
March 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Footnotes are always for the homies.
and my favorite part of the illiad (do i misremember?): when cassandra walks through troy before the city is sacked, looking up at the sky. she smiles to an old man on his bicycle. for that walk, she sits in the transience of the little moments (they were always going to be transient anyway).
March 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
and my favorite part of the illiad (do i misremember?): when cassandra walks through troy before the city is sacked, looking up at the sky. she smiles to an old man on his bicycle. for that walk, she sits in the transience of the little moments (they were always going to be transient anyway).
my friend just referred to Argonauts by Maggie Nelson as "that book about that lesbian in California"
March 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
my friend just referred to Argonauts by Maggie Nelson as "that book about that lesbian in California"
On humiliation:
you’re always the last one to the party of realizing you are being humiliated. So the moment you realize (your own humiliation) that’s a moment of joy.
you’re always the last one to the party of realizing you are being humiliated. So the moment you realize (your own humiliation) that’s a moment of joy.
February 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On humiliation:
you’re always the last one to the party of realizing you are being humiliated. So the moment you realize (your own humiliation) that’s a moment of joy.
you’re always the last one to the party of realizing you are being humiliated. So the moment you realize (your own humiliation) that’s a moment of joy.