Julia Hayden
@julenesque.bsky.social
artist, retired ux designer, explorer, & professional gadabout - known most places as julen. Occasional treasure hunter on demand. She/her. Crozet tra la la.
Ah, my annual rewatch of 1957's Desk Set, my favorite Tracy/Hepburn film & really high on my Xmas movie list. Still hate Gig Young, still have never had an office party like that, still love the set design, & for all its dated machinery, still feels pretty darn relevant. "That's WRONG information."
December 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Ah, my annual rewatch of 1957's Desk Set, my favorite Tracy/Hepburn film & really high on my Xmas movie list. Still hate Gig Young, still have never had an office party like that, still love the set design, & for all its dated machinery, still feels pretty darn relevant. "That's WRONG information."
I spent so much time looking up something local and historical today (many bad AI results, fwiw), when I could have just gone to Phil James/the Gazette and gotten useful info and pictures in 2 minutes. I really should know better.
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I spent so much time looking up something local and historical today (many bad AI results, fwiw), when I could have just gone to Phil James/the Gazette and gotten useful info and pictures in 2 minutes. I really should know better.
Had a lovely lunch at Mi Tapatía Gusgueria in Waynesboro (250 just west of town) today and I highly recommend it. Excellent service, delicious ribs, niiiice salsas, an interesting menu of classics and fusion dishes. My list of things to get next time is long and noisy.
December 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Had a lovely lunch at Mi Tapatía Gusgueria in Waynesboro (250 just west of town) today and I highly recommend it. Excellent service, delicious ribs, niiiice salsas, an interesting menu of classics and fusion dishes. My list of things to get next time is long and noisy.
Chase Ink just sent me a "business" credit card offer, which I'd ordinarily just bin, but it's addressed to both me and a random doctor (who works 8 hours away) at my address. It's probably a lousy Chase merge error, but I still now have to track down all of my credit to see if there's a scam afoot.
December 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Chase Ink just sent me a "business" credit card offer, which I'd ordinarily just bin, but it's addressed to both me and a random doctor (who works 8 hours away) at my address. It's probably a lousy Chase merge error, but I still now have to track down all of my credit to see if there's a scam afoot.
Made my mom watch the Great Jewel Robber (1950 biofiction) with me, and there wasn't enough thievery and too much girlish idiocy, but it gave us something to yell at. It was better than I am making it sound, but not by much.
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Made my mom watch the Great Jewel Robber (1950 biofiction) with me, and there wasn't enough thievery and too much girlish idiocy, but it gave us something to yell at. It was better than I am making it sound, but not by much.
This is a wonderful cross-section of things I love: The Etruscans, the alphabet, functional art, figural pottery, birds, and whimsy.
#EpigraphyTuesday
This small vase, inscribed with the twenty-six letters of the #Etruscan alphabet, may have been a container for ink. The head acts as a stopper and could be attached to the bird’s body by a cord. The missing tail no doubt curved downward to form a third foot.
This small vase, inscribed with the twenty-six letters of the #Etruscan alphabet, may have been a container for ink. The head acts as a stopper and could be attached to the bird’s body by a cord. The missing tail no doubt curved downward to form a third foot.
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is a wonderful cross-section of things I love: The Etruscans, the alphabet, functional art, figural pottery, birds, and whimsy.
Side-eying these snowfall counts because we got at least 3 inches, and we think it is closer to 4.
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Side-eying these snowfall counts because we got at least 3 inches, and we think it is closer to 4.
Oh, is the game on FloSports? Hello, radio!
Who needs moving pictures?
Who needs moving pictures?
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Oh, is the game on FloSports? Hello, radio!
Who needs moving pictures?
Who needs moving pictures?
Many many years ago, I switched from T-Mobile to my current provider because the service was so terrible. It was an amazing upgrade. Well T-Mobile bought that company, and in 2 weeks, my service has slowly but surely receded to "stand on a chair in this corner to get more than 1 flickering bar".
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Many many years ago, I switched from T-Mobile to my current provider because the service was so terrible. It was an amazing upgrade. Well T-Mobile bought that company, and in 2 weeks, my service has slowly but surely receded to "stand on a chair in this corner to get more than 1 flickering bar".
I will say this for Ikea: you can put those suckers together with hand tools. There are pilot holes and followable instructions, too. The fancy insulated cat condo for our ferals I just put together would still be in pieces if I didn't have a drill, the ability to reason, and a good 3-D sensability
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I will say this for Ikea: you can put those suckers together with hand tools. There are pilot holes and followable instructions, too. The fancy insulated cat condo for our ferals I just put together would still be in pieces if I didn't have a drill, the ability to reason, and a good 3-D sensability
You know what is a greeeaaaaat idea? Removing 8 parking spots from the Square. Genius!
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
You know what is a greeeaaaaat idea? Removing 8 parking spots from the Square. Genius!
Welp, Youngkin is now going to have plenty of time hovering near presidential wannabes and hanger-ons in a puffy jacket and a can of mousse hoping something bad happens and he can be conveniently at hand should the GOP need a dude to be President. It's the laziest political ambition I've ever seen.
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Welp, Youngkin is now going to have plenty of time hovering near presidential wannabes and hanger-ons in a puffy jacket and a can of mousse hoping something bad happens and he can be conveniently at hand should the GOP need a dude to be President. It's the laziest political ambition I've ever seen.
I had stopped counting the times google ai failed me, but twice within an hour sure is ... something. Once again, the actual search results (scroll down and down) were correct, while the AI resut was ... not.
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I had stopped counting the times google ai failed me, but twice within an hour sure is ... something. Once again, the actual search results (scroll down and down) were correct, while the AI resut was ... not.
Archimedes remains undefeated.
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Archimedes remains undefeated.
Heck, when asked for my SSN, it always takes me a minute to remember it - w/no guns involved.
I was born in a brief period of time when Virginia was handing out plastic credit card birth certificates. No one believes it's a real thing. But I'm the 15th pastiest person in the state, so....
I was born in a brief period of time when Virginia was handing out plastic credit card birth certificates. No one believes it's a real thing. But I'm the 15th pastiest person in the state, so....
ICE violently detains a mother driving her daughter to school for not having social security number memorized.
"Agent became flustered when she couldn't repeat the number, then just lunged at her.”
Jaykie Funez-Andrade is detained at the Rockingham County Jail on hold for ICE.
#Harrisonburg #VA
"Agent became flustered when she couldn't repeat the number, then just lunged at her.”
Jaykie Funez-Andrade is detained at the Rockingham County Jail on hold for ICE.
#Harrisonburg #VA
October 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Heck, when asked for my SSN, it always takes me a minute to remember it - w/no guns involved.
I was born in a brief period of time when Virginia was handing out plastic credit card birth certificates. No one believes it's a real thing. But I'm the 15th pastiest person in the state, so....
I was born in a brief period of time when Virginia was handing out plastic credit card birth certificates. No one believes it's a real thing. But I'm the 15th pastiest person in the state, so....
Now that I've voted early (7 minutes from car to car!), I believe that I should no longer be subjected to political advertising.
October 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Now that I've voted early (7 minutes from car to car!), I believe that I should no longer be subjected to political advertising.
My friendly local pharmacist questioned my desire for a RSV vaccination today, but having had the dang thing once (0/10 stars, emphatically do not recommend), I would be willing to walk over a lego spill to not get it again. Luckily, we have vaccinations.
October 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My friendly local pharmacist questioned my desire for a RSV vaccination today, but having had the dang thing once (0/10 stars, emphatically do not recommend), I would be willing to walk over a lego spill to not get it again. Luckily, we have vaccinations.
I have been contemplating how other big machinery could help in exciting heists, and my favorite plan so far involves a bobcat, a cheese warehouse, and one of those oversized novelty forks.
October 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I have been contemplating how other big machinery could help in exciting heists, and my favorite plan so far involves a bobcat, a cheese warehouse, and one of those oversized novelty forks.
Why does Albemarle County's improvements ALWAYS result in fewer parking spaces then they began with?
Oh, that's right. They don't actually come out here or bother to know what's actually happening now.
Oh, that's right. They don't actually come out here or bother to know what's actually happening now.
October 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Why does Albemarle County's improvements ALWAYS result in fewer parking spaces then they began with?
Oh, that's right. They don't actually come out here or bother to know what's actually happening now.
Oh, that's right. They don't actually come out here or bother to know what's actually happening now.
The wildflowers at Pippin Hill are amazingly gorgeous and unexpected and seem to go on forever.
October 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The wildflowers at Pippin Hill are amazingly gorgeous and unexpected and seem to go on forever.
My list of commercials to reflexively mute quintuples this time of year. For every obnoxious real estate, sand-free-sander, virus enthusiast, and awkward business owner, there are a dozen political ads that would eat away at my tiny reservoir of faith in the country if I let them in.
September 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My list of commercials to reflexively mute quintuples this time of year. For every obnoxious real estate, sand-free-sander, virus enthusiast, and awkward business owner, there are a dozen political ads that would eat away at my tiny reservoir of faith in the country if I let them in.
The rising and lowering couches in Auntie Mame's living room when Pat brings his fiance home is what the kids call life goals.
September 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The rising and lowering couches in Auntie Mame's living room when Pat brings his fiance home is what the kids call life goals.
In this movie, Poirot is bowling.
In a turtleneck.
Doing tricks.
Leaping over lanes.
Embroiled in alleged comedic situations.
In a turtleneck.
Doing tricks.
Leaping over lanes.
Embroiled in alleged comedic situations.
September 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
In this movie, Poirot is bowling.
In a turtleneck.
Doing tricks.
Leaping over lanes.
Embroiled in alleged comedic situations.
In a turtleneck.
Doing tricks.
Leaping over lanes.
Embroiled in alleged comedic situations.
We had an excellent lunch at Arepas Steakhouse (in the food patio area of 5th Street Mktplce), and I recommend it whole-heartedly. Delicious, excellent service, strong leftover action. Well worth the pain of getting into the shopping center from 5th Street.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We had an excellent lunch at Arepas Steakhouse (in the food patio area of 5th Street Mktplce), and I recommend it whole-heartedly. Delicious, excellent service, strong leftover action. Well worth the pain of getting into the shopping center from 5th Street.
Saw my first packed turkey truck of the season today. Guess it truly is fall.
September 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Saw my first packed turkey truck of the season today. Guess it truly is fall.