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CB. They/them. Portland.

[papayajuan2019]

must feel so good to be soil absorbing rain

[nonamewhiteee]

io mentre aspetto la pizza in chimica marcia, e non me ne vergogno.

[fork-tender]

This morning I was reading Caren Beilin’s Sea, Poison, which has a very brief mention of the Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest for high schoolers, and I had the gut-punch flashback about learning my best friend in high school either won or was a runner up for that contest, and maybe that explains something about how his personality turned out and why we ended up not being compatible as friends as adults

[fork-tender]

This is the same out-of-the-blue-getting-back-in-touch friend. As soon as I know more about his current situation (/it feels like a good time) I gotta ask him about this.

[kuchipachi]

white flag by lucia gallipoli

[dogwoodbite]

[ID: a white lace curtain with the words "I DIDN'T ASK TO BE BORN / BUT I CERTAINLY DIDN'T / ASK TO DIE / EXCEPT FOR WHEN I DID / AND I THANK GOD / HE NEVER LISTENS" added with white interfacing just above a flower motif border /End ID]

[treely-ruly]

Palette cleaning painting (you know when you have a watercolour palette and you've got a billion muddied colours on the mixing tray??)

[fork-tender]

love to get good grades in Friends’ Cats 🐈🐈‍⬛💅

[fork-tender]

What I watched in April & May:

Red Lights (2012) (this could’ve been a lot better than it was)

The Drama (2026)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (in a full theater with an intermission, it was great)

Labyrinth (1986)

Oslo, August 31st (2011)

Woodstock ‘99 (2021)

Louder Than Bombs (2015)

To Die For (1995)

All The President’s Men (1976)

[unsubconscious]

“There is no other home”, Soviet poster, 1986.

[fork-tender]

I’m watching All The President’s Men, a real movie, where people are both beautiful and normal looking and have real hair and skin and there’s film grain, and one of the elements that really makes it work so well is the sound quality and editing, how textural it is, how much newsroom noise there is, the sound of voices through telephone lines, and the very restrained use of music, it’s so brilliant and I wish more people still made movies like this!!

[fork-tender]

I re-read all of his letters last night in chronological order (about 50 over the span of 13 years) and felt so many strong emotional echoes. There really is a point where things took a turn, big time lack of clarity and detail, I think some major life plans and a relationship both came to an abrupt halt? He must have told me at least some details at a certain point, over the phone or in person, but I can't really remember them.

Then this morning I learned that my best friend from college's granny died. They had an incredible bond; she was one of those rare friend's family members that you'd want to hang out with. I've been messaging back and forth with this friend a bit this morning about grief and the hospice experience.

I've been steeping myself in the past and also just had my first night home after spending a week in someone else's home, so everything feels a little swirly; it'll take a minute to feel settled and in the present.

[fork-tender]

I wanna do better than to fight this life ‘cause it is a dream I wonder if the wild animals livin' in me Well, will they ever find freedom?

[sacredwhores]

[regardintemporel]

Vivian Mayer - Self-Portrait with Cat in Car Window, Chicago, 1966

[maschiio]

Two College Roommates, Dorm Room Argument, Gay Man's Collection, 1980s

@maschiio

[image-plus-official]

John Brosio - Dinosaurs Eating CEO (2013) [2000 x 1833]

[est-nord]

aquarium sleepover

[nariarts]

Longtime readers may be aware of how much I relish an excuse to bully a company, so I'm sharing the wealth;

Clothing company Patagonia is currently sueing drag queen Pattie Gonia for "irreparable” harm to their brand.

To be clear; Pattie named herself after the region in South America.

So Pattie is asking people to politely ask Patagonia to drop the lawsuit.

I'm extending the invitation to all of you, because sueing a drag queen for 'infringement' in the current political cultural landscape is vile. Especially a drag queen who has raised millions of dollars for non-profits, uses her platform to raise awareness for climate activism, and fully aligns with Patagonia's apparent climate-conscious mission statement.

They're claiming they're sueing for $1. They're actually asking her to stop using her name, and pay over $1 million in legal fees. They're straight up harassing her.

In contrast, drag queen Jan Sport has a Jansport bag line. It's that easy to just... work with a queen.

Anyway. Be respectful(ish), but feel free to be annoying on Patagnoia's socials, asking them to 'DROP THE LAWSUIT'

I think they have a twitter and tiktok too!