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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 3d

this option is Of Hell and ought to be illegal btw. i don’t give a fuck if it’s 5.75 hours im not hauling ass from la guardia to jfk for a connecting flight. evil

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 4d

last night we were at the same function and ended up seated at opposite ends of the table and at the end of the evening she hugged me outside the pub and said “we didn’t even get to talk!” and another mate said “oh we could have swapped seats!” and tasha was like “it’s fine we’re securely attached”

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 4d

jk i love her so much and it was up there with top 5 sweetest/most deranged things she’s ever said to me along with “im scared your therapist is going to tell you to stop hanging out with me” (à propos of literally nothing) and “ferrante’s lila makes me think of you”

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 4d

my bestie and i walking our dogs along the river and she asks me for my residency dates so she can put them in her ical and then she puts her phone away, turns to me and says, with tears in her eyes, “i think im gonna be a lot happier next year when you’re home more”. the theatrics on this bitch

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 7d

round-up of best dad messages from this week. personal highlights for me include him asking me whether he has cornstarch in his house (???) + him separating the art and the artist (snoop) in a g chat w our minnesotan fam, who are currently visiting

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 11d

‘miserly’ is a very apt word. i skimmed a few reviews yesterday and their tone was so arch and superior. what must it be like to make wild declarative statements with unearned confidence! ! !

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 12d

i guess im just thinkin about the oft-espoused notion that reading engenders empathy and how there truly is uh. no hope for us. anyways!

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 12d

i don’t know this person from a bag of beans btw; i only became aware of her when seated in front of her, as she loudly introduced herself by first name to another audience member. later i checked out a few of her reviews and promptly forgot about the blog thereafter

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 12d

does a blog qualify as criticism? idk but what i will tell you is that it’s dire out there in auslit

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 12d

same lady has positively reviewed the recent essay collection centring perspectives of jewish women post-october 7 2023 despite only having read the first two pieces contained therein. readers of her blog shouldn’t presume to know her opinion on ‘the situation in the middle east’ lol

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 12d

thinkin about a certain traditional blog-based book reviewer with a decent if homogenous following, in front of whom i once sat in the audience of a regional lit festival, and who loudly declared ‘i don’t read books about drug addicts’

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 22d

martha was sick of everyone’s nonsense and ready for BED

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 23d

And to you x

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 23d

standing naked in the bathroom using my ironing board as a standing desk, filling out a visa application on my laptop while i wait for my (head) conditioning treatment and (bush) hair removal cream to take effect…..has anyone ever multitasked quite like this? i sincerely doubt it x

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 24d

what point of caregiving/parental illness is it when you walk past a smear of blood on a wall and go huh. then find the wettex to scrub it off without further interrogation of where it came from

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 26d

at dad’s making congee for dinner and he’s standing at the bench reading paragraphs from a profile on lisa mccune for reasons i still haven’t established

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 27d

pov you’re my sister

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 27d

the thing abt martha is that i adopted her when she was 18 months old, she’s now four, and never once has she been what u would call an active dog….she has stoner energy. she even blinks slowly. so weight loss is a real challenge u see

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · 27d

vet is obsessed with martha but said we need to cut back on her food (i already feed her less than the recommended amount of weight-control kibble) :( but she was also like “all my animals are overweight so you can ignore me if you want. she’s just perfect” we love a body-neutral diva

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · Sep 5

my friend stayed in my flat while i was away and i left her a minibar w some booze, snacks, eye masks, bath salts, coffee, a single joint and some loose ativan. and when i got home today she had left me (and martha) a minibar of my own 🥲

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · Sep 5

im lucky enough to be in a longer-term rental situation - been here since 2019 - and whenever i come home after being away it feels so peaceful and good to be back despite its tiny proportions, bad insulation and old-building quirks. i love my little nest

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · Aug 20

normal sexy and mentally healthy woman who finally worked out the structure of her fuckass novel after three (3) (drei) years

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · Aug 18

this, from the brain of perfect genius @radiomoderation.bsky.social , whips, as one would expect

Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 18

Alaina Gougoulis, an experienced senior editor, explores the dire state of the publishing industry.

Read more: buff.ly/bvRibNi

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · Aug 17

unfortunately nothing tastes like a cigarette tenderly rolled by one of your oldest mates which you rip while having a conversation so long and involved that you had to keep pausing to re-light it. also it’s a warm sunday afternoon and you’ve had one (1) beer

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spooky spice @jenniferdown.bsky.social · Aug 17

i, laying on the grass in the sun, asked my friend if i could bum a cig (i bought him a pouch yesterday so im only HALF-bumming) and he kissed my forehead and went ‘ugh i thought you’d never ask! every one i rolled this whole day i was thinking, i HOPE she’ll have one with me’ 🥰🥲

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