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Portrait by Drew Dominey This captures the last few months of my life a little too well: cats (always), living in this jacket (cold and rainy ATL y’all), moving boxes (don’t ever sell a condo), and odd smile (Black Friday braces) and my dad’s mysterious barstool (that found a new home). This is one of the few pieces of furniture that has survived several childhood and adult moves. I believe I inherited it before my dad passed away in the mid-nineties, and I loved it dearly... but I rarely sat in it and just piled puppets, pins, and MTG cards on it in the condo years. For a while a Roomba or a cat sack lived under it, and it blocked a big patch of the bookshelf. It didn’t feel like me anymore and weighed on me as a big thing to carry around to honor someone I love. I was debating what to do with it for months until baby Drew saw it and fell in love. It’s still with family as far as I’m concerned, and that feels pretty darn magical. Also if you get rid of it Drew I don’t blame you! Give it to someone tall who likes sitting in it! #catlady #barstool #vintage #byebye #giftitforward #purging https://www.instagram.com/p/BsgHE_MAXBQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s95ayusihm5i

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“Let them speculate.” I didn’t know that when a fake sex band came into my life in 2007 that we’d stay on a text thread for 12 years (and counting). I also didn’t know how much I needed my lesexofam until we were all sprawled on couches and coloring paper plates and quoting lyrics from unreleased songs to each other. This is love. This is family. This is a group of people united in sex, butts, and food. #lesexoflex #lsof #flexxxholes #vasd #peeppeep #princessgenius #missladyflex #buttlanta #giggleboxelectrosex #sexbuttsandfood https://www.instagram.com/p/BsavLTWgQcA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ztj1dradtw0h

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Ok here’s the promo for @adultswim’s Fever Dreams please and thank you. Trying not to clog your feed with #synthwave but u love it. It makes me think I can drive fast, but really I drive like 5 below the speed limit at all times because I am concerned about insurance rates. Yes I did the VO on this because I love it too much to not. #adultswim #feverdreams #vroom #vo (at Adult Swim) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYdXLMAWb2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bf8480gckhj0

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Hiiiii I curated a synthwave and beyond compilation for @adultswim. It’s called Fever Dreams, and you can find it at adultswim.com/feverdreams or adultswim.com/fever. Please give it a spin and heat up your winter with something that isn’t an algorithm. 🕶 Promo vid coming soon. Bad fan videos are going to be dropping on my stories over the next five days (aka as I have time to make them). Feeling hashtag blest to give you all this non-denominational December holiday prez. Happy Almost Winter Solstice! #synthwave #vaporwave #lazerhawk #joeydivision #dancewiththedead #comtruise #aliceglass #drumcell #gost #jasperbyrne #carpenterbrut #lovelock #nina #mariedavidson #survive #majeure #gunship (at Adult Swim) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYZ2jQgJSm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zpoadkc3q4sg

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Changed up my red a lil thanks to my darling @theoriginalredpanda at her AWARD WINNING joint @pairstudioatl. Congrats sweet one!! I used to do my color in my bathroom until about two years ago, then I started having Blair play with my reds, and I got HOOKED. She is a dang genius and hearing her and her partner geek out about number combos and hair chemistry is really th’ cutest even if I don’t know what they are saying. Blair really is one of those stylist-therapist hybrids who has been invaluable to me, especially during this monster phase of Life Changes ™. Getting to see her is a treat. Hug your stylist-therapists for me this season, plzzz. #redhead #vanitysmurf #hoot #haircolor (at Adult Swim) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrD8Bbbgz-S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1eb6fluq7pswx

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These two knuckleheads drive me crazy and keep me sane. Absolute therapy cats. I’m stoked that they have stopped sneezing (on me) and are eating again. I have to switch a lot of things around to re-stage and sell the condo, so I am hoping the revenge peeing will be kept to a minimum 🤞 #forresterandjoel #cats #catsofinstagram #catnews #snugglesunday https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqm6QGHA8Ap/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19ecec44ltvmk

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Happy T from our family to yours! Joel, Dr. Forrester, the Dyson Animal V8 (their new step parent), and myself have so much to be grateful for, like staged photoshoots with edible bribes. #happythanksgiving #thanksgiving #forresterandjoel #catnews #dyson #family #catsofinstagram (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqfjTe-g10P/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=67rn812495s1

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When you’re able to perform a thing about your conflicted birthday feelings and make a stellar audience laugh When you love your artistic community like whoa When you remember how wonderful your friends are When people are nice to you because you’re getting older When you can force those nice, wonderful people and friends to come see you in a show and support your artistic community because you’re getting older When you wear an old #lesexoflex lewk on stage and forgot to bring a bra but also who cares When you can’t pull yourself up and someone lends you a hand When someone gives you a 37th pink stone and you cry your face off because dang they didn’t have to do that and closing out this last part of 36 has been TUFF STUFF Thank you for making my birthday a sweet one, even if my tendency is to look for the scary things on 11/8. I want to remember how gosh darn good this feels and how stinky Forrester’s breath is. May I help in making you feel this good, dear friends and darlings and strangers. I can bring Forrester over LMK. #37 #birthday #garbagenation #forresterandjoel #scorpioseason #scorpio https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp8wCOfAeAi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=p9b7f2j42vqz

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Casual look perfect for ambling ‘round an overgrown lot. Equal parts sass and end times. 📸 @littlephishfoto 💄 @ashzelly https://www.instagram.com/p/BpqX57TjY4Z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4t7hdrnigz8a

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The world is scary as hell right now, (and it’s been a complicated week for me,) but I hope seeing this goofball in your feed helps a little. He smells like old salmon. 🎣 #forresterandjoel #meow #caturday #catsofinstagram #catnews #tabby https://www.instagram.com/p/BpdAzDcnHne/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=774236idkcug

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Happy Birthday Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas to @zmartez, who throws an immaculate yet spoooky dinner party combining all of these things. We met years ago but didn’t become friends until 2010 when we were both in girl fight club. I will follow her wherever she go, for this lady is my family. I love you, Zoe Potato!! I will always run dripping face-hugger turkeys across the street for you. xoxo Sexy George R.R. Martin. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpGgd6LnEzZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1obqwvec7d2g

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Remember me and my aura this way, posing in front of a rollerskating rink mural. 🧡💜💖 # #auradacity #adultswimfestival https://www.instagram.com/p/BoroFYGnuon/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ghdr76822iqa

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Ohhhh my god I don’t remember giving myself a cool Half-Crow on top of my seventh grade yearbook photo, but here we are. This ding dong was so happy last night, it’s strange that seeing a band so steeped in the angst of your youth can make you so happy as an adult. It was like looking back fondly at therapy sessions, especially remembering how terrible middle school can be. Fact: it’s worse that high school but harder to fictionalize. Not pictured: Super Nintendo controllers, Claire’s chokers, and Media Play receipts. Also apparently “the artist” drew on some other people but somehow my Chorus photos were in tact! #tbt #seventhgrade #1995 #uptons https://www.instagram.com/p/BoO0kETn64X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rq8jjwgqgdyb

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After almost twelve years of being together, the inimitable J. Christopher Arrison and myself are going our separate ways. Much like the Journey song of the same title, this process has been wrought with fist-clenching emotion, wandering through pallet mazes, and air-keyboarding with guys sporting looks courtesy of the Flowbee Haircutting System. Maybe not those last two, forgive me, much like our vows, it’s Chris’s nature to write heartfelt, lovely, and moving passages…and it is my nature to write some jokey bullshit that references a hot track from the 1980s. In the interest of attention spans, I’ll put the request for help/main call to action in this separate paragraph and in all caps: 🚨 HE’S LOOKING FOR A REASONABLY AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE IN ATLANTA ASAP 🚨 …which is getting less and less doable as more hot CW shows, zombie experiences, and Marvel properties move here. If you know of any secret cool places, DM myself or Chris. Some days are easier than others, but the good news is that we’re still getting along, we’re still very kind to each other, nothing is getting thrown off the balcony, and we’ve managed to watch at least a season of Channel Zero since we decided to split. He’s still my best friend, my family, and the father of our cats. I have been trying really hard to come up with a word for what he is to me, but “emergency contact” doesn’t quite cut it. Chris is the first person I saw after eight hours of risky surgery I thought I wouldn’t wake up from. He’s been inhumanly patient with my oversized bag of medical oddities and subsequent adventures in tackling them. Y'all, he's really one of the best ones. I hope to run into him in the Williams Street recording booth from time to time. I eagerly await his take on the 40th anniversary of his favorite movie. I’m really looking forward to those concerts we already bought tickets for and that Six Flags day that we’d like to do to validate our season passes. https://www.instagram.com/p/BoHRzY3Hv-E/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ag8vkvfqzww1

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Happy Birthday Weekend to @stephbot35, who we made pose in this badass apocalyptic horse tractor. . . . #beltline #lanternparade #horsewoman #oftheapolcalypse #effyourcashbar #redheadlove https://www.instagram.com/p/BoFNihNn2eZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dv7en9l340qn

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Bought this cat toy Sunday. Nightly fights break out over it. For those of you who have been asking about the health of these balls of ham: they BOTH have IBD (sort of like cat Crohn’s); Joel’s urinary tract is stellar but Forrester’s has some crystals now; Forrester’s teeth need some love but he’s eating; raw food made them sick; thought Joel was having a flare up, but really he just wants shredded chicken on top of his food all of the time or wants someone to stir it and re-present it to him....still may need to learn how to give him B-12 injections, so pray for me. #forresterandjoel #cats #catnews #catsofinstagram #seniorcats #rescuemates #mst3kats (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnv1L9MnNe_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=trxkwo3c39i6

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Well everyone it’s been a rough week, but I am thankful to have stellar friends, creative outlets, and also this photo that was from Twin Peaks Logposting last year because the three things are really floating me. 🌲 🌲 🌲 DragonCon is catching up with my body. I’m pretty run down, but hey I’ll have a video diary of my conventioning exploits on Toonami Pre-Flight for those of you that watch that! 🤖 🤖 🤖 ALSO I’m going through several old photos and videos for my department’s film festival to make something I’ve wanted to make for years. 📽📽📽 To quote @lvcey quoting The Simpsons, “Everything’s coming up Milhouse.” https://www.instagram.com/p/Bng2QXzH8pE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ht5i83iadory