Cecilia Baress

@acecili.bsky.social

I’m amazed. I’m confused. I’ve been dazed. I’ve been used.

Shoutout to the people who come to a rock festival ready to WORK. The guy in the bucket hat who appointed himself field general of the mosh pit. The guys in matching screen-printed pink shirts that read “Ask me for uppies” putting up crowd surfers and high-fiving each other after.

Nobody ever talks about the time when the cellphone technology we have today DID exist, but wasn’t particularly good yet. So there IS video evidence of things, but it’s in a highly specific and deeply irretrievable format.

An untested Ilia Malinin was left off the U.S. Olympic team four years ago. Malinin won silver at the U.S. Championships, a feat some observers felt entitled him to a trip to Beijing over Jason Brown, a more experienced but less technically proficient competitor, who finished fourth at nationals.

Our town canceled recycling collection for the week due to weather (totally get it, respect borough workers, etc.). But … It was paper and cardboard week. And they won’t pick up paper and cardboard again until the second week of February. And guys, we have so much cardboard.

An exhausting but not exhaustive list of my cat Ripley’s nicknames: Rippy Rippy-lee (Miss) Rips Ripple Fudge Ripple Fudge Rippleton Rippleton-lee Rippletoni Rippletoni-lee-lee (sung to the tune of Happy Birthday) The Warrior The Pea (My) Lee-lee Ripp-ae-tone Rippers Queen Darkscorn

I watched four Conjuring films in 72 hours in defiance of my fear of jump scares and haunted house movies. The fourth and final installment of the film series piqued my interest because it’s about a haunting close to my hometown. I binged the other movies to prepare. What happened next …